DRMW[Purist]
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re: Tesla Roadster....
Mar 02, 2009,00:12 AM
Hello Patrick!
If it's on a Lotus Elise chassis, they they show you the one leg in/ then butt in/grab the pillar & slide into the car technique?
Does the roof attach/detach like the Elise too?
-MW
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re: Tesla Roadster....
By: DRMW : March 2nd, 2009-00:12
Hello Patrick! If it's on a Lotus Elise chassis, they they show you the one leg in/ then butt in/grab the pillar & slide into the car technique? Does the roof attach/detach like the Elise too? -MW
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