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[chris_uk]

anyone recognise the car/ helmets? 

 

 

nice pic.

[Mike (Cliffie)]

MartinS at Goodwood on Saturday at the Players trackday.

[Goosenka]

Martins at goodwood

[CocoPops]

Lauren and Jacqui

[denno]

Now that does look like a Lego brick from that advantage point!

[fiveoclock]

Whoever it is she needs to stop pulling herself up with the windscreen surround!!!!

[Bumblebee]

I was just thinking the same lol

[frosty]

Whoever it is she needs to stop pulling herself up with the windscreen surround!!!!

shes learning

[iceman]

Nice shot but, apart from catching also a potential cracked screen moment, does as well highlight a rather annoying design fault of the vx that even from day one of my ownership, has stumped me as to the stupidity of it (to the point that when i first purchased her, i had quite literally hours of conversations with various vxl departments, sure that they had put my baby together wrongly). I of course, as i'm sure we have all noticed and wondered about it (lol..bet it's only me), refer to the way the grills seem grey on one side of the vx and black on the other, as the direction of the mesh has not been reversed to hold/project a symmetry of colour. I do find (and always have) it extremely annoying and spoiling of an otherwise perfect design.  

 

...icey

[chris_uk]

has anyone ever seen a lotus or vx windscreen crack because of someone using it to get out?

[Rickwoo118]

Nice pic though. Good angle.

[Dashwood]

has anyone ever seen a lotus or vx windscreen crack because of someone using it to get out?

Haven't seen one crack but have seen one come unstuck at the bottom.

[frosty]

has anyone ever seen a lotus or vx windscreen crack because of someone using it to get out?

no ?

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

That's a great photo!

[CocoPops]

has anyone ever seen a lotus or vx windscreen crack because of someone using it to get out?

Yes My screen was replaced last year because of exactly this. It had a 3inch crack starting behind the surround.

[JacqFrost]

 

has anyone ever seen a lotus or vx windscreen crack because of someone using it to get out?

Yes My screen was replaced last year because of exactly this. It had a 3inch crack starting behind the surround.

 

 

Well I feel you should have known better , but to put everyones mind at rest (esp MartinS) I actually dont pull myself up, I just rest my hand as I turn..... and if anyone actually watches me I normally crawl out on my hands & knees!!

[fiveoclock]

has anyone ever seen a lotus or vx windscreen crack because of someone using it to get out?

Yes and S1 and S2's

[iceman]

Good Evening JacqFrost.

 

 

 

has anyone ever seen a lotus or vx windscreen crack because of someone using it to get out?

Yes

My screen was replaced last year because of exactly this.

It had a 3inch crack starting behind the surround.

 

 

Well I feel you should have known better , but to put everyones mind at rest (esp MartinS) I actually dont pull myself up, I just rest my hand as I turn..... and if anyone actually watches me I normally crawl out on my hands & knees!!

 

 

Lol..you are forgiven then  ...

 

I do actually pull myself forward using the screen but make purchase right at the bottom of it just where it comes in contact with the bodywork (styling wise). I lean my upper body weight sideways toward the open door, raise my skinny backside up off the seat and use the screen to help tip sidewards enough to carry my right leg over the threshold, with my left leg trailing and able to use the grip of the floor plate in front of the seat should it be needed to secure my balance. There is definitely an art to getting out with finesse but it is achievable with practise and suppleness but then i'm quickly approaching 51 (in a few weeks), so sooner, rather than later, my days of getting in or! out will be at an end.
 

...icey

[coldel]

Love the way it shows off the styling of the VX, the way the lines curve out and around the cockpit and back in again. Amazing that a car that looks a little 'boxy' from another angle can have such sweeping curves and lines.

[Sc0rian]

thats a awesome photo. be a good background photo. 

 

I like the climbing out position ha.