Coming out

[shirepro]

Ok, after a month long stay in the gaarge waiting for tax, insurance and holidays to be finalised today it was finally dry enough to take my first run out. Took the cover off, put on new tax disk. Rolled it gently out of the garage. Slipped in. Flat battery. Jump start and roared off into the sunshine. Battery let me down again at the petrol station but overall, blody good fun, limited only by the fear of old men in 1991 Ford Orions emerging from side junctions when I am flat out. Anyway, quick questions. Does this sound normal? Temperature gauge running 88/89 on the motorway at 80-90mph. Running 86/87 on nice twisty B class roads populated with Ford Orions. Fan cut in somewhere around 90 odd degrees when it was idling for 10 minutes while I was showing my father-inlaw (scared to turn it off in case the battery was still too weak).

[notlaw1977]

Hi mate

First question why has your elise being under cover for so long? Get it out and use it.

Second question. The temp reading sounds like its spot on. Just to compare I have just returned from Oulton Park today and after 200 miles on track the reading was just normal - 89-90. If you get to 100 start to worry.

Danny

[timh]

Normal running temp on mine is 87-89 deg, mine will get to 98 deg in traffic before fan cuts in, yours sounds normal to me.

Tim.

[james24]

The temperature on mine can often go up to 100 and a little over when waiting in traffic. I don't think even thats anything to worry about to be honest.

[shirepro]

Many thanks for that, very reassuring. I will do my best to use it more often, honest!