irish44j
irish44j HalfDork
10/8/10 4:41 p.m.

this thing was in such beautiful condition, it could have come right off the showroom floor. Still one of my favorite cars of all time. And the most awesome of vanity plates...

Vigo
Vigo HalfDork
10/8/10 4:59 p.m.

took me a second.. but yeh, that's good

integraguy
integraguy Dork
10/8/10 5:02 p.m.

I'm always amazed when I see one of these "in the metal", as they seem so small and so LOOOOOOWW to the ground.

irish44j
irish44j HalfDork
10/8/10 5:38 p.m.
integraguy wrote: I'm always amazed when I see one of these "in the metal", as they seem so small and so LOOOOOOWW to the ground.

I was next to/behind him and I swear the roof of the lotus was around the bottom of my windshield...IN A WRX. I kept on thinking "how the hell does someone sit in there" before remembering that my GT6 is probably not any taller!

MrJoshua
MrJoshua SuperDork
10/8/10 5:40 p.m.

At first I was wondering why he was telling people it didn't have a 4-rotor engine.

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/8/10 6:33 p.m.

Well, it's NOT a 4-rotor....

The cool thing about the original Esprit is that they're one of the few cars that went from show car to "street" car almost unchanged. Gotta love that origami design.

irish44j
irish44j HalfDork
10/8/10 6:42 p.m.
MrJoshua wrote: At first I was wondering why he was telling people it didn't have a 4-rotor engine.

lol, when I first saw it (and not knowing Esprit chassis/engine codes), I was thinking that must be the chassis or engine code for a different, less desireable year of the car, the "4RE." Took me a few minutes before the little light bulb in my head lit up...

oldeskewltoy
oldeskewltoy Reader
10/9/10 12:21 p.m.

hahahaha

I see 4RE = Ferrari

After all it is red and an exotic

to be honest who gives a flying "F" about a rotory

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
10/9/10 1:33 p.m.

Heh.

I know someone who, at one time, owned THREE first-series Esprits. I liked to joke that he was cornering the market.

Raze
Raze Dork
10/9/10 10:03 p.m.

OMG, challenge fodder: http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/cto/1989949748.html

DrBoost
DrBoost Dork
10/9/10 10:32 p.m.

Man that's a clean Ferrari

DrBoost
DrBoost Dork
10/9/10 10:33 p.m.
Raze wrote: OMG, challenge fodder: http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/cto/1989949748.html

Anyone who lets a Lotus sit outside with the windows down needs to be shot in the scrotum with a frozen paint ball.

CLH
CLH GRM+ Memberand New Reader
10/10/10 12:16 p.m.

Nice, but it looks to be riding oddly high, like it has oversized wheels/tires on it. Just doesn't look quite right.

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