Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

Hello all Elan fans from Madrid !

I am a life long Lotus fan and at last am actually in a position where I am looking to aquire one and take it to Madrid - I am specifically looking for an Elan Plus 2.

So I am reading this very knowledgeable forum avidly and learning about all the things to look out for (and not). If my quest is successful I will post a pic or two of the car attending rallies in Spain.

Looking forward to talking to and learning more from everyone here.

Graham H

Hi Graham and welcome from USA!

As a fellow Plus 2 guy I'll be eager to read about what you find and how much fun you have with it.

Hola Graham. Bienvenido!
Look forward to seeing some pics and hearing your stories from Madrid.
Buena suete!
Kev

Thanks very much KevJ and The Veg.

I guess you can get a Lotus for a bit less in the States ?

Welcome to the club..

GrahamH wrote:Thanks very much KevJ and The Veg.

I guess you can get a Lotus for a bit less in the States ?

Somehow I doubt that, given the number of wealthy so-and-so's we have here who will bid cars up to anything and how we seem to have made high-end auctioning of cars a spectator sport, with working-class people watching them on TV and cheering for the crazy prices.

That said, there are the odd exceptions here and there. My Plus 2 is an example; I bought it a few months ago from a personal friend who needed the money but never advertised the car. I got it for what it was last sold for five years earlier, which I figure is roughly what the engine-rebuild and CV axles were worth. The downside is that I have a lot of work to do to get it into decent shape, but compared to what little data there is for recent Plus 2 sales in USA (and I'd love to know how few survive over here; mine is the only one I've ever seen in the flesh), I think I got a bargain.

Welcome Graham

Hello everyone else.

We get some of those auction programmes on TV in Spain too. I?ve never seen an Elan on the road here either, I guess there may be some down on the costas where there are more expats, but in Madrid I don?t think I?ve seen any Lotus on the road ever. Hopefully I can change that soon...