My friend owned one for years (he bought it with a JP Morgan bonus while blind drunk). It is a fabulous thing- looks amazing, sounds great, has a truly outstanding seventies interior. Itās not terribly fast and does 13mpg but thatās an occupational hazard of classic car ownership.
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Youāre used to that sort of fuel consumption, no? 
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I like Lotus Esprits. Theyāre flimsy and unreliable but great. In a keenly contested ranking of hopeless fragility, the Sport 300 sits at the top. 64 were made and they have a service interval of about 700 yards. It was the car that convinced Lotus their inline 4 had reached the end of development and that the V8 was needed (although, that simply moved the point of detonation to the gearbox).
Look at it though 
Itās going over the block on 28th May if anyone wants to buy it for me.
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Never seen an Esprit I donāt like, though that is trying its hardest (excellent colour aside) - but with the caveats: a) I donāt fit; and b) I canāt drive for shit, means that the aesthetic choice is the right choice - i.e. the entire other end of development -
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S1s are of course lovely but a bitā¦ dainty. Compare those dinky Wolfrace alloys with this;
Thatās a three piece, 10.5in wide O.Z and it is absolute pornography. If Neil Parish had been seen in the HoC looking at that, heād have been burned at the stake.
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Each to their own - not hatinā, still mirināā¦
For a long time, the fastest Iād ever been in a car was 130mph down the Wrexham bypass in a Lotus Esprit (not me driving I should add). I was roughly 16 and it was one hell of an experience for sure. Bizarrely, the only time Iāve been faster was in a Volvo estate (TR5 version if memory serves). Now that was terrifying.
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Delivery mileage 
How could you own that and not want to thrash it around the country lanes
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God thats lovely, Donnington Park, XJR-15 and me are gonna have a good time.
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Arenāt they supposed to be completely dreadful to drive? Perhaps the various owners have noted this and used it as a big ornament instead.
This video prompted the postā¦
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Classic status might have alluded the big Vauxhall
I hate it when a professional writer makes a cunt of himself.
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3.0L fast saloon? Iād sink a brave pill and go for this
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Oh fuck !
A local Minicab driver had one of these in white. Travelled in it and it was my first time in an Alfa. I did drive a knackered 156 a few years laterā¦
Oops! Didnāt see that!
Nice car. Just a pity about the wheels which donāt suit it at all.
