marzman

I said goodbye to my '68 Mustang this week after a couple of years of ownership. The experience wasn't for me... I thought it was my dream car but it turns out i don't like old cars Later the same day I took 3 trains to collect my Lotus Emira. Registered in Dec-22, its done 3.5k miles. The 1 owner bought the car with the expectation of being able to sell it for a profit but it didn't work out for him, so he decided to cut his losses, much to my benefit. It's a well specced car, in Seneca blue, V6 manual with the Sports suspension, full black pack, driver pack (track mode, switchable exhaust, LSD, Ice Grey Napa leather, KEF Premium Audio pack, Convenience Pack (parking sensors, camera), Diamond Cut Alloys, Yellow Calipers, Privacy Glass, Premium Mats, Scorpion Tracker, 20" alloys with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2's. List price a shade over £92k. It was glorious weather the day i got it, although was a monotonous drive home on the motorway. The next day the weather was atrocious, but i couldn't leave it at home so tiptoed to work in it... wading through what felt like extra deep puddles was no fun. Today was marginally better, dry by the afternoon so i got to stretch its legs on the way home from work somewhat. Its terrifying. 😂 There's not much low down torque, so you have to be wringing its neck to get the most out of it, by which time you're doing silly speeds. The exhaust is quiet and reserved until you hit 5k revs, and then it sounds like an F1 car - i love this. As you change between Touring, Sport, and Track mode, the exhaust gets a little louder and the lift-off burbles become more prominent, but thankfully there's no Golf-R obnoxious pops and bangs... The manual gear box when driving at speed is a little breathtaking - when lifting off at 6k revs in 3rd to dip the clutch and change up, it feels like you've slammed on the brakes, before being thrown back in your seat when you engage 4th. I've become too used to seamless auto-boxes in recent years. Pictures do not even remotely do this car justice, for either its colour or more so it's shape. It's so wide and low it really does look like a much more exotic supercar in the flesh. I have CCTV at home and have watched 4 or 5 people walking past the house and stopping to take pictures.🙂 The afternoon i picked it up, literally the first pedestrian i saw gave a chef's kiss as i pulled out of the junction. My favourite thing so far is the steering wheel. Alcantara with a square bottom and it's oh so chunky... it really adds to the occasion. With the notchy little gearbox it feels like i'm in the arcade playing Sega Rally. The only downside so far is that it is an effort to drive... i've been bored of my Range Rover for the last 6 months, but after 2 days of driving this it felt incredible to get back into the Range. 🤪 Here's a couple of unimaginative pictures from on my driveway... i'll get some better shots soon.

Picking up tomorrow hopefully... fingers crossed! Just sorted my insurance.... hadn't done a quote until today as i didn't want to know what it'd cost, but pleasantly surprised it's only £488!

Tasty! Any details?

Oh interestingly, i looked up the dimensions yesterday compared to the 350z... it's 11cm longer, 17cm wider, and 9cm lower!

Yeah i love the colour - when these were first announced back in 2021 this was the colour on all the promos and is what first caught my attention. Very similar to my Mustang... 'British Gas Van' Blue as my friend likes to remind me. 😂 The guy ran a specialist dealership from his house... mainly in Maserati's but the odd bit of other exotica.

Had an email from Lotus this morning cancelling my test drive today... great. But no drama as i wasn't planning to buy from them anyway. I've had my eye on one in particular on Autotrader, so gave them a call and it was still available, and i could test drive today. Only an hour from me too. Second hand but only 3k miles. Long story short... i loved it. Had a decent test drive, got to stretch its legs. Looks, sounds, feels awesome. Surprisingly high build quality... the door shut feels better than my range rover! Absolutely loads of leg and headroom. Deposit paid. Picking it up likely 1st June as i'm on holiday and then when i get back the dealer is on holiday... it's going to be a long month. 😭 Here she is... I wasn't sure about the frost leather beforehand, but in person the contrast against the blue is stunning.

Cheers... just hoping i fit in the thing. 6'2" and 19 stone... it could be a disappointing day, 😂 Mustang has provisionally sold today... deposit taken. Just with the 3rd party to arrange the transporter to collect it now. 😎

I have it booked this Saturday. 😁

My Mustang is now up for sale... had enough of it not starting and so I cant be bothered with it anymore! Will be purchasing an Emira soon. 😁 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276442377105

Enjoyed reading this thread, good effort! If the smoke smell is still an issue, pick up one of those air con bomb things that you set off in the car and leave your blower on full blast for 20 mins... have worked a treat for me in smoker-owned cars. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=air+con+bomb&crid=1GOJ16DU63JFK&sprefix=air+con+bomb%2Caps%2C208&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Wow, looks amazing!

Just double de-clutch and you'll be fine - clutch in, gear to neutral, clutch out, clutch in, gear to third, clutch out. In my experience changing the gearbox oil and adding moly slip made little difference, but the above ensured smooth gear changes forever more.

Universal in the car scene, not just from our forum sadly. https://www.driftworks.com/forum/threads/just-wondering-what-does-bgw-stand-for.119176/

I went to Goodwood in 2014 and absolutely loved it. Need to go again. I had free 4 day passes through work thanks to a project we did with them. Friday was the most enjoyable day as it was much quieter, and all the cars were testing up the hill so still got to see plenty, and had the pick of the grandstands so moved around a lot. Saturday was okay, but Sunday was unbearably busy. Did get to see Chris Hoy's crash in the GTR though, i was right on that corner when it happened. Closest hotel i could get was 30 miles away though. 🤪

Thats lovely that is!

Cool, yeah i never knew they had a clock! 😀

I saw someone post about needing the brain on here a few weeks ago, but what does that get you? I never swapped this when i fitted UK triple gauges to mine, years ago? I dont remember missing anything specifically...

Just need to buy a UK triple gauge cluster. Usually sell for around £50. 10 minute job to swap, it's plug and play.

Ooh they're nice... would have one if i had a z!

Ooh thats nice.

+1

Now that's quality service. Hats off to Nico. 👍

His K key might be broke... 😅

Not seen those before, looks good. 😎

Car is definitely infected. Chinese government is monitoring you now. 😅 You mention the fuses might be blown and have confirmed that the impacted services run off the same fuse... have you actually checked this?