Newbie looking to buy elise

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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by jj » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:20 pm

Nah I was phoning on behalf of a serious buyer :lol:

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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by craigs135s » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:28 pm

jj wrote:Nah I was phoning on behalf of a serious buyer :lol:
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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by Deany1986 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:37 pm

Another quick question guys, couple exiges (S2) ive been looking at dont have air conditioning, does it get really warm in the cabin without this? Was reading the latest evo which has a buyers guide for exiges and was saying its hard to shift the exiges that dont have air con. And finally what are the yoko A048 like in the wet or just in general using at this time of year?
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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by tut » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:11 pm

No problem with 48's in the wet as long as they have a reasonable amount of tread left, though obviously experience with the combination helps.

Can not answer on the A/C as its never a problem in the Elise, but I would have thought it would be dependent on how much slow commuting you did in Summer, and more important down South than in Scotland.

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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by jj » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:19 pm

Exiges without A/C do seem to suffer resale- I dont really know why.

Whilst its useful (its one of the only things I miss from my s2 exige) its not like its the finest A/C system in a car. And it seems to break a lot now the cars are getting older.

I did used to put it on when on track at Knockhill in the summer as it does get warm in the car.

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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by tut » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:24 pm

Anybody know how much power the A/C absorbs on the track?

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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by alicrozier » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:27 pm

None, aircon turns off when engine is on full load...

They are prone to cracked pipes.
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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by Deany1986 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:41 pm

Cheers for the replies.
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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by mwmackenzie » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:05 pm

What about a vw passat?? Once the Esprit goes it's a 05 passat TDi 140 sport in black or grey for me..... :D
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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by Deany1986 » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:49 am

Hi everyone, picked up a laser blue exige s from Swindon yesterday, flew down and then drove the car back up the road. Really happy with the car, only thing is just found out yesterday that im away on mon for 7 weeks :cry: . Will get some pics up once ive washed the car as after the drive up the road yesterday its badly in need of one.
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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by VXJON » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:51 am

Nice one Dean :thumbsup

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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by jj » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:07 pm

Good work Dean, hope you managed to get them down past the numbers we were talking about in the pms :thumbsup

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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by Deany1986 » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:19 pm

Yeah JJ down to what you thought I would be able to get it for, seems like a good deal :D . In really good condition, previous owner traded it in there for a porsche.
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Re: Newbie looking to buy elise

Post by VXJON » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:20 pm

shooomer wrote: seller may bite at £15k on this http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/826287.htm

Is that one for real?


If so its a cracking deal but at 16.5k id be tempted to think scam

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