Capt. Grinnders back in a Lotus.....
Discussion
Grinnders said:
No. I'm buying from a Porsche dealer up near Woking. Porker is nice, I just want to release some capital, and selling now saves me having to choose between OPC or Indy for servicing etc and how that may affect long term residuals or resale.
With that mileage over 2/3 years (as opposed to a few months), I don't think you really needed to worry much about the residual value being affected by Indy stamps.... 
Surely you're not planning on subjecting an Exige to 60 miles of motorway/day...
Nice car/colour combo.
Edited by dom180 on Saturday 27th February 18:54
dom180 said:
Grinnders said:
No. I'm buying from a Porsche dealer up near Woking. Porker is nice, I just want to release some capital, and selling now saves me having to choose between OPC or Indy for servicing etc and how that may affect long term residuals or resale.
With that mileage over 2/3 years (as opposed to a few months), I don't think you really needed to worry much about the residual value being affected by Indy stamps.... Surely you're not planning on subjecting an Exige to 60 miles of motorway/day...
The Exige S is a perfect daily driver. Lotus nailed the compromise with this car. As long as you fit in the thing, what's not to like? Fantastic handling, proper speed, superb looks, low running costs, low fuel consumption, and (in general) positive treatment from other road users...
I'd drive mine every day if I could. Sadly I commute by train to the City, but if I drove to work outside London then I'd use my Exige. The fuel consumption alone is a compelling argument, let alone the fact that I love driving the thing
cyberface said:
dom180 said:
Grinnders said:
No. I'm buying from a Porsche dealer up near Woking. Porker is nice, I just want to release some capital, and selling now saves me having to choose between OPC or Indy for servicing etc and how that may affect long term residuals or resale.
With that mileage over 2/3 years (as opposed to a few months), I don't think you really needed to worry much about the residual value being affected by Indy stamps.... Surely you're not planning on subjecting an Exige to 60 miles of motorway/day...
The Exige S is a perfect daily driver. Lotus nailed the compromise with this car. As long as you fit in the thing, what's not to like? Fantastic handling, proper speed, superb looks, low running costs, low fuel consumption, and (in general) positive treatment from other road users...
I'd drive mine every day if I could. Sadly I commute by train to the City, but if I drove to work outside London then I'd use my Exige. The fuel consumption alone is a compelling argument, let alone the fact that I love driving the thing
Grinnders said:
well.. the comment about resale etc is to do with the Porsche not the Lotus. I'm hoping to keep it as long as the last one! I'd done 16000 miles in the 911 in 11 months... with services approx every 20k I was watching out for the spanner icon to flash up!
I got that. 9,000 intervals now.... I'd buy a 500 quid Focus if you're still doing the same miles and save the Exige but if you don't get time to drive it at weekends... Gassing Station | Elise/Exige/Europa/340R | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff