Scottish Elises

Just thought i'd put a wee hello in here after browsing the site for the last week. Hopefully get my 360 ferrari sold in the near future and looking for a cheaper toy to play about with, mostly a/b road stuff and might even manage a trip down to KH but its a fair treck from Thurso (15 miles from john o'groats!). I've had a couple of 996 carrera's and a turbo in the past but a change of job now means i've got less to play with so was considering a s2 elise or caterham of some sort and noticed that s2 exiges might also be in my budget. That's about it for now, sc.

Exige S would be a great car for you to get your teeth into

Mark

Hi,

If you don't plan on much, if any, track work and you're going to keep the car a while, a 111R might well represent a good choice - roof off for B-road trips (weather permitting - bound to be some good sunshine up in Thurso though!) but modern engine and interior design (most stuff will work most of the time, which is good for a Lotus ).

The base model Exige is basically the same spec as the 111R, except for wheels, tyres and suspension - all of which are track focussed and can be counter productive on the road (R-tyres don't have much tread, cost a fortune and will chuck you in the hedges on muddy roads much more quickly than proper road tyres).

Actually I quite fancy the Elise S - less power than the 111R, but otherwise the same car, probably cheaper to buy, insure & run - I was half thinking about selling Egor and getting one of those after watching wheelie (Dave) cruise around France in august with his AC on whilst I melted in my car

Suggest you drive as many as you can before making any choice, but if you're not driving on track, I doubt a super-charger will represent good VFM

Cheers,
Robin

Robin in AirCon shocker

Looking at the prices on PH I don't think I'll be anything anytime soon - a 111R looks better value than an Elise S at present - go figure!

Cheers,
Robin

robin wrote: I doubt a super-charger will represent good VFM

I would have thought a super-charged version would be better on road than track due to all the extra low down power/torque rather than having to rev the R to 6k to find the power

Hello BTW

Paul.A wrote:Hi,
Are you a PureGT member? I recognise the avatar
Paul

certainly am

Hi sc, welcome to Scottish_Elises.

Robin, did you have the roof up or down?

tut

tut wrote:Hi sc, welcome to Scottish_Elises.

Robin, did you have the roof up or down?

tut

It may not have mattered which! On Stelvio 1999, we drove across northern Spain with the roof on - and baked. Then drove across the south of France with the roof off - and baked

tut wrote:Hi sc, welcome to Scottish_Elises.

Robin, did you have the roof up or down?

tut

On circuit roof off mostly; baked. On the run down from Edinburgh to the channel tunnel, roof off; heater broken, wearing shorts and a jumper - froze my ass off. Put the roof on in France once it got hot; baked.

Mike - Super charger may be faster on the road but who on earth _needs_ a super charger to drive on the road? These cars are fast enough with n/a 140BHP to go as fast as is sane on the road and have plenty of fun along the way. Why would you cough up the extra 2-3K for a super charger you don't need?

Cheers,
Robin