[Pete LMC]

The following did not actualy happen to me but has come to my attention, I will most probably be in a spot of trouble over this " but here goes ".

LOTUS 7 RIGID TOWBAR

A Warning Message!

A word of warning to owners of Lotus 6, 7, 11’s etc with aluminum nose cones and also who are members of the *** if like me you are ever in need to call them out and use them to get you home, do not under any circumstances let them tow you with a rigid metal tow bar!

When I needed this service, I asked their patrol man to have my Lotus 7 put onto the apparatus which lifts two wheels off the ground, but was refused. I was asked whether I had been towed before, replied yes and signed a form. All this in the pouring rain and without my reading glasses! £1500 (or maybe £1600) worth of damage later the *** insists that I agreed to a clause (in their small print) that stipulates that I had received adequate training from their patrolman and that the damage to my nose cone and radiator is therefore my fault.

The moral is that if you breakdown and can’t fix it on the roadside, insist on your car being trailered or carried home, or refuse to sign the “Customer Service Report” unless this disclaimer is crossed out. A message from a wiser, but poorer, old Lotus owner who learned the hard way!