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Post by jtbo » 26 May 2006 04:25 am

We had no Vauxhall here, but Opel has probably even worse reputation here than Vauxhall in UK :lol:

There is one common joke "Every car when enough old starts to be Opel" Don't know if I manage to translate it well as it may also have not similar touch at english, also culture etc...

Hmm, I find that grille to fit good to it, at least much better than old Mercedes lights and grikke to P1800E I have seen :P

Is that Lotus green that I see? One of my favorite colours for car :D

Here is an idea, stick Lotus badge to hood, your car got suddenly 10x better ;)
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Post by redline » 26 May 2006 09:34 am

jtbo wrote:Is that Lotus green that I see? One of my favorite colours for car :D

Here is an idea, stick Lotus badge to hood, your car got suddenly 10x better ;)
not as mad as it may seem , because over here Vauxhall made this

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and thye calibra was based on the carlton
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Post by Fuse » 26 May 2006 10:39 am

That was called Lotus Omega in here. :P

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Post by RandomHero » 26 May 2006 11:48 am

Yep, over here too.. I've seen one twice! Although there only like 900 made :o

There not really expensive to buy these days. But the question is, do you want one?? :wink: I don't...
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Post by SteveP » 26 May 2006 11:55 am

RandomHero wrote:There not really expensive to buy these days. But the question is, do you want one?? :wink: I don't...
Lotus Carlton? Hell yes I would...
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Post by RandomHero » 26 May 2006 03:15 pm

Here's one for instance:

http://www.autoscout24.nl/dut/detail.as ... wt34p2i4xo

But i would buy this for that sort of money (and even less):

http://www.autotrack.nl/owa_dima/owa/at ... id=3356990

http://www.autotrack.nl/owa_dima/owa/at ... id=3387236

http://www.autotrack.nl/owa_dima/owa/at ... id=2808496
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Post by SteveP » 26 May 2006 03:25 pm

S80 Vs Lotus Carlton? Not a chance...
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Post by Japper » 26 May 2006 04:11 pm

Why just go fast, if you can go fast in style? 1988 Citroen CX GTi Turbo 2... http://www.citroen-cxclub.nl/Fotos-lid/ ... Turbo2.jpg
Leather, leccy windows and mirrors, snowcap, foglights, open air filter, black roof upholstery. What more do you want? >a 2.3 turbo!
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Post by Cornholio » 26 May 2006 04:17 pm

Japper wrote:Why just go fast, if you can go fast in style? 1988 Citroen CX GTi Turbo 2...
Can't argue with that at all!
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Post by foggyjames » 26 May 2006 05:18 pm

No...he said FAST, not CX Turbo fast (in lower case) :)

There were 5-6 Lotus Carltons on eBay last time I looked.

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Post by Chris_C » 26 May 2006 05:56 pm

Any of them actually originals Foggy ;) Must be the most copied car ever...
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Post by jtbo » 26 May 2006 05:59 pm

Have that top gear clip somewhere where Tiff test drives Lotus Omega, guy was in hyper :lol:
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Post by Ali » 26 May 2006 06:06 pm

Off topic but Tiff is entering D1 uk round 1 this Sunday (biggest drifting series there is) and should be competing throughout the whole series which should also get shown on fifth gear, should be interesting to see what he can do sm40
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Post by jtbo » 26 May 2006 07:30 pm

Ali wrote:Off topic but Tiff is entering D1 uk round 1 this Sunday (biggest drifting series there is) and should be competing throughout the whole series which should also get shown on fifth gear, should be interesting to see what he can do sm40
That sounds great, too bad I can't see top gear or fifth gear in here :(

Tiff is best journalist I know, eh, moment he is not only a journalist but race driver, has raced in two F1 races at 1980 too.

Jeremy has not good additude or skills of Tiff so I do prefer 5th gear, oh yes and Vicky is there too, I think. My info might be bit old :P
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Post by RandomHero » 27 May 2006 03:13 pm

S80 Vs Lotus Carlton? Not a chance...
The S80 wouldn't be as fast indeed, but i would rather drive around in that S80 then in the Carlton. Shame the S80 is FWD.

By the way, don't mistake about the T6's performance, its incredible!
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