1) I picked up my Lotus from the annual service. I paid a 700 EUR bill that included a couple of hundred EUR for new rear brake pads and almost 100 EUR for a fire extinguisher (I'll post pics of that later). All in all, not too bad. Tires and front brake pads are in good condition. All in all, not too expensive.
2) Yesterday I went topless. I had loads of fun. It was really hard to tell how the car took it. I didn't push it past 5000 revs. Temps were at 88c, up to 95 when I was in traffic. This was in a mountain road ad noon with 34c outside. Coming back on the highway doing 130 km/h in 6th gear the car was at 86-87 C, so going roofless doesn't seem to have that much of an impact on engine temp.The roof bolts are really easy to thread, mine are probably a bit threaded already :-( I also found out that the wrench Lotus supplies is too big for the bolts :-D I had to borrow one from my father in law.
Check out the pics below:
