what car thread - Lotus Edition

[Rich B]

i’ve ended up spending a fair bit on the Elise, its had a full service and check over, with a fair amount of bits and pieces replaced and tweaked. i was getting a bit concerned, but then i’m still within my original “low” budget for an S1 and i’ve got a car that i can be confident in for years to come.

i’ve just ordered new tyres (AD08RS), the current ones are just over 2mm. and i’ll get the tracking checked too.

i might get a new battery too, this one runs down if not left on charge - then the rev counter goes weird. they’re cheap by the looks of things (especially compared to the ones i’ve had on M BMWs!!!)

TADTS - Even my S3. Leave it for over a week and it wont start.

Get a full geo check not just tracking. Mines was a degree different on camber across the axles. Dunno WTF set it up. Was night and day after we sorted it.

Roger that - the guy had the steering rack out to repair something, as well as replacing quite a few (possibly wrong wording) rod ends where they were corroded from Scottish life, so i definitely want to get it set up with brand new rubber on it.

My e46 M3 and M2 were both transformed after a session on a hunter.

[duncs500]

Did you have him put in a quick rack?

[240PP]

i’ve ended up spending a fair bit on the Elise, its had a full service and check over, with a fair amount of bits and pieces replaced and tweaked. i was getting a bit concerned, but then i’m still within my original “low” budget for an S1 and i’ve got a car that i can be confident in for years to come.

i’ve just ordered new tyres (AD08RS), the current ones are just over 2mm. and i’ll get the tracking checked too.

i might get a new battery too, this one runs down if not left on charge - then the rev counter goes weird. they’re cheap by the looks of things (especially compared to the ones i’ve had on M BMWs!!!)

TADTS - Even my S3. Leave it for over a week and it wont start.

My S2 was good for three weeks in the summer and dead after a week in winter. Annoyingly not the other way around.

[Rich B]

Did you have him put in a quick rack?

Just a repair to what was there! i think there was a perished/split gaiter i think!

I didn’t know there was a quick rack available - it’s pretty pick already!

[Rich B]

i’ve ended up spending a fair bit on the Elise, its had a full service and check over, with a fair amount of bits and pieces replaced and tweaked. i was getting a bit concerned, but then i’m still within my original “low” budget for an S1 and i’ve got a car that i can be confident in for years to come.

i’ve just ordered new tyres (AD08RS), the current ones are just over 2mm. and i’ll get the tracking checked too.

i might get a new battery too, this one runs down if not left on charge - then the rev counter goes weird. they’re cheap by the looks of things (especially compared to the ones i’ve had on M BMWs!!!)

TADTS - Even my S3. Leave it for over a week and it wont start.

My S2 was good for three weeks in the summer and dead after a week in winter. Annoyingly not the other way around.

Mine starts no matter what, it’s just the rev counter issue. I’ve used the recond mode on the CTEK a few times now (once before i set up the CTEK and once when the garage had had it for a week) probably not a great idea but it does seem to work - 24 hours on that then back to normal mode and the car functions normally.

[mik]

Sounds like it's worth getting a new battery (from Tayna) so you have a known starting point (pun not intended) to work from.

[duncs500]

Did you have him put in a quick rack?

Just a repair to what was there! i think there was a perished/split gaiter i think!

I didn’t know there was a quick rack available - it’s pretty pick already!

I always found that it was ever so slightly too slow for my taste (probably because I was coming into it from a 7 with a quick rack).

[scotta]

Sounds like it's worth getting a new battery (from Tayna) so you have a known starting point (pun not intended) to work from.

Shocking patter…reVOLTing even…

[Rich B]

Sounds like it's worth getting a new battery (from Tayna) so you have a known starting point (pun not intended) to work from.

Thats kind of been my approach so far - and they’re cheap as chips anyway.

[PaulJ]

Sounds like it's worth getting a new battery (from Tayna) so you have a known starting point (pun not intended) to work from.

Shocking patter…reVOLTing even…

CURRENTLY, you seem to be in the LEAD...

[mik]

Sounds like it's worth getting a new battery (from Tayna) so you have a known starting point (pun not intended) to work from.

Shocking patter…reVOLTing even…

CURRENTLY, you seem to be in the LEAD...

Ohm eye god

[PaulJ]

Shocking patter…reVOLTing even…

CURRENTLY, you seem to be in the LEAD...

Ohm eye god

Resistance is futile!

[Rich B]

I don’t mean to be negative, but just I don’t have the capacity to be dealing with these bad puns today. I want to be positive but i re fuse to be positive, wire on earth should i deal with this battery - let’s terminate it now.

[Marv]

I don’t mean to be negative, but just I don’t have the capacity to be dealing with these bad puns today. I want to be positive but i re fuse to be positive, wire on earth should i deal with this battery - let’s terminate it now.

No need to be Short with us, Richb Shortz.

[PaulJ]

I don’t mean to be negative, but just I don’t have the capacity to be dealing with these bad puns today. I want to be positive but i re fuse to be positive, wire on earth should i deal with this battery - let’s terminate it now.

Puntastic performance - I'm in a state of shock!

[Mito Man]

I don’t mean to be negative, but just I don’t have the capacity to be dealing with these bad puns today. I want to be positive but i re fuse to be positive, wire on earth should i deal with this battery - let’s terminate it now.

Puntastic performance - I'm in a state of shock!

Why, do you have an electrolyte imbalance?

[DeskJockey]

I don’t mean to be negative, but just I don’t have the capacity to be dealing with these bad puns today. I want to be positive but i re fuse to be positive, wire on earth should i deal with this battery - let’s terminate it now.

Can't argue with watt you're saying.

[mik]

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Hey Rich - you need to update your "currently driving" field
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[Rich B]

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Hey Rich - you need to update your "currently driving" field
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Have done - it doesn’t show up on portrait iphone view, so i hadn’t seen it for ages!

[Rich B]

just come to get my geo checked and the guys are asking if there’s specific settings for my nitron suspension car! any ideas?!