Rob

temptation might be too much to tuck the car away for the next month or so ? You can get some nice sunny crisp days and be glad to get out even if you take the long route to the supermarket 🤫

as folk on here tell me don’t let the car sit around too long , I personally don’t get to many chances of taking my car out on long journeys and I really think that even if I went on my own go out on a road trip when COVID restrictions lifted 

On 20/01/2021 at 02:38, Bibs said:

I need red calipers in my life, they look ace! 

Just spent two hours brushing in the parts washer trying to make my Red calipers presentable enough to go back on the WRX, can't imagine how long it would take to make them look nice enough for a Lotus...

On 26/01/2021 at 19:53, Cdm2018 said:

Rob

temptation might be too much to tuck the car away for the next month or so ? You can get some nice sunny crisp days and be glad to get out even if you take the long route to the supermarket 🤫

as folk on here tell me don’t let the car sit around too long , I personally don’t get to many chances of taking my car out on long journeys and I really think that even if I went on my own go out on a road trip when COVID restrictions lifted 

So just took it out for a spin for fuel and went along the local coast road. The things is excellent and the noise is superb. 
 

Few niggles, it tramlines quite a bit but I’ve noticed the front tyres aren’t the best so a fresh set and an alignment should cure most of that. 
 

Wiper is making a creaking noise so I guess that needs greasing. 
 

Great first little outing and the first time I’ve driven one. It’s a very different experience. 

Didn’t take too long for temptation to set in lol  ! 😀

yes could be tracking but could be tyres check it out to get to source ? I recommend the Michelin tyres over the p zero 

your lucky to drive along coast roads in Evora must be glorious😀  

 

I'm getting frustrated with the lack of driving opportunities with lockdown. It's the thing I'm most looking forward to then relaxing.

With the wiper, if the creak is bothering you, you could probably just not bother using it, it's not very effective anyway!

😂😂😂😂 I’ll get at it next weekend and lube it up a bit. Everything’s better with lube 👀

So new front tyres went on today. The pirellis were 2015 corsas with 3mm tread which had gone hard and was causing the car to tramline horrendously. 
 

New Michelin’s and it drives superb and I actually had a decent drive home this afternoon. 
 

Ive added a trickle charger today along with cleaning the MAF Sensor, throttle body and new boot struts. 
 

I noticed a damp patch in the driver side rear footwell so pulled out the interior, dried it out and did a hose test. 
 

Passenger door seal is the culprit so I’ll order 2 new ones and maybe pull off the door card and see if the membrane is intact as I know it’s had a a recent window regulator at Oakmere. Nothing on the invoice to say that was replaced so no doubt it’s been ductaped. 
 

Lotus ownership certainly is different and unlike my normal purchases. 

Quite enjoying getting on the spanner’s again. 
 

My power flex ARBs arrived today so my next weekend off (in 2 weeks) and I’ll get those jobs done ✅ 

May also do a plug change but the bank closest to the rear bumper looks tight. 

8 minutes ago, Welshwiseguy said:

New Michelin’s and it drives superb and I actually had a decent drive home this afternoon. 

This sounds are great improvement on the old tyres.

 

1 minute ago, exeterjeep said:

This sounds are great improvement on the old tyres.

 

Honestly a true night and day difference. 
 

 

5 minutes ago, Welshwiseguy said:

Honestly a true night and day difference. 
 

 

I changed the cup2 to the 4S - my cup2s were only 2 years 7k miles at the most, but the 4S are so much better in the current climate.

Spark plugs arrived today thanks to SJ Sports Cars. Just completed the replacement. 
 

New Wiper Blade and updated the Sony head unit software and filled her up. 
 

May use it back and forth work for the next few days instead of my daily commuting smart car. Don’t judge 😳