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Yes, I pulled the plug. I traded in the '05 Lotus with 43,000 miles.
We've had a great two and a half years with no problems and a million smiles. The Lotus IS the best handling car on the planet! My sessions on Buttonwillow and Streets of Willow tracks gave me some of the best times of my life. The trips with other Lotus owners gave wonderful memories and the friends we met on LOTUSTALK the friends are keepers!
While the Lotus Elise is a great car, I slowly realized this is not for Terry (my wife) and I. Although I drove the hell out of the Elise (about 10,00 miles a year), I didn't drive it enough to justify it. I wanted more comfort for longer trips and more luggage capacity, allow Terry to drive it more and still have good acceleration and handling that we can experience on the track and in the canyons. That's why this brought us to the CaymanS.
We'll still be here, we still have the sports car soul, but we mellowed. For YOU, the Lotus is PERFECT for you! We'll still have canyon drives, track sessions and trips. Please don't ban us!
--Hal & Terry
We've had a great two and a half years with no problems and a million smiles. The Lotus IS the best handling car on the planet! My sessions on Buttonwillow and Streets of Willow tracks gave me some of the best times of my life. The trips with other Lotus owners gave wonderful memories and the friends we met on LOTUSTALK the friends are keepers!
While the Lotus Elise is a great car, I slowly realized this is not for Terry (my wife) and I. Although I drove the hell out of the Elise (about 10,00 miles a year), I didn't drive it enough to justify it. I wanted more comfort for longer trips and more luggage capacity, allow Terry to drive it more and still have good acceleration and handling that we can experience on the track and in the canyons. That's why this brought us to the CaymanS.
We'll still be here, we still have the sports car soul, but we mellowed. For YOU, the Lotus is PERFECT for you! We'll still have canyon drives, track sessions and trips. Please don't ban us!
--Hal & Terry