what am i missing without touring pack ?

jj · Post by jj » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:07 pm

scott_e wrote:
shooomer wrote:plus there's no point buying 048s if it's a road car
that rasies another point ... an exige i looked at has A048s on front and Continentals on the rear.

Anyone use Continentals ?

Never heard of this.

Cheers
Scott

That would be dodgy to say the least - imagnie hitting standing water in that!

Why only a one owner car? Limiting your choice for no reason there imho.

scott_e · Post by **scott_e** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:09 pm

jj wrote:
scott_e wrote:
shooomer wrote:plus there's no point buying 048s if it's a road car
that rasies another point ... an exige i looked at has A048s on front and Continentals on the rear.

Anyone use Continentals ?

Never heard of this.

Cheers
Scott
That would be dodgy to say the least - imagnie hitting standing water in that!

yeah i thought it was weird. They were all weather tyres as the tread was deep but i thought the point of A048s, 39s was that it was soft because a Lotus was light hence more ground surface area.

scott_e · Post by **scott_e** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:55 pm

scott_e · Post by **scott_e** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:56 pm

shooomer wrote:Once you buy it you'll end up tracking it anyway Everyone does

that 911 GT3 is pretty raw as well is it not ?

looks fantastic.

(yeah 100 posts at last).

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:25 pm

yeah - Paul's too much of a flouncer to let himself loose with it on track ... which is odd, as my mate tracks his 993 GT2 ....

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:31 pm

GregR wrote:yeah - Paul's too much of a flouncer to let himself loose with it on track ... which is odd, as my mate tracks his 993 GT2 ....

your mate with the 993 GT2 invented lemmings and therefore is loaded

shooomer prob isn't quite as loaded as that

think he posted before about £1200 for tyres £1500 for brakes etc etc.

not costs i would want.....

StiflerMR2 · Post by **StiflerMR2** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:38 pm

Crackdown aint doing too badly either

Im in the same boat as you mate (not gettin and exige tho) - just want one in the spec i want to come up so i can have my fun before the missus starts harping on about kids

Seeing as you are in the ferry have you never thought about just asking the guys at AutoEcosse to source you one - i think they provide a service like that (tho prolly charge a lot for it?)

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:03 pm

best source one yourself - http://www.pistonheads.com

most of the guys on here would admit to surfing the hours away on it, so we could no doubt source a good un

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:48 pm

StiflerMR2 wrote:Seeing as you are in the ferry have you never thought about just asking the guys at AutoEcosse to source you one - i think they provide a service like that (tho prolly charge a lot for it?)

I'd have to disagree.

They're good at getting a nice piece of german kit for you (I bought the Uberbarge there, but it was Richard Lawson's own car), but not entirely sure of Gordon's knowledge of Lotus/TVR/Caterham etc....

For example, the Cerbera they currently have is RAF, whereas the M5 is lovely

StiflerMR2 · Post by **StiflerMR2** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:52 am

ok, wasw just asking as they always seem to have a lot of very nice cars in when i tootle past

- just a thought.

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:28 am

Not having a go or owt

They had just got a silver S1 Elise in "Awaiting Preparation" last time I popped by, was so dirty it was hard to ascertain what level of nick it was in....

Post by **simon** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:55 am

rossybee wrote:They had just got a silver S1 Elise in "Awaiting Preparation" last time I popped by, was so dirty it was hard to ascertain what level of nick it was in....

That was probably DaveG's old car

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:12 pm

It had MMC plates, but no S_E sticker...

...red leather IIRC?

StiflerMR2 · Post by **StiflerMR2** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:17 pm

Yeah was DaveG's old un

DaveG · Post by **DaveG** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:19 pm

simon wrote:That was probably DaveG's old car

Oi!
My old car was all shiny and pristine when I left it with them and they've sold it now anyway.

The salesman Gordon phoned me while I was on the slopes in France last week to ask where the lock-nut removal tool was! Must admit that caught me out when I first got the car!

Perhaps someone really lazy, traded their dirty silver S1 for a clean one!

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