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Original Top Gear S1 & 340r review on Google Video
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:46 pm
by Sanjøy
After watching it with TED (Tom & Ed) I thought I would upload it.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 9282301825
I chucked a few more Lotus on TV things on there, 340R & natural gas powered S1.
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:06 pm
by bertieduff
Quality. Never seen that
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:13 am
by campbell
Love the bit of waggling rear window trim. Lotus = Quality
I am so glad I own an S1
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:15 am
by campbell
And this is a favourite pic, sorry just had to (re-)post it
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:23 am
by mckeann
its a bit clean
ignoring the fact its facing the wrong way, thats what a real elise should look like
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:27 am
by campbell
mckeann wrote:its a bit clean
Aye, and that was after a 125 mile thrash to Glencoe for our last long weekend before Miss E arrived, IIRC!!!
Hopefully I can get it that clean again for Donnie, if me and the FBF get the headworx wrapped up tomorrow night OK. She's in a sorry state just now, I can tell you. Even EGOR is cleaner. But then I have had EGOR on loan for a week right enough, and no car stands in my driveway in dirty state for long
You might find if your yellae banana were to be abandoned here by mistake, it too would be unrecognisable when you finally remembered where you left it
PS - were you parked in that picture of you then
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:04 am
by tut
They are both almost original...............
Just need the five spoke wheels.
tut
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:06 am
by tut
ps Just remembered that Campbell's is a '99, always think of it as earlier, so those probably are the originals.
Not sure about Neil's.
tut
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:03 am
by robin
Neil's should be on 5-spokes, but those are his other rims.
Campbell - the next couple of pictures show the car spinning IIRC
Cheers,
Robin
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:09 am
by Gareth
campbell wrote:mckeann wrote:its a bit clean
Even EGOR is cleaner. But then I have had EGOR on loan for a week right enough, and no car stands in my driveway in dirty state for long
And how have you found her?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:49 am
by campbell
tut wrote:ps Just remembered that Campbell's is a '99, always think of it as earlier, so those probably are the originals.
Yep, those actually really are the originals. Lotus changed them not long before I got my car. Harder to clean but I kinda like 'em. I also have a 2nd identical set, except re-finished by Coatech in pimp "Shimmer" effect which I keep my summer/track tyres on
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:52 am
by campbell
Gareth wrote:
And how have you found her?
Rock hard.
Well damped.
Very pointy.
Creamy engine upgrade from Sabre Heads, power builds smoothly from 2-3k rpm, have to back off at 6k of course due to running a bit lean but the Technical Dept is working on that already
Robin has done a great job in developing the car in a tasteful way which doesn't affect the originality of the limited edition.
I nearly bought a 135R when they first came out. I now know that if I had, I wouldn't have been disappointed (I know his has more power now, but the whole package is great). Only 2 downsides. Pimp interior, and suspension is too hard for general use eg with sensitive pax aboard.
But I think it deserves a place as one of the best Lotuses ever.
Campbell