A Boompa Blog http://www.boompa.com http://www.boompa.com/shaggy/blog/&blogId=2759 <br><p>&nbsp;Today my Lotus was featured on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/11/rr-of-the-day-2005-lotus-elise/">Autoblog</a> as their Reader Ride of the day.&nbsp; This is great news considering I also lost my job today.&nbsp; Coming home to see that really perked me up.</p><p><img src="http://www.fleur-design.net/lotus/images/autoblog_lotus_elise.jpg"><br></p> 2006-10-11 23:31:22 en-us http://www.boompa.com/shaggy/blog/&blogId=2492 <span><span><span><span><p><span></span>From reading that title you might thing "93 octane" would be a good answer, it is but I'm referring to something else.&nbsp; My Elise seems to love chewing on 225/45R17 Yokohama Neova AD07's.&nbsp; How did I figure this out?&nbsp; Easy, after 9,500 miles the Elise had managed to turn it's rear tires into these...</p><p><span><span><img src="http://www.fleur-design.net/lotus/images/old_tires.jpg"></span></span></p><p>They don't look too bad in the photo but in reality they were almost completely smooth all the way across.&nbsp; Even though they were pretty far worn they still stuck like crazy though.&nbsp; The Elise is happily wearing a new set of rear Yokohamas (the fronts weren't even worn halfway) that I'm sure it will enjoy chewing on for the next six months....<br><br>You can see more photos of the tire changing fun at my blog,&nbsp;<span><a href="http://www.fleur-design.net/lotus">Lotus Elise Blog</a></span>.<br><br></p></span></span></span></span> 2006-09-24 13:00:08 en-us