Exiges Trackday @ Donnington

Phil Gr · 1 May 2006 at 20:20

Attended a Lotus Exiges Trackday @ Donnington yesterday with over 40 exiges in attendance

It was prob one of the best trackdays i have attended,

i covered over 180 miles on track staying out for 15-20 mins at a time,

Attending this event were the 2 senior lotus development drivers Matt Becker and Gavin Hastings, i had the pleasure of sitting in with Gavin for 10 laps as he showed off an Exige S which was mind blowing and i had 30mins of tuition from Matt becker in my car he thought i had a 5 sec a lap improvment which he thought was about the limit of my car on standard suspension as you can imagine i was well pleased with this.

Craner Curves is somthing else @ 100+ mph fully committed

One of my hightlights from the day was chatting to Top F1 Designer Adrian Newey for 10mins about his classic GT40 which he had turned up with for the classic races the following day, very nice guy

Me !

Some of my Mates

Phil Gr · 1 May 2006 at 20:21

Phil Gr · 1 May 2006 at 20:21

Mr Newey & Gavin Kershaw

Mic · 1 May 2006 at 20:30

Do i spy with my little eye something beginning with 'Reyland'?

Nazbit · 1 May 2006 at 20:38

Sounds like fun

Top quality pictures aswell

R3DBuLL · 1 May 2006 at 20:44

Mic said:
Do i spy with my little eye something beginning with 'Reyland'?

I think you could well be right

penski · 1 May 2006 at 20:47

Is that just an Elise with a hard top?

*n

Mic · 1 May 2006 at 20:49

penski said:
Is that just an Elise with a hard top?

*n

Might be that elise with an exige engine posted a while back that was competeing in Elise races.

penski · 1 May 2006 at 20:50

Wait a second... 'R5 LOT'...does it have a 1100cc Renault 5 engine?

*phwoooaar et cetera*

*n

TaKeN · 1 May 2006 at 20:52

Please excuse me for being a complete newbie.

But whats the difference between the Exige And Elise ?

Mic · 1 May 2006 at 20:53

TaKeN said:
Please excuse me for being a complete newbie.

But whats the difference between the Exige And Elise ?

They are spelled diffrently.

penski · 1 May 2006 at 20:54

TaKeN said:
Please excuse me for being a complete newbie.

But whats the difference between the Exige And Elise ?

About an inch and a half in the willy-waving world...

Exige = 'hardcore' Elise - seven wheels, big intake on the roof, full Sony Xplod speaker system, solid silver switchgear and seats five comfortably.

*n

cymatty · 1 May 2006 at 20:56

penski said:
About an inch and a half in the willy-waving world...

Exige = 'hardcore' Elise - seven wheels, big intake on the roof, full Sony Xplod speaker system, solid silver switchgear and seats five comfortably.

*n

Is that your way of saying you dont like exiges?

penski · 1 May 2006 at 20:57

cymatty said:
Is that your way of saying you dont like exiges?

I love them...I just think the fifth seat is a bit excessive.

*n

cymatty · 1 May 2006 at 20:59

penski said:
I love them...I just think the fifth seat is a bit excessive.

*n

saitrix · 1 May 2006 at 21:05

Looks good that!

You know the group shot Phil Gr? Have you got the original large res pic?

olv · 1 May 2006 at 21:13

Reyland Exige looks minty poos

Mic · 1 May 2006 at 21:16

olv said:
Reyland Exige looks minty poos

I wish my poo smelled minty.

jon.bda · 1 May 2006 at 21:25

Stuff that lot, wheres the GT40?. Having it hidden in the middle of the group pic don't count!!!.

Mic · 1 May 2006 at 21:27

jon.bda said:
Stuff that lot, wheres the GT40?. Having it hidden in the middle of the group pic don't count!!!.

I see no GT40 :confused: