RE: YKYWT... 1976 Lotus Esprit S1

[Wedg1e]

5 USA said:

BliarOut said:

Do you have to clamber over the handbrake as it sure looks like it.

Nope. It's a type of "fly off" handbrake. After you have pulled up the lever to apply the handbrake the brake latches on and you can then return the lever to its horizontal position. To move off you just lift the lever until you feel the pressure again and then release the brake.

As this thread has popped-up at the bottom of my screen... the above is not quite true: the early cars (pre-Stevens facelift at least) DID have a rigid handbrake that got in the way of you entering and leaving. It was replaced by the fold-down lever later on in the 1980s.

If you have to have an Esprit, an S3-onwards, non-turbo is the way to go. Yes the turbos are quicker but that comes at a maintenance, complexity and economy cost. Accept the non-turbo 2.2 with its 160 or so BHP for what it is and it's a fine-handling car that would still make an excellent trackday toy and can, despite what people claim, be looked after perfectly well by a DIY mechanic.

[lamboman100]

A friend has one of these (different colour). A beautiful car, but you can see the rust creeping on an almost weekly basis, and mechanically there is almost always something wrong with it.

[ZesPak]

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As for the article, that interior is great. A car like this should put a smile on your face, and that would make me laugh everytime I open it.
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[Oilchange]

Some of this I can relate to, although he will never see any rust on the bodywork. Ever.

lamboman100 said:

A friend has one of these (different colour). A beautiful car, but you can see the rust creeping on an almost weekly basis, and mechanically there is almost always something wrong with it.

[Wedg1e]

Oilchange said:

Some of this I can relate to, although he will never see any rust on the bodywork. Ever.

lamboman100 said:

A friend has one of these (different colour). A beautiful car, but you can see the rust creeping on an almost weekly basis, and mechanically there is almost always something wrong with it.

[Countersteer]

As far as schoolboy designs go - this is pure gold. I will always love the Esprit dynamic...

[DP33]

Love the interior but My God those Wolfrace wheels are just whole kinds of wrong!!

[Oilchange]

Are you serious? The Wolfraces were the epitome of cool!
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