Jambo
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Please 
Please
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LukeGSi
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Jambo
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K17STY
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giving him plenty notice
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Fear
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quote:
Originally posted by K17STY
give him plenty off head
yes this may work!
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K17STY
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hey if it works im up for it, come here santa baby!!!
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Phil321
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Registered: 10th Mar 01
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Not too good on the road. Very hard to drive.
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Jambo
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Originally posted by Phil321
Not too good on the road. Very hard to drive.
U driven one?
Esprit V8 is my dream car. These Gt3's are cheap as chips!
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Phil321
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Registered: 10th Mar 01
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Yup, only briefly. Friend of mine is a mad Lotus fan and has one.
Very difficult to drive but I suppose you would get used to it. Nightmare clutch means that you can't really enjoy the drive.
Got a piccy somewhere. Let me see if I can find it.
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Jambo
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 I can live with the stiff cluthc, i hate flimsy pedals with no feel.
Im scared i wont be avle to see over the wheel tho lol, im not short but it seems such a slanted driving position  lol
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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expect it to brake, couple of dads mates had a esprite and a excel, they broke
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Dom
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aye, the clutch is suppose to be a propper git to get used to Mates dad used to have a bright gay yellow looking one and said, its a nice looking and sounding car, but he said it wasnt all that nice to drive
Keep an eye out on ebay mate, if you really after one as some minters go for around 10k, which is a bargin  Although the last lot, around the N plate (i think) are the ones you want...they look the fooking dogs testicles 
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Jambo
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Yeah if u look on parkers they say a 96 goes for a round £11k
Sod drivign a corsa, im perfectly happy to put up with some unreliablilty in the name of lotus  At the end of the day its an english car rare as fook!
One day i shall get my v8
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Dom
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>> HERE <<
Thats a pretty good link for stuff i didnt realise they still make them or did up until 2001
Although a 1998-2001 models, look like they go for around the 20-30k mark
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jr
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Originally posted by Jambo
Yeah if u look on parkers they say a 96 goes for a round £11k
Sod drivign a corsa, im perfectly happy to put up with some unreliablilty in the name of lotus At the end of the day its an english car rare as fook!
One day i shall get my v8
thought kia owned lotus in the late 90's
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Jambo
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Originally posted by VisibleMan
>> HERE <<
Thats a pretty good link for stuff i didnt realise they still make them or did up until 2001
Although a 1998-2001 models, look like they go for around the 20-30k mark
I love that site Saved on my favourties 
JR = Yes kia do own lotus, But the esprit is an english car, made in england i thin too? Certainly better than a kia pride
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jr
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true
each to there own, only one lotus ive ever wanted and its based on a vauxhall
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Corsa_Sri_93
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It was Proton that owned Lotus, not Kia.
Hence the Proton Satria GTi with Lotus bits.
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jr
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kia owned lotus, becasue they balied them out when the elan went wrong
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Jambo
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Originally posted by jr
kia owned lotus, becasue they balied them out when the elan went wrong
The elan
Looks like a squashed frog
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jr
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that was a low point in lotus history imo
best bits imo were:
1/ the 7
2/ when colin chapman rolled the lotus 49 out, with gold leaf sponsorship (first sponsored f1 car)
3/ the JPS f1 cars
4/ the elise
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Corsa_Sri_93
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
kia owned lotus, becasue they balied them out when the elan went wrong
Care to prove this ? 
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Ian
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Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious.
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Jambo
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Kia did own lotus i thought this was common knolledge
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jr
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when lotus were going under, kia bought the rigths off them to produce the elan, indirectly taking control of the brand, while this was happnign gm bought lotus out
kia is owned by hyundia, who are owned by damiler crylser
only in 1996 on October 31 did the Malaysian multinational DRB HICOM announce that it has taken a majority shareholding in the Lotus brand
[Edited on 07-09-2004 by jr]
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