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!

Issue 4 of the Club Lotus News Classifieds Available to Members

The October 2015 edition of Club Lotus News’ Classifieds has been sent out, and is available for CLA members to download on the members’ page.

Head to the ‘Members’ page here to download a copy.

We provide these classifieds as a membership benefit of Club Lotus Australia. It will as such require you to be logged in to your members account.

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!

Report: Lotus 2015 from a WA Perspective

Lotus 2015 WA

Almost everyone I’ve spoken to since this year’s Lotus 2015 has come home buzzing and ready to head straight back out for the next one. So, to tide you over until 2017, let’s catch up with our friends in Western Australia to hear about their Lotus 2015 weekend, thanks to Eddie Lankhorst.

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An Invitation to Celebrate CARnivale in 2016

As we celebrate Spring with increasingly warm and sunshine-filled evenings it’s time to look forward to Summer and all of the wonderful automotive adventures awaiting us. Very high up the list is Australia Day, and CARnivale.

Registration for the event, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2016, is now open – so it’s time to get organised!

CARnivale will be held on Australia Day, Tuesday the 26th of January, 2016. Next year sees it move to Parramatta Park to better cater for its growth and changes in Sydney CBD traffic arrangements.

The event attracts some six hundred vehicles of all shapes, sizes and vintages, and is a wonderful summer celebration of automotive culture and history.

Joining in the celebrations this year are a hot air balloon aerial show, the Parramatta BBQ Festival, family concert and kids’ rides, the Hottest 100 Party and more.

It’s looking to be a brilliant celebration, and we can’t wait to get involved for another year!

Registration and details for CARnivale are available online at this link, as well as through the registration form linked below. To display your veteran, vintage or classic vehicle, it must be over thirty years of age and built before the 31st of Devember, 1985 or be an identical model run-on. For more information, grab the official entry letter, which we’ll also link below!

2016 CARnivale Invite Letter [PDF]

2016 CARnivale Registration Form [PDF]

An Invitation to Attend the Royal Automobile Club of Australia’s Information Evening with RMS

The Royal Automobile Club of Australia is holding an information evening on Wednesday the 4th of November for motoring enthusiasts to learn more about their recently launched conditional registration scheme trial.

It’s an opportunity to meet with senior members of New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services for information and discussion. Peter Wells, RMS Director of Compliance and Enforcement and Graeme Faulkner, RMS General Manager Customer and Support Services will be highlighting the operation and features of the new scheme, which aims to offer greater flexibility in the use of conditionally registered cars.

The evening will kick off from 6PM on Wednesday the 4th of November with Members’ Bar meals and drinks. The guest speakers will take the stage at 8PM.

It will be held at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, at 89 Macquarie Street Sydney. There is limited parking available at the Club, for which fees apply. Please ring RACA on 8273 2300 in advance to make a booking.

A dress code of collared shirt, slacks and shoes applies.

Please see the following flyer for the full information, including details to RSVP. You can also head to the RACA website here for more information.

RACA Conditional Registration Scheme Information Night RSVP and Flyer [PDF]