2 week to go

[riwiho]

Every since my first post a couple of years ago I have read with earnest the Elise section of PH absorbing all the information I could.

Now with a little over a week before my 25th birthday (and a whopping insurance drop) I am on the cusp of Elise ownership. I am going for an R and looking forward to some haggling on the price, I have seen a nice one at Christopher Neils > http://www.christopherneil.co.uk/detail?template=/...

I wonder 'how low can they go' !

Days like today are really making me excited. As with the other post on here re: weather. This looks like such a great time to be out and about in the Elise.

Heading for some fun in the dales (Ingleton, Hawes etc) when I go home for Christmas and then day after boxing I hope to drive to Basel in Switzerland to see some family.

I can not bloody wait

[Boggy]

riwiho said:

Every since my first post a couple of years ago I have read with earnest the Elise section of PH absorbing all the information I could.

Now with a little over a week before my 25th birthday (and a whopping insurance drop) I am on the cusp of Elise ownership. I am going for an R and looking forward to some haggling on the price, I have seen a nice one at Christopher Neils > http://www.christopherneil.co.uk/detail?template=/...

I wonder 'how low can they go' !

Days like today are really making me excited. As with the other post on here re: weather. This looks like such a great time to be out and about in the Elise.

Heading for some fun in the dales (Ingleton, Hawes etc) when I go home for Christmas and then day after boxing I hope to drive to Basel in Switzerland to see some family.

I can not bloody wait

Must be honest that car is priced very keen anyway I wouldn't expect them to come down really, your far better off asking for some free upgrades

Boggy

[riwiho]

Boggy said:

riwiho said:

Every since my first post a couple of years ago I have read with earnest the Elise section of PH absorbing all the information I could.

Now with a little over a week before my 25th birthday (and a whopping insurance drop) I am on the cusp of Elise ownership. I am going for an R and looking forward to some haggling on the price, I have seen a nice one at Christopher Neils > http://www.christopherneil.co.uk/detail?template=/...

I wonder 'how low can they go' !

Days like today are really making me excited. As with the other post on here re: weather. This looks like such a great time to be out and about in the Elise.

Heading for some fun in the dales (Ingleton, Hawes etc) when I go home for Christmas and then day after boxing I hope to drive to Basel in Switzerland to see some family.

I can not bloody wait

Must be honest that car is priced very keen anyway I wouldn't expect them to come down really, your far better off asking for some free upgrades

Boggy

Well i am looking at a hard roof option over discount in the first instance

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

They might not haggle over price too much, but go for the "Will you give me a free MOT & Free B Service when they are due next year?" route, and that'll save you a few quid next year. Tis a nice example, think it was parked next door but one from mine in the showroom (Ardent Red MY06 inbetween). Price haggling also depends on if you're trading in or not, I was and they gave me a more than fair price for my old Suzuki, more than I'd of got privately for sure.

[edit]
I was also pleasantly surprised that there was more than half a tank full of petrol as well.

[2nd edit]
In case you didn't already know, DK plate means CN registered it from new as well (Or so I'm told).

Edited by LivinLaVidaLotus on Friday 19th October 11:35

[riwiho]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

They might not haggle over price too much, but go for the "Will you give me a free MOT & Free B Service when they are due next year?" route, and that'll save you a few quid next year. Tis a nice example, think it was parked next door but one from mine in the showroom (Ardent Red MY06 inbetween). Price haggling also depends on if you're trading in or not, I was and they gave me a more than fair price for my old Suzuki, more than I'd of got privately for sure.

[edit]
I was also pleasantly surprised that there was more than half a tank full of petrol as well.

[2nd edit]
In case you didn't already know, DK plate means CN registered it from new as well (Or so I'm told).

Edited by LivinLaVidaLotus on Friday 19th October 11:35

Thanks for that. All information helps when going through this process.

I am not trading in as I currently run a 7yr old 306 HDI Turbo with 104k on the clock, I will get so much more selling it myself than on trade

[Boggy]

riwiho said:

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

They might not haggle over price too much, but go for the "Will you give me a free MOT & Free B Service when they are due next year?" route, and that'll save you a few quid next year. Tis a nice example, think it was parked next door but one from mine in the showroom (Ardent Red MY06 inbetween). Price haggling also depends on if you're trading in or not, I was and they gave me a more than fair price for my old Suzuki, more than I'd of got privately for sure.

[edit]
I was also pleasantly surprised that there was more than half a tank full of petrol as well.

[2nd edit]
In case you didn't already know, DK plate means CN registered it from new as well (Or so I'm told).

Edited by LivinLaVidaLotus on Friday 19th October 11:35

Thanks for that. All information helps when going through this process.

I am not trading in as I currently run a 7yr old 306 HDI Turbo with 104k on the clock, I will get so much more selling it myself than on trade

If your paying cash then they've got to do something, their's always Stratton's if they don't

Boggy

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Personally, I'd phone CN and ask them what they'd likely give you on trade in for it. Mine was a 99 T Plate Suzuki 1.6, they gave me about £250 more than I'd probably have got privately and let me put the original radio back in - The radio I took out was worth £150 + Speakers @ £100.

[S Works]

Keep the Pug, buy private.

[riwiho]

S Works said:

Keep the Pug, buy private.

That certainly has been a consideration. Perhaps a S1 160 as the 'fun' car and the pug as the daily grinder.

[riwiho]

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LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Personally, I'd phone CN and ask them what they'd likely give you on trade in for it. Mine was a 99 T Plate Suzuki 1.6, they gave me about £250 more than I'd probably have got privately and let me put the original radio back in - The radio I took out was worth £150 + Speakers @ £100.

I have already had a quote from another dealer and it was not great. I would be a mug not to speak to CN and see what they will offer me as the price may well surprise me as you suggested, it also takes out the hindrance of selling a car privately.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

I'd of accepted £100 less than what I was expecting privately, just for the hassle of not having had to find a buyer for mine and put up with people not turning up etc. etc.

[crackthatoff]

Heading for some fun in the dales (Ingleton, Hawes etc) when I go home for Christmas and then day after boxing I hope to drive to Basel in Switzerland to see some family.



went through settle to hawes the other week with a couple of biker mates of mine, what an excellent ride ! giz a shout if you want a bit of company, luckily for me there was a petrol station there bloody digital display !

[Boggy]

S Works said:

Keep the Pug, buy private.

Could end up getting expensive thou Tim, no warranty now on 05 Car's

Boggy

[riwiho]

crackthatoff said:

went through settle to hawes the other week with a couple of biker mates of mine, what an excellent ride ! giz a shout if you want a bit of company, luckily for me there was a petrol station there bloody digital display !

Where are you based Crackthatoff ?

I went to school in Settle and the A65 from Settle to Ingleton is brilliant, then from Ingleton you head over to Hawes. Great great roads.

I certainly will give you a shout when I am up that way. Are there may other Elise owners around that area?

[riwiho]

Boggy said:

S Works said:

Keep the Pug, buy private.

Could end up getting expensive thou Tim, no warranty now on 05 Car's

Boggy

This is the sole reason why the other half wants me to go down the deadler supplied vehicle and if I do that then it makes sense to get rid of the pug.

[crackthatoff]

riwiho said:

crackthatoff said:

went through settle to hawes the other week with a couple of biker mates of mine, what an excellent ride ! giz a shout if you want a bit of company, luckily for me there was a petrol station there bloody digital display !

Where are you based Crackthatoff ?

I went to school in Settle and the A65 from Settle to Ingleton is brilliant, then from Ingleton you head over to Hawes. Great great roads.

I certainly will give you a shout when I am up that way. Are there may other Elise owners around that area?

no Im struggling quite a bit most peeps seem to be down south, I'm from near clitheroe ! i know a couple but they're the show type rather than a hoon and a pint type !

edited to add, had mine a year now and still want to do one of these driver courses before i kill myself, so again if you fancy a mooch down south to see this walshy person (use the search if you havnt heard of him) I'd be up for it !

Edited by crackthatoff on Friday 19th October 21:48

[S Works]

riwiho said:

Boggy said:

S Works said:

Keep the Pug, buy private.

Could end up getting expensive thou Tim, no warranty now on 05 Car's

Boggy

This is the sole reason why the other half wants me to go down the deadler supplied vehicle and if I do that then it makes sense to get rid of the pug.

boocks

You'll pay over the odds for the same car.

What do you want? An overweight S or R, or save a bunch of cash and get an S1 which you'll have just as much fun in?

Is the other half a Lotus specialist?

[S Works]

riwiho said:

S Works said:

Keep the Pug, buy private.

That certainly has been a consideration. Perhaps a S1 160 as the 'fun' car and the pug as the daily grinder.

Yep, proper hairy-arsed Elise. Do it.

Boggy said:

S Works said:

Keep the Pug, buy private.

Could end up getting expensive thou Tim, no warranty now on 05 Car's

Boggy

boocks. Do you want me to run you through the maths again?

[riwiho]

S Works said:

riwiho said:

Boggy said:

S Works said:

Keep the Pug, buy private.

Could end up getting expensive thou Tim, no warranty now on 05 Car's

Boggy

This is the sole reason why the other half wants me to go down the deadler supplied vehicle and if I do that then it makes sense to get rid of the pug.

boocks

You'll pay over the odds for the same car.

What do you want? An overweight S or R, or save a bunch of cash and get an S1 which you'll have just as much fun in?

Is the other half a Lotus specialist?

No and neither am I.

To be honest I am coming from a truck like 306 diesel which weighs double that of the heaviest Elise so what ever I get Im sure the experience we will highly pleasurable

I have the usual newbie anxious approach to this vehicle and the warranty provides me piece of mind. I have no mechanical knowledge and having no previous Elise experience so the more comfortable I feel the better, this may well change in 12 months when I could go down the 160 route with a daily runner.

[S Works]

You'll have a great time for sure in any Lotus dude.

Re: peace of mind and affordability... be healthily sceptical about warranties on used cars. Read it VERY carefully. Do some maths around getting a used private buy, having that checked over by a good indie, and buying something like an AA P&L warranty.

If you're not using the car regularly, can keep it garaged etc. and you think you might go to a daily hack & occasional use Elise in a year, you may find that you'll be wasting money longer term.

Whatever you choose, it's a nice choice to have to make eh?