98_Martin

Thanks for the welcome Ramjet, starting my Lotus ownership early, I hope it's the first of many! I progressed from a BMW Z3 and MX5 so it feels somewhat of a natural upgrade but nothing else drives like it with the feeling of connection.

Hi all, here for my first bit of advice 🙂 The screw that holds the door microswitch in place on the passenger side has some unsightly rust and I'd like to change it for a new one, problem is I'm struggling to find the part number for one on any of the parts diagrams. Does anyone know the part number or the size of I assume self tapper before I remove it? TIA

I certainly will! 😃

Thanks again for all the recommendations guys, ended up going with AdrianFlux with agreed value that I'll need to get sorted out before it begins on the 1st of May, almost ready for another summer of fun! It was about £900 in the end so all considered not bad for someone my age with 2 years no claims on the car. Haha I know I know, the cars only got just over 18,000 on the clock so I'm doing my best to keep it within the just under 2000 mile a year average it's done in it's lifetime. If it ever becomes too slow I know I'll be looking at a Exige to replace it, but I don't think I'm ready for the V6 territory yet. There's a few I know off in and around the Inverness area.

Thanks Alan, it's always typical that when I'm out in the daily driver I see another Lotus and then when I'm out in mine I never see one! Sods law... Where about are you located? I haven't ventured far from Inverness in the Elise yet, just as far as Edinburgh for the service. If route 500 wasn't so busy with campervans and cyclists I'd maybe be more willing to do parts of it this summer.

Thanks guys, it is indeed Starlight black. I'll take a look at Lockton Performance, thanks for the recommendation.

Hi all, perhaps a little late on joining the forum as I'm now 18 months into ownership of my 2005 Lotus Elise 111R but I guess part of that reason is how fun and reliable it's been. I browsed the forum last year when looking for somewhere in Scotland to do the annual service and MOT... safe to say I took it to Craig Moncrief in Edinburgh which although is a long drive from where I stay in Inverness it was certainly a worthwhile one. I can't recommend Craig enough for the service he gave me and am looking forward to seeing him again this summer with hopefully another clean bill of health. Back to the car... I actually put a deposit down on the Elise just a week or two before the first lockdown (March 2020) but didn't get to see the car until July of that year with all the restrictions and delays but it did mean I got a winter price on a summer delivered car! The delay I guess actually gave me more time to look forward to it's arrival as I had it delivered the 600 miles between me and Snows Lotus Hedge End as it seemed the safest option and kept the millage down as it's a real low millage original car. I'm sure like many in here the car only sees daylight for 6 months of year and stays in the garage tucked up under a cover connected to a battery conditioner but that period of daylight is soon approaching again which brings me onto my first question on the forum. Up until recently I've been covered by Admiral on my multicar policy but after talking to Craig last summer he advised me to go with an agreed value cover so that in the worst event that the car was ever written off I wouldn't be short of a few thousand pounds. Being 23 I am struggling to find many insurers that will take me on as most have a age limit for their classic policies that include agreed value but in my benefit I will be very unlikely to drive more that 2000 miles a year and never take it to a track so don't require that cover. Does anyone have some recommendations? I've spoken to AiB who quoted me £925 but would like to shop around more before I make a final decision. Of course I won't finish the post without a few pictures of the car!