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I don't know many of the answers, I should have asked more. He called me out of the blue after seeing the Toniq I had in SEMA about 7-8 years ago. He decided he wanted to buy one now. He is in Las Vegas and I told him as a favor I would see if there was some car for sale I could connect him with. He was willing to drive to look at a car if it was in SoCal, so not sure about cars located more than 6 hours away. Looks? He did not know what a Seven was. In our conversation and understanding his budget, I mentioned maybe a Polaris Slingshot as a good choice. He said no... he knows what they are and they are too flashy (which I think means he does not like the angular styling) and he wants 2 driving wheels in the rear. He did mention a perfect car would weigh 800 pounds be RWD, midengined, and use a motorcycle engine. My other thought for him was something like the 818 kit car which I believe can be made pretty inexpensively. As of right now I have three emails which I will pass on to him via phone. He does not use the computer. I am happy to help him out, but also need to not make this my job. One thing I have learned the very hard way... my downfall in the car business is I try to hard to help people which has screwed me a few times. Live and learn... or in my case probably just live....

Hey folks, I got a call from an older gent named Delmar who is 71 and looking for a fun car that is rear wheel drive, lightweight, and can handle. His budget is about $30K. Based on a chat with him, I think a Seven clone of some sort would be perfect. He does not want flashy attention. He does not want attention from the local law enforcement. I told him a huge benefit of the Seven is the positive respect and responses it draws. Does anyone have anything that would be a good fit? Only doing this as a favor to the guy. p.s. He mentioned, the lighter the better and he likes bike engine cars. DO not know how handy he is. Feel free to email me at my name @ gmail.com or PM me for this phone number.

Hey, coming up for air. Been a busy time of it. Our road trip to LOG and back was epic. I need to do a write up and post pics. My business partner was supposed to drive the car from San Diego to LOG and then hand me the keys. That ended up not being able to happen. I am a bit sad we missed a good opportunity to showcase the car, but on the other side, we have more marketing opportunities in SoCal right now than we do in Chattanooga TN. We may have the car at SEMA. I still have to arrange getting the car back east and if I drive it or ship it. We are also planning on somehow getting the car to Austin. 5 new Zenos cars are being shipped this month to USA, so soon we will have other demos around the country. For me personally... LOG was very good all around...Robby Unser was a great speaker and loved the drive up to Pikes Peak. The rest I missed as I was on a deadline project for a company I am doing work for. They were very gracious in telling me to go ahead with my trip when I offered to cancel (millions of dollars on the line for one of the largest global tech firms we all know). But get it done by the weekend of LOG. Well... in spite of being in my hotel room glued to my laptop, we finished the project after leaving LOG while still in Kansas. I am sad I missed the concourse, Garden of the Gods, etc. But looking forward to LOG in New Jersey next year with the Zenos, maybe 2 or more of them.

Joe (CSR with Sadev + RST engine) will be there, driving the Zenos E10s from San Diego. I will be there and take the Zenos back to Tennessee. Driving to LOG in a Mustang also.

Hmm... may have to attend this.

We did the Britishspeed Trip a few years ago and are doing another one in one month (Virginia/Atlanta to Colorado Springs and the back). It was (and is) based on the idea... a moving caravan, join where you want. This creates some challenges that can be overcome with good planning. Our first trip was great and I would recommend something like it and would certainly consider participating again. My suggestion for a trip again would be: Start at the southeast... Atlanta GA, pull in cars from NC, SC, FL. Drive to Tail of the Dragon. Gatlinburg TN. Oak Ridge TN. Tour museum. Bowling Green KY. Tour Museum. Indianapolis. Chicago. Start Route 66 at the Bean. Stop at Autobahn. St Louis (Arch, Chain or Rocks bridge. Meramec Caverns. Springfield. Carthage. Oklahoma City. Amarillo. Cadillac Ranch. Meteor Crater. Painted Desert. Winslow AZ. Grand Canyon. Route 66 to Los Angeles. Highway 1 to Sam Simeon, Big Sur, Monterey/Carmel, 17 mile drive. San Francisco. Napa. Avenue of the Giants. Eureka. Crater Lake Oregon. Portland. Columbia River Gorge. Mt St Helens Washington. Snoqualmie. Seattle. Whidbey Island. Ferry to Victoria. Vancouver. Idaho. Montana. Yellowstone. Mount Rushmore. Minn. WI. UP Michigan. Detroit, Greenfield Village, Ford Museum, Buffalo and Falls. Pennsyvlania. NC/SC and complete the loop. Ambitious? Perhaps. Perhaps too much. One idea may be to just do Sevens on SixtySix. 7s 66 And just do Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles. I was actually thinking of organizing a Route 66 trip in 2016 if there was enough interest.

Hey Robert, sounds great. Here is our full itinerary. http://www.britishspeed.com/forum/showthread.php?8318-The-Epic-Britishspeed-2015-Roadtrip-to-LOG-and-back! You should meet up with Steve Brightman out of Dallas.

I like the review of the Zenos vs the Caterham and think it was quite fair and spot on.

We are finalizing our route. The Zenos will start in San Diego. But I am starting in Tennessee. A group of Lotus/Seven drivers will depart from Virginia and meet up in Chattanooga with a group from Atlanta. We are then heading to Birmingham, Barber Museum, Muscle Shoals, Tupelo MS, Texarkana, Amarillo, Cadillac Ranch, Tucumcari NM and meeting up with the west group (and the Zenos) in Taos. Then driving up the back roads to Colorado Springs and the Lotus Owners Gathering. The Zenos will depart from San Diego and head up thru the desert and 29 palms. Drive through Grand Canyon, Winslow Arizona, Petrified Forest, and then meet up with us in Taos. We leave Colorado Springs and head to Hutchinson Kansas, then Baxter Springs, Joplin, Carthage, and Route 66. Then the back roads to the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green KY. Then over to Knoxville and then Gatlinburg and Tail of the Dragon. Then some will split off for Atlanta. I will drive the Zenos to the Atlantic ocean finishing in Norfolk VA.

Glad you got it sorted! This happened to me a couple years ago. Fortunately at lower speed.

The plan now is to take the E10S on a cross country roadtrip this summer. We shall see how it works out. But certainly, hauling capacity is not going to be the Zenos' strong suit.

Simple answer is no. This probably is not the best choice for long distance traveling with two people that need luggage. There are two "glovebox" compartments built into the cockpit tub. They are designed to house the removable steering wheel, but could be also used for bringing a change of clothes. And of course what you can fit in the center cubby. Which may work out to two thongs. Then there is the space behind the seats. I think you can fit two small duffle bags. This is now I traveled cross country in the Noble and Rossion. But then my partner was onboard with traveling very light. I really think you would be limited to about a one or two changes of clothes...maybe a weekend trip. Longer than that you are washing clothes in the hotel sink. Been there, done that! There also may be some passenger footwell space. I have used that also in the Noble. Possible there may be some thought to an aftermarket strapon bag for the area between the rollhoops/seats. Not sure, I plan on looking into it when I get the car.

http://www.evo.co.uk/reviews/15444/zenos-e10-s-review-price-specs-and-0-60-time Evo reviews the car, 4.5 stars from 0-5.

Get better! I did T5 many years ago.

We already have one Zenos sold in Texas and I am concerned of course about this. Strange to me that for all the perceptions of Texas being an individualistic red state, it has some interesting rules.