Lotus Carlton!!
21 July 2003, 07:23 PM
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I'd love to take you out in it..alas...
insurance for me is 3k a year..however its gonna cost me 76 quid for a month while i have my gsi partially resprayed..then its for sale so ti wont be at mine anyway
insurance for me is 3k a year..however its gonna cost me 76 quid for a month while i have my gsi partially resprayed..then its for sale so ti wont be at mine anyway
22 July 2003, 07:59 AM
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I've had one too! Worth it, just for the experience.
Got an Evo now, prefer it as it feels so much lighter (because it is!) and so much more manic, raw and nimble...
I'm glad I owned a LC though. Was an experience. When the roads were damp, flooring it in third sends those rear wheels spinning all over the shop...! RWD not really for me, not enough of a competent driver! And 53mph in first...mad!
Got an Evo now, prefer it as it feels so much lighter (because it is!) and so much more manic, raw and nimble...
I'm glad I owned a LC though. Was an experience. When the roads were damp, flooring it in third sends those rear wheels spinning all over the shop...! RWD not really for me, not enough of a competent driver! And 53mph in first...mad!
22 July 2003, 06:16 PM
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it'll do almost 100 in second..its mad...it does top speed in 5th...you cant actually accelerate in 6th its too tall...its geared to do 286mph in 6th so it just doesnt have the legs to accelerate....
they can use such long ratios because what counts with LC's is the torque figure of 419 lb/ft
[Edited by Bader23 - 7/22/2003 6:17:36 PM]
they can use such long ratios because what counts with LC's is the torque figure of 419 lb/ft
[Edited by Bader23 - 7/22/2003 6:17:36 PM]
22 July 2003, 06:20 PM
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heh...thats good..but alas its wrong..all the LC figures were underquoted..it'll do 186 in 5th 
you just dont use 6th its a waste of time ...it'll do more than 53 in first a sorted one will do closer to 60 .. 2nd and 3rd are fabulous gears ....
autocar had a standard one at 185mph in italy at launch and that was one of them running at 377bhp..alot of them came out of the factory at more than standard
you just dont use 6th its a waste of time ...it'll do more than 53 in first a sorted one will do closer to 60 .. 2nd and 3rd are fabulous gears ....
autocar had a standard one at 185mph in italy at launch and that was one of them running at 377bhp..alot of them came out of the factory at more than standard
22 July 2003, 06:25 PM
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Yeah couple of years ago Autocar did a top speed test for mad saloons, they were getting upto 170 in the LC in 5th and put it into 6th 
and said it wouldnt go over 170ish.
I've heard of owners having their standard car RR'd and getting 400ish BHP
and said it wouldnt go over 170ish.I've heard of owners having their standard car RR'd and getting 400ish BHP
22 July 2003, 06:40 PM
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Drove an evo a few months ago..a IV i think it was...tried my utmost to get it to do something stupid..was too grippy though...was a totally different experience to what i am used to....mind you i am used to rear wheel drive barges 
great fun on the twisties though...in its element on country roads.
great fun on the twisties though...in its element on country roads.
22 July 2003, 07:04 PM
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Bader, The Evo is perfect for a driver of my competence mate!
The LC was just too big for me. Once I went around a fairly large roundabout with some idiot chasing me in an average family saloon and, on exiting, slid all over the place! He was still behind me...not sliding all over the place......not for long of course!
Now the Evo over the same roundabout...completely different story!
The LC was just too big for me. Once I went around a fairly large roundabout with some idiot chasing me in an average family saloon and, on exiting, slid all over the place! He was still behind me...not sliding all over the place...
...not for long of course!Now the Evo over the same roundabout...completely different story!
22 July 2003, 07:34 PM
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I know what you mean...the LC is abit too muchs ometimes and it goes off on one without you either trying...even more so due to no driver aids...
the evo will be far more controllable not to mention slides are easily controllable even for **** drivers like me..lol
the evo will be far more controllable not to mention slides are easily controllable even for **** drivers like me..lol
22 July 2003, 07:46 PM
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never owned one..driven a couple including the new prodrive sti...
oh and had a ride in a proper group a rally car impreza
i was so scared i thought my brain had exited and dissapeared into a nother dimension..LOL
oh and had a ride in a proper group a rally car impreza
i was so scared i thought my brain had exited and dissapeared into a nother dimension..LOL
22 July 2003, 07:54 PM
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hmmm
difficult that one when i am hanging on for dear life...
its very noisy and so bloody grippy....unbelievable brakes aswell...and you can drift it round corners and it will just grip like glue...very very fast....
just to put it in perspective...each set of bolts on the hubs (5 on each hub) is 95 quid each :s
difficult that one when i am hanging on for dear life...
its very noisy and so bloody grippy....unbelievable brakes aswell...and you can drift it round corners and it will just grip like glue...very very fast....
just to put it in perspective...each set of bolts on the hubs (5 on each hub) is 95 quid each :s
22 July 2003, 08:16 PM
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Nope, owned two Evo's now but never owned or driven a Scoob.
Part of the reason I sold my LC was fearing something going on it. It's bad enough when you have to pay through the nose but actually sourcing some things, or not having an indefinite wait, would be a start!
The bloke who owned mine before me had the engine go and, all inclusive of ancillaries and VAT, was quoted £26k for a new one! He did mange to source a brand new one for a lot less in the end though...
I bought a rear 'Carlton' badge for mine.....£72!
Part of the reason I sold my LC was fearing something going on it. It's bad enough when you have to pay through the nose but actually sourcing some things, or not having an indefinite wait, would be a start!
The bloke who owned mine before me had the engine go and, all inclusive of ancillaries and VAT, was quoted £26k for a new one! He did mange to source a brand new one for a lot less in the end though...
I bought a rear 'Carlton' badge for mine.....£72!
23 July 2003, 12:56 PM
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The LC is quoted in Evo mag as 10.6 secs from 0-100 so don't know about that CarpetCleaner...
Bader, It was a couple of years ago now. I think it was someone from the Autobahnstormers (Charlie?)... At the time he had got hold of around 3 or 4 of them I believe...
Bader, It was a couple of years ago now. I think it was someone from the Autobahnstormers (Charlie?)... At the time he had got hold of around 3 or 4 of them I believe...
23 July 2003, 01:00 PM
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M3 is 11.5 to 100 so what's a second gonna make on the road, **** all
at the end of the day a LC is a sodding crappy vauxhaul Carlton with a powerful motor and some tweeks to the suspension
at the end of the day a LC is a sodding crappy vauxhaul Carlton with a powerful motor and some tweeks to the suspension