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Posted by: Charles Deutsch Oct 13 2003, 02:32 PM

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Posted by: jkeyzer Oct 13 2003, 02:36 PM

What's with the placement of the letters on the engine lid? Weird!

Cool article, thanks!

Posted by: double-a Oct 13 2003, 03:01 PM

the author thinks the 914 looks ungainly? i'd take the teener's appearance over the lotus any day.

interesting article, thanks.

Posted by: Hi_Fi_Guy Oct 13 2003, 03:02 PM

914s in the UK did not come with the P O R S C H E letters so the owner must have added them.

Lotus makes good cars and there are many Lotus cars new and old I am sure I could enjoy. Before anyone reads too much into the above article remember it was from a British magazine. Go pick up a British Car or Motorbike magazine today and see how often the new Lotus Elise or Triumph Daytona take top honors in the comparison test. I am not saying the test are rigged I am merely pointing out there is a lot of national pride in the UK motoring press and the home team seems to come out on top in 8 out of 10 comparison test. So be sure to take it all with a grain of salt.

Just my two cents.

Posted by: fiid Oct 13 2003, 03:04 PM

That is a totally rocking article man, thanks much.

I had no idea the two cars were really so close in specification.

Fiid.

Posted by: Charles Deutsch Oct 13 2003, 04:24 PM

I agree with you on that. It just goes to show how different people's perception can be!

Posted by: serge914 Oct 13 2003, 05:05 PM

When I bought my first 914 I had to make my choice between it and a Europa. I have to admit my wife and kids realy wanted a convertible....................and there are not that many Europa forums on the web. I still wonder why.

Posted by: tod914 Oct 13 2003, 05:39 PM

Europa 0-60 7 sec. thats pretty spunky even by todays standards. I guess you really need to drive it to fully appreciate the car.

Posted by: Lotus914 Oct 13 2003, 06:55 PM

Thanks for posting that. BTW, they call the 914 and Lotus equivalent in terms of practicality - that's where their bias really shows, because the diffences are very obvious. Ease of entry and egress is first. Trunk/luggage space is next. The lotus's trunk is like a rubbermaid tub hanging in the engine bay only it is less rugged and less watertight. I can fit a set of golf clubs in the rear trunk of the 914 with the top also stowed there. You can only fit golf clubs in the lotus in the passenger seat, and you'd probably have to wrassle them in and out. I guess the other side of tthe argument is that the tub/trunk box actually lifts out of the lotus, making for teriffic engine access.
Not many Europa forums probably because there was less than 10% as many produced and proportionally fewer Europas than 914s went to the US. The main hangout for Europa guys is the Yahoo newsgroup.

Dave

Posted by: Aaron Cox Oct 13 2003, 07:13 PM

way cool alfred.....

Posted by: serge914 Oct 13 2003, 07:24 PM

So.............Do you own an Europa Dave ?

Posted by: Lotus914 Oct 13 2003, 08:42 PM

Bon soir Serge:

Yup. www3.sympatico.ca/dave.syer

My teener is done, my Europa S2 resto is underway.

Have we met? Varac? Hershey with Sabin?

Dave

Posted by: Lotus914 Oct 14 2003, 07:05 PM

does this one look better...


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Posted by: Lotus914 Oct 14 2003, 07:09 PM

Or this one....

The teener is mine, the europa pic came from
http://www.banks-europa.co.uk/cars/47/


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Posted by: tod914 Oct 14 2003, 07:34 PM

http://www.banks-europa.co.uk/cars/47/

The "GS" body style looks abit bitter. More Merak and Bora like tail.

Posted by: serge914 Oct 16 2003, 08:04 PM

No Dave I don't think we ever met. East Coast Ramble ? Are you close to Toronto ?
There use to be a Eastern Canada Lotus Club in Ottawa but their web site seem to be down.

Posted by: Lotus914 Oct 16 2003, 08:11 PM

Well,perhaps we will. I'm in Whitby, a l'est de Toronto.
Dave