MotorPunk December 2013 | Page 5

LOTUS VS. LAST ORDERS WORDS: RICH DUISBERG | PHOTOS: DR OCTANE T his month’s roadtrip feature is something we did a little while ago, it appeared in Car, Evo and on our old blog but we thought MotorPunk readers might enjoy it too; I popped into my local pub recently for a cheeky straightener and to discuss with Dr O how we might best enjoy the Lotus Elise Club Racer I had for the week when the Landlord apologised for being out of Champagne. An idea was born. Could we dash to Reims to buy a bottle of bubbly, and get back to pub before last orders that day? We limbo’d into the Lotus. We left Leicestershire sharpish, shouted our booking over the phone to Eurotunnel, arriving at Folkestone with barely enough time to ponder the effectiveness of a magnetic GB ?????????)??????????????]????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????A???????)I???????????????????????????????????]?((0