Things that made you smile today

[markv]

[Fredjohn]

too.

Glad I suggested he PM you as you are close to each other!!!

[Tuga2112]

After nearly a year driving a 24mpg car daily. I finally managed to get enough use off the Elan to top up the fuel

[GeoffSmith]

35mpg!

What were you doing… coasting… downhill?

[muley]

Factory tour at Hethel. Great present.

[Jamie N]

You are a lucky man Jimbo!, what interesting stuff can you tell us then?.

[muley]

Well, lots..

History of Hethel
Current production methods
Other Lotus Group design stuff

Chat from Clive Chapman
History of Lotus in F1 etc. and the cars..

etc etc


Jim

[muley]

..bit dischuffed that their 50 year history book had no picture of an M100 Elan..

[ElanBRG]

This pic...

[Rambo]

12. Clemo - needs to confirm if owns a M100

Is this banter or is this bullying ?

[lotusflasherman]

Filled my tank with 40 lites of V-Pover Unleaded at Harlow on Monday. Pump showed £1.429 / litre but just noticed till receipt says 'Regular Diesel @ £1.369'.
Was looking to see what mpg closed loop ECU, Everest Chip and big bore Piper is doing... 25.3 mpg. Better stick to Pump 5 for the "cheap diesel"

[Rambo]

Filled my tank with 40 lites of V-Pover Diesel at Harlow on Monday

[Fredjohn]

Giro: Chris Froome
Tour: Geraint Thomas
VUELTA: SIMON YATES

That makes 9 of last 20 grand tours won by GB.
What a way to finish a great year!

[Specky]

... amazed this thread is still going nearly a decade later...

... oh and started the old girl up... and put her back to bed...

TTFN

[GeoffSmith]

... amazed this thread is still going nearly a decade later...

... oh and started the old girl up... and put her back to bed...

TTFN

Fixed ya windees?

[Specky]

... amazed this thread is still going nearly a decade later...

... oh and started the old girl up... and put her back to bed...

TTFN

Fixed ya windees?

Git....



TTFN

[Enright]

Alternator fitted, and got her running (with a LOT of help from Simon W). We set his Elan's base timing and checked its emissions too, so a very successful Sunday afternoon.

I won't have a road-legal Elan in time to take to Hethel, but I should be able to pack my original off to have its outriggers welded next month, and then it will get the promised re-spray.

So I now have 2 runners, and they are both on their way back to full fitness!

[Rice crispy]

Seeing cars in pieces and tools everywhere at the festival and seeing the confused public wandering past trying to decide if it was a competition to build an Elan in the car park before the show finished

[Dave Eds]

Seeing Clemo this morning waving to every passing Lotus outside the Little Chef at the Mildenhall roundabout.

Couldn't mistake his stupid grin, and that f**king hat

[dapinky]

Driving 775 miles in a weekend to a factory birthday party....... and spending most of the day in a carpark surrounded by tools and cars needing repairs

... getting home at 8:00pm and working out that the car has performed excellently, and returned 37mpg overall - cheaper to run than my diesel VW.....

.... could have spent less on fuel, but needed to be at W-s-M for 1430, so didn't hang around (where it was safe to do so) - and why have a Lotus if you don't want to enjoy the driving experience, so apart from the first 'leg' between home and Geoffs house, it was roof-down all the way - wind in my (minimal) hair motoring at its best.