Elise CR, dark grey, Glasgow

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:41 pm

Parked up at Royal Crescent, looking cool.

woody · Post by **woody** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:50 pm

I see the one Murray's had has just been sold, perhaps that?

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:58 pm

It did have a Murrays sticker in the back window. 11 plate.

woody · Post by **woody** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:48 pm

Dominic wrote:It did have a Murrays sticker in the back window. 11 plate.

Sounds like it then. They have a rather tasty looking yellow one in as a replacement now.

Post by **campbell** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:44 am

woody wrote:
Dominic wrote:It did have a Murrays sticker in the back window. 11 plate.

Sounds like it then. They have a rather tasty looking yellow one in as a replacement now.

Mind you...aircon but no carpets? Who specced this car? Brandon, what were you smokin' man!!

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:08 am

It's a Club Racer...

At least we are fitting a stereo to it!

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:40 pm

That would be me. Just picked up the CR after trading in the Exige last week.

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:13 pm

And your thoughts?!

Post by **campbell** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:43 pm

Bated breath...

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:11 pm

Sparky wrote:That would be me. Just picked up the CR after trading in the Exige last week.

Car looked the business in that colour!

....if a little dirty!

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:50 pm

It’s been a mixed bag so far!

Good stuff:
- Still under manufacturer warranty
- Stripped out cabin
- Facelift front clam
- Cheaper to run and tax in comparison to the Exige

Bad stuff:
- Haven’t quite got used to the drop in power yet. It’s fine when driving on back roads when out for a fun drive but when pulling onto a motorway it just doesn’t have the punch that the Exige did – I know this is to be expected so I just need to get used to it.
- Engine note a bit tame – stage 2 exhaust on order to sort this.
- The neighbours think it’s a Porsche

Also I’ve had a few probs with the dash. The light behind the speedo was off and it just would not change despite following the notes in the owners manual. Craig suggested another combo of button presses and the light came ok. I thought that was it sorted but after getting petrol last week the whole dash packed in, no speedo reading, no fuel reading etc. etc. Also when opening the door there is no warning buzzer if the lights have been left on but this was all working when I picked up the car.

So the car is going back to MMC on Monday for Craig to work some magic on it. As usual MMC have been more than helpful to get this problem sorted – I got an email from Craig around 8pm the other night to see how I was getting on with the dash – I had tried disconnecting\reconnecting the battery to see if that would reset the dash but no joy.

So it’s been quite eventful so far

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:52 pm

Dominic wrote:
Sparky wrote:That would be me. Just picked up the CR after trading in the Exige last week.
Car looked the business in that colour! ....if a little dirty!

Yup, the car does need a wash!

dirkpitt · Post by **dirkpitt** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:50 pm

hey sparky,

no more red exige

, there goes the change of spotting you again

.....but hello elise CR.....good colour

. funny i was looking at that CR at one stage too... however, i didnt take the plunge...

is the CR parked often on royal cresent as i would prob pass by and take a wee look see..if you dont mind

Post by **campbell** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:10 pm

I drove it when it was Murray's demo, lovely car...just 30-40bhp short of the perfect Elise unfortunately.

Great package overall though, and I'm sure you will enjoy.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:52 am

dirkpitt wrote:hey sparky,

no more red exige , there goes the change of spotting you again .....but hello elise CR.....good colour . funny i was looking at that CR at one stage too... however, i didnt take the plunge...

is the CR parked often on royal cresent as i would prob pass by and take a wee look see..if you dont mind

Alright mate – a have a few customers at Royal Crescent but I don’t think I will be around that area for a few weeks now.

Don’t do the usual Port Dundas route as much now since the new M74 link opened but as always I’ll be around Glasgow city centre causing trouble in the CR.

I had been looking at the CR on the MMC website for a while now and with the Exige needing new tyres, service etc. I decided to move on. The Exige was a brilliant car and I’m sad to see it go but things change.

Scottish Elises