E-bmw Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 That's Purdey............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted March 12, 2018 Report Share Posted March 12, 2018 Took the Evora down to Cornwall to brighten up the place a bit. IMG_20180309_142034 by James Thorburn, on Flickr Wife and dog came along too. Evora selfies by James Thorburn, on Flickr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shao_khan Posted March 13, 2018 Report Share Posted March 13, 2018 I'm really pleased there are people left in the world who have a good eye for colour (y) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 That's lovely. Oh lordy, I can feel the siren call of Lotus again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, patently said: That's lovely. Oh lordy, I can feel the siren call of Lotus again.... Sure that’s not the AA? Lotus cars are all the perfect size to carry off really bold colours - I love it. Edited March 16, 2018 by eldavo69 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Parking at Goodwood today wasn't Evora friendly. Let's offroad by James Thorburn, on Flickr Let's offroad by James Thorburn, on Flickr Didn't help with the marshal directing us all towards the boggiest patch of grass possible, and then buggering off once a Bentley Continental GT, Aston Martin, Citroen Berlingo and myself were all stranded! Tractor pulling by James Thorburn, on Flickr Tractor dragged us to a space with a gap in the fence to park up, and then a few kind passers by gave us a push start when we were leaving. Edited March 17, 2018 by Thorburn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Tractors were quite busy, but lots of people helping stranded cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 The Members parking area was quite well drained, after this years MM and the bitter cold of MM74 I'm lobbying the GRRC to move the MM to May ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Elise out on track at Silverstone. Lotus Elise S1 Silverstone GP Track Day by James Thorburn, on Flickr Was going well until it blew a load of coolant out in the first afternoon session. Think it was just a duff coolant expansion tank cap - seal goes and coolant boils. Had a spare so let it cool off, topped back up and popped a new one on, but didn't risk taking it back out on track afterwards and headed home - didn't want to disrupt the running for others and easier to call the AA to the A34 than the Silverstone paddock. Plans now a foot to give the car a fairly through refresh (it is 20 years after all), including switching to a S2 VVC engine with 160bhp or so. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Dropping coolant all over the track - we’ve all been there! Plans sound good - a mate dropped a Type-R engine into his. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 (edited) 3 minutes ago, eldavo69 said: Dropping coolant all over the track - we’ve all been there! Fortunately not - was boiling it out the expansion cap so noticed steam coming out the engine cover. Shame as didn't think I was going round too badly for first time on track in 7 years up to that point. Type-R engines are a nice option, but £11,750 inc VAT for a turn key installation from MSC is more than I want to spend. Also traditionally driveshafts are a bit of an issue with converted cars as the angles aren't ideal on converted K-series cars. Edited April 23, 2018 by Thorburn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 21 hours ago, Thorburn said: Elise out on track at Silverstone. Lotus Elise S1 Silverstone GP Track Day by James Thorburn, on Flickr Was going well until it blew a load of coolant out in the first afternoon session. Think it was just a duff coolant expansion tank cap - seal goes and coolant boils. Had a spare so let it cool off, topped back up and popped a new one on, but didn't risk taking it back out on track afterwards and headed home - didn't want to disrupt the running for others and easier to call the AA to the A34 than the Silverstone paddock. Plans now a foot to give the car a fairly through refresh (it is 20 years after all), including switching to a S2 VVC engine with 160bhp or so. 20 years old, and over half of that must have been under your ownership by now? Refresh sounds fun. PS. Full size number plate? Whats going on there? Thought you'd ditched that years ago and gone for a stick on plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Ian_C said: 20 years old, and over half of that must have been under your ownership by now? Refresh sounds fun. PS. Full size number plate? Whats going on there? Thought you'd ditched that years ago and gone for a stick on plate 10 years in March, so definitely its longest term owner. Only 20,000 miles in that time though! I ran no front plate at all for a number of years as I got fed up of knocking them off and losing them. Never had a smaller/stick on one, just kept one in the boot. Put it back on a few years ago (along with an original plinth) as the missus refused to drive the car without it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Hahaha! Wondered if there was a story behind it reappearing, but wasn't expecting that answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 I drive too slowly now to bother taking it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 First run of the year out in the V12 Vantage S V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on Flickr V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on Flickr V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 That blue highlight in the sun is superb... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Don’t think I have shared this one yet. Can’t comment on it really as I have only done 100 miles in it since I bought it a couple of months ago but silverstone shakedown this Thursday 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 A very nice bumble bee spec motor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted June 16, 2018 Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 9:22 AM, eldavo69 said: Dropping coolant all over the track - we’ve all been there! Not all of us. Yet 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monic84 Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 My new levo pro , I don't have car yet:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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