Elise Registry Is Up And Running

[cranium]

Here is the (non)Official Lotus Elise Registry


This is a registry (information about your Elise) and a questionaire to help answer some questions about where in the process things changes on our cars. You must answer the ones with *, you do not have to answer the ones without the *. Don't answer if you aren't 100% certain!

The first page is factory options and VIN info.
The second page is date information.
The third page is factory changes that you may or may not have.
The fourth (and last) page is for mods.

You can't go back and make changes, but you can answer more than once with the same VIN (just let me know which one is wrong and I'll remove the bad record).

I can't add questions easily, so this will be it for now. Maybe later we can come up with more questions and have an add-on survey. I am working on making the results public accessible, but for now just fill out the survey!

Edit: Changed the survey link after making changes.
Edit: Here is a link to the results, and some statistics:
http://www.ccandcs.com/survey/public/registry.html
Here is a link to the excel file:
http://www.ccandcs.com/survey/public/elise_registry.xls

[iRod]

I think the most important thing right now is posting ways to find these things out. I have no idea what "horizontal/circular gas-cap finish" looks like, much less "dimples for diffuser bolts to cross member" and I have no idea how to tell if I have a wiring harness for the running lights.

Also, don't all early cars have dual oil coolers? I don't think the sports package has anything to do with that question. I could be wrong though. All in all, this is a great! Thanks for the effort.

[NMRJock]

Actually, I think all the sport pack cars are supposed to have two coolers. It is the non sportpack cars that eventually do not have the second cooler.

[cranium]

Yeah, I have a couple errors in it. I just remembered I did not ask what color you got either...doh. I just fixed it up, please retake it if you just took it a second ago.

[NMRJock]

Make sure the gas cap finish question refers to the fuel door. That will make it a bit less confusing. I suppose that color should go on there too. Maybe also some (optional) information about the owner. Name, location, etc.

Thanks for putting a registry together. I was hoping there'd be one. Someday a webpage listing the cars. Also a note for the cars that have met a bitter end (Snuffy for instance).

[ChrisH]

On the dates page, you should add the build date. It is on a placard mounted on the driver's side door jamb. Also, US east or west coast port would be interesting.

[iRod]

How can we know if our car was delivered to the east coast or west coast port?

[looney]

So i guess your registry doesnt care for non US cars :-(

[cranium]

Originally Posted by looney

So i guess your registry doesnt care for non US cars :-(

Sorry, I didn't know the options with the other models. Post them and I'll put it in.


I have 8 responses so far. Keep 'em coming!

[looney]

I think the list of options for non US elises is probably a little too extensive,

Theres
Elise
Elise S
Elise 111S
Elise 111R
Exige,

Options along the way have been

Touring Package (carpets Pwr Windows etc)
Race Tech Package (upgraded brakes, vinyl floors)
Sports Package (unsure)

Wheels have differed from 6 spokers to the Arachna type ones (black chrome, anodized or silver), to the Sports ones.

stereo options have been many and varied

i was just having a bit of a go, but im happy to go on the registry if you want me on it :-)

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by iRod

How can we know if our car was delivered to the east coast or west coast port?

By the dealer you got it from.

[NMRJock]

Originally Posted by cranium

Sorry, I didn't know the options with the other models. Post them and I'll put it in.


I have 8 responses so far. Keep 'em coming!

Should I fill another one out? I'm 1683.

[ChrisH]

I understand everything except the "dimples" questions. Could someone please enlighten me? I looked at mine (VIN 2473) and there are depressions at the forward edge of the diffuser (near the engine undertray) where some bolts are. Is that what is meant?

I would still like to see the build dates on the survey. I have a feeling that the VINs are not built in date order.

[iRod]

Originally Posted by ChrisH

By the dealer you got it from.

I don't think this is clear to everyone, specially people in the mid states, unless they ask.

[Tyger]

If you have kept your sales sticker, entry port is the first item on it, upper left corner.

Originally Posted by iRod

I don't think this is clear to everyone, specially people in the mid states, unless they ask.

[iRod]

Great.

[cranium]

43 responses....keep them coming. I'll do some analysis on it after 50 responses or so. Quick stats...83% touring package, about 50% sport, 58% hardtop. Somewhere between 755-922 they went to all Acapulco radios, between 1138-1258 was the radio plug, between 448-535 was the wiring for the driving lights. We'll wait till we get a lot more respondents before assuming we have some good data.

[jac]

Where is the registry? I keep getting redirected to the survey.

[cranium]

Originally Posted by jac

Where is the registry? I keep getting redirected to the survey.

It is the survey...it is just an easy way to do a registry, by asking you specific questions. The results come out great.

[ted]

Originally Posted by cranium

It is the survey...it is just an easy way to do a registry, by asking you specific questions. The results come out great.

I think the point is that the survey isn't the registry - the survey collects information, but the information itself is the registry.

The question is where we can view it.