[carreracaballo]

Greetz ya all :clap:

My name is Joseph and reside momentarily in Heidelberg - Germany!
I am an architect, love to ride my Suzuki GSX-R 600 on Track Days, and hunt curves with my car!

Because of the good curves* that surround us and my un-treatable love to sports bikes & cars, I decided to order a LOTUS EXIGE CUP 260
(Been dreaming about a LOTUS since ever)

I also spend my time mountainbiking, roadcycling, shooting semi-pro pics and photoshopping (Adobe CS3) :crazyeyes

My current car is a 2006 MINI COOPER S with JCW Modifications (My First and probably last wrong wheeler) HEHEHE!

Hopefully, I will be able to help and be helped in this forum

Regards,

carreracaballo

*The Odenwald and the Hockenheimring are my playgrounds :coolnana:

 

[Dragon]

I've been to Heidelberg several times and played a few paintball tournaments there as well back in the early 90's... Nice place to live...

Hope you enjoy your new Exige. I know there are a lot of really nice roads for you to hit up in that area...

 

[Benjamin]

Welcome!

 

[carreracaballo]

Thank You

 

[dickedup]

Hockenheim is just around the corner so that's very good Fuzz!

My name is Joseph and reside momentarily in Heidelberg - Germany!

The Odenwald and the Hockenheimring are my playgrounds :coolnana:

The roads in that Odenwald are very fun. Think I recall a great bar in Ober-Ramstadt...

 

[carreracaballo]

Ober Ramstadt is located outside Darmstadt

My playground is a little bit down south from there HEHEHE

 

[MightyMike]

Heidelberg is a beautiful place. Even better place to own an Exige S260! I lived in Bavaria (Garmisch) for a couple of years and enjoyed getting out to drive. Mountain biking was lots of fun too.

 

[carreracaballo]

WOW you lived in Garmisch Partenkirchen
One of the nicest places in Germany,
I usually go there to ski

Maybe I can refresh your memory with those pics

 

[MightyMike]

I do miss it!! Thanks for sharing the pics. I still have friends who live there and in Munchen. I lived in the far west side of the city, near Grainau. My daughter was born at the Klinikum Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

 

[carreracaballo]

So now you have one more reason to come and visit

Back to Lotus:

Do you have a soundfile for your BORLA Exhaust,
and probably a good website or address where I can buy one?

Thx,

Joseph

 

[MightyMike]

Joseph,

I do plan to visit again within the next year or so. Not sure if I'll head there before going on vacation to Korea.

I wish that I had a sound file for my Borla, but do not. My technical proficiency is lacking. You will like the sound. Build quality is excellent.

Purchase through:

Summit Racing - High Performance Car and Truck Parts | 800-230-3030
JEGS Peformance Auto Parts - Accel Billet Specialties Edelbrock MSD Moroso Mr Gasket

Both are reputable companies.

 

[carreracaballo]

Thank you for sharing the addresses

I will look into it,
did the exhaust fit without any major modifications,
like bending etc . . . ?

 

[MightyMike]

The exhaust fit fine; however, I had to do a minor modification to my catalytic converter -- cut off approximately 1.5cm so that my exhaust would line up properly in the center. Not sure if you will have to do this or not.

 

[ezmoney]

Heidelberg is a beautiful place. Even better place to own an Exige S260! I lived in Bavaria (Garmisch) for a couple of years and enjoyed getting out to drive. Mountain biking was lots of fun too.

I do miss it!! Thanks for sharing the pics. I still have friends who live there and in Munchen. I lived in the far west side of the city, near Grainau. My daughter was born at the Klinikum Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

I lived in Northern Bavaria (Ansbach) for 3.5 years. My daughter was born in Nürnberg. I have family in Ansbach and in Heidelberg. My niece sent me some pictures that her husband took last Tuesday (5/19/09) in Hockenheim at the DTM.

 

[carreracaballo]

Nice Pics,
one good thing about Heidelberg in Summer,
EYE CANDIES are everywhere

My best buddy lived 2 Years in Ansbach,
Apache Pilot, now he is living in Heidelberg, 1 block away

@MightyMike

I do not think that the stock catalytic converters would bother me,
since I will be replacing them with sport cats!

 

[ezmoney]

Nice Pics,
one good thing about Heidelberg in Summer,
EYE CANDIES are everywhere

My best buddy lived 2 Years in Ansbach,
Apache Pilot, now he is living in Heidelberg, 1 block away

My niece's husband works at the US military base in Heidelberg. He's a civilian employee and was a captain before he left the army.
Was your friend at one of the military bases in Ansbach? I was stationed at Barton Barracks. My wife was a German national so my two oldest children are dual citizens (US - German).

 

[Moto44]

You're from Germany with a username that means "racehorse" in Spanish.

Welcome!

 

[carreracaballo]

Haha,
finally somebody who CAN translate my nickname,
i am not german though,
my father is scottish, my mother is south african with middle eastern backgrounds,
and I spent my childhood / teenage years growing up in Naples - FL,
before I moved to Germany for College 8 years ago

Might move back to the US in 2 1/2 Years from now,
thinking of Tennessee or Missouri!

So a Multi Culti LOL rotfl

By the way, I have this nick since 1998 now

Carrera - Race -> Porsche
Caballo - Horse -> Ferrari

My teenage dream cars, but well hmm now it is the LOTUS afterall :nanner:

 

[Moto44]

Carrera - Race -> Porsche
Caballo - Horse -> Ferrari

That occurred to me. Yet, you are interested in a Lotus. Multi-cultural with your interest in vehicles, as well.

 

[esoteric]

Welcome! :wave: