Komo-Tec Lotus Exige 460 | All Things Driven - GF Williams Interview
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- You don't mention automotive photography without mentioning GF Williams in the same breath, and if you're an enthusiast and haven't heard of him then you've been living under a rock! This is the continuation of our 'Driven Series' and it's an honor to be able to interview GF Williams on our channel! We discuss his utterly ridiculous Lotus Exige 460 which has had a long list of tasteful touches added to it. He truly has made it his own! We also discuss entrepreneurship, photography and what it means to be Driven!
Just an awesome car! Little details like the taillights make it perfekt! I'm at the beginning and wait for the Öhlins-suspension... ^^
As you sad: after the first step... :-)
Taillights were one of my favorite details as well. That has since changed for upgraded versions though
Awesome video. Glad you had a chance to work with him, I'm sure you learned a lot. Every video you do keeps improving! Proud of you bro.
Hey bro, I know the reply is late haha. Thanks so much for the support bro. And yes its surreal being able to work with people on this level within the automotive sector! Definitely learned quite a bit!
Great video guys! Only just discovered this channel, excited to see whats to come!
Thanks so much! We'll definitely be looking to ramp things up in 2019 with our content. Thanks for subscribing!
I follow you also buddy. Ur one of my favourite channels up there with Carfection!
A dream Lotus, for sure. Testimony to it's basic design. The fact that you love this car and the way it drives testifies to your youth.
Beautiful...everything a sports cat need...
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Beautiful car and very good upgrade kit
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It definitely is beautiful! And the sound is immense!
I know this vid is about the Lotus Exige 460 (i have a stock Exige S S2, a bit tame compared to yours), but the single best piece of information is when you speak about lighting and shooting cars. I have a Insta channel and do stills and video on my Lotus club and my car (just for fun), it is quite difficult shooting cars. It is like a mirror, you can be in the shot, the lighting reflects, you need great angles, lighting is so important for auto shooting. Cars are not as simple as people think. It is about controlling the highlights and darks to give the right contrast.
Nice car and Love the Exige, not a person to mod though, as I believe the Lotus cars are awesome out of the box, easy maintenance and fun for road use. Track use different. But yours is a real weapon...
The old cars are quite a bit lighter and have no traction control though. None of the Exige/Elises are tame tbh :P
Yes, people definitely don't understand how much goes into automotive photography. It's a real skill that takes time and practice to develop (also you need to be passionate about it). GF is definitely up there with the required skill. Lighting and composition is sooo important! In reference to his Exige...with the mods done to it, we can confirm it's absolutely savage...I was given a quick spin that day and it blew my mind!
Thanks for the for the video, hopefully i can my motivation become driven soon.
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Sorry for the late response. But glad to see the video has had some impact. This is what we want....to give inspiration to those who need it.
Great video....
Great car.
I love it.
Whats the rebuild kit to make the gearbox stronger?
How cool it is!
Amazing car....
Nice 😝😝❤💪she is a beauty
Let’s take one of the last pure manual transmission sports cars and put a ... DSG box in it.
last pure manual transmission sports cars? The "pure manual" box in the Exige is the 2.0 D4D diesel gearbox from the Toyota Avensis with bespoke cheesium internals shoehorned onto the 2GR-FE. It has no factory oil cooling solution leaving the only cooling to the casing of the gearbox. Once hot, internal component dimensions change so much that gears cannot be engaged. So heavy, unless on metal engine and transmission mounts de-selects gears and cannot re-engage gears until the car has finished cornering/braking.
On what basis, are you calling it a pure manual transmission sports car? Have you called it so based on the car's looks?...
@@Tunawhore still more fun than a dsg.
@@ostfahrstreifen8421 Will you please clarify on what is fun in having to sacrifice pace to maintain loading below 1G, keeping sessions shorter than 20minutes, losing gears in every braking zone, corner and not being able to engage a new gear on exit of every corner?
Tunawhore I’ve never heard anyone who knows what they are talking about complain about this gearbox; only trolls like you who don’t have the guts to post under their own name, or the wit to come up with something less idiotic than tunawhore.
@@craigyirush3492 Have you considered the need to raise the bar on who you consider knowledgeable? Alternatively, do the experiment yourself! Spike the car in a corner beyond 1G and towards 1.7G over 20 minutes. Come back and report your findings.
Which caterham did you have?
A dream lotus or a lotus for dreaming?
It's the Lotus of dreams
@@onlyforthedriven Which inbreed bastard in Norwich dreamt of a fitting a Camery motor so pathetic it needed to be supercharge to make 100hp/l mated to a diesel Avensis gearbox so crap it stops working in corners fitted so high the whole drivetrain being higher than the driver sat on inch and a half tall rails on a weak, cheap, heavy subframe bolted behind a desperately outdated little Elise tub?
However it is good for getting children excited down the high street.
@@bmwmonkey6210 Gosh what an angry little man you are!
yellow why not
Have you done acceleration tests? 0-100 or 1/4 mile?
What's that Keytrum?😅😂 i really wanna know😅
Caterham kit car? Is that what you’re referring to?
Hopefully DSG... What???
I don't like black wheels on ANYTHING. First, they're a pain to keep from getting dusty just driving around the block. I'm old school. The first thing that goes thru my mind when I see black wheels is a 60s, 70s or 80s car that lost a hub cap. Everyone had hub caps and black steel wheels back in the day.
If you drive around with a missing hub cap, people will automatic think you're poor & couldn't afford to get new hub caps replaced. It's just UGLY. PERIOD. It should always be in hyper silver at least. What a better way to show off your car in style. ;-)
This guy knows how to tell a story so everyone becomes disinterested.
I don't like the music.
Can't please everyone unfortunately 🤷🏽♂️
:( Sorry to hear that
it was very sad, almost cried, it was so heartbreaking
I hate black wheels. In fact I hate black wheels so much that I abhor any car that has them. Wheels are meant to compliment a car. I love the Lotus Exige minus the black wheels. They make the car look ridiculous.
That's alot of hate bro lol. To each their own I guess. For myself, I honestly don't mind the colour of the wheels whether silver, black or gunmetal. The design of the wheel matters quite a bit.
The Driven how can you appreciate the design of the wheel if it’s covered in black ? Especially at night. Black absorbs light meaning from a distance the wheel wells look like black holes. I love the car I just think it’s disingenuous to throw black wheels on brilliant design. Cheers. 👌
@@ZoneTelevision I do agree with you on that. I guess sometimes just for the contrast and aggressiveness black gives off a certain vibe. In terms of design, yes black does absorb the light and disguises the design, which isn't great. I guess gloss black would work better than matte black in that sense. Either way I know that black is on its way out as being popular whereas diamond cut faces and silver/polished are coming back into fashion. Black will always remain a choice though I think
@@onlyforthedriven (to me) this is a great example of a decent wheel choice .. not my favorite .. but it compliments the car very nicely..
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Me to, black wheels won't really work on a light coloured car. But bronze/gold works better on a black car.
If you are genuinely a real photographer then post a genuine photograph of the globe photographed from space, this should separate the lies from the truth just as your ego requires detachment from your pride....
Pop it below with the metadata intact and untouched champ... 👇