Discussion
Niggle no. 1 (fixed)
I just tried this fix for keeping the indicators in place
http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/experience/m...
and it works well. My indictor flew out to my great surprise down a quick road - lucky it landed on some grass on the side of the road and wasn't damaged. It's quite fiddly to feed the bungee cord around the hole inside the clam (just below the top end of the clam opening, where a rubber hose passes through - the only place I could find to attch it) and I had to wrap it around twice to get the cord nice and tight. Got the cord from a cycle shop, the only place that sold cords with smaller hooks on the end. Anyway, it cost me nothing and that indicator ain't moving, so I'd recommend the technique. I did wonder why I was attaching things with elastic cords on a car which cost £30k...
Niggle No. 2
I know this is a common thing as well, but my heater has finally died. I've read up on past posts, but they all talk about heaters packing up altogether, whereas mine was intermittent - worked fine sometimes, other times nothing. The car still has a Lotus approved warranty on it, but I'm wary of having the clam off and them then saying that it is a worn electrical component or connection, which are not covered, and then having a £700 bill. It also said that failure of parts which fail due to inherent design faults are not covered (hence the bungee fix above), does the heater failure come under this category? The resistor pack seems a common problem, will this be counted as a part that is covered under warranty? I know that it depends on the individual warranty but I'd be grateful to hear from anyone who has had the heater fixed on a Lotus approved warranty (i.e. bought it second-hand from an official dealer). Many thanks (car is 04 111R)
I just tried this fix for keeping the indicators in place
http://www.sandsmuseum.com/cars/elise/experience/m...
and it works well. My indictor flew out to my great surprise down a quick road - lucky it landed on some grass on the side of the road and wasn't damaged. It's quite fiddly to feed the bungee cord around the hole inside the clam (just below the top end of the clam opening, where a rubber hose passes through - the only place I could find to attch it) and I had to wrap it around twice to get the cord nice and tight. Got the cord from a cycle shop, the only place that sold cords with smaller hooks on the end. Anyway, it cost me nothing and that indicator ain't moving, so I'd recommend the technique. I did wonder why I was attaching things with elastic cords on a car which cost £30k...
Niggle No. 2
I know this is a common thing as well, but my heater has finally died. I've read up on past posts, but they all talk about heaters packing up altogether, whereas mine was intermittent - worked fine sometimes, other times nothing. The car still has a Lotus approved warranty on it, but I'm wary of having the clam off and them then saying that it is a worn electrical component or connection, which are not covered, and then having a £700 bill. It also said that failure of parts which fail due to inherent design faults are not covered (hence the bungee fix above), does the heater failure come under this category? The resistor pack seems a common problem, will this be counted as a part that is covered under warranty? I know that it depends on the individual warranty but I'd be grateful to hear from anyone who has had the heater fixed on a Lotus approved warranty (i.e. bought it second-hand from an official dealer). Many thanks (car is 04 111R)
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