New S1 Elise Owner.

[chazpowerslide]

Hi.

 

Well after a roundabout journey over the last 10 years or so I'm finally into an S1 Elise.

 

I have been through a few Westfields (built/re-built/modified/upgraded), a Supercharged VX220 (driven hard and upgraded) and an MX5 (a good drive but no pizazz) and finally settled on what I should have got after I sold my last Westfield 

 

I brought the S1 from Scott Walker in July (a good chap to deal with, honest, very knowledgeable and patient) after I sold the MX5, it's totally standard, in good condition and drives really nicely.

I have not used it as much as I'd have liked so far (about 2000 miles) but I felt immediately at home in it and the more I drive it the more I like it.

 

It's Storm Titanium and Red Wing leather with 46K on the clock and, previous owners, hard top and extensive history with Lotus specialists.

 

 

 

 

I'll be looking at changing the front tyres to TR1-S' to match the rears (fronts are currently TR1-R) and the gear change bushes need doing but apart from that it's good to go.

Long term I'll replace the original Koni Reds with S2 Billies get a 340R geo, some cosmetic tidying up and then leave it well alone.

 

Chaz. 

 

 

[Bibs]

Welcome to TLF! Sounds like exactly the jobs I had when I got my S1 3 months ago - 4 new tyres (AD08R's), new Billy/Eibach suspension and Elise Parts gearshift improvement kit! 

[Eglise]

Nice colour combination. Welcome, had my S1 for a few weeks and put on 3000 miles, mostly in France, check the date codes on your rear tyres before you buy just the fronts. Had a new set of Advan Neovas put on mine before purchase last month - the old tyres were manufactured in 2004 rears, and 1995 fronts

[Simon350S]

That does look lovely. The colour combo is very nice indeed

[hopo]

Looks a great car... Grey looks great when its clean and dirty.

[chazpowerslide]

Thanks for the positive comments chaps.

I was looking for an Elise either Yellow (my last Westy was yellow) or Titanium, the red was a bit of a bonus, it sets off the body colour quiet nicely 

 

I'm sorting this years insurance at the moment so I have spoken to Darren at AIB today in the hope that he can better the quote I have had from A-Plan.

We'll see how it goes, I have a list of others to try as well.

 

The rear boots are new (fitted by Scott Walker) so a new set of fronts will be of a similar date code I expect.

The T1-R tyres will be plenty good enough for road use (888 or AO48 are a bit overkill for mainly road use IMHO)

The T1-S on the front end are a lot older and past their best even though they have plenty of tread left them

 

I'm looking forward to stripping off the clams and giving it a really thorough deep clean and suspension re-fresh but that won'e be till the new year.

 

Chaz. 

[Eglise]

I'm insured with Aviva £186 fully comp, protected no claims 10,000 miles per annum, sdp, (no track days or commuting) tuned head and exhaust

[chazpowerslide]

Wow, that's a very good price Eglise.

Are you particularly low on the risk rating or did you genuinely good deal? 

I'm on the annual "ring a round" at the moment, I have till the 9th to sort out the new policy.

I'll have to see what the prices come out at though I don't think it's ultimately about price, depth of cover cover for me is also an important consideration.

Chaz. 

[ramjet]

Welcome to TLF Ian.

 

Nice car. Looks great. I presume you are aware that as a TLF FFM you can get discounted insurance?

 

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[Eglise]

Wow, that's a very good price Eglise.

Are you particularly low on the risk rating or did you genuinely good deal? 

I'm on the annual "ring a round" at the moment, I have till the 9th to sort out the new policy.

I'll have to see what the prices come out at though I don't think it's ultimately about price, depth of cover cover for me is also an important consideration.

Chaz.

I'm old but not too old

[chazpowerslide]

Well, AIB would match A Plan at £347 but the big surprise was Aviva which came in at £224!!!

Chris Knott has not come back to me yet and Darren from AIB said that I should take Aviva's arm off at that price.

The Aviva price includes their web and summer discount  (the summer one ends today)

It's a shame I have not heard from Chris Knott but Martin said that he thought the A Plan price was reasonably competitive so I don't think they'll be able to better it by much.

It looks like I'll go with Aviva.

I have had some really wild quotes from the price comparison sites (£1500) and none of the non specialist insurers can beat Aviva.

Chaz.