Midlands Lotus Owners Club (MLOC): Martin G's Blog - Midlands Lotus Owners Club (MLOC)

I've had my Elise for 8 months now and am up to about 5,800 miles. Its still going really well and I feel very comfortable that it will not bite me unless I do something really stupid!

Had a new hood under warranty a few weeks ago and they sorted a brake recall at the same time. My nearest dealer is in Leicester, 40 miles from work, which...

Took the Elise to BT Tyres in Rugby on Monday morning. They had a look at the nail and concluded it was worth trying to repair the tyre, as the only other option was a new replacement, which they said was dealer only.

So, out came the pliers and..... it turned out to be a half inch screw which had gone sideways into the tread block. End result,...

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First service this week for my Elise R, at Stratstone in Leicester - more of which later.

Anyway, they had arranged a courtesy car for me and on the basis that the Lotus dealer is part of Evans Halshaw, I envisaged a Focus or a Fiesta or even a new Ka.........But no.

Seems Stratstone used to be a Chrysler dealer until last year and what they had...

We've done 850 miles now and have been able to bring the Elise on cam this week. It's a great party trick, but I've only seen the change up lights twice, so some might say I'm not trying hard enough!

Next up is the first service which will need doing soon after 1,000 miles. I'm going to put a Pipercross VIS induction kit...