ALL CARS ON EBAY.

[Rambo]

Mark,

I don't think I ever met him, but it still falls far short of '300k+'.....

.... like you, I thought a jumper is a posh name for a wooly pully.

Probably before you were in LEC Dave. The likes of Sy, Nige, Dickhead, Monty... that era would remember Richard

Just off for a fast drive in my jumper. Its turned a bit cool today

[Nickydee]

How about an ode to the jumper of the woolly variety.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmZZBJQAKM

Sorry any excuse to reminded of legendary band of my youth.

[M100_DMM]

Dave - did you ever know or meet Richard with his BRG. Last time I saw the car (Lakes Sykeside camping trip and/or Donington yonks ago) it had done 230,000 miles from memory. I think he was recommissioning it a year or two ago so I hate to think how much is on the clock now

Didn't Richard have an Excel as well?

[dapinky]

Further information has come to light to suggest that Gerald has seen more than one elan with over 300K miles on the engine, and I will accept that in the absence of any definite proof - but maybe it's a bold statement to make in an advert which may lead to a potential purchaser having issues down the road which they believe won't occur.

And as for the car being previously advertised, I have to admit that i don't follow ebay as closely as I used to, but until yesterday I hadn't seen it advertised, and would have hoped that anyone who had seen it may have linked it to here for all of us to see....

....who knows the ways of "The Bay"

It may or may not be a good car for the money - and only the final bidder will decide what that money should be.

Let's hope that buyer and seller are both happy with the result - and the rest of us will have no need to worry about any of it, anyway [peace emoji?]

[clemo]

if i remember it had a tatty paint job to go with it too .. an excellent well used elan .

[Rambo]

Dave - did you ever know or meet Richard with his BRG. Last time I saw the car (Lakes Sykeside camping trip and/or Donington yonks ago) it had done 230,000 miles from memory. I think he was recommissioning it a year or two ago so I hate to think how much is on the clock now

Didn't Richard have an Excel as well?

Yes, he did Dave. Not sure if he bought it from or sold it to Grahame of Medina Green S2 fame

[Jamie N]

There are possibly a few Elans much closer to 300k than the owners realise, taking into consideration clocking.. which was rife in the motor trade in the 90's due to the fact that it was a lot more difficult to check a vehicles history, combine that with the unscrupulous owner who might have given their own car a "haircut" , there is bound to be some .

[Rambo]

Just a quick question - what is the highest known recorded mileage on any M100?

Whilst I have heard of many in their high 100's, and Gerald has/had one with well over 200K....

.... are they really 'known' for going over 300K??????

"On 04-Jul-16 at 19:53:14 BST, seller added the following information:

4/7/16. Just to clarify I was advised by a well respected Lotus specialist about the high mileage these engines can reach. He has apparently seen and worked on M100's with very high mileage. Personally, I have owned a few of these cars and had two in the past that still ran fine with over 200000 miles. I'm obviously not offering any sort of guarantee this engine will do 300000 miles or similar"

[Rambo]

Just a quick question - what is the highest known recorded mileage on any M100?

Whilst I have heard of many in their high 100's, and Gerald has/had one with well over 200K....

.... are they really 'known' for going over 300K??????

"On 04-Jul-16 at 19:53:14 BST, seller added the following information:

4/7/16. Just to clarify I was advised by a well respected Lotus specialist about the high mileage these engines can reach. He has apparently seen and worked on M100's with very high mileage. Personally, I have owned a few of these cars and had two in the past that still ran fine with over 200000 miles. I'm obviously not offering any sort of guarantee this engine will do 300000 miles or similar"

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1992-LOTUS-EL ... 1614249438

Two people with no bidding history (7 bids in total) bumping up the price. Always suspicious imo

[clemo]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-LOTUS-EL ... Swv9FXg8rw

Stop cutting the back windows out please ...
it doesn't make the car look any better , rain will now piss in and it makes you look like a cheapskate ... £1000's spent but i cant be arsed to fix the roof or get a new rear window stitched in ..

It can be done .... i have done it . Go and buy some MGF rear thicker screen ( £30 ) and spend a day doing it yourself .

[Rambo]

Totally agree Clemo. What a cheapskate !! And totally useless in our climate

I think I've seen this car before on EBay. Or one very similar with the plastic window cut out. I'm also fairly sure the guy is a dealer so it might have been his or another of his cars ??

Something jogs my memory that an LEC member contacted "margaret_65" about an M100 and he said he had a shed load of them. Does this ring any bells with anyone else ??

PS no turbo heatshield. That's the 2nd I've seen without one in as many days

[chipp]

Think youre right Rambo, must be at least four in the last year.

chipp

[clemo]

shiny red respray .


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Elan-SE ... Sw0fhXlKBG

[simonbuk]

shiny red respray .


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Elan-SE ... Sw0fhXlKBG

This is the guy who is a Mitsubishi technician so its probably in fine health mechanically.

[Rambo]

Oh no, not again

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-elan-m1 ... SwKtlWp-eG

You couldn't give this one away free with a bag of crisps

[Rambo]

This car looks good value for the money though

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Elan-M1 ... SwSv1XlRau

[Rob P]

shiny red respray .
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Elan-SE ... Sw0fhXlKBG

This is the guy who is a Mitsubishi technician so its probably in fine health mechanically.

I have seen this in the flesh, before and after the respray, decent job been done and as said the guy is a hands on guy so it should be pretty sorted

[clemo]

no rear screen tw@.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lotus-elan-se ... SwtnpXnl~X

[muley]

no rear screen tw@.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lotus-elan-se ... SwtnpXnl~X

No turbo shield either

[tb10]

...........and having gone to the extent of replacing the chassis and doing all of the other 'wonderful' improvements (as claimed), to cut the rear window out because it was 'cloudy' is staggering..........



p.s. I wonder if they have photos of the 'chassis replacements' (emphasis added!) and an explaination to why it/they was/were replaced.