Looking for an Elise / Exige under £20k

[Milkybar Kid]

Not sure what spec to be honest, was hoping you lot could enlighten me as to what would be best to go for.
Handling is more important than speed, acceleration comes close second.
Not looking for a track car, just one to pose in

Ideally low mileage and good nick.

Soft or hard top, not fussed.

Not particularly fussed about colour, have my preferences like anyone else.

I need advice more than anything, give me a shout please!

Cheers
Lewis

[craigs135s]

http://www.pistonheads.com

Am also in EK mate if you want to have a look round and a drive in my Exige let me know.

Cheers
C

[BiggestNizzy]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/486541.htm



I'm already nursing a semi

[g1zmo26]

http://www.pistonheads.com

Am also in EK mate if you want to have a look round and a drive in my Exige let me know.

Cheers
C

Craig he said 20k not 50k ,or has the bidding war stopped at 20k now.

I am also in EK lewis, and got a purple s2 elise not as clean as craigs exige going by the pic but open air driving you can't beat it


Stuart

[g1zmo26]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/486541.htm



I'm already nursing a semi

Seen that last night and my semi is now gone no sh*t its back again


Stuart

[craigs135s]

http://www.pistonheads.com

Am also in EK mate if you want to have a look round and a drive in my Exige let me know.

Cheers
C

Craig he said 20k not 50k ,or has the bidding war stopped at 20k now.

I am also in EK lewis, and got a purple s2 elise not as clean as craigs exige going by the pic but open air driving you can't beat it


Stuart

30k will be fine.

Cheers
C

[Milkybar Kid]

Cheers guys
I spotted that exige aswell, Cant quite work out if it is a pale blue/ silver or its just silver and lights hitting it.
Im going to have a look at it on saturday.
Ill have to see the bank before i go anywhere though as ive not got it all sitting just now.
Few months should comver it if i was to go it alone but not sure if i can wait that long
Any advice on suspension spec etc? nizzy suggested s2 susp would be better.
Advice on anything else like engines etc would be crackin
Cheers again
Lewis

[jj]

If you want to pose an S1 Exige will do your tits in; its shocking to drive through town given that the engine kangaroos at anything below 2.5k rpm.

All the posers buy s2 exiges and polish them (been there done that )

[Milkybar Kid]

See this is the kind of stuff i need to hear

Are all K series engines like this or can it be rectified by a milder choice of cam etc etc?

Compared to the K are the toyota engines reliable and useable enough to justify the price difference?

I dont care about the price of fuel and economy of the engine, i wont be driving all that much (i keep telling myself anyway)
Maybe up to 3/4k a year.

Another question i had was weight difference between s1/s2 elise and exige.

jj what do you have now?

craig and stuart mind if i give you a shout when i get back to have a look round your cars?

[craigs135s]

See this is the kind of stuff i need to hear

Are all K series engines like this or can it be rectified by a milder choice of cam etc etc?

Compared to the K are the toyota engines reliable and useable enough to justify the price difference?

I dont care about the price of fuel and economy of the engine, i wont be driving all that much (i keep telling myself anyway)
Maybe up to 3/4k a year.

Another question i had was weight difference between s1/s2 elise and exige.

jj what do you have now?

craig and stuart mind if i give you a shout when i get back to have a look round your cars?

No wories mate just give me a shout.
Cheers
C

[Milkybar Kid]

VHPD

utterly confused

That could mean anything up to Very Highly Pressured Dentists to the likes of me

[craigs135s]

VHPD is whats in the S1 Exige. Its 190 bhp from K series.

Cheers
C

[meatball]

Very High Performance Design?????

What you are going to use the car for determines what car you buy.

S1 elise - may need more looking after than S2, less refined, but less prone to understeer.....the original
S1 exige - as above but faster and more mental looking.
S2 (rover) - more refined, a bit softer but less likely to break.
S2 (toyota) - even more refined and faster still (also has ABS)....but has to be revved to get the best of it.
S2 exige - as S2 (toyota) but more track focused with different suspension and semi slick tyres.......
S2 exige (with s/c) - as above but more useable on the road due to lower cam change and more torque from s/c.....won't find one for £20k.
340r - best of the lot....but if it goes wrong whole body has to come off.....may be a money pit......I WANT ONE!

HTH ...... all IMHO.

[Lazydonkey]

Best advice i can give is to turn up to a meet, say hello, shake lots of hands and get pax rides in all manner of cars - you'll soon understand the differences in character between them.

If you take a recent dukes pass run for example, we had
- s1 elise
- s1 elise S160
- s1 exige
- s2 elise (rover)
- s2 111s (rover)
- s2 111r (toyota)
- s2 111s (toyota)
- s2 Exige (toyota)

........and a couple of vauxhalls ! Beats any car showroom

[ExigeKen]

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