First 50 miles

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:09 pm

i love hearing people being excited about their new lotus

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:29 pm

Lawrence wrote:Eh! No!

perhaps though we can persuade Myles to fit his bullet cam in the autotester this Sunday

mines already fitted

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:36 pm

campbell wrote: Lawrence...your challenge is to mount the video cam in the pax corner of the windscreen and film yourself doing a Top Gear stylee road test review...you get to choose which of the May, Hammond or Jezza characters you would like to play...or you can just be yourself of course!

A 3 minute "short" posted up on Youtube is acceptable...

Up for it?!

Campbell

Lawrence going for the 'Stig style' commentry then?

greyrigg · Post by **greyrigg** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:44 pm

Glad all the deliberations were worth while.

I feel a wee run up the 'tub coming on.

Malcolm

Post by **campbell** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:16 pm

Lawrence wrote:
campbell wrote: Lawrence...your challenge is to mount the video cam in the pax corner of the windscreen and film yourself doing a Top Gear stylee road test review...you get to choose which of the May, Hammond or Jezza characters you would like to play...or you can just be yourself of course!

A 3 minute "short" posted up on Youtube is acceptable...

Up for it?!

Campbell
Eh! No!

OK can I do it instead then.

tut · Post by **tut** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:09 pm

"I hear what your saying Mr Metro driver but after buying an Elise in 1996 I needed a change, this one is quieter, faster, comfier, and nearly the same colour."

Know what you mean Lawrence, did not need a change, just needed a twin to drive whilst mine was off the road, so got the closest that I could, one month younger, slightly different colour, and just need to remember to get in via the other door.

tut

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:40 pm

Another 100 miles brings me over the 200

I had to refuel on the way back tonight, There are 2 little fuel pump symbols in the stackkkk, a yellow one and a black one, so when the little black fuel pump symbol on the right turned yellow to match its twin I thought I'd reset the trip and check the reserve mileage. 5 litres I remembered, so 30 miles should be a good estimate. We were near Haddington and the Granada at Musselburgh is only 15 miles further so easy peasy lemon squeezy

I always like to see how much fuel I can get in any tank, so a brisk run down the A1 was needed to burn up what's left. Some cones on the slip road at the bypass made me wonder for a second, and then as I tried to enter the services I saw the road was closed, with a diversion back up to Wallyford and through Musselburgh

No thanks, I'll head on to Lothianburn Esso. Just back on the bypass and I now notice the last of my display fuel blocks have disappeared and I've 7 miles to go, down go the revs and constant throttle is the order of the day, no more squirts up the hill

Is it miss firing? It's definitely pouring with rain, will we make it?. It was quite a long 7 miles, listening to every little noise, getting ready ready to coast as far as possible, scary stuff indeed. Worse still everyone I'd passed was repassing me

Well I filled the tank as much as I could, £30 of 95 ron and 34.94 litres
The tank only holds around 36

I doubt I'd have reached the end of the bypass.......

Mr Momo · Post by **Mr Momo** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:10 am

close

bandit country.....

robin · Post by **robin** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:17 am

Close one ...

That's much the same as EGOR. You brim the beggar and you're lucky if you make 10 miles before it flips from full to 34L.

I spent some time messing with refuelling at different points to see how well calibrated the gauge is - answer, quite good! I have also cross-checked that against my fuel consumption (which is currently about 8 miles per litre = ~36mpg) so I can convert from odometer to expected fuel remaining and I get a good correlation.

So what these cars need is a bigger filler neck like the S1 has - that holds about 5L!

It's a real hassle for the S/C cars that can do as little as 4 miles per litre when hooned on the road - total range ~140 miles!!

For FF6 I was thinking about fitting some sort of extended fuel bladder, but there isn't much you can do that also remains safe - I don't fancy being caught in an elise covered in fuel and on fire ...

Cheers,
Robin

Mr Momo · Post by **Mr Momo** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:21 am

If you've just been watching the Best of Chewin the Fat - you don't really want to be thinking about bladders and cars.....

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:32 am

Best I had in the Exige was 43.58L

It was reading 1/4 full and I was after considering another lap at the ring.
Pulled into the carpark and restarted and it read zero...

...coasted back to the petrol station.

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:31 am

Hi Ali,

How are you getting on in Nigeria?

Have you ever been to Equatorial Guinea as I will probably be there in April installing a satellite network?

Cheers,

Ken.

Post by **campbell** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 10:44 am

Never mind the fuel test reports, what about some pics?

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:03 pm

ExigeKen wrote:Hi Ali,

How are you getting on in Nigeria?

Have you ever been to Equatorial Guinea as I will probably be there in April installing a satellite network?

Cheers,

Ken.

Sorry Off Topic:

Hi Ken,
I'm actually back in Aberdeen just now (since last Sat waiting on residency visa), moving down fully on Wed. with Nicola, cats etc.

Not been to Eq. Guinea, furthest was a couple of days in Port Harcourt...

Cheers,
Ali

Lawrence · Post by **Lawrence** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:46 pm

250 miles