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Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:04 pm
by Mellow Yellow
Hey all
Just bought my first Lotus and was directed over to the forum
By Andy Ward. Nice to see there is such a community amongst the owners in Scotland and I'll
definitely be looking to come along to any events. I'm a keen racer (off the public roads of course) and will no doubt need some help here and there keeping my new pride and joy running sweet! It's a 2002 Elise Sports Tourer in Lightning Yellow.
Picked her up from down south from an enthusiast who was a tad sad to let her go!
Andy

Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:05 pm
by j2 lot

Andy, where are you based?
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:06 pm
by C7Steve
Steve.
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:09 pm
by Stephen
Welcome
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:11 pm
by Shug
j2 lot wrote:
Andy, where are you based?
I'm gonna take a wild stab at Edinburgh...
Welcome along Andy. What sort of racing do you do?
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:36 pm
by j2 lot
D'oh - didnt register the title
Even went through the thread looking for clues as to how you knew

Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:50 pm
by Mellow Yellow
Thanks for the welcome guys! Yeah spot on, Edinburgh haha. Shug, I used to do hot hatch at knockhill about 12 years ago but more recently karting. 2 stroke and 4 stroke mainly at Crail. Have to say in the limited mileage I've done in the Elise I can confirm the "go-kart" feel with the very positive steering which is fantastic to feel in a road car! Hopefully I'll get myself to a few track days as the kart unfortunately had to go to fund the car :/
Are there any Lotus days at Knockhill? Too many bandits at HH to risk taking it to one of those...
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:53 pm
by C7Steve
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:06 pm
by Shug
Yup - keep eyeballs on Trackday forum here.
http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=6
All the days that get posted up there tend to be used by some of the guys and have a good driving standards. SIDC is the one people always point out first, as there's a long history of SE attendees on the really well-run SIDC days. Although, like I say, every organiser that uses the TD forum seems to get good reviews now.
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:26 pm
by AJT
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:35 pm
by Mellow Yellow
Cheers guys, will need to give Adrian Flux a call now. Anyone on here had track day insurance with them before?
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:53 pm
by highlander
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:49 pm
by duggiesmith
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:13 am
by Dominic
Re: Edinburgh newbie and first Lotus
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:19 am
by gambler