Need an Elise

[thesurfbus]

Hi, just registered as looking to get my first Elise S1.
Is there anywhere that is good to find a car, I have been looking on Ebay, Autotrader, Pistonheads, but there aren't many for sale in scotland, in the right spec/price. I have only been to see one car, and it was pretty rough, which was reflected in the price.

Doug

[woody]

A guy at work is selling his, should be up for sale & at reasonable money next week. It's silver.... And I've not really had a proper look at it or seen it in at all in the last 18 months, so can't comment on anything else.

[thesurfbus]

Hi Woody

Can you pass on his details, or give him mine, I am just south of Edinburgh.

Cheers Doug

[Dominic]

Welcome to SE

Pistonheads and autotrader are probably your best bet, and keep an eye on the classifieds on here. Happy hunting!

[scottishselise]

Hi Woody

Can you pass on his details, or give him mine, I am just south of Edinburgh.

Cheers Doug

There is a yellow s1 at Carnoustie sports cars

[j2 lot]

Good luck with the search

[Dominic]

Hi Woody

Can you pass on his details, or give him mine, I am just south of Edinburgh.

Cheers Doug

There is a yellow s1 at Carnoustie sports cars

That's been for sale there for quite a while, has it not?.... suggests something wrong / over priced? A decent S1 at the right spec and price does not stay for sale for very long IMHO.

[StiflerMR2]

It's been up for a month, started off at £9,995 and is now down to £8,495. I had a quick look around it a couple weeks back and it needs new boots and it did have a couple of spider cracks on the rear clam but seemed generally in good order (as much as a quick visual check can give you mind!). Stick on number plate and green sun strip I am not a fan off though.

If I was after an S1 I think I'd much rather buy from an owner than a garage. Allows you to get much more history and feel for how it's been maintained by speaking to the owner than a garage that has taken it as P/X or what ever.

Having said that, Gordon, who owns Carnoustie Sports Cars, made me detail everything I had done to my VX when I sold it to him as well as giving him every receipt and invoice I had so that he had a full knowledge base for selling it on - if you gave him a call I'm sure he'd let you know as much about it as he could.

For reference; I have zero affiliation with Gordon or Carnoustie Sports Cars but I have used him for Sale or Return for a couple of my cars in the past and I always though he was a top bloke who told it like it was

I'd also not limit yourself to just looking at cars in Scotland, a trip down south could turn up a better car at a better price, it could be counter productive to limit yourself to cars up here.

Oh and welcome and good luck with the hunt!

[thesurfbus]

Thanks for your input, I did see that one from Carnoustie, however I really don't like that colour especially with the contrasting Green roof and seats (and I have just sold a yellow car and fancy a change).
I went and saw the Ruby Red one on Autotrader for £7k, it was a total shed, and would have needed a lot of money spent on it do bring it up to a decent standard.
I am looking UK wide, and there are a few ones I like the look of, but I don't have much spare time to go on wasted trips round the country.

[StiflerMR2]

No problem, I'm not a massive fan of yellow myself

This one is for sale in Tayside and is (imo) the pick of the S1's being a 135 Sport:

http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... =7&t=33933

It was discussed fairly in depth on the forum a week back:

http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... 8&start=45

HTH

[thesurfbus]

That was a good read, but I have a few questions?
Do they all suffer from shot blasting to the paint on the front end, and to the front of the rear arches?
What is considered a high mileage on an Elise?
Does the hardtop make a big difference or is the soft top fine?

[robin]

Shot blasting is common - most of them get resprays from time to time to correct that (or they get crashed, which fixes it too).

100,000 miles would be high mileage for an S1 - a couple of our members are up at that sort of mileage but many do less than 4K/year I think.

Hard top appears to fetch money and yet only really useful to people who plan to commute in their S1. All of them leak one way or another

[jimbo]

This seems as good a time as any to say that, with a heavy heart, I will be selling my S1 in the very near future (about the next 4 weeks).
My wife is pregnant with our first baby, and I move house in the next week to somewhere a lot bigger and therefore more expensive than our current flat. When she is on maternity leave we will need the extra money for sure, so I have reluctantly agreed to sell.

There are a couple of things im sorting before I sell, seems only fair. If you want to know any more info, drop me a pm. I'll be putting up a post in the classified section towards the end of July.

Cheers

James

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[tut]

Very nice car, ex Mark Mackenzie.

tut

[j2 lot]

I would agree - excellent colour. If I was looking for an S1 I would start there