Finally taken some pictures of my new toy
- Thread starter Phil Gr
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Thanks for all the great comments guys, Im really pleased with the car. The comments i get with it are great, from young kids giving it the thumbs up at the road side to the older generation stopping me in car parks for a chat about it.
My last car was this
and similarly to Rotty i got fed up with the boy racer image, from a performance comparision the STi had bags more power & torque (300bhp+, 300lb/ft+) and you initially feel that it is nowhere near as quick,
But the exige is deceptive. im pretty sure in the dry the STi would not know which way it went, in the wet it would be a different matter though.
As for track days im currently booked for 1 a month till may with more to book.
I dont intend to take the top off it, but if i do get the urge it only takes 5 mins to do.
No the pic's werent taken near shrewbury, im up north on the cumbrian coast in whitehaven.
Thanks Guys
My last car was this
and similarly to Rotty i got fed up with the boy racer image, from a performance comparision the STi had bags more power & torque (300bhp+, 300lb/ft+) and you initially feel that it is nowhere near as quick,
But the exige is deceptive. im pretty sure in the dry the STi would not know which way it went, in the wet it would be a different matter though.
As for track days im currently booked for 1 a month till may with more to book.
I dont intend to take the top off it, but if i do get the urge it only takes 5 mins to do.
No the pic's werent taken near shrewbury, im up north on the cumbrian coast in whitehaven.
Thanks Guys
There seems to be a bit of a debate kicked off here and a couple of assumptions about the Lotus Exige
Easy Ones out of the way first
1, Does the Roof Come off? YES
2, Does Taking the Roof Off invalidate the warrenty? NO ( the Owners Handbook tells you how to do it)
3, Does it Have ABS ? YES
4, Does it have Traction Control ? Mine doesn't But the 2006 car does (Switchable)
5, They all have Dodgy Reliability ? I think this could be aimed at the early S1 Elises & S1 Exiges But the new S2 variety have bullet proof engines (toyota) and a big improvment in build quality & so far so good with mine
6, THE best handling car in the world !!.
As has been stated already in this thread it is very subjective. what might be perfect for one person would not be for others, some people are comfortable with a car that is 'Loose' ie moves around a lot at the limit others not !!. I have been lucky enough to have driven a lot of high performance cars on track and on the road. and the exige is certainly a very very good handling car, I have driven cars which 'I' think have better handling
I bought this car because it suited my needs (Fun weekend & Trackday car)
Thanks for the comments guys & great discussion
Easy Ones out of the way first
1, Does the Roof Come off? YES
2, Does Taking the Roof Off invalidate the warrenty? NO ( the Owners Handbook tells you how to do it)
3, Does it Have ABS ? YES
4, Does it have Traction Control ? Mine doesn't But the 2006 car does (Switchable)
5, They all have Dodgy Reliability ? I think this could be aimed at the early S1 Elises & S1 Exiges But the new S2 variety have bullet proof engines (toyota) and a big improvment in build quality & so far so good with mine
6, THE best handling car in the world !!.
As has been stated already in this thread it is very subjective. what might be perfect for one person would not be for others, some people are comfortable with a car that is 'Loose' ie moves around a lot at the limit others not !!. I have been lucky enough to have driven a lot of high performance cars on track and on the road. and the exige is certainly a very very good handling car, I have driven cars which 'I' think have better handling
I bought this car because it suited my needs (Fun weekend & Trackday car)
Thanks for the comments guys & great discussion