Anyone on this forum from New Zealand? I just spent the last 2 weeks exploring the South Island and driving the length from Te Anau to Picton on beautiful twisting mountain roads, wishing I was in the Lotus instead of our sad little rented Toyota minivan. What spectacular roads! The top end speed limit is 100 km/hr but curves are marked with a “suggested” speed reduction down to 15 kph on some hairpins. The road surface was smooth and well maintained everywhere we went.
There appears to be at least 1 Europa on the North Island that shows up as a picture on the Club Lotus New Zealand web site, along with a handful of Elises. Any Lotus would be a blast to drive around here.. We just started our North Island journey. Lots more people, fewer twisty roads and more traffic cops so far, but still great driving country. I guess will have to content myself with making childish motor noises as I clip the apex and accelerate out of the turn in the Previa, until my wife tells me to cut it out. (Sigh...)
Tom
