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my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:33 am
by bigrichi
God i miss not having an Elise.
been thinking about getting another one and watching the ad's on pistonheads etc and found
my old car still up for sale!!!!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/826890.htm
thats been there since June!!!
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:42 am
by robin
Buy it back?
Cheers,
Robin
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:42 am
by bigrichi
was thinking about it but dunno if i fancy the debt in the current credit climate
he must be gettin desperate to shift it though, he gave me £17200 for it and its been sitting for 6 months
cant be much profit left in it now??
who says the dealers always have big margins lol
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:24 pm
by mwmackenzie
hehehehe... Offer him £16,200

Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:52 pm
by mckeann
buy my S2 135R (with 170bhp) and save yourself some cash. Its better aswell

Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:00 pm
by bigrichi
mwmackenzie wrote:hehehehe... Offer him £16,200

ha ha,somebody email him an offer please.....see what he says
he has my email address
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:04 pm
by a4drk
Is that not quite dear?
Braidwood have got an 05 Plate Exige for the same money.
http://brdwd.co.uk/cgi-bin/details.pl?v_vin=HF05FWO
Either that or the Exige is too cheap.
David

Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:26 pm
by Digital
That Exige is obviously a bargain, it's got the highly desirable power assisted steering and colour-coded bumpers

The "sports seats" look suspiciously like the standard ones though...
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:09 pm
by bigrichi
surely must be overpriced if its been on the forecourt for 6 months.
he actually started at £20500 with it

Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:00 pm
by tut
In todays climate £15K would be more realistic.
tut
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:58 pm
by bigrichi
tut wrote:In todays climate £15K would be more realistic.
tut
think youir bout right Tut, maybe even a bit less if he's desperate and knowing the car, think would be a decent buy at that.
think its a case of.....he's paid too much when he got it from me and is trying to recoup some of the cost
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:32 pm
by scott_e
missing my Lotus too. Sold it back in April 2008 after owning for 1 year and 1 day. I look at autotrader, lotuscars, pistonheads every day !!! So many good deals at the moment. Going to try and hold off for a bit as i have a wee one on the way and the economic climate is all over the place at the moment.
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:12 pm
by a4drk
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Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:49 pm
by DJ
Digital wrote:
That Exige is obviously a bargain, it's got the highly desirable power assisted steering and colour-coded bumpers

The "sports seats" look suspiciously like the standard ones though...
I'll save anyone else the hassle by telling them not to bother going to look at this car. I viewed it in mid Oct when it was 18995. I CBA posting up all the things wrong with it, but believe me, it's a lot ! I know another SE'er has also looked at it and quickly walked away.
Re: my old Elise
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:24 pm
by scott_e
DJ wrote:Digital wrote:
That Exige is obviously a bargain, it's got the highly desirable power assisted steering and colour-coded bumpers

The "sports seats" look suspiciously like the standard ones though...
I'll save anyone else the hassle by telling them not to bother going to look at this car. I viewed it in mid Oct when it was 18995. I CBA posting up all the things wrong with it, but believe me, it's a lot ! I know another SE'er has also looked at it and quickly walked away.
Thanks for posting that info

I talked to Braidwood too, didnt go as far as viewing it however. Its been up for sale for a very long time and got them down to 17k just with emails but 37,000 track miles put me off it.