lifespan of an Elise- how many miles?

[jonbanff]

I have a S1 Elise with 72000 on the clock. Running it hasn't been a problem but was wondering how many miles i can expect it to last. 100k ? 120k? was thinking of selling to buy a s2 elise but it seems like people won't touch it with those miles on the clock

[TonyHetherington]

My cousin's is well into the 90's and it's going ok. Of course it takes more upkeep as things ware but is ok.

Make the decision to go to an S2 if you want one, rather than because you think your current one will fall apart

[jonbanff]

good point. the car is fine but there is always that fear factor that something horrible will go wrong!

[cej]

why should it
? If you service the car properly and take good care of it,you'll have a good car for many years/miles. Also it's such as simple car that not much can go wrong

[tomtom]

There are a few guys on SELOC with huge mileages. I remember talking to one of them before I bought my (below average mileage, actually) Elise. He reckoned that they're simple enough cars that when something does break, you just replace it and you're good to go again.

[S Works]

I wouldn't worry unless you really want to get rid of it.

The car's probably at or very near the foot of it's depreciation cycle now so you'll not be losing much. If the engine or gearbox goes there's plenty available now that lots of people are going the Audi/Honda route, which is also open to you if you want more power.

Keep it going dude

[jonbanff]

cheers for the support SWORKS! have had it posted on the classified for a little while but when i think about it i don't really want to sell it. Still the age old dilemma of car versus deposit for flat!

I was thinking about the depreciation of Elises- some are now just under the 8000 mark- surely the prices must have bottomed out? prices are getting close to that of an Elan and Elises are far better!

[S Works]

At those prices they start to become excellent mules for the aftermarket engine conversions. If I hadn't been able to secure a car as nice as the one as I have, I'd have still sold mine and probably bought a very cheap S1 as a Honda mule. That was my plan B. For an investment of around £25k you can spec up a really smart car.

If I were you I'd seek the deposit for the flat another way, as you'll only get a low price on the Elise with those miles (which really are only average for a car which is earlier than a 98 say!). So long as it's serviced and maintained properly then it'll keep going.

If you like it, if you really don't need to sell it, then don't.

[TIPPER]

tomtom said:

There are a few guys on SELOC with huge mileages. I remember talking to one of them before I bought my (below average mileage, actually) Elise. He reckoned that they're simple enough cars that when something does break, you just replace it and you're good to go again.

One of the Seloc guys has 177,000 on the clock!!

[sp60]

Flippin eck that's quite impressive!
Suppose it is just a boggo 1.8 at end of day and it doesn't have to lug around a heavy chassis so shouldn't be that stressed. On the other hand they will spend more time than the average motor at high revs... I'm a great believer that a properley maintained and serviced car will last for ages even if driven hard.