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there is another way..
There is another way, normal if you will, of getting all the required manuals.
You just go to the local parts counter at your local Lotus dealership and order "paper" manuals. They still come the good ol' fashion way.
They come as one Lotus Service manual, one engine and one supplemental engiine manual. You might try and get the parts manual and all the updates and even the technical service bulletins while you are there.
I apologize, as sarcasm does not convey well on the forum.
In truth, it would be so much better to have the electronic forms of the documentation available readily on the web. Many of us know how to do that but it seems the manufacturers do not. They have converted to electronic form internally so I was hoping it was just a short step to making them available online. It appears Lotus and Toyota tried but for unknown reasons were not successful.
Those of you that enjoy conspiracy theories might suggest that the dealerships and their service departments stopped the readily available information flow, fearing it might take away business as we will all start doing our own maintenance.
The worst part is that we could solve this problem quickly all on our own! Apple will include a bit torrent client in the next release of the operating system. Several game developers distribute updates using a peer-to-peer client. We(!) could set up a distribution method if Toyota and Lotus would just let us. I have it but cannot give it to you without getting into trouble. Worse, none of the Technical Service Bulletins are getting updated any longer.
Rant over, sorry for venting, just make it so...
Michael
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