Hi from Fife

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Gibbo78
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Gibbo78 » Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:03 pm

Cheers all, good to have a warm welcome into the Lotus scene :D - 12 years I know, long time! Pictures will be taken over the weekend I am sure, picking it up tomorrow around noon - cant wait. Just added to the insurance policy (never a fun phone call eh!)

Hope to meet some of you in the near future, always up for a weekend blat around some of our roads.
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Gooldie » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:16 pm

congratulations. I'm picking up my exige from graeme on Saturday, and i can't wait.
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Gibbo78 » Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:19 pm

Enjoy picking up the Exige Gooldie - let us know how you get on.

Now 1 day into Lotus ownership and all is going very well. I think S has seen more rain and wind in the last 9 hours than in her first year!! Sods law I pick S up and the heavens decide not to play ball. Pleased to say not a single drop of water into the cabin, apart from when opening the door and met with horizontal rain as I pull up in Tyndrum visiting the parents. :D

Initial thoughts after driving in the wind and rain......

Grip is very good in the wet - running 26 psi front and 29 psi rear
Surprised how low speed you can do in 5th and it is very happy
Gearbox is great (and that is coming from someone who has been use to an s2k gearbox), feels well matched to the engine.

Looking forward to getting some dry roads.
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Modena Scotland » Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:18 pm

Glad you are enjoying the Loti. What tyres have you got? The pressures might be a tad too high.
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by meatball » Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:07 pm

I'd drop the pressures a bit.
I'd use it gently in the wet too.....

With my luck you will be an experienced racer that has forgotten more about car handling than I know......thus making a fool of myself!

Enjoy!
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Karen » Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:18 pm

From a fellow Fifer, I don't think anyone has asked where you are yet? We are in Kirkcaldy!
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Corranga » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:53 am

:welcome
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Gibbo78 » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:16 am

Thanks for the advice guys, being a newbie I just read the handbook information on the car re tyre pressure and as they are the standard fit Yoko's AD07's all round. Are you saying that Lotus quoted pressures are too high?

Re taking it easy, after 3.5 yrs driving an S2000 in wet conditions I know all about taking it easy, as clarkson says .... ooh la la in the wet! :?

Karen, you are not too far away - Dalgety Bay.
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by meatball » Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:39 am

Lotus spec will rip the centre out of the tyre and makes the steering/handling feel light.
Trial and error......try dropping them a bit and see what works for you.

Peter (with s/c burnt orange elise) lives up that way too!
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Gibbo78 » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:27 am

Will play around with the pressures and see how it feels. 23F / 25 R I see has been mentioned when I have done a search.

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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by annpan » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:18 pm

:welcome
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by jen » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:30 pm

:welcome and congratulations!! 12 years? My goodness!! Bet it was worth the wait though!! Your car looks loverly!!

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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Gibbo78 » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:27 pm

Thanks Girls, really please to own one now, been a long time but felt like the right car to have now. It will be good to meet up with some of you guys too.
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Matelotman » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:36 pm

:welcome
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Re: Hi from Fife

Post by Victor Meldrew » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:15 pm

Ah.. another Fifer.. we will soon have a tribe all our own. Welcome to SE.
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