Thread: Drawing of my Espirt...

wow...


He is doing some great work here - > Custom illustrations of YOUR EXACT CAR!! - LotusTalk - The Lotus Cars Community

His name and contact is Zachary Whitaker <zwhitakerdesign@gmail.com>

wow i really like his stuff, really fucking cool

and by the way i loooove your esprit I've been thinking about getting one forever. id love to see more pictures of yours though, very unique

Im a dumbass i just saw your sig. so badass. whats the maintenance like? Is it pretty reliable? My area doesn't have a certified lotus dealer around and I've come close to buying an exige once and an awesome 99 esprit but i didn't go through with it. Super worried id be shipping it back and forth from dallas five times a year.

Thanx! - owning a Esprit is - unique. I do all the work myself - so no dealer for me.

I use this (from another member):

I think the “Lotus Experience” is tempered a great deal by the realistic expectations of what you think the car is capable of providing you and how much you have an interest in all phases of the car. I generally tell people the following (brief version) opinion when they strike up a conversation about an Esprit but have never owned or driven one:

1. Yes, they are incredibly beautiful to behold and they will start conversations everywhere you go. You will meet a bunch of interesting
people.

2. They are sort of supercars, but by modern standards they are pretty simple, and they are NOT “luxury cars”. They are made to drive and be
moderately comfortable and accommodating but their no Lexus or Acura

3. There not all that expensive to buy by modern standards. A nice SE will cost you ½ of what a medium-fancy SUV costs new.

4. You either should (a) like to work on cars and derive satisfaction from taking them apart and putting them back together or (b) have an
enormous bank account and a high financial shock threshold.

5. They don’t make them anymore. They are now historic. Your experience is enhanced if you keep in mind that you are now preserving a legacy car. You are keeping alive something beautiful, increasingly rare, and something which will never come around again. Almost all of us will pass these cars on to others at some point. The car will outlive us and so some of your true self is invested in the car and will live on.

6. If you buy one try it out for a few months and determine whether it is really what you want and if it is really providing you with the pleasure
you anticipated

7. You will never forget the experience of having one no matter how it turns out. I meet people who say “I used to own a Lotus” and it is always said with a smile, a wistful expression, and one of great memory – the way one might recall a first serious girlfriend, or a great set of years at college, etc.

Enjoy!
Tom Mieczkowski

I think it looks great. I might have some work for him.