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> OT-what model is this Lotus?
Bleyseng
post Sep 4 2004, 07:15 AM
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Stumbled across this Lotus in Rethymon, Crete on the street. What is it?

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post Sep 5 2004, 11:36 AM
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QUOTE(redshift @ Sep 5 2004, 09:13 AM)
Uhoh... I just fopund out something that I have wondered about for many years. Some people like 914s for other reasons than me..

Show of hands: How many here were first attracted to the 914 for it's looks, WHILE it was commercially available?

Ok now, hands up... who liked them for their looks sometime AFTER they were commercially available?

MmmmHhmmm.. you guys also like Citroens.

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I bought 2 914's while they were commercially available. I never bought the car for its looks. The first one came down to a choice between a 1973 bmw 2002 ti and a 1973 914 2.0, after driving both it was a no-brainer, the 914 was and remains a superior handling car, the 2002 was and is a great sedan but would be hard pressed to handle a cheap civic today. On the other hand the 914 is still VERY competative as recent autox outcomes show. As far a a love of Citroen cars, sorry not really, the old ones look like spaceships and the new ones lie everything else. The one we rented in France a few years ago was a good car, but unremarkable. I do have a friend who owns a DSM who says you can't see the car when you're driving it and it is a lovely drive, I have to admit. Looks like shit tho....JIm
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Bleyseng   OT-what model is this Lotus?   Sep 4 2004, 07:15 AM
Chris H.   Looks like a newer Esprit.   Sep 4 2004, 07:17 AM
Jeroen   Yep, should be one of the most recent/latest Espri...   Sep 4 2004, 07:26 AM
maf914   Has Esprit production stopped? Is there a replace...   Sep 4 2004, 07:55 AM
airsix     Sep 4 2004, 09:04 AM
gopack   lotus showroom pic! looks like it IS a late mo...   Sep 4 2004, 09:38 AM
vortrex   I like those cars, twin turbo V8.   Sep 4 2004, 09:52 AM
lapuwali   The one in that photo looks new enough that it...   Sep 4 2004, 09:54 AM
J P Stein   Heard this story. A Portland HIGH END dealership w...   Sep 4 2004, 09:58 AM
i love porsche   mid engine too =] they sound sooo nice   Sep 4 2004, 12:12 PM
thesey914   Lotus HAS stopped making the Esprit. Production st...   Sep 4 2004, 01:11 PM
jkeyzer   I saw this recently. :wub:   Sep 4 2004, 01:48 PM
michel richard   Lotus Elan, (as it says on the side of the car). ...   Sep 4 2004, 04:19 PM
jimtab   <...   Sep 5 2004, 12:55 AM
Jeroen   Are you shittin' me. The Europa is cool! R...   Sep 5 2004, 07:46 AM
Aaron Cox     Sep 5 2004, 10:57 AM
thesey914     Sep 5 2004, 11:07 AM
redshift   Uhoh... I just fopund out something that I have wo...   Sep 5 2004, 11:13 AM
jimtab   <...   Sep 5 2004, 11:36 AM
lapuwali  
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airsix   <...   Sep 5 2004, 12:19 PM
mike_the_man   Back to the Lotus thing here, my buddy has a Europ...   Sep 5 2004, 03:07 PM
mike_the_man   Is that a very dusty 914 fender?   Sep 5 2004, 03:10 PM
thesey914   <...   Sep 5 2004, 03:10 PM
winnkhan   i read that the elise will be priced @ 38,000 not ...   Sep 5 2004, 04:31 PM
redshift   Qarl's Elise will be $52k, he is getting ...   Sep 5 2004, 05:20 PM
Aaron Cox   <...   Sep 5 2004, 07:23 PM
redshift   I'm stalled   Sep 5 2004, 07:50 PM
Sammy   Caution, Lotus rant ahead, don't read if you l...   Sep 6 2004, 09:04 AM
lapuwali   Lotuses were not particularly badly engineered com...   Sep 6 2004, 09:23 AM


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