Lotus Elan Central

by **Oliver** » Thu 07.06.2007, 19:06

Hello chaps,

Better news this time, the Elan came out tops in their `five grand sports cars ?!', beating:

MGB
MX-5 (uurgh)
Fiat Barchetta
Alfa Spider
Jensen Healey
MGF
BMW Z3
Fiat 124 Spider
TVR S

They particularly liked the steering.

Oliver

by **paulwatkins** » Fri 08.06.2007, 07:56

Oliver,
your sounding much more up-beat in this posting!! :-D

............but just spare a thought for the poor TVR S drivers out there, I wonder what their forum is saying about this poll. I reckon they're rubbishing it!! :-D

NOW STOP LOOKING FOR ANYMORE POLLS........QUIT WHILE THE ELAN IS AHEAD! SLEEP SOUNDLY IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE LOTUS ELAN IS THE No 1 CAR EVER, EVER, EVER!

:-D

by **muley** » Fri 08.06.2007, 08:39

Well The car I had before the Elan was a TVR S series - so I used them back to back.

Plus points - exhaust note, cheap engine spares, relatively easy to work on, quick, nice styling imho

Negative points - too low ground clearance, shabby build quality, absolute pig in the wet, internal ventilation rubbish (especially when wet), too hot inside (exhaust 5 mm from bottom of floor pan.)

The final straw was part of the wiring loom burning out because Jen accidentally kicked part of it in the footwell.

Anyway, back to topic - I've got the article and the Elan does well. I particularly liked the comment about 'they can't stay this cheap for long'

Bring it on!

Cheers

Rainman

by **Gary** » Fri 08.06.2007, 15:25

Was that your comments on the TVR, or on the Elan ? Most of them ring true !

by **chris.t** » Fri 08.06.2007, 17:04

any chance of sending a copy to those retro performance car twats oliver?

Website · by **theelanman** » Fri 08.06.2007, 17:04

shud have been my car in the feature but the head gasket had gone and Id not finished it

they put me in as club hero instead......lol

by **Oliver** » Sat 09.06.2007, 22:06

chris.t wrote:any chance of sending a copy to those retro performance car twats oliver?

Hi Chris,

I`ll scan it and send it to them.

To be fair, C & SC liked them all, the Elan just got the nod on account of it`s steering, strange how time changes things. When the Elan was launched it was criticised for it`s lack of steering feel.

by **Dave Eds** » Sun 10.06.2007, 07:35

theelanman wrote:shud have been my car in the feature but the head gasket had gone and Id not finished it

they put me in as club hero instead......lol

bet your brassed off about that G :lol:

by **chris.t** » Sun 10.06.2007, 07:47

still nothing like blowing your own trumpet now and again :lol:

Website · by **theelanman** » Sun 10.06.2007, 08:22

Dave Eds wrote:bet your brassed off about that G

I was as Id rather have like to have seen the car 'in print'

by **Scott J** » Tue 03.07.2007, 16:31

a few years ago Evo or Car had a test
Elan vs TVR S, vs 944 vs BMW. Elan came out well in that too which helped me on my way to ownership.

by **chris.t** » Tue 03.07.2007, 17:26

scott how did i miss that article - i used to own an 'S' and so did Jim. Would like to see it if anyone can dig it out

by **Rambo** » Thu 05.07.2007, 07:25

chris.t wrote:scott how did i miss that article - i used to own an 'S' and so did Jim. Would like to see it if anyone can dig it out

Bet Sy's got that article in his massive archive ??

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