[s-cars] NAC-lotus Elise at stealership

[Mark Strangways]

Well, my hat is off to you Keith.

That is amazing, simply amazing.
You must have so much more energy now.

I did the whole quit smoking thing a few years ago, and while it was tough I
managed thru it all. When asked HOW I did it, I simply reply "I wanted to
quit. It was time to stop". People find it tough to understand how you can
do these things with out the aid of zyban or  "the Patch" or whatever is the
scheme of the week.

Will power and seeing results go ALONG way, once you can see them.

I wish you the best in maintaining your present state.

Mark S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Maddock" <Keith.Maddock at TRW.COM>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <Frederic.L'Huillier at Siebel.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] NAC-lotus Elise at stealership


Frederic, interesting you mention that..

When I sat in the MkI, I weighed  310 pounds.  I made it in the car (made
quite difficult since it had a hard top attached, as it was in Sweden being
used as a test-mule for the upcoming Opel Speedster.  The problem was with
my long legs (I'm 6'4" tall, or approx 193cm for the Europeans), there
wasn't enough clearance between the steering wheel and the gear shift as
long as the gearbox was in 1st or 2nd.  Since I was in Sweden, this was
easily remedied by starting in 3rd gear and just letting the wheels spin.  I
took it out on the frozen lake and did some drifting around our 500m radius
snow/ice circle, what a dream tha car was, it was amazing.

When I sat in the MkII 4 years later, I weighed  200 pounds (thanks to Dr.
Atkins) , and my legs were still too long to fit :-(    :-(

If only someone would come up with a diet to shorted your legs, I'd be a
very happy man.

Anyway, back to the point, German beer has a bad effect on your body for
certain, but it is worth it :)  Much much better than that crappy French
beer!!!

Cheers,
Keith

PS  http://keith.maddock.com/weight/index.htm  if you want to see what
happends when you lose 130 lbs.

Keith Maddock, TRW Automotive,  Koblenz, Germany
Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
+49 (0)261/ 895 2474    -   -   keith.maddock at trw.com


>>> "Frederic L'Huillier" <Frederic.L'Huillier at Siebel.com> 17:11:10
07.10.2003 >>>
German beer had already bad effect on your body ! ! ! !

Regards,
Frederic


-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Maddock [mailto:Keith.Maddock at TRW.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 4:59 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com; dburig at igsenergy.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC-lotus Elise at stealership


The 04 will indeed have the 1.8L 190hp Celica motor (and gearbox).

 Also on the "added for US consumption" list is a ABS system from
you-can-guess-where.

Unfortunately, like the MkI, I don't fit in these either :-(

Cheers,
Keith

Keith Maddock, TRW Automotive,  Koblenz, Germany
Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
+49 (0)261/ 895 2474    -   -   keith.maddock at trw.com



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