Buying an Elise - any advice chap/chapettes?

[Muzzaa72]

Hi guys,

I'm a friend of Dom's and am going to take a trip down to view a couple of S1's at Lotus Racing near Bolton tomorrow. They have two B&C 140s for sale and this one has caught my eye in particular:

http://www.lotusracing.co.uk/t966kbl.ht ... edium).JPG

Any advice/tips regarding the model choice and/or dealer out there from some seasoned Lotus owners?

Cheers,
Murray

[j2 lot]

I have no constructive advice to offer but that looks clean & tidy. Hope you find yourself a good example

I like the look of the orange S1 they have and some nice history with it too (although I didn't see mileage mentioned)

[Dominic]

Hi Murray!

You should find plenty of good advice on here (although the weekends can be a bit quiet).

Can anyone remember who the dodgy lotus dealer down south is? Is it these guys?

[craigs135s]

Dom the dodgy dealer is uk lotus centre our something along those lines they also trade under a different name as well but I can't remember what it is of the top of my head.

Cheers
C

[Muzzaa72]

I have no constructive advice to offer but that looks clean & tidy. Hope you find yourself a good example

I like the look of the orange S1 they have and some nice history with it too (although I didn't see mileage mentioned)

Cheers, I hope so too! The orange s1 would be a nice piece of lotus history to own but I would probably feel bad hillclimbing it! Also I think it is a little underpowered, based on the video linked to the advert!

[Muzzaa72]

Dom the dodgy dealer is uk lotus centre our something along those lines they also trade under a different name as well but I can't remember what it is of the top of my head.

Cheers
C

Cheers!

[rossybee]

Dom/Murray - this is not the dodgy dealer you are thinking of - I will pm with the name so as to avoid the wrath of the mods

[rossybee]

Craig beat me to it

[thinfourth]

Hi guys,

I'm a friend of Dom's

Thats a brave think to admit

[robin]

There won't be much difference to driving the B&C140 and that orange car; in some respects the orange one is better for hillclimbing, though obviously that would destroy its value, unless you had a "name" driver of course.

It's pretty easy to get these up to 150BHP and you can do it when the head gasket fails (or sooner if you want the power earlier)

What I'm saying is don't place much value on the 140 kit - pretend the car doesn't have it - if the price is still right then go for it.

BTW, on a T plate I would have expected that car to have the later wheels not the early S1 songs ... but I could be wrong.

Cheers,
Robin

[Dominic]

Hi guys,

I'm a friend of Dom's

Thats a brave think to admit

[smee]

Murray are you looking on seloc classifieds as well? There was a really nice blue s1 on there. Call me if you want a chat, it would take too long for me to type all the stuff....

[Dominic]

Murray are you looking on seloc classifieds as well? There was a really nice blue s1 on there. Call me if you want a chat, it would take too long for me to type all the stuff....

It's okay, he has me as chief advisor....... Hmmm, maybe that's why he's looking for advice on here.

[Ian_km]

I bought an S1 off Lotus Racing a couple of years ago, great service. Chris knows his stuff and only tends to stock the best examples, recommended.

[delands]

Did you see my white S1 by any chance there? Only done 12k miles since i sold it 12 yrs ago.

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