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I have just bought a 2010 Elise R with the old 2ZZ-GE engine , but the newer S3 body. Very excited I really like the Cup style rear wing -- as seen in the latest Elise 250 Cup. Elise-shop do an aftermarket replica Cup wing If anyone has had direct experience of this rear wing , please could you tell me : 1) The quality of the wing 2) What are the uprights made of , and colour what are they ? 3) As I would be running the car without the front spoiler and the side skirts , I would want to set the angle of attack of the Elise as close as possible to zero degrees -- is this
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Hi everyone , I have read all the relevant threads , but wanted an up-to-date summary , esp re the risk of fires , and engine damage . I would like a LOUD , HIGH PITCHED scream please , but NO car fires ( exhaust flames are fine) and no engine damage please . Any first hand info gratefully received 2bular ? , Hangar 111 ? , Quicksilver ? , Lotus ? , others ?? thank you Path
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Dear Fellow LTF'ers , Yesterday I bought a 2010 Elise R N/A , and am delighted to have finally joined the Lotus family . I wanted to tell you about the wonderful service that we had from Jamie Matthews at Bell & Colvill yesterday , and to introduce myself and the car , and also to tell you about a book that I am planning to write on the Elise / Exige , and to ask you to contribute text and photos of your experiences and your cars . I had had plenty of time to think about what to replace my trusty 1993 Series 1 MX5 with , as that car , which I have owned for the la
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Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Hi Barry .... thanks for that heads up .... I had just e mailed the seller ( apparently in Perth , Australia ) i shall be very careful The power of The Lotus Forums !! Thanks again -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Thank you Barry How serious do the other issues sound to you , esp the oil pressure reading issue ? Path -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Thank you Sailorbob i actually contacted the owner about a month ago re the seats !!!! , but he wouldn’t part with them ( v understandably ) in your collective wisdom , what do you feel about buying this CAT car , and also the defects that he has pointed out . I tend to to keep my cars for decades rather than years , so my initial feeling when I saw this advert last month was to give it a wide berth . It would need a full PPI at a classic lotus specialist aa a minimum , I would have thought . Also as it is a 1997 car it will have the Delco braking system .. -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Just to update , and to justify my previously mentioned discombobulation : the same orange GT3 car has now gone back to the original dealer in Kent , and the price has gone up to £32,000 So within about a month the car has been at 2 specialist lotus dealers , gone to Brightwells Auction , and the price has varied as follows : £32k... £25k.... £21.5k( Brightwells )..... £32k . I can only presume that no significant work has been done on the car over the last month , but that’s a price variation fluttering between 25% and 33% ! Is this what is commonly called ‘ extracting t -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Thank you , I’ve seen the red S4S for sometime now . Looks like I’ll just have to wait for Sparky to trade up to an Evija Are there any Esprit meets coming up in the spring / summer ? I was at the Beaulieu Supercar showdown but there were only a couple of Esprits there . Also has anyone got/moved from an S2 Exige to an Esprit, or vice versa ..... how do the two compare ? thank you -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Dan E .... thank you for the invite . Gin is the one thing that I can do Path -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Hate to interrupt the pressing issue re ( Sparky,s ) hot pants for the much more mundane and less glamorous topic of Esprits . The (same) green GT3 is still being advertised on carandclassiccar.co.uk for £26750 , so you can understand my confusion re pricing and availability ( 2 dealers miles apart selling the same car !) I take on board the point re provenance that all of you have made ...... so much easier to buy directly off the owner . I,m based in Dorset Where are you based Sparky ... I assume , not really Florida !? Path -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Thank you all for your detailed responses. Its great to have owners with direct experience , and obvious enthusiasm , answering the questions . The green GT3 ( in about Sept ,I tried to get over my green phobia ) ... I think that this is the same car that was on sale in Oxfordshire , and I rang the then dealer who was prepared to let the car go for about £25.5 k If it is the same car then that’s a £10k increase ...... maybe that’s the Surrey tax. Looks like I need to reproduce what Sparky has ..... I’m used to waiting for the good things in life . Meanwhile , thank yo -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Thank you all for your detailed responses. Its great to have owners with direct experience , and obvious enthusiasm , answering the questions . The green GT3 ( in about Sept ,I tried to get over my green phobia ) ... I think that this is the same car that was on sale in Oxfordshire , and I rang the then dealer who was prepared to let the car go for about £25.5 k If it is the same car then that’s a £10k increase ...... maybe that’s the Surrey tax. Looks like I need to reproduce what Sparky has ..... I’m used to waiting for the good things in life . Meanwhile , thank yo -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Thank you Dragan ..... I’ve seen that advert .... just can’t really love a green or blue Esprit. Path -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Thank you once again .... this time for putting the S4 and S4S on my radar. i,m aware of the spec differences , but I presume that you prefer these for the way they drive . please could you elaborate why you prefer these ?.... ? Reliability? Straight line performance ? Handling around corners ? Gearchange THANK YOU Path -
Gt3 / Esprit Turbo ..... prices fluctuating / reliability / where to buy
carspath replied to carspath's topic in Esprit Chat
Thank you Barrykearley . Yes , £32 k would indeed have been very rich . Maybe a near miss there . Have you any experience re GT3 vs Esprit Turbo ? Also as per the McLaren Facebook page , is there a forum/meeting point where Esprit are traded by word of mouth amongst owners ? Tx Path