Funny stuff on the Lotus board...

71T Targa · 05-31-2005, 06:25 PM

dd74 · 05-31-2005, 09:00 PM

That is funny. I wish my drool was as funny when I saw one in person over the weekend. Man, those are sweet cars!

Dealer markup in So. Cal, BTW, is $10K.

RickM · RickM's Garage

Cute kids, cool car.
What takes place of the Espirit? No more flagship for the company?

71T Targa · 06-01-2005, 07:18 AM

Yeah, The car is sweet. Drives on rails. Feels a bit underpowered until 6K then it really kicks in. Anyone know why? It's NA, so it must be in the cams and timing?

rattlsnak · rattlsnak's Garage

I dont like it. Looks too "kit car-ish"

dd74 · 06-01-2005, 07:42 AM

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Originally posted by rattlsnak
I dont like it. Looks too "kit car-ish"

I mentioned this to a Lotus engineer at the LA Auto Show two years ago. His response: that very proper British way of saying "**** you!"

dd74 · 06-01-2005, 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by phred68
Yeah, The car is sweet. Drives on rails. Feels a bit underpowered until 6K then it really kicks in. Anyone know why? It's NA, so it must be in the cams and timing?

Yeah, torque and power comes on very high in the rev band, so you have to keep it spooled up. I've got a 7.31 r/p in my 911, though I also have a lot of torque, which makes things very manageable in city traffic. The Lotus, on the other hand, has a little 1.8 Toyota engine with very little torque. Daily driving would be questionable.

71T Targa · 06-01-2005, 08:09 AM

I think that daily driving would be cake. Like driving a Camry or something. No cough, no sputter, no nothing… ‘till it hits 6K that is, that is NOT a flat HP/torque curve.