The Lotus Grand Tourers

You are going to have to store the images somewhere on the Internet (cloud) to post the link here. If you are running Windows 10 or later - you already have a cloud storage option right from your PC. You do need to activate OneDrive on your PC - which uses the same Microsoft login that you use to lo...

Spotted this today https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Media-Main-3066.png https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/product/1976-lotus-elite-current-v5-present-all-descriptions-are-made-in-the-opinion-of-the-auctioneers-and-by-paperwork-or-information-given-by-the-vendor-please-ensure-that-t...

Ric T wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 27, 2021 15:44

What should I be getting miles per gallon from the esprit? Seems its doing approx 12 at the moment! The Excel is around 23 -25

Similar to the Excel - mid 20s.

Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to make it as although I thought I had a Sunday free of sports / family commitments, it turns out that I don't

I have a picture somewhere of an A registered Elite in a kind of burnt orange. It may have been used by Mike Kimberley - not sure, but it is a Norfolk registration. This is the one. https://am3pap004files.storage.live.com/y4m8Jun9kZ6VaLjaaKPGPL54BOMnBb4Qj7t4_UZiz4Hk9VIluKqgkNXwV8ZDEGYGH8tywTWyQsSDt...

I'll throw a spanner into the booking and try to get there on the 10th.

Chris

All my VDO gauges (except the rev counter) are very fluttery - especially when I compare them to the rock solid Smiths gauges in my Esprit.

I've added a GPS HUD (driven from my phone) for when I drive longer journeys as I can never be 100% sure what my actual speed is.

When I bought by Excel, the belt had been changed 3000 miles earlier - 15 years previously.

I suspect that this may be a leaked copy of the parts list sold by our administrator to help over the costs of running the site. I don't think that it is, as the one for the Excel is a straight forward PDF of a scan/photocopy - There are Illustrated parts manuals for 32 models in total in the EE we...

Congratulations on the purchase, it's a good combination - Esprit & Excel.

I went to look at the "4 seater" Evora when my kids were 9 & 6.

I bought an Excel instead - which they can still (just) get into today at 16 & 13.

I get this :( This content isn't available at the moment When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted. There is an Excel here: https://www.lotusforsale.com/ads/lotus-excel-se-65000-genuine-miles-owned-si...

Chris J ty for the breakfast event heads up ,but with the rain that's forecast... and no wiper hmmm ,will see if its on and working by then. Although it's always nice to turn up in a Lotus, you don't have to - there's at least one Lotusless member coming who is currently looking for an Esprit, and ...

Hi Duncs

Welcome. I agree with Tony as regards the jet wash as a good place to start.

Don't try to start the engine without replacing the belts.

We do like pictures here.

Chris

Look forward to meeting some other Lotus nuts in the future if there are any meets or events within 150 miles of Thame (Oxfordshire) . You did say 150 miles. There's a breakfast this Sunday at North Weald airfield - see the end of this thread: https://www.lotusexcel.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11313