A&Q about Lotus
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Last year we made the mistake of leaving one of our cars out in the driveway, close to our house, with both our SUV's behind it. It wasn't even overnight...just leaving it out in the late evening while we were watching TV. Maybe 11:00pm. Some kids (from 25 miles away we later found out) drove into our neighborhood and egged our car. They actually stopped, got out, and made sure to throw OVER our other cars to specifically hit our Elise.
We fortunately were awake and saw the car slow and heard the "thump". We had keys handy and ended up chasing the kids down and called the police with their plate info. Turns out they did $4000 in paint damage which their parents paid for.
Anyway, the Elise is a VERY tempting target for no good losers and pranksters.
Be careful tonight! They got the side/top/left fender, and backend. The eggshell acted as a razor and removed the paint right down to the primer.
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Good advice, my buddy's Honda S2000 just got egged the other night sitting parked outside. He had not left it out for more than 1/2 hour and it got covered in Eggs and shaving cream. I can imagine what might happen if an Elise was sitting there.
I am not venturing out with the Elise tonight. It stays in the garage.
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I think I may even put my civic in the garage tonight... the Elise always stays inside when not in use.
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A gun would be nice, but in our case my husband ran them down in our Jeep Cherokee.
He pulled alongside them at a stoplight and shined a maglight into their cabin ( at this point they didn't know they were being chased) and yelled " YOU @^#%#%#% JUST EGGED MY CAR, GET THE @&#@^# OUT OF YOUR CAR!!!). Apparently the looks on their faces were priceless. They took off but they couldn't outrun him...LOL. They ended up driving across a parking lot hitting the parking bump stops the whole way, then drove into a field jumping the parking lot curb on the way into the field. My husband decided to stop chase at this point since he had their license plate #. Last he saw them their poor car was flying through the air over large earthen berms. I'm sure the parking stops and field tore the crap out of their ride.
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Not just ANY gun...a .500 S&W, the most powerful handgun in the world...by far.
The Stig don't mess around.
Get your car covers on, boys and girls!
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I already put my cover on and was going to post a reminder but you guys beat me to it. Love the teamwork around here! Hate the fact we need it..
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Originally Posted by DragonRider1
I already put my cover on and was going to post a reminder but you guys beat me to it. Love the teamwork around here! Hate the fact we need it..
Also, the night before Halloween (Devil Night/Cabbage Night) is also a time to be careful.
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Overall, not the worst time for my car to be in the body shop. Getting my egging fixed from last year along with the new soccer mom suburban damage. Dreading any new egging stories to be posted here shortly. Hopefully there aren't any.
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I am partial to the 454 Casul
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We had a pumpkin through our windshield about 8 years ago.
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Originally Posted by The Stig
does it fit in the sector 111 aluminum fire extinguisher mount?
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Well here is some recaps of last night. The Elise was parked in front of my house with the cover on a locked. A couple of kids in costumes walk by and say "That's the Lotus!" I guess the cover doesn't disguise it enough. Then 3 kids come up for some candy and the one in his best uneducated accent says "Yo! Lemme drive your car!" He looked to be about 14 years old if that. The snoopy pillow case didn't help him to look older. He says he has a license and I asked to see it. He shows me his bus pass. Nice try. He keeps trying. He says "I'll give you 3 stacks if you let me drive it." I assumed that stacks meant $1000 so I told him he can give me 47 "stacks" and he can drive it all he wants. He says "I be movin bricks so I can get the stacks." Right. He then proceeds to say that he can steal cars and his friend with extremely bad cross eyes says he can pick locks. After seeing his eyes, I left that one alone. They start to leave and say they will be back with their girls to take them for a ride. Right. And finally the capper. I went out for a little while, and when I came back somebody had lifted the cover over the right rear to see the wheels and the name. I had the alarm on so they didn't get too far. The balls on people to lift/take off the car cover of somebody elses car. If I saw them do it, I would have called the police and say they were trying to steal my car. What is wrong with people/ kids these days? Next Halloween it will be in a garage along with the rest of my cars.
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Originally Posted by M3racer
one in his best uneducated accent says "Yo! Lemme drive your car!" He looked to be about 14 years old if that.
Dumbass kids...
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Got egged last night by some *****, 4 eggs to be exact. 2 landed on the driver side window and the 2 on the rear clam just above the wheels. Took it to a car wash right away and sprayed it down. Now I have 2 areas with chipped paint and some small cracking. Any suggestion on how to fixed? I could use the touch up paint but I rather have it done right. Can anyone recommend a shop in the Chicago area?
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For god's sake people, clean out your garages and put the lotus in there...
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Can someone explain to me why throwing eggs at a car can do $4000 in pain damage? What damages the paint? Can't it just be washed off, especially if you find it right after it happens?
I know the Elsie is somewhat fragile, but I hope it is stronger than an egg shell.
Enlighten me please.
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The impact of the egg actually pushes the shards of egg shell into the clear coat of the paint. The result is almost a bullseye effect in the paint. The fix maybe as simple as using a compound to smooth out the clear coat but most likely it will have to be wet sanded and then re-clear coated. I have three spots on my car from an egging that I need to get fixed.
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Originally Posted by Donbecker
For god's sake people, clean out your garages and put the lotus in there...
+1000.
I left mine safely tucked away last night. My friend called me before dark last night to go help him move some stuff so I got left with a HUGE bag of candy (didn't hand hardly any out). Anyone around here want some?
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Originally Posted by Donbecker
For god's sake people, clean out your garages and put the lotus in there...
In defense of people who didn't have their elise in the garage....
Our Loti aren't normally out. However last year we had not only the two Lotuses, but also a heavily modded miata, a turbocharged 1967 mini, a third gen RX7 and two trucks. Unfortunately we only have a two car garage but a 6 or 7 car driveway....I'd imagine others have the same sorts of problems.
The single Lotus was out because we went out in it that night. Before we left I moved the miata in the garage next to the other Elise. When we got back I didn't want to have to move all the cars around to get the miata out and put the elise back in the garage. We had the outdoor Elise as close to the house as possible and used our SUV's to "block" the Elise from harm....but the little punks were bent on hitting it and had to go out of their way to do so.