I now have a great opportunity to go in with a few other guys and rent a shop, which will allow me to properly work on a few other project cars.....something I have always wanted to do. To make this work, I will need to make a few changes in cars which means sadly that the Elise will be looking for a new home.
2005 Elise - $33,500
When I purchased the car I requested and received the 1,000 mile service download (performed by Lotus of Atlanta) and they also performed a download as it was at 7,400 miles. The downloads demonstrate that it was well driven and cared for! They had also performed the initial services. I will include this information as well as the original window stickers, all manuals, toolkit, etc.
If you look through my posts, you will see that I had commented about a horrible buzzing noise that occurred at 4,000 rpm in some gears. Some initial investigation lead me to believe it was the heat shield because (a) I had a an old Nissan that sounded EXACTLY the same years ago, and (b) If I touched the exhaust ever-so-slightly it would not occur. I went ahead and pulled off the tire and wheel-liner on the passenger side (where I had decided the noise was coming from) and tightened the heat shield bolts.......poof!.....the buzzing was gone.
I maintain the car with oil changes every 3,000 miles (or sooner) using AMSOIL. The exterior is Zaino'd and the interior is kept clean (no Armor-all). There have been zero issues with the car (other than the buzzing mentioned above).
There is the dreaded front clam scrape......my fault!
I will load pictures soon, but wanted to get this process started. I may also think of a few more details regarding the car and will add them as quickly as possible. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see the car.
2005 Elise - $33,500
- Saffron Yellow
- Black Leather interior
- Stage II exhaust (installed at original delivery)
- Hardtop
- Softtop
- Touring Pack
- Sport Pack (2 oil coolers, LSS wheels, suspension)
- Micromirror (original also included)
- Car cover
- Zaino'd the week I got it and maintained
- New Yokohama's A048s about 2,000 miles ago
When I purchased the car I requested and received the 1,000 mile service download (performed by Lotus of Atlanta) and they also performed a download as it was at 7,400 miles. The downloads demonstrate that it was well driven and cared for! They had also performed the initial services. I will include this information as well as the original window stickers, all manuals, toolkit, etc.
If you look through my posts, you will see that I had commented about a horrible buzzing noise that occurred at 4,000 rpm in some gears. Some initial investigation lead me to believe it was the heat shield because (a) I had a an old Nissan that sounded EXACTLY the same years ago, and (b) If I touched the exhaust ever-so-slightly it would not occur. I went ahead and pulled off the tire and wheel-liner on the passenger side (where I had decided the noise was coming from) and tightened the heat shield bolts.......poof!.....the buzzing was gone.
I maintain the car with oil changes every 3,000 miles (or sooner) using AMSOIL. The exterior is Zaino'd and the interior is kept clean (no Armor-all). There have been zero issues with the car (other than the buzzing mentioned above).
There is the dreaded front clam scrape......my fault!
I will load pictures soon, but wanted to get this process started. I may also think of a few more details regarding the car and will add them as quickly as possible. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see the car.
