I'll be lurking about trying to learn a bit about these cars.
Sportscars are fairly new to me, road and dirtbikes are my background and roadraced motorbikes on/off for the last dozen years.
Retired for good from roadracing a few years ago.
Had to find something to get me off my rapidly expanding backside so I went shopping for some 4 wheel fun.
Looked briefly at a new MX5 but I had longed for a Lotus, so it was a 2008 Lotus Elise S that found its way into the shed.
Well the racetrack beckoned and I got 3/4s of the way through a sprint series and made a very stupid rookie mistake and stuffed the car. A huge bill later and its recovered as good as new but the bank balance hasn't.
The desire for some more racetrack fun is still there so I'll be lurking about for the next year to gain some knowledge (and some funds) and I intend to purchase something cheaper to risk/repair for some racetrack abuse.
I get out on regular (usually weekly) runs up through the hills east of Melb (I live in the Dandenong Ranges) often with fellow Lotus drivers/forum members and organise day drives and emrs there.
Would love to tag along on a drive or two to learn and quiz you guys on the things to look for etc, as long as you don't mind a pommie car tagging along.
Cheers
Duane.
), motorkhana and track racing people etc. It's a great cross section of the community and a lot of knowledge spread between so few people.
