Aubergine Exige at Nick Whale

[redesprits4s]

Hi,

I have recently sold an Esprit S4s and was considering an aubergine Exige for sale at Nick Whale in Birmingham, Car seems in very good condition, has had 2 owners in 4600 miles. I was just wondering if anyone knew the car and any info that might be of interest. I'm looking forward to being a new exige owner

Regards

Dan

[s,one]

Saw this car the other day looks looooooovely.

Go for it
S'one

[Janitor]

The only things that strikes me as odd there is 2 owners in 4600 miles..? Bloody quick turn around. I'm not suggesting anything sinister of course, bit details like those just make you (me!) wonder

[s,one]

Was it a demo car initially?, and then one legitimate owner?.

[redesprits4s]

Its not been a demo car, I've seen the log book and its just has 2 private owners on there. The car is 2 yers old so it could just be that it was a bit of garage jewelly for a couple of people who then got bored and wanted something a bit softer, its in mint nick. I on the other hand will be doing circa 20k - 25k miles a year in it so in a few years it'll be worth nothing in terms of resale, however after a sweet test drive yesterday I'm sorely tempted. I might look at couple more first though

Cheers

Dan

[S works]

If you're going to be doing that kind of mileage then buying from a dealer sounds a bit daft if you ask me. For £27k you'll knock a bunch off it in it's first year with another 25k mls.

This is better value at £25k, and with a bit of haggling I'm sure you could get that down...
www.pistonheads.com/sales/73038.htm

[boggy]

Hi everyone

I just don't see Exiges (Standard) to be worth any more than an Elise now that the S is out, I'm sorry and I don't want to upset anyone but it's just the way I see it. I love the Colour and it's on our short list if we go for an S it's a nice Colour for both Summer & Winter months

Boggy

[simonk]

Nice colour. But then again i would say that!

Not sure about std exige values being hit by the s longer term, although clearly there is pent up demand for the more powerful s at the moment.

However, the elise does have much more suitable suspension and tyres for the kind of road mileage you mention. Might be worth test driving one for comparison?

Simon

[s,one]

boggy said:

Hi everyone

I just don't see Exiges (Standard) to be worth any more than an Elise now that the S is out, I'm sorry and I don't want to upset anyone but it's just the way I see it. I love the Colour and it's on our short list if we go for an S it's a nice Colour for both Summer & Winter months

Boggy

Id agree there is some comparison with the 111r but against a K elise I don't see there's much comparison.

Just my humble.

[redesprits4s]

Hi All,

Thank you muchly for the advice, however, I managed to get the dealer to offer the car for £2k off their price an while waiting for a call back from them, sods law dictates that someone walks in and buys it

I've driven the 111R and exige back to back on test from Westover Sportscars in Poole as I live 1 mile up the road. We were out for almost and hour and a half. My driving skill level is not up there with some of those that do regular track days etc so to me both cars were supremely fast and felt similar, however the exige did feel different, I do prefer its looks to the elise and open top motoring is not my bag especially so it'll be the exige for me.

There is a magnetic blue one with 12k miles on it for sale at www.dpsautos.co.uk

Don't know anything about this dealer but its listed at £24,450 so should come down if I ask nicely, what do you think ?