Well I got up at 5:30am, jumped in the Civic and headed out to Pukekohe.
Got there just after 6, and left the Civic at the car dealer from works house.
Jumped in his '73 XJ12 Jag and headed off to Tauranga.
Fuck that thing can move! it might weigh nearly 2 tons, but the damn V12 just slings it down the road like it weighs 200grams. Seriusly one of the fastest 4 dr cars I have ever been in.
We got to Tauranga at about 8am, and went and talked someone out of thier lovely car, so that we could sell it on thier behalf.
The dealer got back in the Jag, and I drove one bright red 1988 LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO back to Auckland. :ylsuper :ylsuper :sun: :sun: :sun: :sun: :sun:
Oh damn what a nice car! It passed anything and everything on the road as if it was standing still. I had some guy in a GT legacy try and follow me past a truck, and I just left him so far behind he might as well have been walking.
And the best thing is how easy to drive it was. The 2hr drive back went very quickly, and I was not even the lest bit sore afterwards, or even remotely fatigued. It was quite in the cabin, it didnt bounce all over the road, there was nothing lose and rattling anywhere, but when you put your foot down there was just turbo spooling boost, a blow off valve when you changed gear, and the most preciese steering of anything I have ever driven, not to mention road holding I could not come close to exploring the limits of.
I just wish a: It was my car so I could have really driven it hard
b: the road all the way back to Auckland was closed.
But it taught me one very important thing. At the end of the day its just a car.
Alibet one I would love to do a lot of cross country travel in! :sun: :sun: