Take Note! The December Tyre Kick & Coffee Has Moved!

Simply Sports Cars

NOTE: Due to the Christmas rush and staff movements Simply Sports Cars is no longer able to host us for this event. It will return to its usual home at Gough Whitlam Park!

Our monthly Tyre Kick & Coffee is moving for December and will now be held on Saturday the 19th at Simply Sports Cars in Artarmon.

Update your diaries, and join us for a wonderful morning spent in good company amongst the lovely Lotuses at Simply Sports Cars! Enjoy a coffee and a few mince pies, and wish your mates a Merry Christmas.

CLA BUILD STORIES: TUFT’S ELEVEN JANUARY 2015

TUFTS ELEVEN REBUILD

Club Lotus Australia is full of interesting people who are up to interesting things with interesting cars. We think that’s wonderful, so we’re going to share their stories with you here!

If you’d like to share your story on the club website, just send Seth a quick email at web@clublotus.com.au

In this post, we catch up with Ashton to find out more about his journey with the Tuft’s Eleven. It’s been a little while since we caught up with the project, so why not take a refresher? You can enjoy part 1 herepart 2 here and part 3 here.

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Lotus UK Adventures with the Lankhorsts: The Lotus Factory

Lotus Factory

Club Lotus Australia WA’s Eddie Lankhorst and Vicky Rowe took off to the United Kingdom for an adventure earlier this year, taking the opportunity to build their own UK Lotus Experience while they were there.

They’ve kindly shared the story with us and in this, part one, we head off to tour the Lotus factory and see how our wonderful cars are made.

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The Preserve October 2015 Now Available for Download!

The Preserve October 2015

‘The Preserve’ is the newsletter of the Council of Motor Clubs. It’s made available to members of CMC-affiliated clubs, and that means you!

Its October 2015 edition has just been sent out to members and is now available for download on the members’ page here.

This edition discusses RMS’ new trial scheme for historic log books, looks back at the October Oasis Run to Vic’s Indian Motor Cycle Collection & Museum, recounts An Aussie Motoring Story and more.

Club Lotus Australia members can head to the members page here to download your copy. If you’re not a member of the club head here, and take a browse around the website to see why you should be!

Join Us at the Slot Cars for our November General Meeting!

Our November general meeting is coming up next Tuesday, the 10th of November, 2015, and we’d love for you to join us!

We’re going to be adding a little speed to the evening by heading to the slot cars at Armchair Racer in Artarmon. We’ve booked the track from 6pm until 8:30PM, with racing set to start at 6:30PM.

The “formal” racing will be held with cars provided by Armchair Racer. You are, however, most welcome to bring along your own cars to have some fun before we kick off, and after the racing concludes.

As usual we will be providing pizza and soft drinks, along with our fabulous company. If you’d like to have anything else to eat or drink please bring it along.

We look forward to catching up with everyone on Tuesday the 10th of November!

Location: Armchair Racer, 1/18 Hotham Parade, Artarmon (very close to Simply Sports Cars)
Timing: We have the track booked from 6-8.30; racing will start at 6.30

Lotus UK Adventures with the Lankhorsts: Lotus Driving Academy

Lotus Driving Academy United Kingdom

Club Lotus Australia WA’s Eddie Lankhorst and Vicky Rowe took off to the United Kingdom for an adventure earlier this year, taking the opportunity to build their own UK Lotus Experience while they were there. They’ve kindly shared the story with us and in this, part one, we head off to the Lotus Driving Academy.

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Chunky’s Chatter October 2015 Now Available for Download!

Chunky's Chatter October 2015

After a brief hiatus, Chunky’s Chatter has returned and is now available for download from the members’ page!

  • Mike Basquil’s September CSCA Report
  • Historic plates: a new scheme to allow greater usage of our cars
  • The new Evora 400 the fastest Lotus road car ever
  • UK Enthusiast Malcolm Ricketts has an open day and attracts many famous cars
  • The Lotus DPM system explained

And more are featured in Chunky’s lighthearted and sometimes irreverent monthly look at the world of Lotus.

Head to the members’ page, download it and enjoy!

November 2015 Edition of Lotus Notes Available for Download!

The November 2015 edition of Lotus Notes has arrived just in time for some relaxing weekend reading, thanks to its hard working editors and contributors, and is now available to download on the ‘Members’ page.

This month’s features include:

  • Lotus 2015 Barossa Valley, SA
  • Harrop Engineering
  • Lotus Club Queensland Concours d’Elegance
  • My Nürburgring Adventure
  • Australia’s First Lotus

And much, much more! Head to the ‘Members’ page here to download your copy.

The newsletter is a membership benefit of Club Lotus Australia, and will as such require you to be logged in to your members account. And if you’re not a member yet, why not? Hit this link to find out more about the club and why you should become one!

Lotus Video: Richard Parramint Talks Lotus, Colin Chapman & Life

Lotus Richard Parramint

Richard Parramint kindly joined us at our October 13, 2015, meeting to share a few pizzas, talk about cars, life and everything, and share his tales from his time at Lotus with Colin Chapman.

He gave a wonderful talk, which you can enjoy right here thanks to the wonders of the internet!