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Old May 12, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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Default Hello to all

First I'm sorry for my poor English.
I'm Michel from Paris in France, I bought a xfire roadster (SSB) last summer.
It's really a very pleasant car.
Before I owned an Opel Speedster (it's the same base as the Lotus Elise).

Congratulation and thanks for this fantastic forum I found many informations on it.

Regards
Michel
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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Hi Michel and welcome! Have fun on here!
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 02:17 PM
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Welcome. Did your speedster have the same turbo enjine as the Vauxhall vx 220? I believe the Vauxhall (another lotus clone) does 0-60 in 4 flat.
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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Welcome Michel.......heck, we don't use good English most of the time so you should fit right in with the rest of us.
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 02:34 PM
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Welcome to the forums, Michael. You'll find the people here real friendly and very informative.

Bob
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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Welcome here Michel,
Lots of good stuff here and lots of good photos too.
Enjoy your Crossfire and visit often, Gary
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 03:47 PM
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Welcome to the forum. Love the color and the roadster.
 
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Old May 12, 2008 | 04:00 PM
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Bonjour Michel
Love your city. I had the chance to visit there last October. I would not be driving my crossfire around the Arch de Triomphe any time soon, I sat for nearly an our watching drivers play dodgem cars around that landmark. Can we get some photos of the xfire in front of the Eifel Tower maybe?

Time to strap a camera to the front of your Crossfire for some Rendezvous action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3RUtJhhxPg I just love watching this vid.

Cheers
Brett
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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Thanks to all for your welcome messages!!!

For R.S the wauxhall is exactly the same car as the Opel Speedster (GM group).

It's a fantastic car I use it for 3 years and 80 000 km.
There are 2 models one is 2.2 atmo and the other is the 2 liters turbo. The stock car is about 200 HP for 900kg and most of the french speedsters with the stage 2 are about 250 HP.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 01:59 AM
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Hello from New York!
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 08:13 AM
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Welcome and dare I ask this, how much is fuel in France?
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 10:25 AM
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The fuel is about 1€40 for one liter ....... it's very expensive
The $/€ rate is one Euro = 1,56 $ So one liter = 2,18 $.

Last time I was in United States the gallon was less than one buck

How much is it now ?
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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welcome... from Houston
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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In my state, premium is now about $4.25 per gallon.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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Congratulations and welcome to our forum!
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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Welcome to the forum, Michel.

You'll have to post photos of your Crossfire in Paris.
Anton (Reactivator) has some nice shots of his in St Petersburg.
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 12:36 PM
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Hi and welcome to the Crossfire Forum...did you just say a gallon of gas in US dollars is less than $2...?
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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No.. Michel said a liter = $2.18 not a gallon

Which = approximately $8.29 per U.S. gallon..
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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Gotcha - figure that out after I typed...we just hit $4 in Cleveland for regular...won't be driving the big truck - but man, can't resist tooling around in my Roadster just for fun - of course, wasting precious fossile fuel...
 
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Old May 13, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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I just post the first pictures of my car
I'll try to have some pictures of the Xfire in front of the famous monuments in Paris.

If I remember the gallon was about 1 $ in 2001 ?

The price in France is very high taxes are about 90%.
 
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