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If you have some Esprit News
March 2010
Club Lotus Show
Change in venue
Now the snow is gone and the weather is improving, the Event are on their way. Remember this year ClubLotus big event has moved from Donington to the Malvern Three Counties Showground near Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW and will be on Saturday 17th April to Sunday 18th. So time to give the Esprit a clean and polish and get to the shows.
THE 2010 CLUB LOTUS SHOW AND FESTIVAL
Opening times: 09.30 to 4.00 both days
Adults: £7.00 per day for Club Members if ordered in advance from Club HQ
(£9.00 on the gate Saturday, £7.50 on the gate Sunday).
Children 7-14: £2.50.
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January 2010
UN1 Gearbox
From GTO Racing
We at GTO Racing are having a push on our UN1 gearbox parts we have on the shelf at the moment as we have just made a significant order of Quaife ATBs, gear kits, clutches etc. Until the end of April we will remain with the 2008/2009 prices. This will be a short term offer. With the GBP being so weak against other currencies, now is a great time to make your order.5 speed single piece close ratio 1st/2nd kit is £2,395.00
5 speed close ratio maxi kit is £3,295.00
6 speed dog, straight cut, close ratio kit is £3,795.00
Quaife Diff is £745.00(Discount on these price available for ClubEsprit members! Email for discount prices to admin@clubesprit.co.uk)
Kevin/Lee
GTO Racing Ltd
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Esprits in the Snow
Pictures wanted
Now the bad weather has hit the UK with snow across the country, we wanted any 'snow' Esprit pictures you can take to add to our collection. We wouldn't advise using an Esprit in these conditions, but if you've parked outside and your beauty has a white coating, we'd love to see the pictures. See Esprits from previous years here.––––––––––––––
December 2009
Octane Magazine
In newsagents now!
February 2010 issue of Octane Magazine features a 6 page article on the Lotus Esprit Sport 300 v Sport 350 at the Lotus Factory. This feature has two well know owners cars and LEF were there for the day (we'll hopefully have some extra pics from the day). Great article and worth a read, especially at Xmas when you might even have a bit of time to sit down and read while everyone's occupied with the gifts you bought them. In news agents now (it's the one with the Bugatti Veyron on the front)! £4.30. So get out and buy a copy to show your support of mags that have Esprit content!Also Features:
• McLaren F1 vs Bugatti Veyron 16.4 - Rowan Atkinson decides which is best
• Porsche 914/6 GT tested on track
• Jack Brabham on his 1959 F1 world championship
• Girls and cars
• Ford GT70 back in action
• Buying a Ford Model
• 150mph endurance records broken in an Austin Healey––––––––––––––
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Jim Clark Revival
16-18th April 2010
for the first time a very special exhibition on Lotus was presented on the 2009 Essen Motor Show with the support of Clive Chapman and Olav Glasius, the president of Lotus Club Holland. Very great job. Surely you have known from the press the MEMORY OF JIM CLARK will take place in the usual shape from 16th to 18th April 2010 at Hockenheim.From 2011 on it will be re-named into JIM CLARK REVIVAL. For this reason I have expressed my preparedness for the job of the Lotus organizer at the MEMORY OF JIM CLARK event next year. In January 2010 I will publish all the informations on my website of Lotus Historic Register Germany.
I am already looking forward to welcome all friends of Lotus at Hockenheim again.
Kind regards
Siegfried Herrmann
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Calendars for Xmas
Get yours for Xmas
Not long until Xmas now, so make sure you get the perfect present for any Esprit lover in time before Xmas. Postal dates for the UK to arrive before Xmas is Monday 21st December. So please place your orders before Saturday 19th December to get that calendar under the tree.All orders as of today (14th December) have been shipped. We do have one that's been returned due to the person no longer living at the address! Will be contract them as soon as we get the calendar back from the post office.
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November 2009
Tyre Discount
mytyres.co.uk - 8th Anniversary
Mytyres.co.uk are celebrating our 8th anniversary, so to say THANKS for all your support, they`re offering a fantastic 8% discount on all car tyres – only for 8 days!Secure your bargain now – only valid until 25.11.2009!
(Not in conjunction with any other offers.)––––––––––––––
UK Osteopaths Recommend Life-Saving Seat Belt Devicee
Faster lap times... and less back ache on longer trips too!!
A recent survey carried out by the top UK back-care retailer, BackInAction, found that 90% of Osteopaths using a simple seat belt add-on believed it would reduce back ache and nearly 70% thought it would improve safety in an accident.The test
The Osteopaths each fitted a CG-Lock®, (CG = centre of gravity) seatbelt stabiliser, which the manufacturer claims enhances safety and improves posture when fitted to the standard three-point seatbelt system. The Osteopaths used the CG Lock in daily driving and completed a questionnaire at the end of extensive use.The device
The CG-Lock®, has a recommended retail price of £49.99 per unit (including VAT, shipping and handling). It can be fitted in just a few minutes to existing inertia reel seatbelts. With the CG-Lock® fitted, when the slack is removed from the lapbelt it does not return, keeping the occupant in the safest and healthiest position, the lapbelt remaining over the hip bone and not ‘riding up’ over the stomach as usually happens. The road safety charity BRAKE recently acknowledged the safety benefits by giving it a ‘highly commended’ rating.David Newbound, MD of Back in Action, the company that carried out the research, said, “Although we provide 1000’s of items to improve posture at home and in the office, the car is a difficult challenge…the forces of cornering and braking… one sized seats yet many sized drivers… that’s why so many people suffer back problems from driving or being a passenger.” He adds “We try to test every suppliers’ claims with experts and wanted to know what Osteopaths thought. The results are typical of what we hear from users... with 90% recommending the device to other drivers.”
Overall, Osteopaths in the trial thought that the CG-Lock® device would:
Availability and other uses
This palm-sized gadget is now available to the general public via car safety, car performance and back care specialists. Business clients including top ‘blue chip’ companies are benefitting from reduced fleet driver back problems.Flexible finance facility for quick car loans to avail car loans for new and used car in UK.
Please place the above text just below the following text your website.The CG-Lock® is also perfect to stabilise children in booster seats, eliminating the usual ‘tipping’ on cornering and therefore significantly improving their safety (see secureyourchild.org). Those with an interest in performance driving (track day and 4x4 off road) and safety can buy direct from cglock.co.uk. Those with a need to beat back pain are encouraged to buy from Back In Action as they provide specialist advice and follow up.
Summary
With the demands of drivers ever increasing along with the performance of cars improving year on year, it’s a good job that 50 years after its introduction the seatbelt is getting even safer. See more at www.cg-lock.co.ukSee LEW's Guide here.
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October 2009
UK Postal Strike
Calendar orders may be delayed
Due to the ongoing postal strike in the United Kingdom, some calendar may take up to a week or so longer than normal. So please remember this before contacting us about your shipment.––––––––––––––
The Lotus Forums 'Factory Frolic' Underway
17th-18th October 2009
The Factory frolic is underway way with around 30 Esprit on a run from Dunston Hall to Cromer for some fish and chips by the sea. Tonight is the charity auction along with food and drink and then an early start to get to the factory tomorrow. A few laps around the Lotus Track and a drive in an Evora should make an enjoyable day..
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Free Copies for Owners
Did your Esprit make it into the 2010 Calendar
For those that made it into the 2010 calendar by sending in quality pictures of their Esprit, they can recieve a Free Wall Calendar (just paying postage). If your name is below, just email us and sort out payment of postage and we'll send you a Free Wall Calenar for 2010.Garry Hodges (S4)
André Fedrizzi (S4)
Tom Blackwood (V8-GT)
Remy Solnon (SE)
Barrie Cornes (Essex)
Jamie Heidt (SE)
Ilhan Danaci (S300)
Jonathan Hopkins (S3)
Kylie Adams (S350)
Duane Nelson (SE)––––––––––––––
Get your Calendar at the Factory Frolic
Buy yours out of the boot of an Esprit
There'll be a few calendars, both wall and desktop, in the back of LEW's Esprit this weekend at the LEF Factory Frolic, so if you want to save of postage you can buy your on the day. Hope to see plenty of you there.––––––––––––––
2010 Calendar Now on Sale!
Get your wall and desktop calendar now!
After a lot of hard work, the 2010 calendars are now on sale. Both A3 Wall Calendars and Desktop Calendars are available at www.esprit4sale.co.uk. Orders will go out in batches, usually every Monday, but please not the UK Postal Strike may delay delivery. ClubEsprit members can received a discount on their calendar. Please see the discount section on the club site.Any questions about ordering, please email admin@esprit4sale.co.uk and we'll help you out.
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The Lotus Forums 'Factory Frolic'
17th-18th October 2009
This year the Lotus forums are coming together for a supermeet; Esprit, 2Eleven and Evora with 250 people attending a weekend extravaganza in Norfolk.The plan is:
Saturday 17th October - Visit the hotel which is about 4 miles from the factory, check in and freshen up ready for a huge fund raising visit to Cromer on the north Norfolk coast where we'll rattle tins and be met by local radio/papers etc. After this we'll return to the hotel for evening grub in our exclusive 250 person marquee for the charity auction, raffle, fun and games. Bar's open 'til late.
Sunday 18th October - En masse 150+ Lotus convoy to the Lotus Factory where we'll enjoy a great day. Events will include; Track 'parade' laps in your car, road drive in an Evora (every person can have a go!), Factory Tours, shop visit, ASO auto jumble, styling talks from Russell Carr/Steve Crijns, technical talks from Rob Savin/Roger Becker, Evora track demonstration laps, Classic Team Lotus cars, Evora development story, Lotus product displays, Lotus Sport and more. Lunch will be included and there will be beauticians on site to offer treatments to those not quite so interested in the cars, a family event! Goodie bags for all attendees and more!
The 4* luxury hotel is offering a huge discount on rooms, it's a beautiful venue and I'll post details for the reservations number and codes shortly, we've even negotiated 10% off the bar prices!!!
Tickets will be offered firstly to those who wish to attend the whole weekend and are limited in numbers. If they don't have enough weekend attendees then we'll offer Sunday only tickets but this is unlikely.
LEF did this before in 2006, raised £5k and had 100-ish Esprits on site, this time it's bigger and better. Find out more at LEF (click below).
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Calendar Time
LEW's Official Calendar 2010
Updates on the site have been few and far between in the last few weeks as we've been getting the calendar ready. It's been printed and should be on sale very soon.––––––––––––––
