Exige S Ordered

[colin5577]

Just put in my order finally - had some trouble deciding if I should go LHD/RHD. Went for the following...


Lotus Exige S RHD
Alpine White
Sports Pack
Lightweight Alloys (from the SuperSport Pack)in High Power Silver
Red Harnesses
Auxilliary Driving Lamps
Interior Retrim @ Lotus - Black alcantara dash retrim with red stitching, transmission tunnel in black leather, a bit of carpeting, and seats in black leather with red inserts
Air Conditioning
Soft-Top Conversion Kit
When it arrives, I'm going to get a red nose-band painted on, and may paint the mirrors in red to match.

Have I forgotten anything worthwhile? Does the above sound OK or vomitsville? In any event, I have a loooong Summer ahead waiting for this thing.

[S Works]

Sounds bloody marvellous mate.

White is deffo the new black this year. Lipscomb Lotus have an Aspen White 240Cup with silver wheels as their demo car and it looks the mutts nuts. The black/red/grey inside will look superb.

Now all you have to do is bite yer nails until delivery time

[colin5577]

S Works said:

Sounds bloody marvellous mate. White is deffo the new black this year. Lipscomb Lotus have an Aspen White 240Cup with silver wheels as their demo car and it looks the mutts nuts. The black/red/grey inside will look superb. Now all you have to do is bite yer nails until delivery time

Thanks, and tell me about it - the cuticles are already being munched. Just got a fax from Bell + Colvill acknowledging receipt of my deposit, and I'm already getting excited. By the time the car arrives, I'll be a bag of nerves.

[S Works]

Suggest you take "Joe Exige S"'s example and book 2 weeks off work starting on the delivery date so you can get it run in asap

[colin5577]

I'm doing exactcly that - collecting it, running it back to Ireland for a week or so, then bringing it back for its first service. After which, I'm off for a Lotus Driver Training Day, then off to the Nurburgring. Hurray!


Edit - I'm putting a removeable MOMO steering wheel in it, too - black suede with red stitching. Forgot about that.

>> Edited by colin5577 on Tuesday 2nd May 12:18

[emenel]

Well done Colin.

I've just finished running mine in and believe me it is worth the wait. Your colour combination sounds fantastic, please get some pics on here as soon as she arrives.

I saw a white and red Exige at Bell and Colvill a few months back. It had red wheels also (Porsche GT3 RS style) which may not be to everyones taste but I though it looked bloody fabulous.

Have fun.

[moominter]

colin5577 said:

Just put in my order finally - had some trouble deciding if I should go LHD/RHD. Went for the following... Lotus Exige S RHD Alpine White Sports Pack Lightweight Alloys (from the SuperSport Pack)in High Power Silver Red Harnesses Auxilliary Driving Lamps Interior Retrim @ Lotus - Black alcantara dash retrim with red stitching, transmission tunnel in black leather, a bit of carpeting, and seats in black leather with red inserts Air Conditioning Soft-Top Conversion Kit When it arrives, I'm going to get a red nose-band painted on, and may paint the mirrors in red to match. Have I forgotten anything worthwhile? Does the above sound OK or vomitsville? In any event, I have a loooong Summer ahead waiting for this thing.

Thats going to look ace

My car is now at the dealers and i sould collect it on friday, Polar blue+Sport pack+Touring pack+TC+AC+Sports seats retrimmed in black leather and blue stitching+Silver 240 cup wheels.

Its killing me as i gave my NA Exige S2 to the dealer 3 weeks ago.

[Boggy]

These car's wound wicked !

I don't understand why the Cup has such a basic interior they should have done something with it, I'm going to change my next car's interior saw a nice 240 cup at Wilson's this morning in black 1 problem it's already sold

Boggy

[colin5577]

Yaaay... Just got off the phone with Mark Hales - I should be doing a Masterclass with him after I've picked up the Exige. The week I collect it is shaping up to be a week to remember.

[DanH]

Sounds good! Did you consider black wheels btw?

[colin5577]

DanH said:

Sounds good! Did you consider black wheels btw?

For a few seconds, yes. Problem in Germany, is that almost everyone here puts on sets of 'Winter Wheels' for the snowy season, and they're all usually El-Cheapo steel rims painted black. So here, black wheels to me have low-rent connotations rather than racy ones. So my car is getting the lightweighht alloys in hi-power silver. I won't mind cleaning them, and feel they'd lend the car a more expensive/snazzy air than a set of matt black ones. Just my opinion. They can always be powder coated later if I change my mind, and getting them from silver to black is probably easier than black to silver.



Edit - I'm certainly considering painting the wheel centres/spokes in grey and leaving the outside of the rim in silver - Porsche Speedline style. But for the moment, the important thing for me was to get the lightweight alloys. I'll play with them later.

>> Edited by colin5577 on Tuesday 2nd May 14:14

[gooby]

Saw several white Exige S at lotus the other day

Congratulations!

[bruh_la]

gooby said:

Saw several white Exige S at lotus the other day Congratulations!

Then i guess you saw mine...expecting it sometime this week!

Congrats Colin, the wait is murder i can tell you that much.

ian

[TIPPER]

White Exiges - I love 'em.
Hows about red painted wheels or would that be over-egging the cake?
Anyway Colin she sounds great - Like the sound of the interior especially. Have fun.

[colin5577]

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I look forward to seeing some of you later this year with any luck, I'd like to make a few meets, and will no doubt bump into some PHers at the 'Ring at some stage.

On the red wheels - I'm ruling out nothing at this stage, and once the car arrives, it will no doubt be photo-shopped to death as I wonder how to tart it up the extra (unnecessary) mile.

[colin5577]

Jeeezus...it's only been a day, and my blood pressure is already off the chart. The 6 or 7 weeks are going to kill me. Bruh la - will you please post lots of pictures as soon as your car arrives? It's physically really similar to my own, and I could use one as a screensaver to keep me going.