Esprit Feature In Autocar

[Tentenths]

Front cover - 'How to own an Esprit (without going bust)'

Followed by a nice double page spread on one Andy Richens and his 100,000 mile Mustard Yellow GT3 under strap line of 'High Mileage Hero'.

Seems he put some 110,000 miles on his previous G car. Sold that and bought the GT3 in 1997/1998, since when he's covered another 100,000 miles. In that time he's got through 9 sets of tyres, one set of discs, and two sets of pads... no other costs except routine servicing.

Reckons overall running costs (inc. depreciation) have been the same as his wife's Saab - around

Edited May 9, 2007 by Tentenths

[mayevora]

Good bit of Esprit PR.

Good to dispell the mith of expensive to run. Ok yes they need to be looked after but are they really any more expensive than other exotic classic to keep - probably not. Blimey with this sort of press, might welcome more buyers and increase values.

[slade]

...were it not for some dodgy things from the PO, mine would be nearly trouble free

All sorted now. I think. Well it's been taken apart and put together again, so Probably the most right it's been since 1986, and I'm finally enjoying it heh.

And I still get better mileage than many "economy" cars, and outrun most newer "sports" cars B)

Edited May 9, 2007 by slade

[karluk29]

gt3, need the article say anymore ha ha ha

"best esprit EVER" but im not biased, keep telling idoits at work it cost less

to run than a focus

[lotusessex80]

Seems he put some 110,000 miles on his previous G car. Sold that and bought the GT3 in 1997/1998, since when he's covered another 100,000 miles. In that time he's got through 9 sets of tyres, one set of discs, and two sets of pads... no other costs except routine servicing.

boy, its more reliable then my subaru STi!

[Advantage]

Mind you, it does say that it costs 1000gbp for a cambelt change! A c service, maybe, but just the cambelt on it's own? Wow!

[mr50bmg]

Maybe 1000gbp for a cambelt change and a valve adjustment at least, perhaps?

[esprithk]

double that..

after I do all the mods on my Esprit, its reliability will be greatly improved.

I expect my works will sort out most known issues, and bring down the overall service cost in long term.

[karluk29]

cam belt change a grand WOW, i paid

[Mark Blanchard]

Yea, Geoff will change the belts for

[Advantage]

Is this clear enough to be readable? (Apologies Haymarket!)

[bigsi]

i know where im taking my car when she needs a service.. to a little blue man we all know

[Advantage]

[Mark Blanchard]

Thanks for the scan Graham .

Talking about high mileage Esprits, I saw Alan's Lotus Esprit down at Esprit Engineering on Saturday, with 327,000 miles on the clock! That got to be the highest mileage for any Esprit.

[mayevora]

Talking about high mileage Esprits, I saw Alan's Lotus Esprit down at Esprit Engineering on Saturday, with 327,000 miles on the clock! That got to be the highest mileage for any Esprit.

[Mark Blanchard]

Thats HUGE mileage in any vehicle. Any idea how many rebuilds?

He said the cars had had 2 engine rebuilds. Amazing that an old 88 Stevens can do that kind of mileage.