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Hey ya'll, I got the call a few days ago that my Elise is at Autostrada in Austin, TX, and I'll be flying out to pick it up soon.
Here's my plan.
Fly out on Sunday the 17th Oct, pick up the car in the morning on the 18th. I'll spend that day and the next tooling around Austin and visiting with my family and friends. Wednesday I will head up to Dallas to visit another friend of mine, and Thursday morning (early) I will be heading towards Memphis, TN via I-40. I'm going to go from there to Lawrenceburg, TN via 72, and then on to Athens, TN on 64. I'll stay overnight near there, and then take the Cherohala Skyway to Robbinsville, NC, and then run the Tail of the Dragon (US129) both ways early Friday. From there, I'm going to drive the entire length of the Blue Ridge Pkway to Washington, DC. I have to be at a friends wedding in Bowie, MD by 4pm the next day(23rd). After that, I'm driving back down to Virginia Beach for work at noon on sunday the 24th.
Here's my issues:
1. Criswell won't have a Lotus Tech that Saturday morning, the 23rd. Should I try to bribe him to be there, or can I get any reputable shop to download my ecu and then send that to Lotus? How do I go about doing that? I don't really want to have to drive back up to DC another weekend unless there's no other choice. Alternately, if I can put enough miles on it before I leave Dallas, I could have the service done in Dallas. What's the minimum number of miles that I have to put on the car before I can get the after sales service performed?
2. Anyone have any suggestions about the route? Know any better roads on the way home?
3. Anyone want to meet up early Friday morning (6am or so) at the Dragon? I'm somewhat flexible on the time, but earlier is better, I have a long drive up to DC...
Anybody have any suggestions? Jenn, didn't you do your service independently of the dealer? What did you have to do, and who did you send your printout to?
Thanks, ya'll...
Cade
PS... Lumn8r's car is at Autostrada right now, too... I'll post pics of both of our cars when I get down there. Neil and Andrew at Autostrada are great, by the way... very helpful, enjoyable to work with.
Here's my plan.
Fly out on Sunday the 17th Oct, pick up the car in the morning on the 18th. I'll spend that day and the next tooling around Austin and visiting with my family and friends. Wednesday I will head up to Dallas to visit another friend of mine, and Thursday morning (early) I will be heading towards Memphis, TN via I-40. I'm going to go from there to Lawrenceburg, TN via 72, and then on to Athens, TN on 64. I'll stay overnight near there, and then take the Cherohala Skyway to Robbinsville, NC, and then run the Tail of the Dragon (US129) both ways early Friday. From there, I'm going to drive the entire length of the Blue Ridge Pkway to Washington, DC. I have to be at a friends wedding in Bowie, MD by 4pm the next day(23rd). After that, I'm driving back down to Virginia Beach for work at noon on sunday the 24th.
Here's my issues:
1. Criswell won't have a Lotus Tech that Saturday morning, the 23rd. Should I try to bribe him to be there, or can I get any reputable shop to download my ecu and then send that to Lotus? How do I go about doing that? I don't really want to have to drive back up to DC another weekend unless there's no other choice. Alternately, if I can put enough miles on it before I leave Dallas, I could have the service done in Dallas. What's the minimum number of miles that I have to put on the car before I can get the after sales service performed?
2. Anyone have any suggestions about the route? Know any better roads on the way home?
3. Anyone want to meet up early Friday morning (6am or so) at the Dragon? I'm somewhat flexible on the time, but earlier is better, I have a long drive up to DC...
Anybody have any suggestions? Jenn, didn't you do your service independently of the dealer? What did you have to do, and who did you send your printout to?
Thanks, ya'll...
Cade
PS... Lumn8r's car is at Autostrada right now, too... I'll post pics of both of our cars when I get down there. Neil and Andrew at Autostrada are great, by the way... very helpful, enjoyable to work with.