Greetings from France

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Piotr

Discussion Starter · Aug 26, 2009

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Hello all ! :wave:
Just a few words to present myself. My name's Piotr, I was born in Poland, and now I live in south of France (nice region by the way

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After 1 year on nissan sunny and 3 years on two different mazda miata, I bought a Lotus Elise 111S, S1 version.
Wonderful car, greats sensations !
I am preparing the car for tracks days and love the way the car is designed (I am in engineer's school...)
By the way, I have an other passion, the leather !
I've my small enterprise, and I realise automotive interiors and other small parts for vehicules (specialy for mazda and lotus, of course !)

Here are some photos of the car :

Some Alcantara upgrades :

here is a link to my website :

See you !
Best regards,
Piotr

(sorry for my english, i know I am making a lot of mistakes

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Shine

· #2 · Aug 26, 2009

Welcome! :wave:

Beautiful car and gorgeous leather work!

mcoupe

· #3 · Aug 26, 2009

Bienvenue au club! Ou au sud de la France? Je suis aux USA mais j'ai vecu au sud de la France pendant plusieurs annees (Nice et Cannes).

A+

gospeedv8

· #4 · Aug 26, 2009

I've just visited your website. Great work!!!
Also nice pics of your car. Cool!

Oh yes, and welcome!!

Dragi

Uncle Sam

· #5 · Aug 26, 2009

Bonjour! Your website is cool. Driving a Lotus in the south of France must be fun. :wave:

SweetDaddyD

· #6 · Aug 26, 2009

Welcome. Nice car and nice work. I've always liked the S1.

Piotr

Discussion Starter · #7 · Aug 26, 2009

mcoupe said:
Bienvenue au club! Ou au sud de la France? Je suis aux USA mais j'ai vecu au sud de la France pendant plusieurs annees (Nice et Cannes).

A+

Du côté de Nîmes !
(Near Nîmes town)

Otherwise yes, the roads in the region are very nice. The only problem is the constant growing of automatic "radars" :wallbang: .
Each time you want to drive hard, you have a though at you drivers licence...
Is it the same in US ?

FIL

· #8 · Aug 26, 2009

Czesc Piotr! Ja jestem z Lodzi!

Your products look great! If you ever decide to make products for the U.S. version of the Elise, I'm sure they will sell well here!

mcoupe

· #9 · Aug 26, 2009

Nime! Very nice...Love that area especially Arles. Some great roads to drive too....Although the radars!!!

DeanG

· #10 · Aug 26, 2009

Piotr said:
Du côté de Nîmes !
(Near Nîmes town)

Otherwise yes, the roads in the region are very nice. The only problem is the constant growing of automatic "radars" :wallbang: .
Each time you want to drive hard, you have a though at you drivers licence...
Is it the same in US ?

It is getting that way. Mostly the police seem to concentrate on enforcing the speed laws rather than going after real criminals.

CrusaderTBC

· #11 · Aug 26, 2009

Welcome Piotr! The next time I'm in the neighborhood, I'll drop you a note and we can meet up. I have an apt overlooking the south of Place Massena.

Piotr

Discussion Starter · #12 · Aug 26, 2009

Indeed, the house is big and there is a place for more than a Lotus in the box (or other car !) So if someone comes in the region, for hollydays or something else, send a message for a meeting, and a south france road's discovery ! :shift::coolnana:

mikester

· #13 · Aug 26, 2009

Bienvenue ! :wave:

Nice car

We were fortunate to spend a few days in a beautiful Mas run by friendly innkeepers, near Uzes, about 6 years ago. Good times !

Must return, it's a beautiful area !

Piotr

Discussion Starter · #14 · Aug 26, 2009

FIL said:
Czesc Piotr! Ja jestem z Lodzi!

Your products look great! If you ever decide to make products for the U.S. version of the Elise, I'm sure they will sell well here!

Czesc ! Urodzilem sie w Jeleniej Gorze

Thanks for the compliments

I will be happy to make products for the US market, but the main problem is the actual change (I rather buy items from US due to good prices) and the second problem is the postage costs, which are very high from France (by the way, what is cheap in France ??

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Do you have special versions of Lotus in US ?

chapster5

· #15 · Aug 26, 2009

Welcome to the mad house,

Great car very clean i see and well kept, Nice to see a Lotus being properly looked after

Nick

(from the UK not to far

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mikester

· #16 · Aug 26, 2009

Piotr said:
Czesc ! Urodzilem sie w Jeleniej Gorze
Thanks for the compliments
I will be happy to make products for the US market, but the main problem is the actual change (I rather buy items from US due to good prices) and the second problem is the postage costs, which are very high from France (by the way, what is cheap in France ?? )

Do you have special versions of Lotus in US ?

Here in the US, the Series 2 version (Elise and Exige) with the Toyota engine and transmission (from 2005 to the present) is the only street-legal version. The Series 1 with the Rover engine is not allowed for street use.

Piotr

Discussion Starter · #17 · Aug 26, 2009

mikester said:
The Series 1 with the Rover engine is not allowed for street use.

Really :crazyeyes
So there is no S1 series running in the US ?!? Probably because of high emissions, isn't it ?

...m...

· #18 · Aug 26, 2009

...fantastic car!..

...sadly, no, S1 models won't be legal for street use in the united states until 2021 - the only ones to be found stateside are either grey market imports or dedicated track cars...love seeing your handiwork, though, and welcome aboard!..

ivan1

· #19 · Aug 26, 2009

nice car! I will be flying to Paris this Sunday as my daughter will be studying abroad there for a year....can you pick me up at the airport???-poke-rotfl

gospeedv8

· #20 · Aug 27, 2009

...sadly, no, S1 models won't be legal for street use in the united states until 2021 - the only ones to be found stateside are either grey market imports or dedicated track cars...love seeing your handiwork, though, and welcome aboard!..

Thats a point i have not known! :shrug:

But why? Whats the reason??

gospeedv8

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