My mates new Toy

[zippee]

Went with my mate on Saturday to look at a few Elises, both Mk1 & 2 but he fell in love with this one from PeterSmith cars -



He got it for 12k (I still think that was overpriced) with 12mths warranty, hard top, removable steering wheel, full leather, sports exhaust, 4 new tyres, MOT, FSH etc.
Hoping to get a play in it when I see him next weekend - can't wait.

[gareth135r]

Not really over priced when it comes with a years Lotus approved warranty.
My immaculate Chrome Orange S1 (same as that without the stripes and has recent powder coated black wheels) is for sale at the Edinburgh Lotus dealer for more. Mine did have black stripes which IMO looked better

G

PS Mine was a 1999 T reg with late 30K miles
IN sayint that you could have this:

www.pistonheads.com/sales/69295.htm

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gareth135r said:

Not really over priced when it comes with a years Lotus approved warranty. My immaculate Chrome Orange S1 (same as that without the stripes and has recent powder coated black wheels) is for sale at the Edinburgh Lotus dealer for more. Mine did have black stripes which IMO looked better G PS Mine was a 1999 T reg with late 30K miles IN sayint that you could have this: www.pistonheads.com/sales/69295.htm

He did test drive an S2 about 3 hours before we looked at this one, laser blue race tech on a 2001 plate for 13995, but he preferred the character of the S1 hence the choice. The stripes were put on a couple of weeks ago by the dealer as the car in full chrome orange was a little too niche according to the dealer.
I guess the extras such as the hard top, s/wheel, exhaust etc also help justify the price.
Tis a cracking looking car though, the wheels are on his to do list in the short term as he loves black/anthracite.

[fatboy111]

Thats not bad for Peter Smiths: he usually charges 12 grand for your first cup of tea !

Fats

[shot2bits]

Thats' a great colour but not sure about the stripes - think the price was average with warranty...

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fatboy111 said:

Thats not bad for Peter Smiths: he usually charges 12 grand for your first cup of tea ! Fats

Did take 3 hours to negotiate though - barstewards refused to budge from the asking price at first.
Spoke to Peter himself for a while about TVRs etc and eventually he cam round to the price we finally got.

[purpleperil]

fatboy111 said:

Thats not bad for Peter Smiths: he usually charges 12 grand for your first cup of tea ! Fats

Not my experience - great guys to deal with!

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purpleperil said:

fatboy111 said: Thats not bad for Peter Smiths: he usually charges 12 grand for your first cup of tea ! Fats Not my experience - great guys to deal with!

That they are - Peter was very friendly and chatty, very passionate about his business and sports cars in general!!
A LOT better than certain other main dealers I've been to.

[cej]

Car looks great

With all those extras and warranty I don't think 12k is that bad .

It just need some black wheels and it's perfect

[forthright mc]

see any good tivs there Zippee? i bet you must have felt just a bit tempted if they had a Saggy or a nice Tamora in the showroom!
BTW nice Elise! your mate will have a lot of fun in that!

[fatboy111]

zippee said:

purpleperil said: fatboy111 said: Thats not bad for Peter Smiths: he usually charges 12 grand for your first cup of tea ! Fats Not my experience - great guys to deal with! That they are - Peter was very friendly and chatty, very passionate about his business and sports cars in general!! A LOT better than certain other main dealers I've been to.

I think they are into their cars, just not particularly cheap when I was looking for mine. This looks a bute at this value though...

Love chrome orange...

Fats

[Mr_C]

Living just down the road from Smiths, I agree that while initially overpriced (haggle hard!!!), the cars he sells are second to none and prepared to a very high standard. I used to get on well with a lad who worked there, and he said anything that gets traded in thats not top notch, he just moves on. Peter is a good laugh.

they have a Noble M400 and a Saggy and an Exige as demo's at the mo too!!

Paul

[Andy T]

"Thats not bad for Peter Smiths: he usually charges 12 grand for your first cup of tea ! Fats"

You should be able to afford 2 cups of tea, some hob nobs and a nice fat slice of cake with what you earn Fatboy!

Mines a Red Exige S, don't forget the leather seats!

A

[zeb]

Does look a really sweet car, and all the extra's are worth it so maybe your 3 hour haggling has payed dividends!

[Mr_C]

It's spotless.



Paul

[ayjay]

1yrs lotus warranty costs you (not them of course) £800.

it's mechanical breakdown and does not cover wear and tear.

if you had to pay for it,,, would you?...

£800 spent sensibly would go a long way on an elise (new gearbox or head gasket job etc etc)

[TIPPER]

I think she looks great zippee. On cars like this I think buying on condition is the priority, lets face it there's a lot of cheap tatty Elises out there. This one looks to be a tip top example and probably worth the money. Its the same as I paid for my 99 T plate with 39k. I bought her from a Ferrari/Maserati dealer and they had her in their showroom where she didn't look out of place next to couple of Fezzas in the £90s and a brand new Maser Gransport. They also had a couple of new F430s in the showroom and started one whilst we were doing the papaerwork. I've never since Mrs T jump so high!
Hope your pal has lots of fun with his new toy.