Scottish Elises

My son Martyn just bought a cracking wee S2. I think it's fantastic - we both flew down from Edinburgh to Basingstoke to buy it and drove home.

I have a Porsche 911 (996) C4 which I think is just great but I must say I am really struck by the Elise - I could quite fancy one!! It's the only non-Porsche car I have really fancied.

Anyway - I realise that Lotus use a few different manufacturers' parts - I recognise these interior door release handles (the chrome "L" shaped ones) from somewhere. Can anyone put me out my misery and tell me what are they from?

Thanks

Graham

What year is the car?

Steve.

It's a 2004 Rover engined 111S.
http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... =4&t=36972

Graham

Rover 200/400 series (plus loads others, like metro, I'll bet)

Minimal anorak content, Shug!

I would have expected _at least_ a complete model history, some photos, all collated in a printable report.

Some anecdotes of "it nearly got used in the Porsche 906 GT race car" would be a bonus.

Cheers,
Robin

I owned a Rover 200 of that vintage. The less I think about it, the happier I am...

Shug wrote:I owned a Rover 200 of that vintage. The less I think about it, the happier I am...

I had two. The second one had been used as my pal's works car (he's a sparky) and it looked, well like a works van. 100 quid, lasted a year and a half, gearbox failed in the end at 230k.

(Back when my primary mode of transport was the CBR - or the Elise if we were going somewhere together. Ah the pre kids days).

I had a 400 before the 200, it got smeared down a verge on the Stewarton - Mearns road many moons ago... The 200 was a shed to use to keep miles off the Elise at the time. Hateful car.

I had a 416GSi followed by a 214 SEi.

I actually liked them, the 214 handled great and the door handles worked a treat

We had a 216 GTi & I thought it was a decent barge too

I'll clarify - the first one I had was a 414SLi and it was a good motor. Took the brunt of my early 20s driving style without dying too many times - set the brakes on fire, wrecked gearbox linkages, generally drove it like it was a touring car. Mostly 4 or 5 lads in it at the time. Definitely a cut above the alternative Escort or Astra in it's time. Only punted it on when I smacked it off a verge and it was a little less pristine...

The 214 I had was a total shed - engine was so f*cked that I had to change down on the M77 rise coming out of Glasgow before the Mearns turn off... Faded paint, leaking, smelt a bit odd. That was a bad car because it was a shed, but I'm sure a pristine one would have been as good as my 414.

Thanks guys - found a picture on the web


I did have a 216 way way back - from new as a company car so maybe that's where I remembered it from. It was Ok - but then again it was brand new

Graham