[hermanslotus]

I received my first batch of Elise's today all the way from Australia. Sorry to say they are all spoken for. I waited a long time for these model's, now I can't wait for the real thing
Just love that Laser Blue!!!

Mitch

 

[Lotus F1]

NICE! Got's to get me one! Is the yellow car lightning yellow? I hope they make it in Saffron soon.

 

[Robert Puertas]

All the way from Oz?

I picked up a couple from Newport European in early April.

Dealerships have had these here for at least a month now, along with a bunch of other Elise swag like keychains, cufflinks, watches, etc.

Support your dealerships, and make friends with the parts department guys

 

[hermanslotus]

NICE! Got's to get me one! Is the yellow car lightning yellow? I hope they make it in Saffron soon.

Yes that is Lightning Yellow. I take it you ordered Yellow?

Mitch

 

[hermanslotus]

All the way from Oz?

I picked up a couple from Newport European in early April.

Dealerships have had these here for at least a month now, along with a bunch of other Elise swag like keychains, cufflinks, watches, etc.

Support your dealerships, and make friends with the parts department guys

Yes I know that some places have these in stock. My partner in Oz picked them up around Christmas time for me when No One in the US had them. He held onto them for me since he had to ship some prototype Elise parts which all arrived today from OZ along with the models.

Mitch

 

[CAErven]

I have the same Jadi cars - the yellow is pretty mustardy colored in my book - not very bright. My other model is the red/white Type 49 (I think - but the bottom plastic says 111S) and the red looks very bright and good. Both models look identical in every respect but color and the 409 has the gold wheels that look like crap to me.

 

[Lotus F1]

Yes that is Lightning Yellow. I take it you ordered Yellow?

Mitch

Yes I did. Saffron Yellow, touring

 

[hermanslotus]

I have the same Jadi cars - the yellow is pretty mustardy colored in my book - not very bright. My other model is the red/white Type 49 (I think - but the bottom plastic says 111S) and the red looks very bright and good. Both models look identical in every respect but color and the 409 has the gold wheels that look like crap to me.

Very cool, I love collecting model cars. These are the first Elise model's for me. I hope to add more Lotus stuff as time goes on.

Best Wishes,
Mitch

 

[hermanslotus]

Yes I did. Saffron Yellow, touring

1Fast,

What color interior did you order??

Mitch

 

[Lotus F1]

1Fast,

What color interior did you order??

Mitch

I was ging to go for the red interior but chickened out. I was afraid it would look like a Ronald McDonald car I ordered the black leather interior. I know that the black will wear better as well.

 

[hermanslotus]

I was ging to go for the red interior but chickened out. I was afraid it would look like a Ronald McDonald car I ordered the black leather interior. I know that the black will wear better as well.

Good Move, Yellow with black interior is the way to go. A good friend of mine has a brand new Speed Yellow GT3 with black interior. It looks awesome. I'll show you his car when we get our Elise's.

Mitch

 

[Later Apex]

You want yellow/black like this...

You want a yellow/black interior like this...
IMHO..

 

[Lotus F1]

Oh my that is gorgeous!

 

[hermanslotus]

Oh yes, with Porsche and an endless option list you can have just about anything. That is what's nice about Porsche's you can actually get what you want as long as your wallet is ready for the bill

Best Wishes,
Mitch

 

[Ridgemanron]

Is there any way to dye the white thread color that appears on the black leather seats without damaging the leather? They do have color-fast dyes and I wonder if it can be dabbed on to saturate the thread in colors to match the exterior,
especially the yellow?

 

[Patricko]

Is there any way to dye the white thread color that appears on the black leather seats without damaging the leather? They do have color-fast dyes and I wonder if it can be dabbed on to saturate the thread in colors to match the exterior,
especially the yellow?

Yes but what if you use school bus or taxi yellow by mistake

 

[ex-M3]

Very cool, I love collecting model cars. These are the first Elise model's for me. I hope to add more Lotus stuff as time goes on.

Best Wishes,
Mitch

Mitch,

I got the Type 49 Elise from Exoticar at the NY Auto Show. I think they still have it on their web site and perhaps in the NYC store at Park and 48th street (and they have all sort of cool stuff there).

 

[ivan1]

Is there any way to dye the white thread color that appears on the black leather seats without damaging the leather? They do have color-fast dyes and I wonder if it can be dabbed on to saturate the thread in colors to match the exterior,
especially the yellow?

I heard a magic marker works well....

 

[hermanslotus]

Mitch,

I got the Type 49 Elise from Exoticar at the NY Auto Show. I think they still have it on their web site and perhaps in the NYC store at Park and 48th street (and they have all sort of cool stuff there).

Hey Ex,

Thanks for that. I will check with Exoticar this week.

Best Wishes,
Mitch

 

[Ridgemanron]

Yes but what if you use school bus or taxi yellow by mistake

If it's 'school bus' I'll get a scolding from my
old teacher Miss Heartless, but if the mistake turns out to be 'taxi' I could be
shot by one of those non-paying riders
who shoot first and rob second.