Buying an Exige
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Well i have decided im going to part with the Boxster and go for an S2 Exige. Need a bit help with them though! I seem to of seen a few with removeable roofs is this correct?? Is their a big difference between the supercharged and n/a?? I will have a budget of around 20k whats the best for my money?? Is the engine belt or chain driven??Cheers for any help guys.
Edited by TOENHEEL on Saturday 10th May 00:59
Hi Phil,
Yes the roof is removable. Just a few screws to take it off. You can get a soft top conversion which involves Lotus drilling a couple of holes to take the Elise soft top.
N/A v Supercharged - On track as far as I know there isnt a lot of difference. On the road is where you'll notice, the supercharged car is far more usable as the powers available much lower down the rev range. I test drove both and as soon as I jumped out the S I knew I had to have one.
If you free today or sunday give me a buzz happy to meet up, take you for a pax answer any daft questions
Ian
Yes the roof is removable. Just a few screws to take it off. You can get a soft top conversion which involves Lotus drilling a couple of holes to take the Elise soft top.
N/A v Supercharged - On track as far as I know there isnt a lot of difference. On the road is where you'll notice, the supercharged car is far more usable as the powers available much lower down the rev range. I test drove both and as soon as I jumped out the S I knew I had to have one.
If you free today or sunday give me a buzz happy to meet up, take you for a pax answer any daft questions
Ian
Lots of threads on this topic if you have a search around.
I have a NA S2 and love it to bits, including the peaky power delivery. For £20k you don't have much choice to be honest-good luck on picking up an S for that money. I think £25k is the lowest they're going for at the moment... Only you can decide after driving them whether the extra mid-range grunt is worth it. If you're planning on tracking it you won't see much difference as the NA is pretty much always on 2nd cam. You can always get the Lotus ECU upgrade that lowers the cam change point to 5700 rpm and this definately improved the drivability. Bear in mind if you fancy more power later there are options for aftermarket superchargers for the NA.
Some people feel removing the roof is a bit ghay and spoils the looks (although having had a boxster, no problem there I guess
) . Very much a personal thing.
Always buy on condition, not milage. There are a few garage queens out there with very low milage that could be a worse bet than a regularly used (but loved) higher milage one.
If you drive one, you'll be hooked, assuming you're after a more raw experience than the boxster.
I have a NA S2 and love it to bits, including the peaky power delivery. For £20k you don't have much choice to be honest-good luck on picking up an S for that money. I think £25k is the lowest they're going for at the moment... Only you can decide after driving them whether the extra mid-range grunt is worth it. If you're planning on tracking it you won't see much difference as the NA is pretty much always on 2nd cam. You can always get the Lotus ECU upgrade that lowers the cam change point to 5700 rpm and this definately improved the drivability. Bear in mind if you fancy more power later there are options for aftermarket superchargers for the NA.
Some people feel removing the roof is a bit ghay and spoils the looks (although having had a boxster, no problem there I guess
) . Very much a personal thing. Always buy on condition, not milage. There are a few garage queens out there with very low milage that could be a worse bet than a regularly used (but loved) higher milage one.
If you drive one, you'll be hooked, assuming you're after a more raw experience than the boxster.
Edited by mrh3113 on Saturday 10th May 12:35
Edited by mrh3113 on Saturday 10th May 12:37
TOENHEEL said:
Well i have decided im going to part with the Boxster and go for an S2 Exige. Need a bit help with them though! I seem to of seen a few with removeable roofs is this correct?? Is their a big difference between the supercharged and n/a?? I will have a budget of around 20k whats the best for my money?? Is the engine belt or chain driven??Cheers for any help guys.
YHPMEdited by TOENHEEL on Saturday 10th May 00:59
Just a quick note. I sold my exige and boiught a boxster in 2006. Regretably i made the wrong decision and as a result promptly sold the boxster, Both very good cars i just hope you appreciate the rawness of the exige. Awesome car but very very different to the boxster. Enjoy the exige and invest in a pipercross air filter and a stage 2 zorst!
purdy84 said:
TOENHEEL said:
Well i have decided im going to part with the Boxster and go for an S2 Exige. Need a bit help with them though! I seem to of seen a few with removeable roofs is this correct?? Is their a big difference between the supercharged and n/a?? I will have a budget of around 20k whats the best for my money?? Is the engine belt or chain driven??Cheers for any help guys.
YHPMEdited by TOENHEEL on Saturday 10th May 00:59
i agree, after writing off my elise i bought a boxster (october) the boxster is now sold and i'm looking for another elise , would be an exige if my budget would stretch that far but sadly it wont. now if only that 3.2 flat six ond the seats from a boxster would fit in an elise..........
subaqua said:
Yep// super touring... but I dont think many 2006 Exiges were specced with the S/T pack ... I reckon that findng one at your budget could be quite a long haul!
My budget is now about 25kish now but i must admit finding one with airbags is quite difficult. The cars going to be used as an everyday car to go to work in etc so i want airbags. Shifting my Boxster going to be the hard thing they dont seem to be selling well at all.TOENHEEL said:
Was the touring pack available on the n/a exige?? as i want airbags.
if you look on lotus website you can use the used car locatorhttp://www.grouplotus.com/cars/used_car_locator.ht...
you can put in your spec so if you want an exige with super touring, it will tell you whats available, only through Lotus dealers though.
HTH
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