By Michael Pawlowski We purchased our Lotus Elise in the summer of 2015. My son had been keeping an eye on the inventory of a used car dealer in the Chicago suburbs that specialized in Lotus cars, and when they
Elise Tech Tips #3
For this edition of Elise Tech Tips I would like to examine a few service issues that have been brought to my attention and pass along some winter storage tips that are specific to the Elise. All of the service
Elise Tech Tips 2
For this installment of Elise Tech Tips I would like to cover a couple of technical issues that are fairly easy to address, yet dramatically increase the pleasure of ownership of the Elise. I also want to bring to light a relatively new failure that is being reported
Elise Tech Tips
When Lotus introduced the Federal Elise S2 to the United States back in 2004 as a ’05 model year it set the sports car world on fire. Finally we were offered a new Lotus that was built around the traditional Lotus values and philosophy of the vintage Europa
The next time you change your oil in your Elise …
Every time I change my oil, I take the opportunity to check or tighten the toe link. It’s probably more important to keep a check on this if you’re doing a lot of tracking, but there have been failures with
Oil change on an Elise
First jack up and support back tires of car. Crawl underneath and remove the 14 bolts to drop diffuser tray. Look up and not finding an oil pan, realize that you have taken off the wrong panel. Remove 8 more
Why buying a used Lotus Elise is like dating a Hooker
So, my wife Sue and I had been talking about buying an Elise off and on for several years. We recently got a little inheritance money that was earning a whopping .15% interest in the bank so we decided to
Matt’s Models – November 2010
This month, we are blessed (or cursed, if you are a lotusphile collector) with another version of the Lotus Sport Elise (is there really such a thing, I think this model is actually an Exige?) for 2010. This time around, Hot Wheels has
Matt’s Models – June 2009
This month we look at quite a few releases from Hot Wheels and Matchbox…with a nice surprise to boot! First on the left, is the Tesla Roadster from Hot Wheels. Granted, this isn’t a true Lotus, but does share the
Matt’s Models – June 2008
This month we focus on a few new releases from Spark model company. If you recall from previous newsletters, Spark produces a wide variety of 1/43 scale handbuilt resin models. They carry a very nice assortment of Lotus models, almost