A&Q about Lotus
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When you have breakfast in the garage staring at the car and savor the upcoming drive.
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Originally Posted by KingOfJericho
When the highlight of your day is hitting 100 posts on EliseTalk!
how about when you are sleep deprived from spending too much time on this damn forum.....
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When the entire theory of time/distance goes out the window. How else can a 3 mile jaunt down to the store take 2 hours and rack up 80 miles on the odometer?
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- Your tire pressure varies +/- 12 pounds four times a month - intentionally
- You know five things a complete stranger is going to ask BEFORE they approach you
- You know you're going to hit it off with another person, just because they own the same car.
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Many of these "WHENS" are not just Lotus-driver specific, but they are certainly guaranteed with a Lotus
I've got a few...
...when it takes a half hour or more for the childish grin to wear off your face after having driven your car.
...when you've actually been unable to fall asleep because your mind is racing with thoughts of your next drive.
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when you are willing to wait six weeks for a rebuilt master cylinder...
when you say a silent prayer of thanks when yout lotus gets you home...
when you can tell what needs fixed(again) by the puddle on the driveway...
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- You try to find ways to run errands that don't involve getting in/out of the car.
- You are actually flattered when girls tell you "it's so cute and little!"
- You find yourself shopping for groceries a lot more often.
- When people ask "how fast is it" you think about your last track day instead of magazine specs.
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Originally Posted by maz
when you are willing to wait six weeks for a rebuilt master cylinder...
when you say a silent prayer of thanks when yout lotus gets you home...
when you can tell what needs fixed(again) by the puddle on the driveway...
I see you're (not?) missing your Esprit more and more with each passing day *grin*
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i totally miss the esprit. but this is not a thread about elise people, it is about lotus people, and as a species they have a different outlook than elise people. i know a guy who has an s1 elan that got so good at changing HEAD gaskets, he could do it on the way to a track day. the old lotus clubs don't get together to eat sushi. they get together to help someone rebuild a gearbox...
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i was the "go-to" guy on bleeding cooling systems on the v-8, installing shift cables, and slave cylinder rebuilds. it's just different.
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Originally Posted by maz
...the old lotus clubs don't get together to eat sushi. they get together to help someone rebuild a gearbox...
That's going to leave a mark...
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When your four month old cars window doesn't roll all the way up and you don't care.
When you know you can find a fix for anything just by checking Elisetalk
When you decide that AM stations are not as important as using your brakes
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When wiping dust of the dash turns into a full 4 hour detail job were you dress up like a ghost buster with googles and 4, yes 4, different kinds of cleaning solutions and enough micro fiber towels that if you'd sewn them all together you could blanket the southern United States including the Florida pennisula. No not me, a friend of mine I swear.
When your girlfriend looks at you crazy for laughing hystyrically at a joke that's punch line is "touring wheels" and you tell her "wait, this guy Tim will show up in a minute and whack him" which leads to an even stranger look from her. Again, not me, happened to a friend of mine.
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actually real lotus people are too busy bleeding their brakes to wash their cars more than once or twice a year...
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When you recieve and email from sector 111 saying they have new products and you feel like it's your birthday and don't care that you have to buy your own presents
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When your 7 year old and your 10 year old beg to wash the car
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when you are familiar with parts cross reference numbers... ...and how to fix wierd stuff on your car...
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You never shut the f**k up about being a Lotus driver.
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no... ...you get over that...
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When you get out of the car, get things out of the trunk and are still waiting for your passenger to figure how to get out of the car.
When your neck hurt trying to see if the light has turned green yet.
When the gurgle and pop of the exhaust sounds better than the radio.
When you wash your car every weekend and that still isn't enough. ( I have on street parking only).
When people think I'm out of my mind owning an Elise, E30 M3, and a 740il and don't have a garage, driveway or even a parking lot.
When you park the Lotus right under the bedroom window because you don't have a garage.