Scottish Elises

Looking to buy an s2 exige, found a red one on ebay for £14450, the reg is YK54CNX can anyone tell me anything about the car dont know where it was registered but its now located in Norwich so maybe nobody knows nothing about it? The description on ebay isnt very good but i text him yesterday and he says hes away till the weekend and will get in contact with me about the car on saturday also the pictures arent great and he says its needing a few small jobs to make it a very clean car will just have to wait and see what he says at the weekend.

heres the link to advert- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-LOTUS-EX ... 3f2a5eb103

Cheers

Steven

Ad doesnt really tell you/show you very much other than a lesson in how not to market a car

that was also my thoughts but claims a full description and more photos will be uploaded at the weekend i notice hes had 2 offers but so far declined them both

steven

Roof scoop isn't standard. Would imagine service history is ropey at best!

YK54 is a Leeds plate, which means it was sold new by JCT600 - give them a shout to look for any history

I have a feeling there won't be much...

Roof scoop is from the later 08-09 MY so probably had a new roof fitted. The rear spoiler has be colour coded, should be black for that model year. Not much info in the ad but at that price certainly worth a look. At least HPI check the car and see what comes back. If it has been sat for 2 years then it will likely need a bunch of TLC but still a cheap Exige.

cheers for responses never noticed the roof scoop until it was pointed out but I had noticed the spoiler was colour coded, will hopefully get more information and pictures at the weekend from the owner and will take it from there interested to see what its needing to be made into a very clean car though? haha

thanks again

steven

just done a car check and theres no bad news really, not been stolen/ recovered, involved in a crash only strange thing is that it says the last keeper change was the 30th of july 2013 and the advert for the car says its sat idle for the past 2 years? will wait and speak to the owner at the weekend

steven

Not looked at the ad mate, but gut feeling with an Elise/Exige is that if it's sat for a couple of years is that they are storing lots of potential costs...

Up to you if it's cheap enough to balance against potentially replacing seals and stuff when you do start to use it.

Shug wrote:Not looked at the ad mate, but gut feeling with an Elise/Exige is that if it's sat for a couple of years is that they are storing lots of potential costs...

Up to you if it's cheap enough to balance against potentially replacing seals and stuff when you do start to use it.

im looking for one with the intention of using it every day to go to and from work (I stay less than a mile away from work) I had a quick scan through the guys recent feedback and discovered in the past year hes bought a few exige parts- electric window switches (x2), boot lid/ engine cover, boot hinges, rear light and a brake clutch master cylinder

steven

findlay12 wrote:(I stay less than a mile away from work)steven

Can i be the one that says maybe think about walking to work or a bike perhaps?!

I will maybe start walking or biking to work if I buy a lotus

steven

To be fair, I live 3.5 miles away from work and have been known to walk it, occasionally run it, and more often cycle it. However have joined the Apex Gym which is 30 seconds from my office, so now driving it a bit more!

findlay12 wrote:just done a car check and theres no bad news really, not been stolen/ recovered, involved in a crash only strange thing is that it says the last keeper change was the 30th of july 2013 and the advert for the car says its sat idle for the past 2 years? will wait and speak to the owner at the weekend

steven

Could have been taking a private plate off.

I bought a Scirocco once. Owner took off private plate before sale - but on the paperwork he put his middle initial which wasnt on the log book.....DVLA classed him as a new owner, just because hed added his middle initial to the form...unreal.

Andy

find out what the list of job is and you could do pretty well at that sort of price.

I'm sure Craig at MMC would help you get it back roadworthy etc at reasonable money also.