How long have you had your Lotus

[haggis catcher]

Nice to see so many of you that has had their Lotus for a good number of years. Im thinking about moving away from Lotus, and buying something German.

[Stu160]

Mini Clubman
Maestro VDP
Mini (race prepend, season of sprints and Hill climbs)
Mini 1275 GT
Fiesta Super Sport
Fiesta 950..... (commuter )
Suzuki Swift GTI
Suzuki Vitara
Suzuki Grand Vitara V6 (new)
Mini Pickup
Mini Picadilly
BMW 320
Grand Voyager
Kangoo Van (new)
Lotus Elise S160
Vauxhall Calibra
Berlingo van
BMW 323 coupe
Grand Voyager
Lotus Elise
BMW e46 M3
Iveco Van
Audi TT V6
Miller Motorhome
VX220
Subaru Impreza
Lotus Elise
VW Touarag
Lotus 211
Volvo V70
Swift Motorhome
Lotus Evora
Lotus Exige V6
Mini Clubvan

It's quite interesting to make a list, and sure I have missed a few...

Stu

[Corranga]

Nice to see so many of you that has had their Lotus for a good number of years. Im thinking about moving away from Lotus, and buying something German.

Make sure you give it a good, long test drive. I don't think there are many German's that would have the same experience as an Elise (assuming your budget isn't a large step beyond the Elise), but then they can be much more usable.

[mwmackenzie]

Geez... this could take a while as my memory is bollox!

Polo Coupe & Mini Clubman Estate (Auto)
Ford Sierra Saphire 2.0 GLSi Cossie rep
Volvo 345 and a Mobile Disco
XR3i Mk3
XR2 MK2
XR3i Mk4
S1 RS Turbo Power+ Engineering 1.9
Audi Quattro Turbo
Discovery V8
Lotus Esprit 88 Turbo (had it for 10 Years)
Lotus Esprit '99 V8 (Had it for 1.5 Years)
XR3i Mk4
Porsche '92 944 S2
Audi 90 Sport Uni Transport
Polo Coupe Uni Transport
Audi A4 1.8T Sport
VW Bora TDi Sport
Lotus Elise S1 111s (Had it for 3 years)
MGF bought for wife
MG ZR bought for wife
Passat 1.8 T Sport
Peugeot 206 GTi bought for wife
Golf MK4 GT TDi
Had the use of 2 111R for a while 8 months or so, one red one Blue
MR2 SW20
Passat 2.0 TDi Sport
BMW E90 320D
Mini Cooper s R53 Bought for wife
Lotus Elise S2 135 Sport
BMW 116D Company waggon
MG ZR 160 VVC (Soon to be butchers to save my Elise's life )


No as many as I thought actually but it's possible I've missed a few. Basically in amoungst all that I've always had a Lotus since I was 23 apart from when I sold my S1 to pay off Ali's debts so that was maybe 3 years without one until I got back on my feet and bought my S2 which I still have.

So to answer OP....

Esprit 88 Turbo about 10 Years
Esprit V8 about 1.5 Years
Elise S1 111s about 3 years
Elise S2 135 Sport 1.5 Years and counting