servicing and a decent garage in the E. Midlands...?
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hello boys and girls, no flaming please, I have searched the forums using the facility provided and drawn a blank..
I am recently back in Nottingham for a few months, and I need to sort a fuel leak on my S1 asap.. need a garage/mechanic in the area, perhaps no more than 15 miles away, preferably in Nottingham.. wondered if you lovelies could recommend someone for me please?
..one thing, please no one suggest geoff bloor, he's a total thunderc***, anyone who wants to know why can email me for the explanation
thank you for your help!
Tommy
I am recently back in Nottingham for a few months, and I need to sort a fuel leak on my S1 asap.. need a garage/mechanic in the area, perhaps no more than 15 miles away, preferably in Nottingham.. wondered if you lovelies could recommend someone for me please?
..one thing, please no one suggest geoff bloor, he's a total thunderc***, anyone who wants to know why can email me for the explanation
thank you for your help!
Tommy
Loudman said:
I'm Derby and I took mine down to Topgear in Wolverhampton, its a bit of a trek but not too bad, and they lent me their astra for a couple of days while they did my c-service. All seemed to go to plan and no nasty surprises so I'll prob be taking mune back.
TopGear are ace, I won't take mine anywhere else 
I've been going there pretty much since they opened.
The green astra is ace!
Martin and Kev really know their stuff
Stitch said:
Good luck finding someone in Nottingham.
I have been looking for a year and posted on MLOC etc.
West Midlands is OK but East Midlands seems to be a bit of black hole as far as Lotus is concerned - for something like this have you thought of using someone like Nationwide Autocentres?
interesting responses, thanks all I have been looking for a year and posted on MLOC etc.
West Midlands is OK but East Midlands seems to be a bit of black hole as far as Lotus is concerned - for something like this have you thought of using someone like Nationwide Autocentres?
re: nationwide autocentres, I thought they were tyre/exhaust places, kwik-fitesque in their services provided... would they be able to look at the fuel pump on a K series Elise, locate the leak and sort it proficiently..?
I'd go for Paul Matty Sportscars, they are genuine Lotus enthusiasts. I took my S1 111S there for a service and one of the old boys gave me a lift to the train station in a lovely old Elan in stunning condition. I asked if it was for sale and he just laughed and said "no, this one's mine... it's got over 130k on the clock!"
... as for being too expensive, they are half the price of Lotus dealers!
... as for being too expensive, they are half the price of Lotus dealers!
LotusEater666 said:
R.P.M said:
Also a bit of a trek but for me I would use Paul Matty Sports cars, Bromsgrove. Proper garage with proper mechanics.
Too expensive. Will be taking mine to TopGear this year.you pay nuts, you get monkeys.
Rpm
Steve and his lads are brilliant too. Just down in Daventry so perhaps closer than some of the others mentiones?
http://www.guglielmimotorsport.co.uk/
http://www.guglielmimotorsport.co.uk/
R.P.M said:
LotusEater666 said:
R.P.M said:
Also a bit of a trek but for me I would use Paul Matty Sports cars, Bromsgrove. Proper garage with proper mechanics.
Too expensive. Will be taking mine to TopGear this year.minimax said:
interesting responses, thanks all
re: nationwide autocentres, I thought they were tyre/exhaust places, kwik-fitesque in their services provided... would they be able to look at the fuel pump on a K series Elise, locate the leak and sort it proficiently..?
I always use Top Gear because they've always done a good job. PTP are based in Hinckley and offer all kinds of upgrades for K-series, never used them myself mind.re: nationwide autocentres, I thought they were tyre/exhaust places, kwik-fitesque in their services provided... would they be able to look at the fuel pump on a K series Elise, locate the leak and sort it proficiently..?
Hi everyone,
I've recently got a s2 elise and hark from Nottinghamshire so I'd be interested to see about this one. My service isn't due for a while but I'll have to decide who will be my favoured garage at some point.
Just recently for some spare parts and advice on sorting my alarm out when it went on the blink I rang up Peter Smith sports cars in Derby - they were pretty helpful but can't really vuch for thme at this stage as I haven't used them for anything else. I was interested to see no-one had mentioned them yet.
Does anyone here have any experience of using Peter Smith? Either good or bad?
Cheers
tom.
I've recently got a s2 elise and hark from Nottinghamshire so I'd be interested to see about this one. My service isn't due for a while but I'll have to decide who will be my favoured garage at some point.
Just recently for some spare parts and advice on sorting my alarm out when it went on the blink I rang up Peter Smith sports cars in Derby - they were pretty helpful but can't really vuch for thme at this stage as I haven't used them for anything else. I was interested to see no-one had mentioned them yet.
Does anyone here have any experience of using Peter Smith? Either good or bad?
Cheers
tom.
I'd recommend PTP in Hinckley every time and only 40 mins from Nottingham.
Have a long history of working on Elises and have developed a number of performance kits for them. If you plan ahead, they can loan you a car if yours needs to stay with them for more than a day (they're part of a large group and always have courtesy cars or even vehicles from the 2nd hand sales fleet to loan you). Much as I rate Guglielmi for performance tweaking, for rudimentary stuff you're as well going to PTP. Ask for Nick Mackley, the Workshop Manager if there's anything technical to describe - don't expect the droids on the reception desk to understand!
Have a long history of working on Elises and have developed a number of performance kits for them. If you plan ahead, they can loan you a car if yours needs to stay with them for more than a day (they're part of a large group and always have courtesy cars or even vehicles from the 2nd hand sales fleet to loan you). Much as I rate Guglielmi for performance tweaking, for rudimentary stuff you're as well going to PTP. Ask for Nick Mackley, the Workshop Manager if there's anything technical to describe - don't expect the droids on the reception desk to understand!
Thanks for the replies guys.
It seems as though no-one uses Peter Smiths because they are so expensive then.
Mine's no longer in Warranty so will probably go to PTP as they are alot closer than the rest, although I may try the others to see if any of them is a particularly nice drive to get to. PTP will be 45 mins on the M1 so not the best, but certainly the easiest.
Cheers for the comments.
I'm sure it's been said before but aren't forums absolutely brilliant!! I've got so much information from them over the last few months.
tom
It seems as though no-one uses Peter Smiths because they are so expensive then.
Mine's no longer in Warranty so will probably go to PTP as they are alot closer than the rest, although I may try the others to see if any of them is a particularly nice drive to get to. PTP will be 45 mins on the M1 so not the best, but certainly the easiest.
Cheers for the comments.
I'm sure it's been said before but aren't forums absolutely brilliant!! I've got so much information from them over the last few months.
tom
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