New to me Lotus Elise S2 111S

[Cotty]

Picked this up two weeks ago in a huge thunderstorm. Drove home in pouring rain, messed about with the blower controls and misted up all the windows.

Taken it out a few times for a blat, but conscious of the fact its a lot quicker than anything I have had before. I was going to say more powerful but my BMW E30 has more power but heavier.

These are the pictures from the advert.







Day I picked it up. The colour is not so bright in the flesh.


I know I am going to get some stick for this but I have no intention of taking the roof off, I don't like wind in my hair, open top motoring. I wanted a hard top sports car but the options open to me were not in my budget, Noble M12, TVR T350, Ginetta G40 (if they ever release it).

[minimatt1967]

Very nice


No open season for you then

[Risotto]

Nice looking example, hope you enjoy it!

Cotty said:

I know I am going to get some stick for this but I have no intention of taking the roof off, I don't like wind in my hair, open top motoring. I wanted a hard top sports car but the options open to me were not in my budget, Noble M12, TVR T350, Ginetta G40 (if they ever release it).

I'm with you - I've had about half a dozen convertibles over the years but only because there either was no coupe version or I couldn't justify the additional cost for a coupe. I hardly ever bothered to put the roof down on any of them!

To be honest, the Elise's roof is effectively just a glorified sunroof - they're more of a targa than a full convertible.

Edited by Risotto on Tuesday 12th July 21:27

[wackojacko]

V.nice love the S2 shape..... get some sports pipes on there

[Cotty]

Risotto said:

I'm with you - I've had about half a dozen convertibles over the years but only because there either was no coupe version or I couldn't justify the additional cost for a coupe. I hardly ever bothered to put the roof down on any of them!

I know what you mean, I used to have a TVR S1. I could have counted on one hand the times I took the roof off in a year.

[Cotty]

minimatt1967 said:

Very nice

Thanks. I still have to sneek down to the garage just to make sure its still there and not a figment of my imagination.

minimatt1967 said:

No open season for you then

Nope. It has aircon though.

[MGZRod]

That mustard yellow? Great colour in the flesh. Looks a great buy sir!

[Cotty]

MGZRod said:

That mustard yellow?

They call it Saffron Yellow. But that is a litle odd as saffron in its pure state is red
It turns yellow when you mix it with other things like yougert

[Andy_sx]

Nice one Paul, saw your thread in GG, love the colour!

I will hopefully be picking my na VX220 up tomorrow... in a rather bland silver compared to your yellow!

[BoRED S2upid]

Very nice, i'd be driving that every day of the week.

[vrooom]

Very nice, my favoroite colour on the S2 elise.

[Cotty]

I have discovered that I will never lose it in a car park.

Sunday Service at Rolls Royce

[DuncanM]

The car looks great with the hardtop roof on! Good thinking outside the box there .

I actually prefer the looks of an Elise with a hardtop, over an Exige.

[FA51CAM]

Lovely saw it at RR, looks nice in yellow bit showy for me though, but like you say it won't get lost!

[Killer2005]

Love it

[Cotty]

I took some pics


Why does the garage look that small when I am putting her away?

[pthelazyjourno]

Love the car

Not usually a big fan of the S2, but that looks fantastic with the colour and hard top.

Enjoy!

[Mastodon2]

Looks great. I don't love open top motoring either, save one occasion; late nights, post 10:30pm time. When the roads are empty and quiet and you can really hear the engine and the exhaust working, it's bloody great. I'd imagine it would benefit well from an exhaust upgrade because I've never heard a factory standard Elise that had a great exhaust note. Other than that, it looks cool. The hard top looks great and the colour is a good one too.

Enjoy it!