High Milage Exige
Discussion
Question to the floor,
I have been offered a 2005 S2 exige N/A for a very resonable price.
It has a full service history (lotus), ac, touring pack and everything is in good nick.
The catch is that it has 80k in motorway miles, should I run for the hills or just buy the damn thing and enjoy it?
I've always wanted an Exige!!!!
I have been offered a 2005 S2 exige N/A for a very resonable price.
It has a full service history (lotus), ac, touring pack and everything is in good nick.
The catch is that it has 80k in motorway miles, should I run for the hills or just buy the damn thing and enjoy it?
I've always wanted an Exige!!!!
I agree and I guess this is my concern. Part of me says I should buy it, enjoy it and worry about resale when the time comes.
If I keep it for a couple of years and do say 6k a year it will be a 92k car. Just doing some figures and I guess I could sell it for 12k at that point with out loosing out on any money.
12k for an Exige, surely that would sell?
If I keep it for a couple of years and do say 6k a year it will be a 92k car. Just doing some figures and I guess I could sell it for 12k at that point with out loosing out on any money.
12k for an Exige, surely that would sell?
So long as it's properly inspected, and maybe even get yourself a warranty, the ownership proposition will be great.
It's the same age (nearly) as my car was, so the components are of the same time so to speak - it's just their use is higher. It may not be a bad thing, I'm just trying to reason it in my head
At the end of the day it's a gamble, I think. You're getting a very good car for excellent money, but the possible negatives are decent sized bills if something goes wrong (not necessarily engine related; the tiny resistor that controls the interior fan, if it goes it's £600+ of labour alone)...anyway, if you spend a fwe £k over the 2 yrs EXTRA in problems, that's cancelled out your saving.
The other risk is you might take 1yr to sell it.
As I say, it's a gamble, but you will be getting yourself into an excellent excellent car for good money.
What car do you have at the moment?! I bought an Exige S and used it on the road and, as good as it was and as amazing as it looked, I must admit that I thought as a ROAD car my Elise 111S was better. Just a thought for you to ponder.
It's the same age (nearly) as my car was, so the components are of the same time so to speak - it's just their use is higher. It may not be a bad thing, I'm just trying to reason it in my head
At the end of the day it's a gamble, I think. You're getting a very good car for excellent money, but the possible negatives are decent sized bills if something goes wrong (not necessarily engine related; the tiny resistor that controls the interior fan, if it goes it's £600+ of labour alone)...anyway, if you spend a fwe £k over the 2 yrs EXTRA in problems, that's cancelled out your saving.
The other risk is you might take 1yr to sell it.
As I say, it's a gamble, but you will be getting yourself into an excellent excellent car for good money.
What car do you have at the moment?! I bought an Exige S and used it on the road and, as good as it was and as amazing as it looked, I must admit that I thought as a ROAD car my Elise 111S was better. Just a thought for you to ponder.
You sound like the wife Tony!! 
All very good points though and I must confess I'm still undecided, proper head and heart stuff.
I've got a S1 Type 49 that, as lovely as she is, needs to go. Its got a little too uncomfortable, I want to experience S2 ownership before its too late and I had to pay a load of bills at the begining of the year, sadly I've just fallen out of love with her a little
All very good points though and I must confess I'm still undecided, proper head and heart stuff.
I've got a S1 Type 49 that, as lovely as she is, needs to go. Its got a little too uncomfortable, I want to experience S2 ownership before its too late and I had to pay a load of bills at the begining of the year, sadly I've just fallen out of love with her a little
I use this logic all the time, works a treat. Buy it and use the money you have on track days!
Spa & Ring trip are on the cards, cannot get much better than that in life...
Spa & Ring trip are on the cards, cannot get much better than that in life...
Chris49 said:
Stu_00 said:
Buy it cheap and keep it no way of losing any money then lol
Thats the sort of logic I need!! no way of losing any money then lolI would love to buy and run an Exige with 80k on the clock.
Owning a car like an Exige should be all about the driving experience, and I have to admit with mine due to it being absolutely mint, I'm a little too precious with it. As a result I often don't use the car when I probably should be.
Although I obtain a large part of the enjoyment of ownership from spunking polish over it every weekend, as I'm applying the fifth and final coat of wax, I often cant help thinking I would be having more fun wringing it's little vomit coloured neck around some deserted roads in Wales.
So there you go.
Buy it, Use it, Love it.
HTH
Rpm
Owning a car like an Exige should be all about the driving experience, and I have to admit with mine due to it being absolutely mint, I'm a little too precious with it. As a result I often don't use the car when I probably should be.
Although I obtain a large part of the enjoyment of ownership from spunking polish over it every weekend, as I'm applying the fifth and final coat of wax, I often cant help thinking I would be having more fun wringing it's little vomit coloured neck around some deserted roads in Wales.
So there you go.
Buy it, Use it, Love it.
HTH
Rpm
Edited by R.P.M on Friday 13th March 11:04
Chris49 said:
I've got a S1 Type 49 that, as lovely as she is, needs to go. Its got a little too uncomfortable, I want to experience S2 ownership before its too late and I had to pay a load of bills at the begining of the year, sadly I've just fallen out of love with her a little
Although it's not really the rock n roll answer, I'd seriously look at late S2 111S and a 111R (identical engine as exige) for the same money but much newer and less mileage.As I said, I had both the Exige and the Elise and as glad as I am that I bought the Exige - and you just need to look at it to see why - I still think the Elise was the better car for what I did with it - high days and holidays, European trips.
Sorry to be the sensible one (sucks, doesn't it?! hehe) but for that 14.5k you're thinking of spending, you may get yourself a top spec last of the line excellent screwed together low mileage 111s ?!
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