Scottish Elises

Cal here......

I am a regular at KH. I know a few of you namely Tut & Iain Ferguson

Started this forum to see how easy it is to set up. Type R Scotland started as a Yahoo Group and now has over 300 members on a phpBB2 forum

Hi Cal,

This forum works really well. Joining was really easy. Thanks and Congratulations.

I have had a 1999 Elise S1 from new with a few mods made as parts wear out. The car has done 62,000 miles, sits out in all weathers and still brings a smile to my face whenever I see it.

Could be the colour. Norfolk Yellow with green leather interior.

Have been around Knockhill on several occassions over the last thirty years in a fair number of different cars.

As well as my Elise I have done over a 1000 miles in an Exige and have also tried out the Toyota engined Exige. A very interesting car, but spoiled by the leather being put on back to front, 230kg of extra weight, and the Barbie Doll interior.

Best regards,

Dakers

Dakers

Welcome along mate. You a member of the Scottish Elises Yahoo Group too? I'd heartily suggest it in addition to this forum - a little more effort to join up, but that's where the majority of Scottish Elise owners are.

We're hopefully going to get some interest in this forum, but things will still mostly be organised on Yahoo, I feel, and then cross-posted here.

Join through the groups main page at

http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/Scottish_Elises

Hi Shug,

Yes, I have been a member of the yahoo group since Digest 948 and have even replied a couple of times. I have been to a couple of Murray Motors Lotus days at Knockhill and a few motor club events before then.

My Elise is my road car and my business car and is in use every day, apart from snow when it is about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Then we use my partner's business car; a lime green Citroen Pluriel, which is a brilliant car, much underrated in Britain. What would you expect when we have a 2CV and have had Citroens for the last twenty five years. It was only the Elise that broke that habit, when I traded in my much loved black Activa; the scourge of many BMWs.

My opinion FWIW is that this is a much better forum format than Yahoo.

Hi Shug,

Yes, I have been a member of the yahoo group since Digest 948 and have even replied a couple of times. I have been to a couple of Murray Motors Lotus days at Knockhill and a few motor club events before then.

My Elise is my road car and my business car and is in use every day, apart from snow when it is about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Then we use my partner's business car; a lime green Citroen Pluriel, which is a brilliant car, much underrated in Britain. What would you expect when we have a 2CV and have had Citroens for the last twenty five years. It was only the Elise that broke that habit, when I traded in my much loved black Activa; the scourge of many BMWs.

My opinion FWIW is that this is a much better forum format than Yahoo.

Dakers

Cool, agree on the format myself. I just know what sort of resistace there is amongst some members on Yahoo (for very good reasons, may I add - not just to be difficult!)

Also want to make sure that this doesn't fracture the group, but adds to it in a little way.

Shug,

I would agree 100%. I have found the bulletins very useful although the amount of repetition does tend to wear out the mouse wheel.

Dakers

I tend to browse on the Groups website - makes it a bit more 'forum-esque'. You can opt not to get the emails and just look at the messages.

'Tis still a bit of a pain to read through them all in sequence, mind you

Shug wrote:'Tis still a bit of a pain to read through them all in sequence, mind you

sure is!
im much more liking this kinda forum...

Cal wrote:Type R Scotland started as a Yahoo Group and now has over 300 members on a phpBB2 forum

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Nice forum chaps

I'm an Aberdeen VX-er ( ) who joined the Yahoo group to keep up with any Scottish meets (and trackdays once I have grown sufficient testicular fortitude) and servicing info etc. I personally prefer the forum style to the newsgroup style, it's a bit difficult to track threads on Yahoo Groups.

vx220.org.uk started out as a Yahoo Group but now has nearly 2000 members, and although the main area of the site is the forum, the main website has some handy content too (FAQs, Gallery etc).

Good luck with the venture

Lee

I dont see that there should be a problem with the two formats, just means that you use both if you wish.

Quite a lot will not post on here at all, but us groupies will probably continue with both.

I had to come over so that you will at least get some literary gems and useful info, to balance Shugs blethering and brains in his codpiece<BG>

tut

OI - moderator here, you know

Just as well it's not defamatory.....

Quick hello from Dundee

Interesting posts above, especially from Shug

Shug wrote:Cool, agree on the format myself. I just know what sort of resistace there is amongst some members on Yahoo (for very good reasons, may I add - not just to be difficult!)

Also want to make sure that this doesn't fracture the group, but adds to it in a little way.