hmmmm- test drives

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:31 am

After buying my elise in dec 06 there have been many problems/niggles with my wee car, the latest of which was it getting vandalised......etched hardtop and clam.....bugger.

The quotes for the repair range from £300-£3k (see thread in technical).

Anyway, my thoughts were - maybe its just not meant to be, maybe I should try something else......

Next day I arranged some test drives in the new Civic Type R (absolutely cack, too quiet, too soft, feels sluggish - figures say otherwise), S2000 (bit better but not much, not even close to an elise and too expensive for what you get)........

After those 2 I was a bit down....are all the current cars cack?
At that point I looked up and saw an Integera Type R x plate......the salesman said to me you might prefer that if you like noisey, frantic cars.......I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME.....

What a car.....still not in elise standard but the next best thing......and more useable for every day purposes.....but still awesome!

The conclusion, getting the elise fixed and save up and buy an integra as a "shed"...... or even the old civic type R.

This is a warning....we have all now been spoiled by the lotus experiece and all new cars are cack/soft.

THE END

jj · Post by jj » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:34 am

I drove past hyndland honda (the one next to the expressway) and saw a black Integra type R on their forecourt for sale, if you are looking.

There was a thread on here last week about them which might help you!

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:35 am

That was where I went.......superb car....forget the rest of the cars

If I only had the £8.5k right now!

renmure · Post by **renmure** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:55 pm

I think if I went off the Lotus I would want a Mitsubishi Evo.

Infact I have already been through the last few editions of Autotrader and Top Marques drawing circles round the Evo VI Tommy Makinen editions and usually that ends up with a test drive

Digital · Post by **Digital** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:41 pm

ITR is a great choice (I'm biased!), would have another in an instant. 8.5K sounds a bit overpriced though, I sold mine (which was one of the last made) last year for under 7K (private sale admittedly).

Isn't Dean (deano15482) looking to sell his black Teg at the moment?

My old car

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:03 pm

renmure wrote:I think if I went off the Lotus I would want a Mitsubishi Evo.

Infact I have already been through the last few editions of Autotrader and Top Marques drawing circles round the Evo VI Tommy Makinen editions and usually that ends up with a test drive

Aye Jim, you could do with another car - the stable's looking a tad sparse at the mo

renmure · Post by **renmure** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:11 pm

rossybee wrote: Aye Jim, you could do with another car - the stable's looking a tad sparse at the mo

Wendy is away this week in US on business trip.
You know what they say about mice having fun when the cats away

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:21 pm

Aye, but wtf has that got to do with cars?

renmure · Post by **renmure** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:44 pm

I take it Mrs Bee doesnt read the forum then?

Jim

ps.. hello dear

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:49 pm

renmure wrote:

I take it Mrs Bee doesnt read the forum then?

Dang right!

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:10 pm

NOOPS 160 wrote: but for pure raw driving pleasure pound for pound I don't think there's much to to beat them.

Oh i don't know there might be a few folk here that have seen the next step up in sillyness

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:45 pm

[quote="Digital"]Isn't Dean (deano15482) looking to sell his black Teg at the moment?

Rquote]

cheers mate.....yes i am.
though to be honest i do need to do a bit of work to it to get it ready for sale.
i've been away for 6 weeks and its been neglected

looking for 6k
if you're interested meatball then send me a pm.

DEan

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:22 am

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:45 pm

I thought it was pricey too, even if it was mint.

Sadly finances dictate that I will not be buying it....aiming for 111R and shed by end of year....

Possibly be bankrupt too!

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:02 pm

Can't agree more with you about the Evo as they suit Elise ownership down to the ground.

Just had my Evo dyno'd at the MLR event at the weekend and found it was kicking out 385bhp at the flywheel and 300bhp at the wheels (Evo VIII FQ-330), no wonder the 111R was feeling slow in the overtaking opportunities

Think Mitsubishi got the abbreviation FQ about right

You can pick up an early Evo for pretty reasonable money now but obviously the maintenance required will be pretty expensive. The VI TME does not depreciate much easier so you will always get your money back.

Cheers
DMW

renmure wrote:I think if I went off the Lotus I would want a Mitsubishi Evo.

Infact I have already been through the last few editions of Autotrader and Top Marques drawing circles round the Evo VI Tommy Makinen editions and usually that ends up with a test drive