Elise 240 Final Edition

[NiceGirlC]

Just want to say hello to all the fellow Elise FE owners.  Hello.

It has been a very very long wait. I took the car out for the first time today. On the way back home, a father pointed my car out to his son (no older than six year old) and exclaimed, "It's an Elise!". I waved at them. They waved back.  I feel really proud as an owner and am grateful to Lotus for creating such a wonderful car.

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by NiceGirlC

[Trebor_UK]

1 hour ago, NiceGirlC said:

Just want to say hello to all the fellow Elise FE owners.  Hello.

It has been a very very long wait. I took the car out for the first time today. On the way back home, a father pointed my car out to his son (no older than six year old) and exclaimed, "It's an Elise!". I waved at them. They waved back.  I feel really proud as an owner and am grateful to Lotus for creating such a wonderful car.

 

Hi and welcome. 
I was at a small local meet today and somebody asked if they could sit in my  FE. Once in they were like ‘wow’ 😀

Just seems to attract conversation and usually starts with ‘how small it looks’ compared to nearly anything you park besides!

It is just a feel good car. What’s your spec, get some pics up.

I picked mine up in October but still waiting for the soft top to come, got 2000 miles covered and loving every minute of it.

 

 

[Eleasy]

On 14/01/2022 at 10:50, PR35H said:

Who else is part of the ‘Yellow Magnificent Seven’? 😁

I am part of the Yellow Slightly More Magnificent Eight...

[5pence]

Picked up my Elise this week - and I'm absolutely in love with it. Drove it from B&C to Northern Ireland and done a couple of drives out, almost at 500 miles already. It's everything I wanted I more.

[Bibs]

Yay! Pics please

 

[5pence]

 

 

[Eleasy]

Love the plate. Car looks very classy. 

[RP420]

Congratulations @5pence!! Looks fantastic and best wishes. I'm NI-based too and did the same drive back from B&C last August. Perhaps there are enough of us in NI to meet up occasionally, especially as the weather (hopefully) improves? @blindside - might you be up for an occasional NI Lotus catch up too? Are there any other TLFers in NI - the more the merrier!! 

[Bibs]

I can set you up a regional group if you like, only takes a few clicks

 

[RP420]

Many thanks for the offer @Bibs - let's see what the appetite is and, if there is interest, I will let you know.

[5pence]

I’ll be up for a meet for sure great idea 

[blindside]

@RP420Meeting up with other NI Lotus owners as the weather improves sounds like a great idea.
I’m more than happy to drag my car out at any opportunity!

[RP420]

Thanks for the swift responses @5pence and @blindside! Shame we don't have a Caffeine & Machine equivalent, but I'm sure we can find somewhere to meet that involves a suitable driving distance 😁.

@Bibs - can I please take you up on your kind offer to set up a regional group for us and we can make arrangements on that thread, rather than digress any further on this Elise topic?

Many thanks all! 

[Bibs]

[stevensr34]

Picked up my 240 FE in late January, after a 46 week wait from ordering in March 2021. (but hey - who's counting?) Quite a wait, with many delays... But finally it arrived in Australia!  Essex Blue, with Black Pack, and cruise control. That's it. Lotus threw in a hardtop for free (nice - but heavy) and I've been fine-tuning the suspension and adding lots of other race bits since... (I previously owned a 2002 S2 Elise for 18 years, and spent 15 years racing it at sprint meetings)...

[SFO]

1 hour ago, stevensr34 said:

Lotus threw in a hardtop for free

Did you get the soft top too?

[stevensr34]

No - soft top is yet to arrive. Someday perhaps. I prefer using the hardtop most of the time, anyway. 

 

BTW - has anyone else found the Elise FE geometry is "out" as it comes from the factory?

My factory set ride heights were: Front: 155mm, Rear: 145mm

Yep - that's 10mm higher at the front than the rear! (supposed to be the other way around)

Then there was the Toe:

Front: 2.5mm Toe OUT (EACH SIDE) ! 

Rear: 0.0mm Toe

Surely Lotus didn't sign off on this intentionally?

Edited March 24, 2022 by stevensr34

[Eleasy]

So, here (finally) is a picture of mine...I've been too busy driving it to take photos...

[Bibs]

Stunning. Love the reg too

 

[Eleasy]

Cheers!  The car will be for sale after Easter unfortunately as I really can't make the most of it but I'm enjoying being a Lotus owner whilst I can!

[NiceGirlC]

But why? The thought of becoming just another car owner without a Lotus Elise in the line up terrifies and saddens me. 

[Trebor_UK]

At last, some 6 months from car delivery to dealer, my soft top if finally on its way to them.

Can't wait to experience the car with roof off as the weather gets better 😀

On 31/03/2022 at 19:12, Eleasy said:

Cheers!  The car will be for sale after Easter unfortunately as I really can't make the most of it but I'm enjoying being a Lotus owner whilst I can!

Don't think I've seen any of these for sale, so be very interesting where the market is.

Selling private or through dealer ?

[Eleasy]

Why?   Can't really drive it anywhere near it's potential on the roads where I live and it's in reality too nice for the track where it belongs.  I plan to buy something I can modify for track use and get my hands dirty with. 

Probably sell through a dealer for convenience and security but will see what happens, in no rush at all. 

[mayak]

So, since I finally did my introduction I can now also reveal my Elise. It's just fantastic to be driving Lotus again.

Edited April 13, 2022 by mayak

[stevensr34]

Just been trying to fit a harness bar to the 240 FE... 

Looks like my Roll bar has NO thread on the captive nut where the harness bar is supposed to bolt on to. It is just a sleeve running through from back of the roll bar to the front, where hey-presto! there's the threaded nut. But it is jammed up against the fibreglass door surround, and cannot be used. 

Has someone at Lotus welded the threaded nut on to the roll bar the wrong way around? 

Going to try and tap an M10 thread to the thread-less end of the bolt sleeve, where the bolt should be.

Crazy!

 

Rear side of roll bar - no thread:

Front side of roll bar - has thread: