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2005 Elise for sale with a checkered distant past. This was a FLorida Lemon buy back in 2005. I bought the car in 2007 from the second private owner. At that time there was no listing on Car Fax about it being a FLorida Lemon law buy back. That information was added long after I bought it. It has two accidents listed on CarFax. It was stolen for a day and driven into a small tree requiring repair of the front clam. The second owner was hit from behind at a stop light and pushed into the car in front causing both front and rear clamshells to be replaced. That owner sent me pictures of the damage before I bought the car and it was fiberglass damage only. After I bought it I had it examined by a Lotus dealer and there was NO subframe damage OR repair evident. Everything was in alignment and within specifications.

I have owned and driven this car since 2007 and have driven it many trouble free miles.

I have installed a Sector 111 Brake Noir kit with braided lines about 1000 miles ago.. I have tracked this car 3 times since I have owned it, using slicks mounted on a spare set of wheels. I'm too old to race any more buy I enjoy going on a track once in a while.

It is not a garage queen and has many rock chips around in side scoops and parking lot entry damage under the nose. ( It lacks the Lamborghini feature of suspension raising to enter parking lots.). I spare no expense on the mechanical upkeep of my cars and this one is no excpetion. It has had its fluids changed regularly including Bake fluid ( Motul Racing fluid), Oil ( Castrol Syntec) , Coolant ( Dexcool) and Castrol Gearbox lube change at 30K miles. Tires are Goodyear GS-D3's with at least a year left on them. The heater motor control upgrade was done as was the factory recall for the Oil cooler line and ECU reflash.

If the price goes high enough I will include a hardtop with a British flag decal covering it at no additional cost. I will decide if it sells at a price adequate to include the top,

I have owned this car for the vast majority of it's existence and have enjoyed it like no other car I have owned including the Caterham it replaced.

I WILL NOT accept bids form outside the US.... And yes NIGERIA and the RUSSIAN FEDERATION are outside the US.

There is NO warranty, expressed or implied.

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Lotus stepping up to LMP1 in World Endurance Championship

Tue, 18 Feb 2014

Only a couple of years ago, it looked like the top tier of prototype endurance racing was in trouble. Peugeot shut down its program, leaving the LMP1 category all to Audi to dominate. Only six cars entered the Petit Le Mans in 2012, and the season was cut short. But the top class in the FIA World Endurance Championship has since blossomed. And it only looks poised to grow further.
Audi and Toyota will each be back on the grid this season, joined by Porsche. But the latest news has Lotus stepping up to the big leagues also. (Well, sorta: the German-run squad uses the Lotus name and colors, but has no more to do with the automaker than the Formula One team of the same name.)
The Lotus LMP1 will be based on the same Lola-based T129 chassis used until now in the LMP2 class, with former F1 driver Christijan Albers leading the driver lineup. In addition to Audi, Toyota and Porsche, the solitary Lotus entry will also compete against privateer Rebellion Racing in a nine-car LMP1 grid throughout the season.

Lotus signs Pastor Maldonado to replace Raikkonen

Mon, 02 Dec 2013

The team currently known as Lotus has had a long string of accomplished drivers behind the wheel, including world champions like Nelson Piquet, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen. But Kimi is returning to Ferrari next season, leaving a big question mark over who would fill his seat. And now we have our answer.
Lotus has just announced that it has signed Pastor Maldonado to partner with Romain Grosjean for next season. The surprise winner of the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix has been driving for Williams for the past three seasons, signed after he won the GP2 title in 2010. Though lauded as an emerging talent, Maldonado is clearly not the accomplished champion Raikkonen is, however Lotus apparently needs the money which Maldonado brings with him in the form of sponsorship from the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.
Meanwhile, Romain Grosjean, also a former GP2 champion, has been with the team for some time now, starting as its test driver in 2008, promoted for one season to the race seat in 2009, and returning again in 2012. He's been the second driver at Lotus ever since, achieving career-best second-place finishes at the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix and 2013 United States Grand Prix. Whether it will be Grosjean (who gets the higher number) or Maldonado that emerges as the dominant force at Lotus remains to be seen. Scroll down for the complete press release.

Race Recap: For the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, NASCAR comes to the principality

Tue, 28 May 2013

Lots of contact, debris cautions, trips into the wall, full-course yellows and a red flag - these are the kinds of racing terms you unbox when you want to have a conversation about NASCAR... or the Formula One grand prix of Monaco. In this case we're not talking about the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, we're talking about 78 laps in the South of France that even featured a fallen camera cable just like that stock-car race.
This year, Mercedes-AMG Petronas drivers treated their chassis' like busses instead of F1 cars, Romain Grosjean treated his Lotus like a battering ram, Sergio Perez kept sticking his McLaren's nose in places and eventually got it smacked, and maybe the size of the drivers' mirrors should be changed instead of the tires as there were almost as many firsts as there were crashes. Plenty of F1 fans wish Monaco were removed from the calendar, yet even though it doesn't specialize in traditional thrills, that doesn't mean nothing happens during the parade through - and into - the barriers.

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