The Lotus Grand Tourers

alanbell wrote:elites and eclats do nothing to move the profile of excels upwards, if any thing the motion will be down at least amongst those who know the cars, every roadworthy excel should be worth more than that thing, just as when they were new it is overpriced under powered and unreliable.

something tells me you don't like them

chrisy [quote] you got that spot on, i have owned forty odd cars and the worst were, at the bottom of the list a hillman imp just above it a lotus elite.

..........but the S2.2 Lotus Elite is SO much better !

and ive owned over 300 cars so far ( never been wealthy enough to buy a new one tho ! ) and yet still have never found a perfectly designed or built car anyway.....................or anything else for that matter.



regards.
DC.

alanbell wrote:chrisy

you got that spot on, i have owned forty odd cars and the worst were, at the bottom of the list a hillman imp just above it a lotus elite.

..not the case if you enjoy mechanics!!

I'm a car enthusiast and owned less than ten cars in 43 years - only made possible by having a hands-on approach, a problem-solving nature and a lack of trust in garage mechanics - oh yeah, not forgetting the Rootes factory apprenticeship .

BTW I was told by Gary Kemp last week that the 900 series engine is related to the Coventry Climax-derived Imp engine by virtue of one of the designers (forgot his name) -and having recently taken apart a 912 engine I see that they do indeed share DNA.

" only made possible by having a hands-on approach, a problem-solving nature and a lack of trust in garage mechanics "

.............absolutely agree. had to do the same here.

regards.
DC.

I must say I like a good "tinker". I used to have a Triumph 2000 that never went wrong and all I could do is wash it and service it, got rid and got the excel........aaaaahhhhhh that's better!!

interesting that the only reliable things in my imp and elite were the engines ,albiet both under powered. still not enough to move them up the list.