Don't forget your wellies when you do!
Don't get me wrong. The original Elite encapsulated Chapman's design ethos: light; excellent roadholding; good performance mainly because of the power to weight ratio.
"Chunky" tended to design just to last one Grande Epreuve: before things broke!
Which was not a lot of use in a road car!
Unfortunately, it also pointed up the flaws in Lotus attempts at even small volume production.
Still, as you say, after all these years it ought to be marginally sorted by this time!
Perhaps the Elan was a more acceptable "Everyday" car: once Lotus had sorted out minor irritations like the read driveshaft bungies tying themselves in knots if you went away from stationary too dramatically!
And the fuel frothing because the Rubber O ring plates were so badly designed. Where the carbs hand't actually fallen off as the manifold fractured due to the weight of a pair of 40 DCOEs shaking like a wet jelly!
Same prob with the Lotus Cortina until the bonded joint plates arrived.