EP116: When Porsche designed a Lada; Yamaha's failed supercar & more!

And earlier in the week, I was driving a car that barely had seats.

Oh.

I had 24 hours in a Lotus Elise.

Oh, yes.

Now, I'm the type of masochist that before I bought the Caprice the first time, I had a Silvia.

And I didn't really like it.

I've had a couple of Silvias.

Just this last one had cost considerably more than the other ones.

And I just didn't feel it stacked up experience-wise to how much it cost.

Yeah.

So I shipped it on.

And I went, what will I replace it with? And I went, I kind of want to try an Elise.

Yeah, me too.

I still want to try one.

And I went kind of, there was none for sale.

So me and a friend went knocking door to door, leaving notes for people on Elise.

Genuinely, hand on heart, we left a minimum of three notes on cars

in Dublin.

Now, in fairness- In fairness, that's the sort of tactic that Ciarán Mulqueen of Crazy House Prices recommends people do when they want to buy a house in the area, is just like, off-market is where it's at.

So,

unlike any other time that I've left a note for a car, there was a unanimous response from the Lothi owners.

All three got back to me, and all three said, I'm not selling it, but I really hope you find one because they're brilliant.

Ah.

All of them said that.

All of them went, like, best of luck in your...