woohooo!!!!

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:37 am

dezzy wrote:
BiggestNizzy wrote:
dezzy wrote:Lovely. Great choice of colour!

You're wearing a scarf . . . so no excuse for that roof to be on!

Enjoy!
D
Did you notice the woman ? they in general don't like it when you whip the top off , something about hair and cold
Yeah, I remember going over to see my girlfriend after just picking up my Elise. Roof was off as it was a glorious day. Only thing she said was "that'll mess up my hair in the wind".

She's now my ex-girlfriend!

What day off the week was she Dezzy

Back on topic nice car crap scarf

Girlfriends and whips excellent

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:38 am

ExigeKen wrote:
What day off the week was she Dezzy

Every day!

phraze · Post by **phraze** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:48 am

she thinks that I dress well and that's all that matters!

phraze · Post by **phraze** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:02 pm

hello,
a question for the fashion police out there

just done our first 500 miles today and taking it pretty easy on the revs and accelerator.
the handbook says "for the first 600 miles use no more than moderate (half) throttle openings and do not run the engine continuously at engine speeds of over 4,500 rpm. Occasional short bursts at a wider (than half) throttle and higher rpm will be beneficial"
So we have managed the keeping it under 4,500 rpm thing but can anyone give me advice on the occasional short bursts? Say in a 50 mile journey how many times do you reckon you can give it a bit more? and how much more? 6000 rpm? ...second cam?
any advice (non-fashion) appreciated!

ta, f.

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:17 pm

Hiya,

ok, you've got a real problem here called the ECU / Datalogger - It records how many seconds the engine has spent at a particular rotational speed, how many standing starts you've done, time spent at each throttle zone etc etc etc..... Hethnel IS watching you

Giving the engine a "wee boot" will probably do it no harm - people bench test engines to 100% power with minimal running in, but MMC will know about it & they look after your engine warranty....

Best bet is to be a good boy until the oil service then "rag the sh1t out of it" as they say round here

Cheers,

Steve

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:39 am

What Steve said.

I've recently just run in my new Exige (same engine) and followed the rules strictly. In a two week period of building up 1000 miles, I gave it a blast of full throttle for a wee second maybe once or twice every 3 days or thereabouts. I generally kept it below 4,500rpm but took it up to just over 5000rpm a few times in the two weeks. I never used 2nd cam at all.

One of the main things is to also try to vary your engine speed, so don't sit on a motorway at 70mph at 3,500rpm constantly for an hour! Vary it up and down the rev range a bit and try to use all the gears as much as possible.

By the end of the 1000 mile running-in, you'll actually feel things loosen up a wee bit. For example, my gearstick felt a bit smoother and less stiff.

Once you've had the oil changed, Lotus recommend an aggressive running in, so you can use the 2nd cam all the time thereafter and give it a good bedding in by ripping the arse out of it!

Cheers,
D

tut · Post by **tut** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:27 pm

"she thinks that I dress well and that's all that matters!"

Then why can I not see her white stick and dog in the picture?

tut

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:33 pm

Can we have more pics of the missus please...

tenkfeet · Post by **tenkfeet** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:37 pm

Magnetic blue is still the fastest colour I see.

Nice car .

What is that village in the background

jj · Post by jj » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:38 pm

Just saw you (or maybe one the same) passing through Charing X in Glasgow.

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:44 pm

I find it funny chaps that someone with a bit of individualism has the baws to dress differently, not to mention post up a picture, and he gets berated for it!!

Phraze, you will find once you come and meet everyone up at Knockhill, or whenever your first chance is, that you can have a laugh at some of these fashion gurus!!!

Dave

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:54 pm

Rag_It wrote:I find it funny chaps that someone with a bit of individualism has the baws to dress differently, I am a bit of an oddball when it comes to dressing too. This is me this morning

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:32 pm

Aren't you a funny f*cker Kenwood!

phraze · Post by **phraze** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:53 pm

Rag_It wrote:I find it funny chaps that someone with a bit of individualism has the baws to dress differently, not to mention post up a picture, and he gets berated for it!!

Phraze, you will find once you come and meet everyone up at Knockhill, or whenever your first chance is, that you can have a laugh at some of these fashion gurus!!!

Dave

Thanks!
To be honest I hadn't even thought about how I was dressed...was thinking too much about getting the new car!
Might start a fashion thread...

phraze · Post by **phraze** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:54 pm

jj wrote:Just saw you (or maybe one the same) passing through Charing X in Glasgow.

that could have been me! Drove into work today in Glasgow...