Blat today

I didn't get a chance to drive the Exige all of last week. To compensate, I took the top off and drove it to Tomar yesterday and did an hour-long blat through N238 and N237 today at dawn. Driving the car roofless is a blast. It feels like it lost 100 kgs and the connection with the road is much tighter. Of course, not a single problem and no perceptible change in performance. I enjoyed the medium turns and the long sweepers today, took them 10 to 20 km/h faster than usually and the car still felt planted. Still not having to much fun on tight corners though.

Recent blats

Went for a drive on the 23rd at dawn to check out the Gradil road. My GPS took me down a mud road guarded by a german shepherd dog :-O Had to reverse and then found the Gradil road. Pretty fun, but the pavement is very up and down. Won't reapeat it, methinks.

I broke my license plate when getting back to the garage (there was a frigging truck parked out front). I went to a store which was already closed and I was able to beg a new license plate out of them. I installed it myself yesterday and went for a drive last night. I was planning to do the LA road a few times but towards the end I saw a bunch of mean looking people around a large bonfire and decided to call it a night. Incidentally, I came across a large gap on the road because of construction, just at the beginning of LA. The car bottomed out and then developped a huge rattle. I started to belive that I had broken the glass that looks into the engine bay, I kid you not. Fortunately, everything was well and the rattle disappeared.

On the way home, I stopped for gas and a bunch of kids totalled freaked out when they saw the Lotus. Fun!

Took a couple of pics yesterday in the parking lot of a friend's appartment building. Enjoy!