Local Lotus Club Los Angeles/Ventura - LotusTalk

SKYVUE · 06-19-2008, 09:37 AM

I Pushed the Meeting One Week Up!!

NEXT "MEETING":

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7th

9:30/10 AM

TERRI'S CAFE', Agoura Road, Agoura Hills

After a GREAT BREAKFAST, We'll have another LOTUS`DRIVE on the LOTUS ROADS of Santa Monica Mountains!

Get the BEST out of your Lotus! Join us!

I would like to initiate a Lotus Club in this area. We have informal drives based in the Agoura Hills area and sometimes we go (as a group) to the track, so I'd like to make it a bit more formal and more substantial.

I'm not thinking about dues/officers/politics stuff, but a more structure with meeting places and particular times/dates etc. We have a great data base of Lotus owners in this area with different ages and different interests.

The "club" will have short informal Lotus drives (like we do now), longer weekend trips with interesting destinations, socials/dinners for relaxing and camraderie, group trips to the local race track, tech-days where we get together for doing oil changes, repair, installation of aftermarket mods etc. Looks like fun! We could even get discounts at dealers, auto parts, performace shops...

PLEASE let me know if you are attending!!!!!!

1. Hal & Terry '05 SY Elise
2. James '05 GG Elise
3. Ara '07 GG ExigeS
4. Kerri 07 Elise 72D
5. Mark '07 KG Elise
6. Rachel '05 AR Elise
YOU and your LOTUS SHOULD BE HERE!

April? Del? Jack & Rosie? Larry & Lynley? Mopho? Jun? FlashG? Others?

--Hal

kgalgas · 06-19-2008, 10:46 AM

So... there we are...WHEN IS THE FIRST MEETING? Any ideas?

--Hal[/quote]

How about 4th of July or that week-end. Sure there will be a number of people going out of town etc.

We could do a drive in the morning, than have a BBQ/ pot luck later.

FIRME · 06-19-2008, 11:48 AM

You might want to call it Lotus Club Ventura as there's already a Lotus Club in Los Angeles...I think Gordonie runs it but their website seems to have change and it's weird

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SKYVUE · 06-19-2008, 12:53 PM

OK The weekend of the fourth would be good, but as you mentioned, a lot of people are doing there own thing. Like bar-b-que-ing the screaming babies and ingrate toddlers, or placating the teenagers with attitudes. Sounds like a fun family time...

Lotus Club of Ventura (LCV) is a good start. Of course, people from LA and Orange County are always welcomed, as we can share the events.

--Hal

Patricko · 06-19-2008, 01:05 PM

There is an Orange County Lotus Club too

The OC Lotus Club - Index

agirls · 06-19-2008, 01:18 PM

Ohhh, Lotus Club of Ventura. Sweet!

I may show up every once in a while.

I have to admit though, my weekends are usually pretty busy. And the canyons are sooo much more fun during the week!

If you have a meet 4th of July weekend, I may be roasting in Vegas! But I'll have to show up one of these days so I can say hi.

Randy Chase · 06-19-2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRME

You might want to call it Lotus Club Ventura as there's already a Lotus Club in Los Angeles...I think Gordonie runs it but their website seems to have change and it's weird

index

I heard Gordonie had taken ill and was selling his Esprit. Sad news. The LA Lotus LTD club has been a bit dormant.

cpforyou · 06-19-2008, 01:21 PM

So what should the domain or name be called?

www.lotusofventura.com?

www.lotus805.com?

open to other suggesstions?

kgalgas · 06-19-2008, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cpforyou

So what should the domain or name be called?

www.lotusofventura.com?

www.lotus805.com?

the area is split between the 805 and 818 area codes and Ventura and LA county. Calling by the area maybe better.

open to other suggesstions?

www.lotusofconejovalley.com

Zen Dude · 06-19-2008, 01:57 PM

If you use a name like Lotus of Ventura then I'll feel out of place.

Call it something more open so anyone in the area will fit in, like "Lotus of the Twisty's" or "Lotus of the Foothills" or "Lotus Enthusiasts of the West" or "The Lotus Canyon Carvers of the West".

I wanna join!

- z

SKYVUE · 06-19-2008, 02:13 PM

How about LotusorMars! Only Ardent Red Lotus cars join. delise?
Obviously, only Chrome Orange Lotus cars are members of Orange County.
LotusofConejo is only for VW rabbits.

Or how about "Lotus Enthusiasts based in Ventura County"

Yes, Ventura is too limiting for those who are in the San Fernando Valley.
But remember, all Lotus Owners from all parts of the world can join.

So let's set up the first dinner/meeting. How about Sunday July 6th at dinner? Now we need to find a restaurant that can accomodate a large group. Chuy's in Agoura road, than a nice drive in the evening?

--Hal

delise · 06-19-2008, 02:32 PM

Well considering most of the people who go on the drives don't live in Ventura county I think the name is misleading. And most of the drives and meeting spots are not in Ventura either ! I am out of town I think for that weekend but put me down for a maybe!

One thing I think might be nice is if we find a sponsor or person to throw a group tech day where we can all work on our cars and lend helping hands/tools expertise, maybe do group oil changes, bottom panel checks etc. Another nice idea I think would be to have members more connected via private emails, text and cell phone numbers. I think it would be pretty cool to establish a little network of people willing to help out regionally to Lotus owners in a bind. If somebody were near my work or house and their car pooped out or were in a bad Lotus situation I would gladly help out, give them a lift, pick up a part etc if I were able to.

I am also willing to help out with planning stuff, coordinating things etc, so is Christine, she even mentioned driving a chase car on a drive and she could bring a BBQ grill and drinks etc. and our drive could go to a park or beach.

delise · 06-19-2008, 02:38 PM

That Lotus club LA site has never really gone online or been active so I say go with
LOLA - Lotus Owners Los Angeles !!

Or how about - Lotus Owners West Club - or The LOW club

Zen Dude · 06-19-2008, 03:11 PM

The LOW Club

I like it.

- z

delise · 06-19-2008, 03:17 PM

Godadday.com says www.lotusownerswest.com is available if we have any web site geeks on board who know about hosting and such... I have messed with this stuff some for my music project and it was a pain for me !

Zen Dude · 06-19-2008, 04:42 PM

Lotus Owners West - Canyon Carving Outlaws

LOWCCO (pronounced loco)

delise · 06-20-2008, 08:23 AM

Well you could do - Lotus Owners West Coast Organization - but I like LOW Club better

SKYVUE · 06-20-2008, 08:38 AM

Let's set the FIRST MEETING on Sunday July 13th, right after SuperCar Sunday! 11am. We'll have a brunch at Terri's Cafe and discuss the club stuff there. Terri's Cafe is off Agoura Road. Take the Reye's Adobe exit off of the 101 freeway, north to Agoura Road (left) and two driveways turn left in the parking lot.

After that, we could take a short ride on Lotus roads!

July 6th is a bad date, too many screaming babies.

Don't forget the STARGAZING LOTUS DRIVE/WEEKEND on July 26th!

--Hal

lotusguy · 06-20-2008, 08:49 AM

Lotus L.A. is no longer, as Know one ever showed up for the club.

The people who did show up, eventually moved down to the OC.

So I stopped work on the website.

Guy

delise · 06-20-2008, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SKYVUE

Let's set the FIRST MEETING on Sunday July 13th, right after SuperCar Sunday! 11am. We'll have a brunch at Terri's Cafe and discuss the club stuff there. Terri's Cafe is off Agoura Road. Take the Reye's Adobe exit off of the 101 freeway, north to Agoura Road (left) and two driveways turn left in the parking lot.

After that, we could take a short ride on Lotus roads!

July 6th is a bad date, too many screaming babies.

Don't forget the STARGAZING LOTUS DRIVE/WEEKEND on July 26th!

--Hal

Sounds good to me, will meet at Terri's cafe at 11AM and do the drive but skipping the super car sunday most likely. Terri's will be much nicer than Chuys for actually trying to carry on conversations and the food is way better !

06-19-2008, 09:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
SKYVUE SKYVUE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 1,613 Images: 1	Local Lotus Club Los Angeles/Ventura I Pushed the Meeting One Week Up!! NEXT "MEETING": SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7th 9:30/10 AM TERRI'S CAFE', Agoura Road, Agoura Hills After a GREAT BREAKFAST, We'll have another LOTUS`DRIVE on the LOTUS ROADS of Santa Monica Mountains! Get the BEST out of your Lotus! Join us! I would like to initiate a Lotus Club in this area. We have informal drives based in the Agoura Hills area and sometimes we go (as a group) to the track, so I'd like to make it a bit more formal and more substantial. I'm not thinking about dues/officers/politics stuff, but a more structure with meeting places and particular times/dates etc. We have a great data base of Lotus owners in this area with different ages and different interests. The "club" will have short informal Lotus drives (like we do now), longer weekend trips with interesting destinations, socials/dinners for relaxing and camraderie, group trips to the local race track, tech-days where we get together for doing oil changes, repair, installation of aftermarket mods etc. Looks like fun! We could even get discounts at dealers, auto parts, performace shops... PLEASE let me know if you are attending!!!!!! 1. Hal & Terry '05 SY Elise 2. James '05 GG Elise 3. Ara '07 GG ExigeS 4. Kerri 07 Elise 72D 5. Mark '07 KG Elise 6. Rachel '05 AR Elise YOU and your LOTUS SHOULD BE HERE! April? Del? Jack & Rosie? Larry & Lynley? Mopho? Jun? FlashG? Others? --Hal __________________ --SKYVUE, '05 Elise SY (I love that car too!) Resident Astronomer Last edited by SKYVUE : 08-11-2008 at 08:00 PM.

06-19-2008, 12:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
SKYVUE SKYVUE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 1,613 Images: 1	OK The weekend of the fourth would be good, but as you mentioned, a lot of people are doing there own thing. Like bar-b-que-ing the screaming babies and ingrate toddlers, or placating the teenagers with attitudes. Sounds like a fun family time... Lotus Club of Ventura (LCV) is a good start. Of course, people from LA and Orange County are always welcomed, as we can share the events. --Hal __________________ --SKYVUE, '05 Elise SY (I love that car too!) Resident Astronomer

06-19-2008, 01:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
Patricko Elise Royalty Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 5,542	There is an Orange County Lotus Club too The OC Lotus Club - Index __________________ Providing an opportunity for others to live vicariously through me since 2004 ®

06-19-2008, 01:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
agirls Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Santa Paula, CA Posts: 82 Images: 73	Ohhh, Lotus Club of Ventura. Sweet! I may show up every once in a while. I have to admit though, my weekends are usually pretty busy. And the canyons are sooo much more fun during the week! If you have a meet 4th of July weekend, I may be roasting in Vegas! But I'll have to show up one of these days so I can say hi. __________________ 07 Lotus Exige S Chrome Orange

06-19-2008, 01:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
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06-19-2008, 10:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
kgalgas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Agoura, CA Posts: 246	So... there we are...WHEN IS THE FIRST MEETING? Any ideas? --Hal[/quote] How about 4th of July or that week-end. Sure there will be a number of people going out of town etc. We could do a drive in the morning, than have a BBQ/ pot luck later.

06-19-2008, 11:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
FIRME Q'vo! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 414	You might want to call it Lotus Club Ventura as there's already a Lotus Club in Los Angeles...I think Gordonie runs it but their website seems to have change and it's weird index

06-19-2008, 01:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
Zen Dude Learning Self-Control Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 150	If you use a name like Lotus of Ventura then I'll feel out of place. Call it something more open so anyone in the area will fit in, like "Lotus of the Twisty's" or "Lotus of the Foothills" or "Lotus Enthusiasts of the West" or "The Lotus Canyon Carvers of the West". I wanna join! - z __________________ 07 Lotus Elise – Krypton Green – Sport Pack, Touring Pack, Cilajet, Stage 1 Exhaust, Other Sector 111 / BWR Accessories 02 Mazda Miata SE – Blazing Yellow Mica – Hard Top, Boss Frog Clearview Roll bar 05 Mazda3 – Laser Blue, 2.3L 84 Mazda B2000 SE Pickup – White – 296,000 miles

06-19-2008, 02:13 PM	#11 (permalink)
SKYVUE SKYVUE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 1,613 Images: 1	How about LotusorMars! Only Ardent Red Lotus cars join. delise? Obviously, only Chrome Orange Lotus cars are members of Orange County. LotusofConejo is only for VW rabbits. Or how about "Lotus Enthusiasts based in Ventura County" Yes, Ventura is too limiting for those who are in the San Fernando Valley. But remember, all Lotus Owners from all parts of the world can join. So let's set up the first dinner/meeting. How about Sunday July 6th at dinner? Now we need to find a restaurant that can accomodate a large group. Chuy's in Agoura road, than a nice drive in the evening? --Hal __________________ --SKYVUE, '05 Elise SY (I love that car too!) Resident Astronomer

06-19-2008, 02:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
delise 2005 Ardent Red, Touring Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Beverly Hills Posts: 1,971	Well considering most of the people who go on the drives don't live in Ventura county I think the name is misleading. And most of the drives and meeting spots are not in Ventura either ! I am out of town I think for that weekend but put me down for a maybe! One thing I think might be nice is if we find a sponsor or person to throw a group tech day where we can all work on our cars and lend helping hands/tools expertise, maybe do group oil changes, bottom panel checks etc. Another nice idea I think would be to have members more connected via private emails, text and cell phone numbers. I think it would be pretty cool to establish a little network of people willing to help out regionally to Lotus owners in a bind. If somebody were near my work or house and their car pooped out or were in a bad Lotus situation I would gladly help out, give them a lift, pick up a part etc if I were able to. I am also willing to help out with planning stuff, coordinating things etc, so is Christine, she even mentioned driving a chase car on a drive and she could bring a BBQ grill and drinks etc. and our drive could go to a park or beach. __________________ "You can run over an insect and know just from the messages coming through the wheel how many legs it had. Was it a beetle? Was it a spider? Hang on......... spider." Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear Last edited by delise : 06-20-2008 at 07:30 AM.

06-19-2008, 02:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
delise 2005 Ardent Red, Touring Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Beverly Hills Posts: 1,971	That Lotus club LA site has never really gone online or been active so I say go with LOLA - Lotus Owners Los Angeles !! Or how about - Lotus Owners West Club - or The LOW club __________________ "You can run over an insect and know just from the messages coming through the wheel how many legs it had. Was it a beetle? Was it a spider? Hang on......... spider." Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear Last edited by delise : 06-20-2008 at 07:30 AM.

06-19-2008, 03:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
Zen Dude Learning Self-Control Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 150	The LOW Club I like it. - z __________________ 07 Lotus Elise – Krypton Green – Sport Pack, Touring Pack, Cilajet, Stage 1 Exhaust, Other Sector 111 / BWR Accessories 02 Mazda Miata SE – Blazing Yellow Mica – Hard Top, Boss Frog Clearview Roll bar 05 Mazda3 – Laser Blue, 2.3L 84 Mazda B2000 SE Pickup – White – 296,000 miles

06-19-2008, 03:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
delise 2005 Ardent Red, Touring Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Beverly Hills Posts: 1,971	Godadday.com says www.lotusownerswest.com is available if we have any web site geeks on board who know about hosting and such... I have messed with this stuff some for my music project and it was a pain for me ! __________________ "You can run over an insect and know just from the messages coming through the wheel how many legs it had. Was it a beetle? Was it a spider? Hang on......... spider." Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear Last edited by delise : 06-20-2008 at 07:29 AM.

06-19-2008, 04:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
Zen Dude Learning Self-Control Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 150	Lotus Owners West - Canyon Carving Outlaws LOWCCO (pronounced loco) __________________ 07 Lotus Elise – Krypton Green – Sport Pack, Touring Pack, Cilajet, Stage 1 Exhaust, Other Sector 111 / BWR Accessories 02 Mazda Miata SE – Blazing Yellow Mica – Hard Top, Boss Frog Clearview Roll bar 05 Mazda3 – Laser Blue, 2.3L 84 Mazda B2000 SE Pickup – White – 296,000 miles

06-20-2008, 08:23 AM	#17 (permalink)
delise 2005 Ardent Red, Touring Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Beverly Hills Posts: 1,971	Well you could do - Lotus Owners West Coast Organization - but I like LOW Club better __________________ "You can run over an insect and know just from the messages coming through the wheel how many legs it had. Was it a beetle? Was it a spider? Hang on......... spider." Jeremy Clarkson - Top Gear

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06-20-2008, 08:38 AM	#18 (permalink)
SKYVUE SKYVUE Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 1,613 Images: 1	First Meeting of unnamed Lotus Club Let's set the FIRST MEETING on Sunday July 13th, right after SuperCar Sunday! 11am. We'll have a brunch at Terri's Cafe and discuss the club stuff there. Terri's Cafe is off Agoura Road. Take the Reye's Adobe exit off of the 101 freeway, north to Agoura Road (left) and two driveways turn left in the parking lot. After that, we could take a short ride on Lotus roads! July 6th is a bad date, too many screaming babies. Don't forget the STARGAZING LOTUS DRIVE/WEEKEND on July 26th! --Hal __________________ --SKYVUE, '05 Elise SY (I love that car too!) Resident Astronomer

06-20-2008, 08:49 AM	#19 (permalink)
lotusguy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18	Lotus L.A. is no longer, as Know one ever showed up for the club. The people who did show up, eventually moved down to the OC. So I stopped work on the website. Guy

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