My DREAM Lotus Esprit nearly CAUGHT FIRE before I bought it
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Casey Putsch finally located his dream car, a 1985 Lotus Esprit Turbo in white over red. This car is similar to to the James Bond Lotus from "For Your Eyes Only" that was driven by Roger Moore. Upon meeting the owner and reviewing the car before paying for it, Casey discovered the car showed zero oil pressure. Casey rigged up a way to read the oil pressure before buying the car and nearly caught the car on fire from a short circuit. Does Casey buy his dream car for future Casey's 80s Garage episodes?
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This was a heck of a day and I hope you enjoyed coming along for the ride!
The 80s had some interesting cars, to say the least, and the Lotus Esprit, the baseline for almost all supercars of the time, was among one of the most interesting, and unlike most of them of the time, is actually affordable now, and doesn't have insane appreciation rates.
I think that the affordability is the main pull of them now. Why wait through decades of savings for an M1, assuming life goes in a good direction, when early Esprits exist at a tenth of the cost?
@@ashleyhamman I highly appreciate that the first person to comment back was also a fellow noncis human
@@ashleyhamman well the 80 year olds with all the cars are about to die which supplies the world with millions of ruined cars from pre 1980's.
But your professional experts have said we're 45 years into the decline of the world which soon results in everyone using weapons to attack everyone else.
Its already happening.
The next 200 are all going to be very bad.
Already English is not enough to communicate with.
It was no baseline. They were snobs who wouldn't give roger a free car.
We put them out of business as a payback for hurting roger our hero, and all-round nice guy.
The people who bought them hated everyone especially roger moore fans.
They wanted to buy English OR pose with the car.
They chose to be isolated from the community.
My dream cars are the 944 and lotus esprit too. I have my 944s but have never pulled the trigger on the esprit. I do have an evora 400.
80s LOTUS ESPRIT!!! YESSS!!…I absolutely love this model of notice also one of my big dream cars. I know it’s not the same but that’s the reason I love my Fiero, Same 80s shape same 80s feel… not fast I agree but that’s fixable! Great find Casey!!
Light weight sports car have to love it.
It was designed in the 70's.
Its a 70's car. It takes 10 years for pencils and rulers to get product into production.
I see it as a mid 1950's car.
That car is a great choice Casey. I had an '82 dry sump turbo. It is in the top two of my list of cars owned. Whether the Esprit is number one or the S1 Elise is number one depends on my mood. They beat out some fairly exotic competition to be the top two. Mine was pretty reliable over seven years of ownership but it was only five years old when I bought it.
Check the condition of the fuel tanks and the balance pipe that runs between them. They can rust out. The brakes are a little bit marginal under very hard road use (by that I mean beyond sensible and legal) so I am pretty sure they would not be up to track use. You can throw all the maintenance in the world at the stock braking system to ensure they are 100%, I know I did, and they are still not quite up to the mark.
Always leave the car in gear if you park on a slope. The handbrake mechanism lacks leverage and as the discs cool down there is a risk the car will set off downhill.
Some fun facts for you:
1. If the electric radio aerial fails you have to take the door off to replace it.
2. The factory approved procedure for replacing a handbrake cable involves cutting a hole in the sill, repair the sill and then paint. I have never heard of anyone having to do that but it's in the service manual.
3. Assuming the clock is in the roof liner, as mine was, if you launch the car really hard the plastic clock cover will fly off. Bonus points for catching the cover before the shift to second.
I hope you enjoy the Esprit as much as I did. Good luck.
Congratulations. Fortunate to own a 1990 SE for nearly 30 years. Wonderful cars.
I have a 91SE for 15 years. Love the car. No reliability issues at all. And great to look at.
Awesome things.
I am living 4 miles from Hethel. The Lotus factory. Looking after my Grandad at the family home. My Mum and two of my aunt's worked there in the 70's and our neighbour probably sprayed both of those. They were full of filler before even being sprayed. Check the rear subframe very well before enjoying yourself too much.
To truly enjoy the experience, the viewer should listen to Sheena Easton singing "For Your Eyes Only" after watching this video, then queue up their favorite 80's tunes.
Great song!
Unfortunately you're revealing your age group.
This was brand new at the time and is full of the old world stuff.
Its made by an establishment that never fitted into the 1980's culture.
Women were already spitting on this male shovenistic product.
Hiring sheena was an insiders joke.
Roger made sure to keep everyone calm and sell a worthwhile product to the world.
Its probably 1950's with a twist.
And roger is responsible for that twist.
They got away with the 1950's horrible nasty joke on society because roger is actually a nice guy.
And because the children of the 1970's trusted roger.
We paid for the movie and nobody was going to attack the children of the 1970's.
Our fathers bashed into us that roger wasn't upto seans level.
If we said we liked roger we were beaten up with punches to our head.
You're not going to sugar coat the 1980's.
James Bond is 1950's and don't you forget it.
@@dreyn7780 I think you're revealing your abusive background and your jaded view towards it more than what the film has to do with anything.
And honestly chauvinism?
The Roger films are hardly that when they're laughing at how piss poor Lotus quality is.
I think what you're thinking of is misogyny.
And there's a great big disconnect between book Bond and movie Bond that Roger and Sean helped make the gap even wider.
Roger opposed to the scene where he twisted Miss Anders' arm and made the scriptwriters make him more of a lover than an abuser because that's what he wanted it to be.
I know for a fact that Lois Chiles from Moonraker heard a bad joke on set from Cubby but it seems to have been a bigger misunderstanding that anything.
There isn't one Bond girl that said they didn't want or liked doing the part other than the ones that wanted to stir up controversy afterwards.
Are Bond's hands clean? No.
There's always a "damsel in distress" and the one that gets sacrificed in most of the old ones.
But don't think that wasn't thrown back at Bond, even in 1965's Thunderball Fiona lectures him about Goldfinger and the woman returning to side of right and virtue...etc.
All I really got from the Bond movies was a fun time. If you read that far into it that I think nobody really cared about because everything in the 70s wasn't politically correct, you're absolutely kidding me.
The general public loved Roger by at least 1977. He was already pop culture because he was The Saint.
The fact that it's a product of the 50s doesn't mean much, Bond is undeniable pop culture that though it was an anomaly in the 80s doesn't mean it didn't have its place.
It shows more about you than anyone else here to feel this way about it.
@@Petrospect yeah history gets rewriten over and over.
The pop culture keeps adding to it.
Each generation wants to add their input into it.
You and I know that.
You are what you eat and do.
By your response I can tell what era you're from too.
Look at RUclips, 1177, BC :When civilization callapsed, Eric klein.
These are your professional experts saying we won't be able to communicate to each other soon.
There's nothing to replace the role religion used to do.
Yeah you can buy cheap cars today but generations are attacking each other.
Its not safe just walking a hundred metres up the street.
You''ll see 4 car drivers looking at their iphone in their lap .
So buy your car, but if you drive it in Australia in 2021 it will be smashed within the year, and probably on the 1st day.
But You''ll also be knifed within 20 minutes of driving.
Culture was all mined out.
Ballroom dancing was destroyed by the babyboomer insurance policy.
When your society uses insurance to prevent people from ballroom dancing, you know things are bad.
I've met the guys who chop people up and their victims.
I know everyone around me is carrying at least 3 knives and they're about to use them.
I'm a witness to 48 murders.
I know what the attackers look like and what victims look like.
@@dreyn7780 I'm not sure I follow.
Don't think I want to.
Interesting insights.
I like to pack up the Hash Pipe with Rocky and get all schmoked up while watching the Casey Punch videos.
SOOOOOOOOO VERY JEALOUS!!!!!!!!! I am loving the 80's garage reboot so far!
Congrats on the Lotus Turbo Esprit purchase! I have an 83 "Investor Edition" (#32 of 50 made. Lotus offered new investors in the USA who dropped $200K and above a piece of the company and a special version of the Esprit. There were 47 investors, and Lotus offered 3 to the general public. They got the first removable sun roof, upgraded leather and paint, balanced/blueprinted engines, a hand painted "Special Edition #xx" on the outside of the drivers door, and a sterling silver steering wheel badge with the investors name). I dropped a cam belt on my second test drive around the block when it was delivered! Apparently previous owner left it outside for 7-8 years and toasted the belt. Ouch$$$. If in doubt, always change the cam belt! Engine now rebuilt and ready to drop in. I'm looking forward to some serious seat time, and of coarse your content! My car needs interior/exterior redo next. Cheers!
Now Casey, when I said Jon would be passing the torch with your purchase of this Esprit, I didn’t mean that literally!!! 😂. Glad you made it back safely, enjoy the beautiful awful world of a terrible awesome car!! 😆
Really the only way to describe a Lotus isn't it ?
I swear Casey’s garage gets crazier and crazier each year!
*CRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP,* Casey. Thanks for giving me something I suddenly want to buy, that I didn't know I needed. That is really cool. Time to go shopping.
That was awesome man, so happy for you. I would have been he same way and "need" to see that OP for myself too. That's always been one of my dream cars as well, enjoy it. Have a great day.
Always wanted a lotus esprit, totally into the red interior! Cheers 🥂 and congratulations 🍾
I’ve spent roughly 40 of my 55 years on the planet, fighting the urge to buy an Esprit. One day I hope I’ll stop winning that fight.
I lost a few years ago. best thing ever....
These are such cool cars. And hey, it's way nicer than Tavarish's.
Pretty Woman vs For Your Eyes Only.
Tough pick for me.
Thinking the same.
@@Petrospect I've gotta go with Bond.
I forgot until just now that in elementary school I had a folder with a Lotus Esprit on it.
There were really only 3 cars that i had any memorabilia of(if you want to call it that).
I had the folder with the Esprit, models of The blue with white stripes Vipers, and a Saleen S7 poster.
Guess I know what your next big purchase should be lol
Thanks, I just started watching Miami Vice for the first time.
'I nearly set a car on fire' is just as click bait of a title and probably a little more accurate😁
Very nice
Not enough information to communicate with anybody.
Roger was very nice.
Roger and casey are vastly different people.
If roger met jay leno for the 1st time, socially, roger would be quiet.
The Esprit is one of my top 3 dream cars. Ill never be able to afford, but thats why they are dream cars.
Got me looking for a 944 after watching the maintenance videos on yours. Thanks for the content.
Knocking ripped jeans on an 80's garage themed episode, is like booing round headlights in the vintage Porsche chat. 😂
James bond is 1950's generation.
@@dreyn7780 That's true of the books, but I own the entire set of films, and they began in the early 60's with Dr. No. The film that featured the Lotus Esprit was 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me. But most importantly the Lotus Esprit in this video is a 1985, ergo, this video is within the "Casey's 80's Garage" theme.
@@Point_Particle I’ve retired from listening to men.
Loved my old '88 Lotus Esprit Turbo !!!! Red w/ Saddle leather.. Gorgeous Car !! I had the only one in Athens, Ga. Couldn't hide anywhere~~;-) BTW, in the 3 years I owned it, I never had a problem with it, except for a polarity switch that ran the headlights. Sold it and bought another 911 Carrera.
I had one of these in the late 90's. Mine was an '87 and FI but similar to this one. It was pretty decent with only the occasional electrical switches giving me some issues. I have heard that fuel tanks give issues now due to foam held up against the tank and causing them to rust over time It is an enjoyable toy.
I love your new White 85 Lotus Esprit, i have always loved the look of these Lotus's, this will look nice along side your Black 04 Lamborghini Gallardo!
Ok, yes I see you bought the Esprit. Looking forward to more content on it.
Never appreciated the cars from the 80s era, thought they were boring. Am a 90's guy myself. Apparently there are some cool cars like the Esprit. Awesome that you're grabbing these cars and showing them for our enjoyment Casey.
Dream car of mine as well ! had a chance to snag an early 90s green one for cheap but i was too young and didnt have enough money ! awesome find
Congrats. I did rebuild one for a custumer just over a decade ago. Ground up resto. Still as new today.
If you know your way around it and maintain it propperly they are not at all unreliable.
And endless fun to drive.........And lots of turbo lag. :)
I have the non turbo version, is it worth restoring ? In your opinion
@@josefranco1612 depends on condition and how much is missing. Finding parts can be tricky and expensive but technically those are simple to work on. Engine is easy to pull out so highly recommended to do so if it needs some work.
Restore to sell is probably not worth the effort but if the plan is to keep it I would say yes. Those are super fun to drive.
Going 200% Giugiaro :) Missing still:
Scirocco MK1
Golf MK1
Alfasud
A 105 series GT/GTV
😁
Go get ‘m all
My old stomping grounds , congrats on the lotus .
What a beauty. My actual dream car. Lower it like the red one maybe?
You have most excellent taste in automobiles, sir
I like your tastes Casey. I have to say though, no mechanical masochists life is complete without a Wankel.
He's got the Lotus, he's got the Alfa, he may as well complete the set with an FC and have the most unreliable 80s garage haha
That’s an excellent 80s trio you’ve gathered, sir. Here’s hoping GG gets a DeLorean to upgrade 🤞🤞🤞
U should buy a c4 corvette and complete the 80s garage! 🙃👍🏻
I know a guy who was SCCA AutoX National Champion running a Europa but, he had a Mazda 12A/13B motor in it for reliability....He had a repair shop specuializing in Lotus Esprits....The V8 Turbo cars caused him to shutter his shop and become a finance guy @ a Toyota dealership....Enjoy the experience....When you have collection of autos with questionable reliability issues....Guess you can make that up by owning a rather large large stable of cars....Might I recommend you acquire a Subaru STI just to have a nice reliable Winter car🤣
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I see Alex and Sam facepalming, when they hear your hit on trying to speak Italian. Grow a mustache and try again! Düüürrrr! 😂
Thinking back the white esprit got blown up in For Your Eyes Only.
Then in the Q scene Bond went "i see you got the lotus back together again"
Typical lotus. lol
All you need is an Aston of some des- oh wait you really do have a Bond garage lol.
Amazing addition, glad you got an Esprit. Love these things.
*he thinks he's Bond*
to quote Top Gear lol
I have a British car.
It also has things plugged with screws.. 😄
Awesome Lotus😎😎😎
Very COOL 😎 car , Casey ‼
What was mileage on car when you bought it again ?
Was it a complete rebuild with NEW turbo ?
Have you replaced timing belt / water pump since you bought it ?
What was asking price and what did you pay ?
Simply STUNNING, ICONIC 80 's COOL 😎💥‼
Wow you were in Lafayette? I’m right around the corner studying at Purdue!
Congratulations mate, what a car! ! !!
Great find Casey !!!
Damnit even though Thier more than twice my age why do i like the 80s car's so much.
"I havent even snorted anything"
A bit on the nose, don't you think...
This guy oozes cocaine.
Southern ways Epsilon, Compomotive mesh or Bbs rs wheels will look awesome on the car.....
I have 94 S4 and I love that thing lol
A little fire under the hood is normal
Esprits are such beautiful 80's cars. I like them better than a Countach (heresy?)
Agreed!
Collecting the Cannonball Run cars? Next you need an van ambulance. Yaaasssss
Heh! I've driven the white one and I stored the red one for over a decade!
BTW, if you need your windows washed, Henderson Window Service is your best bet for the cleanest windows
Im gonna get one these one day... Yellow turbo. And ill be content..
This is the only thing I have seen of yours that interests me.
Always liked the esprit
Casey demonstrating why it is a Lotus. Trying to work on it involves Yoga poses.
Wow you bought one!!! Cool 😳
I wish it was a Z31, but I do know their not cool enough for a You Tube channel. Yet!!!! The Lotus is KOOL
I’m more jealous of your Lotus than the Lambo…… but love them all😎
Congrats! Such a cool car :D
Good thing you are medium height and slender. At 6-4 260# I would be hard pressed to fit into an early Esprit like this.
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This and squatting!
Can't wait to see what you do with this.... if you need a Lotus S4 engine and transaxle that were rebuilt (with electronic fuel injection), let me know. I'm selling all the drivetrain out of my Esprit so I can LS swap it. :D
Now that’s heresy! Join the esprit Owners On FB and you’ll find a buyer.
@@chandrab I have spent who knows how many thousands of dollars at J.A.E.... great guys, but now parts are becoming harder and harder to come by. I still love the look of my car and want to make it the car people seeing it EXPECT it to be.
Why on earth would they build an "exotic" sports car with only 215hp!?! This car looks like it should easily hit 180mph and yet it hates going over 140mph.
My goal now is to make the car what it SHOULD have been... and I can hardly wait to give my neighbor (Stradman) a run for his money with any of his cars! :)
@@RealRickCox have you tried SJ motor sports for parts? I got it for straight from the lotus CEO why they stuck with the UN1. They tried going to a custom gearbox but the costs at their volume and costs to qualify were prohibitive. Renault was very helpful and at theater couple of years they were only customer for the UN1 and Renault was still hand building them in France. When they shut down the factory, so went the un1 and went the esprit. (One of the reasons)
How about making it a scuba as it used to be? :)
Great car, have a lot of fun with it!
That was "Spy Who Loved Me". This one is from "For Your Eyes Only".
Love the color 🤘🏽
Hey, now you and your wife have color-matching cars. :)
Nice car.
I (briefly) had a '92 Esprit. How tall are you? I'm 5'9, which was a problem because the top of the steering wheel occupied quite a bit of my field of vision, to the point where it gave me a slight headache from constantly shifting focus between the wheel and the road. Neither the seat nor the wheel were adjustable. :/ Really, really neat car, though.
It's your coolest car so far :)
I like to bring a piece of Ward's 90s garage and buy the genius garage team lunch and stop up for a visit. Can we make that happen Casey?
Maan, thats my dream car too!
You’re buying all my dream cars Sir!!!
What did you par for it? I remember 20 years ago I helped a friend by an 87 and it was around 25k at the time, these seem to be going for upwards of 50-60 these days.
I have a 1977 version and trying to sell. But it needs a lot of work.
The engine cover comes out so easy, then you could get into the back lean over the engine, put a piece of foam on top of the engine to be more comfortable. Then you can see in so easily. The previous owner should have known about the easy removal of the engine cover….🥴
Casey... you're cool driving shoes!!!!!!! Who makes them 🤔 are they still currently selling them or are they from the 80s???????
Grand Prix originals awesome ahoea
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it..." Famous last words, if he didn't have at least a little faith 😁 But I TOTALLY agree with Casey 😎
Awesome find! 😁 Don't mind Red vinyl interior.
My father had a Late 70's Black LeBaron with red vinyl...I'm GLAD shorts have increased in length since we were kids 🤣
Ah, but it is pure leather…Connolly leather from the same heritage of Rolls Royce!!! Only the best for a British legend 😃…and when it is supple and has been well taken care of, it’s a beautiful thing!!!
@@ezdubbin97 either will have you sitting in the hot seat if left in the sun 🤣
@@Towtrucker9876 it’s the full experience!!! The sound of sticky skin ripping off the leather when you get up, plus that squeaky sound of the leather seats rubbing against leather panels over bumps 😆
Gotta play Duran Duran and A-ha in it
Wow, you were about 4 miles from my house.
I didn't hear you mention the Viper, so that makes four cars you own, unless you still have the buggy, makes five? ;-)
Want!
I didn't know these side of Mike Budenholzer
Ha Casey said mid 90s and his voice cracked like it was the mid 90s
Niceeeeee
Did anyone else rewind the video when Casey said the bolt was “funky”? I thought he said a different f word.
Bold move wearing a white hat to work on a car from the 80's
lmfao... what a big spark.
Girls in ripped jeans: Imagine if a guy walked round in rags, women would be thinking what a loser, who wants to know him?
if it hain't broke, don't fix it, sell it to someone before it does break.
This is a comment so youtoob pays you more 💰.
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Leave a like on my comment, if you think, that the Amiga/Arcade hype about "Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge" saved Lotus from bancruptcy at least once.
Love ya but i won't validate you like the oil guage
Wow, I have to say, Casey was in a weird mood on this one.
Debs
Just watch this video from Old Car Memories. Might add a few cars to your shopping list. ruclips.net/video/d2vmfUDefTQ/видео.html
Well, it's cool, but its not a first gen CRX.
“The ones I’m looking at are good looking” wholesome boomer moment