Yes, it is! … Just put the ad on there as a tentative measure to gauge reaction etc … as a lot of Europeans monitor that site.
Just got back from watching FIA European Masters Hill Climb in Czech Republic and I am sure it would be brilliant for that sort of series as the public roads are much wider and the courses are eight Kilometres long … so it could really get a chance to stretch its legs!
I am still not totally convinced that it is the right car for British hill climbs (Mr make-up-your-bloody-mind!) as it feels so big and heavy somehow, but it was absolutely fantastic at MIRA and I won my class in very wet conditions, so I really think it is more suited to proper track use. To make it really competitive on the hills I would need to get new shocks, forged wheels, two sets of very soft tyres, 2bular manifolds, smaller s/charger pulley & remap and then start to look at shaving off lots more weight - which would all be very costly and may totally ruin the actual car itself!
It would be a shame to strip it completely as I have just found out from Lotus that is was an original prototype, a press car and more importantly one of the Exiges used to be ‘shot’ at with Helen Mirren during the chase scene in the Bruce Willis Red 2 movie, so that gives it a little bit of special history.
I think the car for my needs would be a properly sorted Toyota-engined, lightweight-bodied circa-300 bhp Hangar 111 sort of S2 Exige which I believe could be very competitive even against my Cayman rival and his mates with their pricey Porsche Cup cars! To meet class regulations Honda-engined cars would not be allowed.
No meetings over Winter, so plenty of time to ponder options … again …aaaargh!