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Title: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: jbcollier on Saturday,January 09, 2021, 04:13:08 PM
Apparently:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-hrQcv8K/0/280f809b/O/large.Image_df56d3f2-b896-4da1-adf3-165803286d6b.jpg.6b801caf041ddd36fc27d8ddd01d4a53.jpg)

Slid off the road on a wet day.  Didn't even crack the windshield!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-HnBswCq/0/50baeac3/X2/large.RedimensionnerDSC_0152.jpg.4a93736baf2d21f533921902a06f179e-X2.jpg)

Even 47s get in on the fun...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-nGw5Ds4/0/f834a82c/O/large.Type47-2.jpg.d54435efb5f836cad09ce5933bcb3119.jpg)

(I think the windshield cracked on this one though)
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: BDA on Saturday,January 09, 2021, 04:20:36 PM
Bummer!! Thankfully, there doesn't appear to be a lot of damage - at least, not as much as I would fear!
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: dakazman on Saturday,January 09, 2021, 04:30:36 PM
 

       I would seriously doubt it!   I think we can ask Serge , he flipped his without a drivetrain.

Dakazman
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: Bainford on Saturday,January 09, 2021, 08:57:39 PM
That Europa looks remarkably unscathed.
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: jbcollier on Saturday,January 09, 2021, 09:19:28 PM
Hopefully just new underwear and they were off again.
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: Steve_Lindford on Monday,January 11, 2021, 12:35:08 AM
It would be tricky turning the car the correct way up without causing further damage...
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: buzzer on Monday,January 11, 2021, 05:58:22 AM
Wow, an unlucky event with a lucky outcome. looks like you got away without major damage.
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: jbcollier on Monday,January 11, 2021, 06:17:54 AM
No one here.  From a French thread.  They have a large French Europa gathering every year and this happened on a wet drive.  Slid off the road and the wet grass and shape of the roadside bank did the work.  Not sure how they flipped it back.  There were a lot of them so they could just have picked it up.
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: Chuck Nukem on Monday,January 11, 2021, 08:09:18 AM
I saw a similar website from the Netherlands where a guy let his younger brother drive his Europa...He ended up flipping it and causing only minor damage.
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: BDA on Monday,January 11, 2021, 08:46:14 AM
Is this one of the unsung advantages to Europas - that  you can flip them over and not do much damage?!

As flimsy as the roof is, I'm surprised that the occupants didn't suffer any injuries (at least I hope they didn't!). I guess the 'B' pillar helps a lot there.
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: jbcollier on Monday,January 11, 2021, 08:47:52 AM
I can't speak for the S2/TC/TCS cars but the S1 is enormously strong in the B-pillar area.
Title: Re: Can you flip a Europa?
Post by: BDA on Monday,January 11, 2021, 09:05:11 AM
I suspect cutting the sails down on the TC didn't impact the strength of the 'B' pillar significantly - at least in the vertical plane.