I bought a Lotus Elise (pic heavy)

[Cotty]

I had a TVR S1 for a few years but that was 10 years ago. Been looking for ages for something to join the E30 and finally discovered that at 6 foot I do fit in an elise so in a moment of madness I took a test drive the a rest as they say is history.

Some pics, may need these as its a little bright.

[d6dph]

Very nice Paul, Bit keen having two cars with the amount of miles you do a year
If you can afford it, Why not have toys.

[Cotty]

Forgot the interior shot. It has everything, steering wheel, seats, pedals, er thats about it, its pretty sparce inside

[320Touring]

That, sir, is epic work!

enjoy!

[Cotty]

Bit keen having two cars with the amount of miles you do a year

Grand total in the E30 last year was 1,800 miles. Pitiful considering it was my only car.

[Cotty]

That, sir, is epic work!

enjoy!

Thanks. Only had it two weeks so still getting used to it. I thought my E30 with the suspension mods handled well but this is in a different league.

[Jon_Bmw]

Getting in and out of them is sad work, especially when you have a laptop on your lap(mapping) and wires all over the shop!

So is that a K series donk?

[billgatese30]

I'd love one, but it would have to be as a second car. At least that would be the case if it was possible to answer the words "lotus" and "1986" to the questions "date of birth" and "manufacturer" to the insurance company without sending them into histerics.


Good luck with it though dude. Looks awesome. Are you going to take it on the track?

[Cotty]

So is that a K series donk?

Yep but head gasket and cambelt recently done.

I'd love one, but it would have to be as a second car. At least that would be the case if it was possible to answer the words "lotus" and "1986" to the questions "date of birth" and "manufacturer" to the insurance company without sending them into histerics.

It is a second car to the E30. There are some benefits of being an old git (40 years young) E30 group 17, Elise group 20, just under GBP 1,000 insurance fully comp for the both of them,

Good luck with it though dude. Looks awesome. Are you going to take it on the track?

I am still getting the hang of it, but will probably do some driver training days, skid pan etc and then move onto tracks with an instructor.

Bin a kart at 80mph, hand it back. Bin this

[Jon_Bmw]

The one that I really enjoyed was one that had a VHPD K series and 187 rear wheel power(we tweeked it a bit).

It was a bit of an animal and revved to 8k. The noise was pretty epic at around 5k+, if a little wearing after a while.

Grip levels are pretty good and the car talks to you VERY well. I find the a pleasure to drive if a little tramliney on the more track focused ones.

What exhaust has it got on there?

[Cotty]

What exhaust has it got on there?

Standard I believe

[Jon_Bmw]

You want a Janspeed!

If you do want to upgrade PM me and i'll sort one out at trade for you.

[Cotty]

I think I have done my modifications with the E30, this is staying standard. It does not need anything.

[Jon_Bmw]

Just you wait till you see all the upgrade parts you can get...

Slippery slope...

[m8782538]

very slippery slope on an elise, you think they go well and handle like they are on rails now, wait to you start playing with it turns to

[Tedswagon]

I think you can increase coolant channels or the hoses to make the coolant system more efficient, therefore reducing the chances of another head gasket failure the old k is famed for. The forum is very good. Get a new exhaust on this and you'll be surprised the difference it makes.

Love the sound from the donk, I just rev'ed it constantly, even when stopped.

[Falkster]

Very nice!! I think they stopped being a bit out there with the S2 compared to the ones as the colours are all boring other than yours. Everything else is a silverish colour.