Now this has gotta be worth a look.....

#11

And in other news AstraVanMan <Peter (AT) SwerveWeb (DOT) com> is quoted as saying:

Quote:

Fancy it plenty, but maintainence costs are *INSANE*, and half the
parts aren't even available any more

Well yes, that is one of the down sides of LC ownership - even a pair
of brake discs are something like £500. Or that might even be for
brake pads!

The brother was lookin to do the clutch in his

Plate clutch pressure with release bearing-£679.00 + vat(exchange)
Clutch plate-£165.00 +vat
Fork-£140.00+vat
Pivot-£45.00

Ouch!

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#12

In article <Xb_Ma.2757$nP.1166 (AT) newsfep4-winn (DOT) server.ntli.net>,
Peter (AT) SwerveWeb (DOT) com says...

Quote:

Personally I think Lotus *really* need me to volunteer for this project by
letting them do that to my car, as it would then give them a working
prototype, plus all the publicity something like that being on Top Gear
would bring, and they would have a serious contender for the RS6 Estate, if
a little retro looking.

Write to Top Gear/5th Gear/Rev Bobs Torque show etc.
See if they will do it as a build detail like they did with a Lada.
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Re: Now this has gotta be worth a look..... - 07-03-2003 , 01:11 PM

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