Scottish Elises

greedyboythomson · Post by **greedyboythomson** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:57 pm

The S2 I'm looking at is silver, different car then.. Pity, could maybe have had him thrown in a blonde swedish chick to adorn the passenger's seat!

greedyboythomson · Post by **greedyboythomson** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:59 pm

Cue the forum's swedish blonde member taking offence....

Post by **Shug** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:55 pm

Glasgow lapdancing club?

More likely to be a haggard 40yr old with plastic t!ts from Possil......

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:04 pm

greedyboythomson wrote:Okay, maybe the HGF gag wasn't the way to endear myself! Gareth, I apologise sincerely, I posted the correction sharpish so I hadn't expected you to take offence. Yeah, and I got the colour mixed up too...

The bloke that owns it works in Edinburgh, so it might not be the same guy.

There is only room for one C*NT round here and that's me...

I would of been at KH earlier this year...

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:09 pm

greedyboythomson wrote:Cue the forum's swedish blonde member taking offence....

Post by **Shug** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:10 pm

No, Greg - that thing on your wall - it's a poster, not a mirror....

HTH

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:35 pm

though my chest does look fabulous on it..

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:52 pm

Shug wrote:No, Greg - that thing on your wall - it's a poster, not a mirror....

HTH

Post by **simon** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:46 pm

I reckon the whole "a tracked car is better maintained than a road car" speak is utter sh!te tbh. Who's to say that if I didn't track my car it's less looked after than someone that does? The truth is, any car that is looked after properly is worth looking at. How you tell that car apart from another is the difficult bit.
I wouldn't discount a tracked car just because it's been thrashed round KH. Elises are driven hard most of the time, it's their intended purpose and any 2nd hand one will have had that.

mac · Post by **mac** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:52 pm

I think perhaps the correct definition should be of a USED car rather than one that sits in a nice warm garage and turns a wheel about twice a year.

Mac

Post by **Shug** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:53 pm

simon wrote:I reckon the whole "a tracked car is better maintained than a road car" speak is utter sh!te tbh. Who's to say that if I didn't track my car it's less looked after than someone that does? The truth is, any car that is looked after properly is worth looking at. How you tell that car apart from another is the difficult bit.
I wouldn't discount a tracked car just because it's been thrashed round KH. Elises are driven hard most of the time, it's their intended purpose and any 2nd hand one will have had that.

Dude, we're talking law of averages. Which would you go for:

2000 S1 - 9000 miles, occasional use.

1999 S1 - 35,000 miles, road and track use, maintained regardless of cost.

There are some who would just look at the numbers in the examples above and see the 2000 car as better. Clearly, it's unlikely to be the case. I'm not suggesting that you don't look at a car that's not been tracked FFS! Just to think more about the care that's been taken over it.

BTW - you'd be amazed how many Elises (who's owners wouldn't touch an internet group) get used as town-bound posing wagons. One car I've looked at clearly hadn't been driven above 50mph for years - as it'd have the owner in a hedge if it had!

Post by **simon** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:03 pm

I would pick the track car but I don't think that's a fair comparison of 2 average Elises. e.g. I have a friend who owns an early S1 and it's done 40k+ miles and never seen any track action but I know it's been very well maintained. I would pick it over a lower mileage tracked car every time as it's been well maintained.

Post by **Shug** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:09 pm

Fair enough, not a straight comparison - but from what he posted, the guy asking the question would have jumped straight at car 1.

You're getting hung up on the track thing. I reacted to the guy when he laughed at the thought of buying a tracked car. At no point do I say don't buy a car that isn't tracked!

We're saying the same thing - look for a car that's been maintainted properly. Doesn't matter if it's tracked or not. My only point is that through necessity most tracked cars will be looked after. With a road only car, it's not a certainty, but of course every road-only user doesn't just let it rot.

Post by **simon** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:41 pm

Shug wrote:You're getting hung up on the track thing. I reacted to the guy when he laughed at the thought of buying a tracked car. At no point do I say don't buy a car that isn't tracked!

Not getting hung up on it, just that I've read similar stuff on selcock where the person says "blah blah track car better blah blah etc." and probably didn't read your post properly as with 1100 posts to read, I really cba!

Shug wrote:We're saying the same thing

Pretty much

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:27 am

simon wrote:I would pick the track car but I don't think that's a fair comparison of 2 average Elises. e.g. I have a friend who owns an early S1 and it's done 40k+ miles and never seen any track action but I know it's been very well maintained. I would pick it over a lower mileage tracked car every time as it's been well maintained.

What people are trying to do is to attempt to counter the common misconception that a tracked car = an abused car. There are always exceptions.

Hi