S2 Exige S

[Silent1]

I've been thinking about getting one of these around february time as an upgrade from the VX.

Is there anything i should know about the supercharged toyota engine, is it prone to anything a-la HGF on the k-series? Are they all around the £29k mark, i'm not overly worried about mileage.
Any other info / buying tips would be useful.

Of course i'll be looking on seloc as well.

[purdy84]

No major issues that I know of, but someone will no dought be along shortly to correct me...

In terms of advice..I would say definitly go for a sport pack model. The seats are far better and worth it on there own.

IMO touring pack is a bit of a waste ive driven one with and mine that doesnt have it and to be honest the extra sound proofing didnt seem to do much. Especially if your planning on fitting a sports exhaust...

A/C... I would say worth going for for resale value.

Other than that get an orange (not if you live near me) one everyone knows its the best colour and fit a 2bular...they sound great.

[dulcinea]

Bought mine about 6 weeks ago. Touring and super touring, a/c and traction control. I think the look of the sports seat is nice but unless you want harnesses I couldn't see the point. Super Touring brings you closer to the look of the 08 model dash so could impact on resale price. Agree no real difference in noise. Mine is black and looks the nuts!!!

Door latch broke last week and fixed under warranty. aside from that no issues.

[TonyHetherington]

The only problem people might say about is the right hand bottom end bearing going; reason behind this was lots of clockwise circuits on sticky tyres causing oil to be permanently away from it. But I believe on the S there's a baffled sump as standard which corrects this? If not, then only needs doing if you'll be doing a lot of track days anyway.

If you're getting one, get Lotus to do a download of the data to check the engine's not been buzzed. If it has been and something big goes, then warranty claim is difficult.

Other than that, they're great. Mine doesn't have the sports seats and it doesn't bother me at all - it has the probax seats and they're great.

£29k will get you a nice private example, though not a dealer one.

[Stonie]

If you're going to be doing track days, DON'T buzz the engine above 9K revs on down changes... you'll disintegrate the oil pump (this is a known weak spot on these engines) immediately followed by the main and big end bearings.