Lotus Excel's look indecently cheap. Front engine (2.2 litre 16 valve 912 engine 180 horses), rear drive, 2+2 seating, plastic body.
What could possibly be / go wrong with them??
Cheers
Mike
I've just been looking through Autotrader / Pistonheads Classifieds and Ebay.
Lotus Excel's look indecently cheap. Front engine (2.2 litre 16 valve 912 engine 180 horses), rear drive, 2+2 seating, plastic body.
What could possibly be / go wrong with them??
Cheers
Mike
quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
What could possibly be / go wrong with them??
From experience the only thing that WON'T go wrong with most lotus's is the bodywork rusting. Everything else is fair game for a
reliability problem.
However, they're still brilliant!
I'm selling my elise if that's of more interest....
well you know what lotus stands for
Lots Of Trouble Usually Seriouse
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I'd click all the options above - and I'd still have one 
I would like one. First things to do would be change the engine and re-wire it
They were only called Lotus because the couldn't spell Shite.
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Originally posted by CRAIGR
They were only called Lotus because the couldn't spell Shite.
anyone who buys a car like that and expects reliability is deluded. same goes for tvrs. theyre fantastic cars, fair enough they might give you a bit
of gyp on cold mornings, but who cares?! theyre gorgeous and drive fantastically. they most certainly are not shite, want reliable? go buy a honda.
just not the (old) f1 car
It's definately a tick in every box but they have been reasonably priced for some time now so a lot of the gremlins have been sorted (Rover or
Renault engine, electrics rebuilt etc)
They have a huge following so you wouldn't be struggling on your own.
80's tastic all the way but not trouble free motoring (that's what Audi's are for)
regards
Steve
As said above, might cause lots of issues but it will be worth it...
Let me guess http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1016261.htm
Looks good to me for the money.
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Originally posted by iank
Let me guess http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1016261.htm
Looks good to me for the money.
quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
quote:
Originally posted by iank
Let me guess http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1016261.htm
Looks good to me for the money.
Ian, you read me like a book!
Mike