[s-cars] NAC-lotus Elise at stealership

[Frederic L'Huillier]

Adrian,

See below.

Regards,
Frederic


-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Hart [mailto:mail at red-wing.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:36 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Cc: Frederic L'Huillier
Subject: RE: [s-cars] NAC-lotus Elise at stealership


Fred said>>

>>Hi,

>>I used to do track sessions with a Lotus Club, mainly Elises. I never
>>felt so unsafe as a passenger.

What's up Fred? - can't you cope with lateral g-force?

>>>> Of course, I can. I just don't trust those paper doors !

>>Passing a truck at any speed is like betting your life.

To those of you yet to experience it, riding ANYWHERE with Fred is
chancing the touch of the Reapers' scythe.

>>>> You are a wimp. Many people from US have survived and don't
complain. Of course they are from US, you are from UK. The last lucky
one who has not recovered from the joy of such experience is Jim from
California.

>>Not to talk about rain / wet roads.
I drove one the other day in the wet and it wasn't too bad I thought -
misted up a bit though.

>>>> Have you ever driven on dry road in your country ? ? ? ?

>>And if you want to know how reliable are our cars, you discuss with
>>Elise Owners....

Fred they LOVE to complain - it's part of the British experience! No
pain no gain. You know, you people on mainland europe really are going
soft these days ;-)

>>>> British Experience ! ! ! What is the gain from UK Cuisine ?

>>At half the problems they each had, I would have put the car on fire
>>in front of the dealership.

Well that's just your typical Gallic response! ;-). In the UK we knuckle
on down and fix the problem.

>>>> May be that the way you keep yourself busy since there is nothing
else to do in UK...

>>Let's see what our man from UK will say....

You read it here.
Seriously, the Lotus Elise (mark 1 or 2) is great if you drive
everywhere with no luggage, are deaf, and under 5'6" tall. And on a
track, of course. Tried it - it's great but I didn't like it. If you're
going for British unreliablity, do it properly, so it's a TVR Tuscan for
me :-)
>>>> Try a Renault Spider. It is a lot safer and the experience is
absolutely amazing. May be one day in my garage.



>>Regards,
Frederic

All the best
Adrian

(P.S. That OK for you Bjorn ? ;-) )