Elise as a workbench

[Kev]

Busy TRYING (one disaster after another) to fit a new kitchen and needed about 4inches of waste pipe for the sink. So off I go to B&Q to find they only sell it in 2m lengths, hmm 2m of pipe + elise + hardtop = not really going to work. So I went and asked the lovely lady at customer services if its possible if someone could cut it as it wouldn't fit in my car. She went and checked with the manager, came back and said we're not insured to do that, you'll have to do that yourself outside. Strange I thought, insured to cut wood but not plastic pipe. Oh well.

Not to be defeated, I went to the tool section and bought a cheapo jnr hacksaw and then got my pipe. Went outside to the car, opened the passenger door, fed the pipe through, knelt on the sill and pipe and cut the pipe in half, then place it in the passenger side. The car park was full, so needless to say I was getting some strange looks and pointy fingers.

Who say's the Elise is not practical!!!

[Dominic]

Busy TRYING (one disaster after another) to fit a new kitchen and needed about 4inches of waste pipe for the sink. So off I go to B&Q to find they only sell it in 2m lengths, hmm 2m of pipe + elise + hardtop = not really going to work. So I went and asked the lovely lady at customer services if its possible if someone could cut it as it wouldn't fit in my car. She went and checked with the manager, came back and said we're not insured to do that, you'll have to do that yourself outside. Strange I thought, insured to cut wood but not plastic pipe. Oh well.

Not to be defeated, I went to the tool section and bought a cheapo jnr hacksaw and then got my pipe. Went outside to the car, opened the passenger door, fed the pipe through, knelt on the sill and pipe and cut the pipe in half, then place it in the passenger side. The car park was full, so needless to say I was getting some strange looks and pointy fingers.

So say's the Elise is not practical!!!

[Rich H]

Just take the roof off and drive back with it strapped to the roll bar like a mast like James May in that herald....

[Dominic]

Just take the roof off and drive back with it strapped to the roll bar like a mast like James May in that herald....

Read the story! He had the hard top on .. now pay attention.

[Skyenet]

Just take the roof off and drive back with it strapped to the roll bar like a mast like James May in that herald....

Read the story! He had the hard top on .. now pay attention.

Its okay Dom, Rich was on his mobile when he posted the reply

[Rich H]

Sorry
Should have removed it by now anyway!

[PhilA]

hehe
i did something similar.

got plastic to make the protection thingy for the rear window.
the plastic was too big to fit in the car - roof on or off - was too wide.
so i was in the car park cutting it in half
once cut, in the car and away you go.
life is more interesting with an elise =)

[offshorematt]

Did exactly the same thing two weeks ago! I reckon that's why they sell hacksaw's for £1.79

Who said the Elise isn't practical?

[gorrie]

They can only cut un-treated wood in their stores. Something to do with being indoors & the chemicals used etc... Not sure if they do HDF/MDF now or not. Probably the same reason for plastics.

[Kev]

Sorry
Should have removed it by now anyway!

I was planning to, but the weather up here is really pish at the mo. Typical, during the two months I couldn't drive there were plenty of roof off days, which the hardtop would be off for the year, but since I started driving again the weather has turned pish .

First I must finish this bloody kitchen!!!!!!!!!

[Kev]

life is more interesting with an elise

So true, it def keeps you on your toes when you go shopping, what can I fit or cant, the case maybe.

Reminds me last year, down in edin picking something up at MMC, my dad phones and asks me to pop to ikea and pick him up something for his kitchen. So off I go to ikea and pick up this extractor fan for him, only after I bought it, I thought, oh will this fit in the boot. I told the g/f if it didn't she have to have it on her knee all the way up the road to my folks, to then receive the look of death . It did fit, after I took it out of the box.