[s-cars] NAC-lotus Elise at stealership

[Adrian Hart]

Fred,

Ha ha! Good riposte ;-)

When you're next in England I'll take you out for an... er... Indian meal...

You're probably right about the other stuff too. But I'll NEVER buy a
Renault...

(but we did buy that BMW)

Adrian




on 2/10/03 2:51 pm, Frederic L'Huillier at Frederic.L'Huillier at Siebel.com
wrote:

> 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 ? ;-) )
>
>
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