Decision between what cars?
2014 RS4 Avant. 17 k miles when I bought it. Sold at 46k in May/June this year.
A few big bills along the way but how I miss it.
Wow, I fancy black pack, touring with non-black interior
Merc b class general run around , Exige s2 and elise s1 and a Ducati 749
RWD Porsche Taycan, luckily lease is coming to an end so it’s off back! Right pain in the arse, glad to see the back of it.
Been replaced by a 2022 Giulia QF. Lovely thing, still getting to know it but it’s a great all rounder so far.
Also got the V90 tow car, workhorse and something we could do to replace as the low profile R Design tyres are not amazing for towing, something with air suspension would be good but we just can’t find anything we’d consider an upgrade without spending ££££. Feel like sticking some poverty spec wheels on it with chunky tyres and just running it into the ground.
Finally the Caterham
Quite an eclectic mix there @Fonzey
For daily duties a Golf R Mk7.5
Then in addition to my S1 Exige my other Lotii include:
1999 Elise S1 111S
2010 Europa S
1984 Esprit Turbo S3
1967 Elan S3
Another dedicated lotus owner!
My Exige S2 “Club Racer” shares my garage with a number of accomplices (LOL)
Caterham 7 Super Sprint (road)
Lotus Super 7 Series 2 (race)
Crosslé F20 Formula Ford (race)
Datsun 240Z (race)
GT3 997-1 (road)
944T (road)
(Emira, on order)
The Datsun, Porsches and Caterham, I’ve had since babies!
Getting them all to the track for a “Vintage Race” weekend is a delightfully fun logistical challenge!
2 friends have just bought non-black pack Emiras and I must admit, I thought I’d dislike them but no…they do stick out in a good way in the car park (the NYLOC car park that’s full of yellow, black pack Emiras). At the risk of offending someone, I think they look better with silver wheels.
I preferred black pack when the car was first announced, but then when we did a factory tour and I had to confirm my spec, there were 2 yellows next to each other - and I preferred the non black pack by quite a bit - just looks cleaner to me… I have black wheels as I prefer them (and am not offended at all )
Besides my S1
Lucky enough to have.
72 Lotus Europa
65 Lotus Elan S3 FHC
70 Lotus Elan S4 DHC (‘work in progress)
But, my daily driver is a 20 year old Renault Kangoo, great for lobbing things in the back, never lock it, exciting when it’s wet and it’s value goes up and down depending on how much fuel you have.
Oh forgot the old rally Clio
I am noticing that a lot of you own multiple lotus!
My S1 Exige joined the stable of my S1 Elise with exige VHPD (the original automotive love of my life)
My daily driver is the company car, a 2022 Seat Ateca 1.0 petrol and my wife drives our 2017 XC60 T8 400bhp plugin hybrid.
I try to keep away from the classifieds to refrain from buying another sports car
currently putting motorsport abs on it
needs to be back together in 2 months for zandvoort otherwise ill drag the lotus out