I've heard the LOTUS acronym - but it hasn't been a reality in
general. I was putting 33,500 miles on my '91 elan with regular
maintenance, and no serious problems until the one I talked about.
As a matter of fact, I liked my lotus so much I bought what most
people consider the most undesirable Lotus you can find - a 1974 Lotus
Elite.
That lotus elite and my 1967 MGB are my current drivers - they run
well and reliably, where my porsche, lotus elan, land rover, citroen,
and others have all died on me.
Phil
On Thu Mar 5 16:22 , Murray Arundell sent:
Lotus = Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious......
Had an Elan S4 new...... NEVER EVER AGAIN..... Good Luck.
On 06/03/2009, at 9:03 AM, Phil Bates wrote:
> Interesting article. I bought my 1991 lotus elan 3 years ago
> with
> 37,000 miles on it. It was very reliable until December, when I
> hit
> 110,000 miles. All at once, while driving, I had an oil
> line
> separate, and a piston get stuck (which the machine shop tells
> me is
> an effect of an injector ceasing to fire). Anyhow, guess I could
> use
> the recommendation on the injector cleaner that's in the article.
>
> Phil Bates
> On Thu Mar 5 15:30 , Paul Root sent:
>
> SU's require regular rebuilds....
> every 900,000 mies!
> http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090305/CARNEWS/303059998
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