not directly Lotus related.... or is it? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/01/business/01oil.html? (if you haven't done so already, registration at the NY Times...
Please, no politics. The NYTimes editorial policy hasn't changed since they endorsed Carter over both Ford and Reagan, (and Gore and Kerry over Bush) and Lotus...
Amusingly, the article doesn't say a single thing about the most direct cause of higher fuel prices: refining capacity. U.S. refineries are at peak capacities...
I really hope that Lotus' light-weight bonded Aluminum chassis technology will be used to make more fuel efficient regular passenger cars eventually....
Completely agree, Jeff! I don't believe anyone has taken the mantle of bonded aluminum. Indeed, I believe only the Audi A8 and the new Jaguar XJ series are...
I'm afraid that increasing refining capacity is antithetical to the agenda of the NY Times. You won't ever see that suggestion on their pages. It's also...
I vote for legalizing the rolling stop - The soccer Mom's attempt to make sure that there a stop sign every block, whether anyone is within a quarter of a...
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Doug, what about the children? And puppies for the children? And the children's children? It's plainly obvious that you're not FOR the children. ;) With talk...
If anyone can help I would appreciate it. I need to know where all the ground locations are in the Esprit. I must have a bad ground somewhere as first my 3rd...
... What about the overweight Aston Martin Vanquish with Lotus engineering in the bonded aluminum chassis? Or the other Astons. Then there is the New Corvette...
... I believe the Corvette frame is hydroformed steel, but your point is well-taken. Aluminum chassis does not automatically mean light. OTOH most of the...
Jeff, As Rob said the "New" Corvette Z06 has an aluminum chassis. From Automobile magazine: In place of hydroformed and stamped pieces of steel, the Z06's...
Lotus is also doing some interesting work with their Versatile Vehicle Architecture that is an outgrowth of the Elise technology. We may yet see more of this....
The recently ceased production Acura NSX is aluminum also. ... From: "John Hammond" <jlhammon@...> To: <lotus-cars@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May...
See subject. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4547103807 The car looks a lot worse than when I sold it. I have received a couple...
... As others pointed out the Base C6 Corvette is a steel perimeter frame, while the new Z06 version is aluminum and weighs 78lbs less while adding a lot of ...
... I'd have thought pushrods would actually ADD weight and space? Also, if fuel economy was a *real* issue (read sales issue) for GM i'd assume the switch to...
Remember when talking MPG across the pond that the G bits are not the same. I get around 31.8 miles per Gallon out of my Elise as long as it is not on a track....
Everyone pays the same price for gas at the wellhead. The biggest reason for price differences between counteries are the taxes - and these have been used to...
... Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi (yes, a turbodiesel, but it's still good fun) (and yes, muffled agreement about the size of the gallon, but then again an Elise is...
Mike I only drive the Elise when I want to have fun. And I find for some strange reason the more I am enjoying the drive, the lower the MPG goes. Graham ... ...
... Mike, the President may or may not be in bed with the oil companies (my position is that objective analysis suggests not), but he certainly isn't coercing...
... A-fscking-men! I am so damn tired of having to sit behind one of these tanks while they slowly accelerate. This has prompted me to commit numerous gore...
... Nope a pushrod engine will almost always be lighter and smaller than an overhead cam engine of the same material. The overhead cam has to have more mass in...
Re Elise fuel economy, one point about the Elise is that it is so fast, relative to most of the grot-boxes out there that one doesn't have to have the right...
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