Lotus Elan Central

Hi all!

I have so many topics where almost all of the Elan's possible horror is described, but I have no topic that keeps track of everything I do on my car and where all my highlights are described! Now is as good as any time to start right away

How the Elan was aligned..... 3 times! (why always me...)

After lots of troubles, and very very serious, one of the repairs needed was to replace the complete steering rack.
Obviously after this the car needed realignment, so I took it to a local specialist.
After 3 hours of work, including my assistance, the car was ready to go, although castor was not done because there was no time left ...

I left a bit skeptical, and at the first high speed corner i got scared of my own car On a bump mid corner the car went all over and i gave up in finding the limits again.
I made another appointment to have the alignment checked again, free of charge obviously.

This time I got a little more involved and we started at the rear (duh) This went a little strange as the measurements were all over. We did attempt to set the castor this time as I felt that this was way off. We moved about 5 shims and did another measurement... No difference! The I told the guy that I lost all confidence and he agreed. So the manager came, and excused himself for the obviously awry (is this even English?) equipment.

So I took off to another one of their franchises, this time one with 3D Hunter equipment. After the initial measurement the comment was: Well, this looks interesting...
Almost all measurements were off! In just 1 hour all was fixed and I finally had my car back

I've had my daily driver bmw 530d 4 wheel alignment on hunter kit done about 3 weeks ago and it made a big difference thinking of getting the Elan done as well