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advanracing62 · 07-23-2009, 02:50 PM

Thanks much sir-

chris heath · 07-24-2009, 08:01 PM

did you find him?

advanracing62 · 07-27-2009, 06:37 AM

I did- Thanks Chris.

chris heath · 08-24-2009, 06:02 AM

just a friendly Idaho bump to see if there any new Idaho peeps out there

sandsmuseum · 08-29-2009, 12:12 PM

I drove the Exige up to North Idaho in June and returned to Silicon Valley on Wednesday night. I drove the 1025 miles straight through, 16 hours, and less than 340 songs on my iPod. (No, I do not generally speed on long trips as it reduces the anxiety.)

Idaho was great. I live outside of Hope and shop in Sandpoint. The car gathered a crowd every time I stopped. It reminded me of when the car first arrived in America. Got lots of comments about adding a receiver hitch and hauling logs. For those of you that worry about rock nicks and scratches, you should avoid the state. I believe my car is meant to be driven and just enjoy the roads, no matter what they do to my car.

I did try and drive one logging road. It was a bit funny as I cornered around each pot hole. I quickly gave up and took the family van to go huckleberrying.

I highly recommend the Pend Orielle area, nice place to spend the summer...

Michael

cosmoracer · 09-28-2009, 05:48 PM

I am here in Boise and just brought in a 2005 Elise with 4000 miles on it in from Portland this last Friday. It's silver and I store it in the parking garage across from Cash and Carry. I look forward to speaking/meeting other owners and sharing experiences!

As far as mods it has the sport pack with a stage 2 exhaust. Just ordered in a stealth box and new tires for it today.

Drew

slaughtr · 09-29-2009, 07:03 AM

Welcome Andrew!

advanracing62 · 09-29-2009, 07:25 AM

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that boise is a silver town :-)

cosmoracer · 09-29-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by slaughtr

Welcome Andrew!

Thanks Slaughtr! It seems like this is a great community and I am already learning vast amounts of info from the forums.

I am growing more and more in love with my Lotus each day. I would not mind testing it out on a track sometime soon......

slaughtr · 09-29-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by cosmoracer

Thanks Slaughtr! It seems like this is a great community and I am already learning vast amounts of info from the forums.

I am growing more and more in love with my Lotus each day. I would not mind testing it out on a track sometime soon......

I have an '05 BRG Elise with a Forcedfed turbo on it and to many other mods to list. I use it for local autocross, which it is great at, and a bunch of us routinely go down to Miller Motorsports park in Utah or PIR in Portland for track days. Good to have you.

advanracing62 · 09-29-2009, 02:38 PM

Slaughtr, your car is too fast for the paint to even hold on :-)

Cosmo- he's lying, we're all just pompus ex-corvette owners who do nothing but pine over how things used to be... lol

nah, the Boise crowd (and pretty most all Lotus owners) are pretty good guys, good to have another one in town.

LotusLacer · 09-29-2009, 02:41 PM

slaughtr · 09-30-2009, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by advanracing62

Slaughtr, your car is too fast for the paint to even hold on :-)

Cosmo- he's lying, we're all just pompus ex-corvette owners who do nothing but pine over how things used to be... lol

nah, the Boise crowd (and pretty most all Lotus owners) are pretty good guys, good to have another one in town.

Unfortunately, my car is sitting in the garage right now without a brain. It's waiting for a Charlie X transplantation next week. So, I have to drive the Rossion instead.

advanracing62 · 09-30-2009, 09:51 AM

you really can't go wrong driving either car though, lest IMO. Hoping next year to get some FI on my car.. I'll be curious to see how the tune fares for you.

slaughtr · 09-30-2009, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by advanracing62

you really can't go wrong driving either car though, lest IMO. Hoping next year to get some FI on my car.. I'll be curious to see how the tune fares for you.

Look at BOE's kit. Everything I've bought from Phil has worked out great. Plus, he's always there to talk...even for things he's not selling me. I can't say enough good things about him.

cosmoracer · 09-30-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by slaughtr

I have an '05 BRG Elise with a Forcedfed turbo on it and to many other mods to list. I use it for local autocross, which it is great at, and a bunch of us routinely go down to Miller Motorsports park in Utah or PIR in Portland for track days. Good to have you.

I have never heard of a Rossion till now but after checking it out that car looks awesome. I will do more research and feel sheepish for never hearing of them.

I would love to check out your car sometime. I used to have a 91 Toyota MR2 Turbo and although it was not in the same league as the Lotus I loved that car and I do miss the feel/anticipation of the turbo kicking in. I was wondering about the practicability of adding a turbo in regards to performance, price and reliability and where/how it can be done. It puts a grin on my face just thinking about having a turbo-ed auto again.....

slaughtr · 09-30-2009, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cosmoracer

I have never heard of a Rossion till now but after checking it out that car looks awesome. I will do more research and feel sheepish for never hearing of them.

I would love to check out your car sometime. I used to have a 91 Toyota MR2 Turbo and although it was not in the same league as the Lotus I loved that car and I do miss the feel/anticipation of the turbo kicking in. I was wondering about the practicability of adding a turbo in regards to performance, price and reliability and where/how it can be done. It puts a grin on my face just thinking about having a turbo-ed auto again.....

Any time. This is my car at this years LOG (Lotus Owner's Gathering) in Alabama.

cosmoracer · 10-01-2009, 11:20 PM

Well it's officially been a week since I picked up the lady.. and I am growing to love her more and more every day. I am finally starting to figure out a half practical/non ridiculous looking way of entering and exiting her which is tough for me being a 250 lb guy. I am also starting to grow increasingly indifferent to the constant thumbs up and smiles I am getting - except from the ladies

.

Anyway, to celebrate our 1 week anniversary I bought the lady a stealthbox and an exceptional 4 channel Alpine amp and I am amazed at the quality of sound it produces. I have had many different setups with larger and more powerful speakers but this setup feels just about right and the bass resonates very well with the sub in the front passenger foot well. I am just getting ready to make my bi-monthly drive to Idaho Falls this weekend and I am actually looking forward to it for the first time since I started doing it 4 years ago for work.

So if you hear someone bumping the Beatles you will know who it is now.

slaughtr · 10-02-2009, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cosmoracer

Well it's officially been a week since I picked up the lady.. and I am growing to love her more and more every day. I am finally starting to figure out a half practical/non ridiculous looking way of entering and exiting her which is tough for me being a 250 lb guy. I am also starting to grow increasingly indifferent to the constant thumbs up and smiles I am getting - except from the ladies

.

Anyway, to celebrate our 1 week anniversary I bought the lady a stealthbox and an exceptional 4 channel Alpine amp and I am amazed at the quality of sound it produces. I have had many different setups with larger and more powerful speakers but this setup feels just about right and the bass resonates very well with the sub in the front passenger foot well. I am just getting ready to make my bi-monthly drive to Idaho Falls this weekend and I am actually looking forward to it for the first time since I started doing it 4 years ago for work.

So if you hear someone bumping the Beatles you will know who it is now.

There's a technique to getting in and out that is easy, once learned. I'll have to hear that subwoofer sometime.

chris heath · 10-04-2009, 04:26 PM

Welcome Cosmo! Good choice on the color.

Ronnie,

did you ever pick up your new wing from TVCR? i took a jeep in that i bought to get painted and Bob and i started talking about my lotus and he said he worked on one. I assumed it was you since you live in the area. sure enough it was you. he showed me the new addition. looks nice.

08-29-2009, 12:12 PM	#145 (permalink)
sandsmuseum Exige enthusiast... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 775 Images: 33	just returned, had fun I drove the Exige up to North Idaho in June and returned to Silicon Valley on Wednesday night. I drove the 1025 miles straight through, 16 hours, and less than 340 songs on my iPod. (No, I do not generally speed on long trips as it reduces the anxiety.) Idaho was great. I live outside of Hope and shop in Sandpoint. The car gathered a crowd every time I stopped. It reminded me of when the car first arrived in America. Got lots of comments about adding a receiver hitch and hauling logs. For those of you that worry about rock nicks and scratches, you should avoid the state. I believe my car is meant to be driven and just enjoy the roads, no matter what they do to my car. I did try and drive one logging road. It was a bit funny as I cornered around each pot hole. I quickly gave up and took the family van to go huckleberrying. I highly recommend the Pend Orielle area, nice place to spend the summer... Michael __________________ www.sandsmuseum.com antique coin op repair mod for the Library on EliseTalk

09-29-2009, 07:03 AM	#147 (permalink)
slaughtr Big head man Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 5,953 Images: 3	Welcome Andrew! __________________ My car both sucks and blows. Now with added all natural smoky goodness!

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07-23-2009, 02:50 PM	#141 (permalink)
advanracing62 Everything Is Nothing Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ID Posts: 121 Images: 5	Thanks much sir-

07-24-2009, 08:01 PM	#142 (permalink)
chris heath cant wait 4 warm weather Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 468	did you find him?

07-27-2009, 06:37 AM	#143 (permalink)
advanracing62 Everything Is Nothing Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ID Posts: 121 Images: 5	I did- Thanks Chris.

08-24-2009, 06:02 AM	#144 (permalink)
chris heath cant wait 4 warm weather Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 468	just a friendly Idaho bump to see if there any new Idaho peeps out there

09-28-2009, 05:48 PM	#146 (permalink)
cosmoracer AKA Milkmandrew Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Downtown Boise ID Posts: 7	I am here in Boise and just brought in a 2005 Elise with 4000 miles on it in from Portland this last Friday. It's silver and I store it in the parking garage across from Cash and Carry. I look forward to speaking/meeting other owners and sharing experiences! As far as mods it has the sport pack with a stage 2 exhaust. Just ordered in a stealth box and new tires for it today. Drew

09-29-2009, 07:25 AM	#148 (permalink)
advanracing62 Everything Is Nothing Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ID Posts: 121 Images: 5	I'm going to go out on a limb and say that boise is a silver town :-)

09-29-2009, 02:38 PM	#151 (permalink)
advanracing62 Everything Is Nothing Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ID Posts: 121 Images: 5	Slaughtr, your car is too fast for the paint to even hold on :-) Cosmo- he's lying, we're all just pompus ex-corvette owners who do nothing but pine over how things used to be... lol nah, the Boise crowd (and pretty most all Lotus owners) are pretty good guys, good to have another one in town.

09-29-2009, 02:41 PM	#152 (permalink)
LotusLacer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Nampa, Idaho Posts: 143

09-30-2009, 09:51 AM	#154 (permalink)
advanracing62 Everything Is Nothing Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ID Posts: 121 Images: 5	you really can't go wrong driving either car though, lest IMO. Hoping next year to get some FI on my car.. I'll be curious to see how the tune fares for you.

10-01-2009, 11:20 PM	#158 (permalink)
cosmoracer AKA Milkmandrew Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Downtown Boise ID Posts: 7	Well it's officially been a week since I picked up the lady.. and I am growing to love her more and more every day. I am finally starting to figure out a half practical/non ridiculous looking way of entering and exiting her which is tough for me being a 250 lb guy. I am also starting to grow increasingly indifferent to the constant thumbs up and smiles I am getting - except from the ladies . Anyway, to celebrate our 1 week anniversary I bought the lady a stealthbox and an exceptional 4 channel Alpine amp and I am amazed at the quality of sound it produces. I have had many different setups with larger and more powerful speakers but this setup feels just about right and the bass resonates very well with the sub in the front passenger foot well. I am just getting ready to make my bi-monthly drive to Idaho Falls this weekend and I am actually looking forward to it for the first time since I started doing it 4 years ago for work. So if you hear someone bumping the Beatles you will know who it is now.

10-04-2009, 04:26 PM	#160 (permalink)
chris heath cant wait 4 warm weather Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 468	Welcome Cosmo! Good choice on the color. Ronnie, did you ever pick up your new wing from TVCR? i took a jeep in that i bought to get painted and Bob and i started talking about my lotus and he said he worked on one. I assumed it was you since you live in the area. sure enough it was you. he showed me the new addition. looks nice.

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