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Old 02-14-2003, 12:18 PM   #1
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Come on people where are our lotus esprit freaks?

Come alive!!! come on you must be out there
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Old 02-14-2003, 01:09 PM   #2
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IM RIGHT HERE!!! :P
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Who’d dare build a car without doors or side windows or a hood? Only Lotus. And who’d dare drive one? You would. The 340R is the sports car for people who live to drive and want the whole experience as raw and as pure as it comes.
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Old 02-14-2003, 01:34 PM   #3
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Old 02-14-2003, 02:40 PM   #4
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nice lets get some convo going~@!!!
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Old 02-17-2003, 11:29 PM   #5
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I'm here...

Are any of you guys part of the TE list on yahoo groups?

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Old 08-14-2003, 01:50 PM   #6
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Present.

I am on the TE list too.
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Old 11-21-2003, 12:11 PM   #7
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You got your Esprit freak right hear! I'm all about them
Why did they have to cease their poduction!?
That Makes me so angry
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Old 12-01-2003, 02:37 AM   #8
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i am a Esprit freak hear also.
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Old 12-29-2003, 06:21 PM   #9
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Had to reply since lotusTT has a picture of my car in his first message!

(I'm virtually positive the photo is of the 2002 Azure Esprit that Silicon Valley Autogroup had for sale until recently!)

http://www.wulfpack.com/Lotus-02.jpg

Love the car. The accelleration is mind blowing, and around here (Orange County, CA) it really turns heads - more so even than Ferrari's, Porsche's and the like. (Which are far more common in these parts than Lotuses.)

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Old 04-16-2004, 11:45 AM   #10
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Re: Come on people where are our lotus esprit freaks?

Hello, I am a Lotus owner too...
I have to say a freak. Lotus Freak I mean.
Presently I own a 1983 Esprit, have been working on it at night for two years, and got it running.
(It had been parked and abandoned for 7 years).
As we all have our preferences, please allow me to say I prefer the interior of the Giugiaro original,
Stevens softened it too much, the body as well seems too round to be dramatic-looking.
As the Giugiaro.
I had a chance to get a 1994 red-beige Esprit, great shape, low miles, but I just couldn't get to like the interior! so I went back to my Giugiaro.
Maybe there is a way to exchange bodies with a
newer Esprit,for the reliability and better performance only. Does anybody know if that type
of combination has been done? Giugiaro body-newer Esprit engine-chassis...?

Thanks in advance for any comments on this!

And please share any of your Espirit stories...!

Luis Beltran
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Old 04-17-2004, 06:02 AM   #11
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Re: Come on people where are our lotus esprit freaks?

My S2 had been parked up in a farm yard for 5 years because the rear calipers had been damaged during a pad change. New parts from England took a week and then only 2 hours to rebuild calipers.

The time standing around didn't help the bearings. I have replaced all the wheel bearings and the universal joints. Have since clocked up quite a few miles without trouble (the clutch release bearing is getting noisy though).
Just love the shape.
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Old 04-19-2004, 11:07 AM   #12
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Re: Come on people where are our lotus esprit freaks?

S2, non turbo, my perfect car would be that in BRG
and tan interior...
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Old 04-20-2004, 03:27 AM   #13
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Hi

Actually the car is Blue with what was originally charcoal interior. Now faded to a pale blue. Black leather seats. Black carpets.

Photos uploaded here



Here is a photo showing a Seven replica I made in 1988 now owned by friend



The photos were taken at the street race last month. A good day out. We brought our own stand (behind cars)
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Re: Come on people where are our lotus esprit freaks?

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Come alive!!! come on you must be out there
Hello, I am new membre of the forum, and I search the last version lotus esprit v8 Azure blue..., but It's dificult ....
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