Lotus Elise Running Costs 2024 

Very good video, as always Iowan! Could you please make more driving videos with your Lotus in the future? :)

I'm also coming up on the one year anniversary of owning my 2005 Elise which cost $1.3k to insure annually via classic car insurance. So far, I've invested $2k for a new seat of Corbeau standard seats with alcantara inserts which have made an absolute world of difference in comfort. The A/C and heat recently went out in due to the fan resistor pack going out, and it'll be a clam removal job to fix. The local shop I have quoted $2.2k to perform the service and relocate the resistor pack, and they'll also replace the radiator with an aluminum one for an additional $1k which I thought would be prudent as a preventative maintenance measure due to the car being almost 20 years old. So in the meantime, I'm simply driving with the top off and toughing out the brutal South Carolina +30 C degree summertime until I'm ready to shell out the $3.2k (~£2.5k) for the service in the next few months. Zero regrets owning this incredible little machine and hope to have it forever. We're very fortunate to be able to own and experience one of the purest and most analog enthusiast vehicles ever built! It never gets old, but all the more fun the longer you own it!!

I'm interested in watching you interview other Lotus owners from the club. Having a Lotus Evora myself, I enjoy many conversations with other Lotus owners

I bet it’s less than my 2005 exige! Lol. Nice car that mate