This was a nice little fun car to drive. I still remember the smell of the interior first day of picking it up from dealership at Hethel.

@tillyfoxtrotter

10 ай бұрын

Dealership at Hethel? You mean the factory or was that made up?

The M100 was a car I very much wanted town at launch and did so when they had dropped to 4-6k in the early 2000's. It drove neatly and as you say was very much a hot hatch without a roof. The build quality was fundamentally good but trim, seats and plastics were somewhat lacking. Interestingly the special painted chasis has stood up well and unlike TVR's of a similar age remain good. Rear wishbones not so much. I ended up buying a selling them over the course of four or five years travelling far a wide to buy them. Unlike most other classics - indeed Lotuses the price of a half tidy Elan has hardly moved, Esprits I bought at the same time have more than trebled in value.

I bought one as a stepping stone to getting an Elise, still got it after 15 years, it nearly ticks all the right boxes.

@ClassicsWorldUK

4 ай бұрын

Great to hear, they're cracking cars!

Lovely car and colour and good video 🚘🚙🚙🚗👏👏👏👏⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍

Two cars I should never have sold, my M100 Elan SE & my series II V8 swb Land Rover

@ClassicsWorldUK

10 ай бұрын

Great two car garage!

Initially In production for only two years, thats crazy.

They are fantastic. I sold and drove a few back in the day and to me they are a much more exciting car than the MX5. As used cars in the 90's you could sell every one with ease.

I love my very rare non turbo model.

Classic

Please, please, please stop reviewing cars I like. It just makes me want to go spend money I haven't got!

@rasherbasher8203

10 ай бұрын

😂😂 Spend my friend 😂😂spend

@ClassicsWorldUK

10 ай бұрын

If you think it's bad for you...imagine how WE feel!

@Richard-Bullock

10 ай бұрын

@@ClassicsWorldUK Yeah but at least you get to drive these cars, which is way more than most of us will ever do.

Nice little car, but for a question of price, reliability, parts availability, it would be hard to not go the Miata way.

@tillyfoxtrotter

10 ай бұрын

I found them pretty reliable, the gear change was poor compared to the MX5 though and perhaps its biggest sin - dull to drive unless you were ragging the hell out of it. Parts prices - Lotus sure knew how to stiff there customers when it came to spares but they did keep them. M100 was a rust resistant little beast which is quite the opposite of a MX5.

Lovely to look at, shyte to drive. Although the flat red is hideous. Green and Blue were the much better colours

@urbansoundscapes7734

9 ай бұрын

You must have driven sh it e ones then because a good one is an absolute hoot :)

Kia Elan.

I made it to "front wheel drive".

@ClassicsWorldUK

9 ай бұрын

Stick with it, you might be brought around!