Lotus Carltons
28-02-2005, 07:41 PM
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Lotus Carltons
Seen one today and thought it looked quite smart, whats every ones opinions on them. Are they still the fastest production 4 door saloon???????? 
28-02-2005, 07:49 PM
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dont do it,
had one and after six months sold it,
if you think cosses are dear to run and fix think again,
these things are very very exspensive to run and maintain,
fast but if you try and mod it, there is no uprated parts available, so it will break very quickley,
cam chains brake, head gaskets leak, blocks go porus and leak, turbos are very weak, eats brake pads/discs,
and the worst bit is they weighe around 1700 kiols!!
had one and after six months sold it,
if you think cosses are dear to run and fix think again,
these things are very very exspensive to run and maintain,
fast but if you try and mod it, there is no uprated parts available, so it will break very quickley,
cam chains brake, head gaskets leak, blocks go porus and leak, turbos are very weak, eats brake pads/discs,
and the worst bit is they weighe around 1700 kiols!!
28-02-2005, 07:49 PM
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G500COS,
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28-02-2005, 07:56 PM
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thats funny louts calrton ther the twin turbo shiters right m8 3dr had a bet with a bloke that siad his carlton is fater then most cossy and had a Ł1.000 bet he would beat a stage 3 cossy any way i was in the car we kiled it and he didnt belive it he gave it i had a cosworth once blah blah blah
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28-02-2005, 08:08 PM
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were they all left hand drive? there was one in autotrader a few months back for Ł13k i think it was, but i dont suppose there that cheap to maintain.
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28-02-2005, 08:14 PM
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they came in right hand drive too!
love the look's of them and have been out in a modded one but in slippery
condition's, but evan still it felt very powerfull evan at low rev's but as
already said very expensive to maintain!!!
love the look's of them and have been out in a modded one but in slippery
condition's, but evan still it felt very powerfull evan at low rev's but as
already said very expensive to maintain!!!
28-02-2005, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by plynchy
Very wide,very fat,very bloody fast 176mph IIRC.
IIRC there was public outrage that a family saloon could go sooo bloody fast
28-02-2005, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by plynchy
I do remember reading something about the Police being rather upset by the cars abilities...
I remember now the car was used in a ram raid
28-02-2005, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by plynchy
I do remember reading something about the Police being rather upset by the cars abilities...
That's cos Vauxhall had just sold em a fleet of GSi3000's and not told em the Lotus was coming out
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01-03-2005, 08:46 PM
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Love Lotus Carltons... Tho from what I have heard talking to the owners at shows - expensive to run, expensive to maintain, and not too responsive to modding????
Don't think they hold the crown to fastest production saloon car anymore tho - think the Audi RS6 has taken that now (i could be wrong)
Don't think they hold the crown to fastest production saloon car anymore tho - think the Audi RS6 has taken that now (i could be wrong)
01-03-2005, 10:11 PM
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Still the fsatest production saloon, the Audi/M5 etc are all restricted to 155mph from the factory so are nearly 30mph behind.
When parts werent avaliable a group of people headed by James Waddington of www.lotus-carlton.co.uk agreed to buy a whole run of parts specially made
When parts werent avaliable a group of people headed by James Waddington of www.lotus-carlton.co.uk agreed to buy a whole run of parts specially made
02-03-2005, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Thrush
from what I have heard talking to the owners at shows - expensive to run, expensive to maintain, and not too responsive to modding????
02-03-2005, 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Itsmeagain
Then again they mightve said that just to get rid of you, as most people would when a greasy ginger hillbilly with a banjo comes up to them and starts randomly talking to them
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02-03-2005, 04:27 AM
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My boss had one when they first came out. I didnt know what they were back in them days.
We went on a trip from Norwich to Manchester... Never been scared so much in my life. We were approaching roundabout doing speeds of 140+
I have to say it seemed very capable, stable - and fast as fook
We went on a trip from Norwich to Manchester... Never been scared so much in my life. We were approaching roundabout doing speeds of 140+
I have to say it seemed very capable, stable - and fast as fook
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