I set up a page for the new car.

http://www.my914-6.com/lotus

Click on a thumbnail for a larger view.



This is my favorite shot...

Looks great Qarl

QUOTE (Qarl @ Mar 12 2005, 05:43 PM)

This is my favorite shot...

I like that picture too.

I think they are about the same length (within a couple of inches at least).

Oh, speaking of length.... my penis vanished around 3:15 pm

those are awesome pictures, you should post some of the engine compartment

The sunflower yellow of the 914 looks so blah against the yellow on the Lotus...

Are you having fun buddy?




M

Yes....

Weather was nice today... took the car out for a couple of hours. Kids seem to get the most kick out of it. Got compliments from some guy in a new C6 vette (also yellow).

Tomorrow, we get some extra nursing help for Hunter and the wife and I will take it out for 2-3 hours...

I might go for a spin tonight too... Lots of fun.

Sorry I couldn't give you a ride in Savannah, Miles! Maybe next time.

Qarl im sorry to here about your penis.

Qarl:
Don't know about the penis but I do like the yellow color of the elise. Why don't you reshoot the 914? What is the elise color called?

QUOTE (buck toenges @ Mar 12 2005, 06:45 PM)

Qarl: Don't know about the penis but I do like the yellow color of the elise. Why don't you reshoot the 914? What is the elise color called?

I think it's 'Penis-Shrink Yellow'

Seriously, Saffron Yellow is the color. Looks a lot nicer in person.


Very fun car. I drove a friends last month in Miami. (Chrome Orange) I don't understand why anyone would want to spend $60K on a Corvette, when they can have one of these for about the same.

Congrats.

that garage is WAY to neat!!! I sign of a very sick man..Looks great!!

Qarl - Is the Sunflower Yellow on the 914 the same Sunflower Yellow that VW uses on the new Beetles? If it is, do you have a color code for it? My Teener is supposedly this color, but I can't find a color code so I can get some matching paint.

L13K

http://homepage.mac.com/markd/914/colors.html

http://members.rennlist.com/chuxter/914Colors.htm

That car looks fantastic!!!

ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY!!!

The 914 would look HOT in Saffron yellow!

Qarl,
Very nice car man, I hope you are having a ball with it. However that garage is wayyyy toooo clean. You must be a neat-nik to the extreme. I spend a normal 30 minutes tearing my garage up and three hours scrubbing and cleaning.

Nice Qarl! Where's the motor?

QUOTE (Qarl @ Mar 12 2005, 06:10 PM)

The sunflower yellow of the 914 looks so blah against the yellow on the Lotus...

I'm no fan of yellow... but I think the 914 yellow is a bit brighter.

Nice car, Qarl!

-Rusty

You people make me sick. With your money and your multiple cars with ONE color paint and no rust and no broken pieces. You should be disgusted with yourselves. Have you no compasion for yuor fellow man. Keep piling up the cars and posting pics of them and make us poor guys feel inadequit.
















DAMN that car looks good. But I do like the teener yellow better. Elise is a little hmmmm orangy??
Congratulations.And before i get flamed the other stuff was in jest.........or was it

What do you mean making us feel inadequate, for Gods sake the man has no penis.

Very nice Qarl, enjoy them. That garage floor is awesome, is that Racedeck? If so, what has it been like, scuffing, tire marks, held up to jacking cars on it?
-hawk

"And then Dickless here turned off the grid.....is this TRUE????? Yes, this man has NO dick"

Ten points for the movie and the actors involved.....

Hey bud where's the motor? How do you wind it up? Where do you put the squarrel food? What options does it have?

Movie: Ghostbusters


Ray: "Everything would have been fine if dickless here hadn't shut off the main power grid!"

Walter Peck: "These men caused an explosion!"

Mayor: "Is this true?"

Peter Venkman: "Yes, it's true... this man has no dick


Cast:
- Dr. Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd - Dr. Raymond Stantz
Sigourney Weaver - Dana Barrett / Zuul, the Gate Keeper
Harold Ramis - Dr. Egon Spengler
Rick Moranis - Louis Tully / Vinz Clortho, the Key Master
Annie Potts - Janine Melnitz
William Atherton - Walter Peck
Ernie Hudson - Winston Zeddemore
David Margulies - Mayor Lenny
Steven Tash - Male Student
Jennifer Runyon - Female Student Jennifer
Slavitza Jovan - Gozer
Michael Ensign - Hotel Manager
Alice Drummond - Librarian Alice
Jordan Charney - Dean Yeager
Timothy Carhart - Violinist
John Rothman - Library Adminstrator Roger Delacrow
Tom McDermott - Archbishop Mike
Roger Grimsby - Himself
Larry King - Himself
Joe Franklin - Himself
Casey Kasem - Himself
John Ring - Fire Commissioner John
Norman Matlock - Police Commissioner
Joe Cirillo - Police Captain
Joe Schmieg - Police Seargeant
Reginald VelJohnson - Jail Guard
Rhoda Gemignani - Real Estate Woman
Murray Rubin - Man at Elevator
Larry Dilg - Con Edison Man
Danny Stone - Coachman
Patty Dworkin - Woman at Party
Jean Kasem - Tall Woman at Party
Lenny Del Genio - Doorman
Frances E. Nealy - Chambermaid
Sam Moses - Hot Dog Vendor
Christopher Wynkoop - T.V. Reporter
Winston May - Businessman in Cab
Tommy Hollis - Mayor's Aide
Eda Reiss Merin - Louis's Neighbor
Ric Mancini - Policeman at Apartment
Kathryn Janssen - Mrs. Van Hoffman
Stanley Grover - Reporter
Carol Ann Henry - Reporter
James Hardie - Reporter
Frances Turner - Reporter
Nancy Kelly - Reporter
Paul Trafas - Ted Fleming
Cheryl Birchenfield - Annette Fleming
Ruth Oliver - Library Ghost
Kymberly Herrin - Dream Ghost
Joseph Marzano - Man in Taxi
Joe Medjuck - Man at Library
Frank Patton - City Hall Cop
Harrison Ray - Terror Dog
Ivan Reitman - Zuul/Slimer
Matteo Cafiso - Boy at Hot Dog Stand
Paddi Edwards - Gozer
Deborah Gibson - Birthday Girl in Tavern on the Green

I love the lotus yellow. What 914 color do you think is closest???

Ite's really interesting just how similar the cars are - seeing them next to each other like that. I canb't wait to hear what you have to say when the 914 is on the road again.

Qarl.... lookin at your cars and your garage - you are a lucky man!!

Come on Qarl... show us the rubber band box! How do you make this thing go!

QUOTE (Qarl @ Mar 12 2005, 07:04 PM)

Movie: Ghostbusters Ray: "Everything would have been fine if dickless here hadn't shut off the main power grid!" Walter Peck: "These men caused an explosion!" Mayor: "Is this true?" Peter Venkman: "Yes, it's true... this man has no dick Cast: - Dr. Peter Venkman Dan Aykroyd - Dr. Raymond Stantz Sigourney Weaver - Dana Barrett / Zuul, the Gate Keeper Harold Ramis - Dr. Egon Spengler Rick Moranis - Louis Tully / Vinz Clortho, the Key Master Annie Potts - Janine Melnitz William Atherton - Walter Peck Ernie Hudson - Winston Zeddemore David Margulies - Mayor Lenny Steven Tash - Male Student Jennifer Runyon - Female Student Jennifer Slavitza Jovan - Gozer Michael Ensign - Hotel Manager Alice Drummond - Librarian Alice Jordan Charney - Dean Yeager Timothy Carhart - Violinist John Rothman - Library Adminstrator Roger Delacrow Tom McDermott - Archbishop Mike Roger Grimsby - Himself Larry King - Himself Joe Franklin - Himself Casey Kasem - Himself John Ring - Fire Commissioner John Norman Matlock - Police Commissioner Joe Cirillo - Police Captain Joe Schmieg - Police Seargeant Reginald VelJohnson - Jail Guard Rhoda Gemignani - Real Estate Woman Murray Rubin - Man at Elevator Larry Dilg - Con Edison Man Danny Stone - Coachman Patty Dworkin - Woman at Party Jean Kasem - Tall Woman at Party Lenny Del Genio - Doorman Frances E. Nealy - Chambermaid Sam Moses - Hot Dog Vendor Christopher Wynkoop - T.V. Reporter Winston May - Businessman in Cab Tommy Hollis - Mayor's Aide Eda Reiss Merin - Louis's Neighbor Ric Mancini - Policeman at Apartment Kathryn Janssen - Mrs. Van Hoffman Stanley Grover - Reporter Carol Ann Henry - Reporter James Hardie - Reporter Frances Turner - Reporter Nancy Kelly - Reporter Paul Trafas - Ted Fleming Cheryl Birchenfield - Annette Fleming Ruth Oliver - Library Ghost Kymberly Herrin - Dream Ghost Joseph Marzano - Man in Taxi Joe Medjuck - Man at Library Frank Patton - City Hall Cop Harrison Ray - Terror Dog Ivan Reitman - Zuul/Slimer Matteo Cafiso - Boy at Hot Dog Stand Paddi Edwards - Gozer Deborah Gibson - Birthday Girl in Tavern on the Green

Hmmmm, never doubt a man with a Lotus....

Hey Mike! Did you ever buy that dead Lotus?

Lucky guess Karl!

QUOTE (rick 918-S @ Mar 12 2005, 07:45 PM)

Hey Mike! Did you ever buy that dead Lotus?

Nope...ran away after Captain Krusty gave me the low down...

Here you go Rick...

The gerbil food is held in the container on the left...

Actually, it is a Toyota 2ZZ-GE engine, built by Yamaha with a Lotus Engine Management System...

914 beats Elise in the trunk storage category...

Yes those are keys in the trunk to show the scale of how dinky it is...

Oooooo.... Daddy likes.....

Here is the emergency trunk release handle (in case really tiny people get stuck in the trunk)...

She's a sidewinder

Did you have to pay extra to have those stickers put on crooked?

QUOTE (GWN7 @ Mar 12 2005, 07:59 PM)

Did you have to pay extra to have those stickers put on crooked?

Holy Crap man, Don't get him going! Have you not seen project car and garage? He'll be ordering new stickers tomorrow.

They're British... not Germans...

Not only are their teeth crooked, but they can't see straight either!

QUOTE (Qarl @ Mar 12 2005, 07:54 PM)

Here is the emergency trunk release handle (in case really tiny people get stuck in the trunk)...

sweet ride man, too bad about your willie. I really do not ever wish to type that line again!

QUOTE (dinomium @ Mar 12 2005, 08:10 PM)

sweet ride man, too bad about your willie. I really do not ever wish to type that line again!

That's what she said...


oh wait.

Whats the redline on that thing? 9K?

Redline is 8600 RPM.... It has a second cam that kicks in around 6,600 RPM.. but I have to keep it under 6000 RPM until about 1000 miles... except for a couple of spirited runs....

It's a kick in the pants right now, just reving up to 6000 RPM...

Other have said that when you get to dig into that second cam, it's like a turbo kicking in... grin factor is proportionate to higher RPMs...

QUOTE (GWN7 @ Mar 12 2005, 07:59 PM)

Did you have to pay extra to have those stickers put on crooked?

Union.....BTW Lucas makes stickers, too...he's lucky they don't burst into flame....

I ran my 914/6 2.7 against an Elise at Pacific Raceways last summer ...

I thought we would be pretty close since my teener has close to 200hp and weighs less than 2100 lbs.

Boy was I wrong! The Elise gapped the 914 every lap!

In the paddock I went over and noticed some extra equipment on the Elise ... a supercharger!

I didn't feel so bad after I spied the blower ...

Eddie

QUOTE (Qarl @ Mar 12 2005, 07:26 PM)

Sorry I couldn't give you a ride in Savannah, Miles! Maybe next time.

Just glad to see that you are happy! It was quite a wait.


M

QUOTE (fiid @ Mar 13 2005, 12:14 AM)

QUOTE (dinomium @ Mar 12 2005, 08:10 PM) sweet ride man, too bad about your willie. I really do not ever wish to type that line again! That's what she said... oh wait.

Hey! Who needs a dick, WHEN YOU ARE ONE!?



M

Karl,

Thank you for sharing what you find is a modern 914-4.

I am impressed how light the car is and how clever Lotus has manufactured the car.

How are the composite panels fit and finish? Are they f/g and wood? Do they detach?

I like the original concept versions, I think they went a bit overboard on the crescent shapes...

The looks of the Elise are definitely different. It takes an enthusiast to appreciate it... much like the ugly duckling Porsche... the 914.

My initial assesment of the built quality is very positive. Panel fit and finish are really nice. Alignment is right up there. Paint quality is surprisingly nice. I spent 2-3 hours waxing the car yesterday so I was up close and personal with many parts of the car.

The car has the sport suspension (very stiff) and the touring pack (added sound insulation, leather seats, better stereo (not really) and a cargo net... ooooh!

I was expecting the sports suspension to be slightly intolerable on the road over bumps... but surprisingly it is very pleasant.

I have two rattles on the car (the windows in the door frame).

And one of the swaybar bushings is squeaky on hard turns.

The car also has dealer installed Xenon headlights which are really nice. The stock headlights, from what I am told... uhh... suck!

And finally.. the car as the Stage II exhaust. Bascially the muffler is 11 lbs vs. 23 and a bit louder.... Very throaty at higher RPMs (almost a little too fart-canish). And when decelerating from high RPMs has a nice burble and pop to it....

I took the wifey out for a midnight ride last night through the back roads... she really liked it... (She said it was very low to the ground compared to her Hummer)... Today's comment... very tiny.