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The History of my Lotus Here is where I will try to keep a nice history of the Lotus. Repairs, purchases, etc. |
| Date | Description | Price |
| 6-6-03 | Purchase of (1) silver 1994 Lotus Esprit S4 with 54,240 miles from owner in Virginia | Email me if interested |
| 6-13-03 | Accuglass repaired the crack in the windshield. Should hold for a bit until I can get around to replacing it as the crack was small. | $65 |
| 6-24-03 | Purchase from JAE for rear brakes, interior lamp, front license plate plinth and all mounting hardware, heater control cable, and black floor mats | $650 |
| 6-28-03 | Installed rear brakes, front plate plinth, and interior light. | Free. Labor done by me. |
| 7-1-03 | Received the title from the PO and headed on down to NJ DMV for title transfer, plates and registration. Taxes suck! | Email me if interested |
| 7-21-03 | Purchase from Marcus at PUK Racing for chip #3 (high TQ chip) and a BOV. Because Marcus rocks, he is also sending me chip #2 (modified S4s code) and chip #5 (330HP code). | $644 |
| 8-11-03 | Installed socket and high torque ECU from PUK Racing. | Free. Labor done by me. |
| 8-14-03 | Purchased SS clutch line from a list member to replace stock red hose. | $65 |
| 8-19-04 | Purchased a datalogger from Andy Whittaker. Downloaded Freescan. | $71 |
| 9-23-03 | My girlfriend is the best. For my birthday she got me an official Lotus tool kit. | Free |
| 11-4-03 | Purchased complete Lotus Manual on CD. Very handy and I highly recommend it. | $100 |
| 11-24-03 | Purchase from JAE a couple oil filters and o-rings, thermostat, axle seals, roll pins, and o-rings. | $136.84 |
| 12-25-03 | My friends and girlfriend rock. My girlfriend got me a clutch master slave cylinder as one of my presents for the Lotus. My friend got me a 10mm square socket to handle the drain plug on the transaxle. | Free |
| 12-27-03 | Installed new transaxle seals, o-rings, and rollpins and filled her up with some good ol' Mobil SHC630 fluid. Of course I messed up the driver's side so this needs to be done again. :( | $29 for the fluid, otherwise free, labor done by me. |
| 12-29-03 | Purchase from RD Enterprises some axle seals, roll pins, and o-rings... to repair the mess up I did when i installed it myself. | $115.05 |
| 1-10-04 | Installed the axle seals, again. All good now. No leaks. | Free. Labor done by me. |
| 2-11-04 | Purchased a set of Magnecor 8.5mm spark plug wires and 20 NGK BPR6EKN spark plugs from DSMotorsport. | $68 for the wires $68.20 for the plugs. |
| 2-17-04 | Installed BOV and 330HP chip from PUK Racing and cleaned up the tongues of the roof panel to eliminate the rattling and creaking. | Free. Labor done by me. |
| 2-19-04 | Purchased a new boost gauge (150-121) and fuel gauge (301-104) from Don's Sport Vehicle Sales. Both mechanical, both VDO and both match nicely. Also purchased 3 more qts of Mobil SHC630 as a back up as well as 6 Qts of Redline 20w50 oil (PO gave me 2 when I bought the car). | $70 for the gauges. $21 for the transmission fluid and $42. |
| 3-1-04 | Changed the oil, drain plug gasket and filter. Mileage at 54,206 miles. Lotus filter, Redline 20w50 Synthetic. | $40 for the oil. Filter and gasket previously purchased. Labor done by me. |
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| Total spent on repairs and maintenance | $1300.09 | |
| Total spent on un-necessary goodies :) | $885.00 | |
| Total spent to date, less the car | $2185.09 | |
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| Estimated savings by doing my own work | $1050.00 | |