Looking for a chrome orange Elise s1
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Chrome Orange is certainly one of the rarer colours and looking for a specific mileage is going to make your search a very long one.
To be honest I don't know why you want such a low miles car. A car with that mileage on it may never have had any of the S1's niggles sorted so you could probably look forward to picking up lots of unexpected bills. Also bear in mind a rarely usd car (which a low miles S will be) may have as many problems due to lack of use (hoses and rubber seals perishing) as a well used but well maintained example. Things that could go include the steering rack (will need a refurb), shocks (replace), suspension bushes and ball joint rubbers may be perished, coolant hoses, tyres could well be old (and hard). All of these things could also need replacing on a high miler too..........but you'd be paying less money for it. Sellers of low miles 'collectors' Elises are starting to ask £15k (or more) now. For a car to use and enjoy then accept higher miles (its only a Rover engine), pay less and have fun.
To be honest I don't know why you want such a low miles car. A car with that mileage on it may never have had any of the S1's niggles sorted so you could probably look forward to picking up lots of unexpected bills. Also bear in mind a rarely usd car (which a low miles S will be) may have as many problems due to lack of use (hoses and rubber seals perishing) as a well used but well maintained example. Things that could go include the steering rack (will need a refurb), shocks (replace), suspension bushes and ball joint rubbers may be perished, coolant hoses, tyres could well be old (and hard). All of these things could also need replacing on a high miler too..........but you'd be paying less money for it. Sellers of low miles 'collectors' Elises are starting to ask £15k (or more) now. For a car to use and enjoy then accept higher miles (its only a Rover engine), pay less and have fun.
Grinnders said:
Was Chrome Orange available for S1 Elises? I think it may have ben a very bespoke colour... as in an optional above standard and metallic...
Yes it was, on my 98 S1 it was a £587 extra, I believe back then all metallic colours were the same price, unlike now.BTW Chrome Orange is still the best colour for an S1
Promised Land said:
Grinnders said:
Was Chrome Orange available for S1 Elises? I think it may have ben a very bespoke colour... as in an optional above standard and metallic...
Yes it was, on my 98 S1 it was a £587 extra, I believe back then all metallic colours were the same price, unlike now.BTW Chrome Orange is still the best colour for an S1
[/quoteI think you'd need black wheels though to set it off properly
Promised Land said:
Grinnders said:
Was Chrome Orange available for S1 Elises? I think it may have ben a very bespoke colour... as in an optional above standard and metallic...
Yes it was, on my 98 S1 it was a £587 extra, I believe back then all metallic colours were the same price, unlike now.BTW Chrome Orange is still the best colour for an S1
Probably just a personal thing but I think the brighter colours tend to make the S1 look a bit of a toy. I bought my S1 just before white made a comeback for cars in general and remember thinking how good an S1 would look in white (in the right light a very clean and shiney new aluminium Elise looks a sort of metallic white colour).
chieflief said:
Just one mopre thing on the mileage: one of the guys on Seloc has an S1 on over 260,000 miles and going strong. They're not particularly fragile.
Um, let me get this straight... there's an Elise S1 in existence with 260K miles on it? One with the Rover engine?
Yep.Um, let me get this straight... there's an Elise S1 in existence with 260K miles on it? One with the Rover engine?
Plenty with well over 100k going strong too.
There's nowt really wrong with the Rover engine as long as its treated sympathetically (don't thrash it until its properly warmed up!!) and even if the only real weak spot (hgf) raises its head then if its fixed properly it shouldn't re-occur. In the context of the type of car then the cost of getting hgf sorted isn't that big a deal.
Thanks for all the helpfull comments!
Hmm ok, so I think i will also accept an Elise with more miles on the clock, if it has been serviced properly throughout its whole car-life.
And I have to say, that I also like the S1 in Mustard Yellow. Maybe this would be the better choice, as I'm afraid that I don't like the orange one after some time.
Hmm ok, so I think i will also accept an Elise with more miles on the clock, if it has been serviced properly throughout its whole car-life.
And I have to say, that I also like the S1 in Mustard Yellow. Maybe this would be the better choice, as I'm afraid that I don't like the orange one after some time.
bockined said:
What's about this one?
Mustard Yellow Elise s1 111s
Lovely looking car: I'd go and look at that.Mustard Yellow Elise s1 111s
bockined said:
What's about this one?
Mustard Yellow Elise s1 111s
Does look good but seems strong money. I paid £8k for a very good 111s with 60k miles on and that was in 2007. Not fully up to speed with the current market mind.Mustard Yellow Elise s1 111s
Gad-Westy said:
bockined said:
What's about this one?
Mustard Yellow Elise s1 111s
Does look good but seems strong money. I paid £8k for a very good 111s with 60k miles on and that was in 2007. Not fully up to speed with the current market mind.Mustard Yellow Elise s1 111s
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