I didn't even pay £27k either!
Just had some stone chip protection fitted to the front clam. Looks good, but on close inspection it's a little loose around some edges and dirt+water got in. Taken care of the worst of it though. Guess they should have mentioned it needed more than 30 mins to set properly...not that pleased with the job. Darn miserable weather today.
I'd rather spend less and get an older but better Elise.
I would have saved up a bit more and got a 355, what's the worst that could happen?
My new daily driver
It's a Lotus Elise S3 in Arctic Silver, with Touring Pack, A/C & Black Pack (wheels and diffuser). Still running in right now, but what a car. Beautiful, quick (enough for any roads) and surprisingly cheap to run. Not to mention excellent residuals. Anyone thinking about the GT86/Z4/Cayman etc. as I was, try one of these too....
Hmm so basically they put a worse engine in it because of Ozone layer. Great.
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2002 1.6 16v Vauxhall astra MK4 CD. Picked the alloys up from south-end on sea (i live in Bury St Edmunds) on Saturday along with an irmscher boot hatch spoiler (not fitted yet) got the car for £400. Fairly tidy with a little bit of bumper scrapings and a little dent on the O/s passenger wing. Needs a exhaust flexi bit and a rear window wiper motor but other than that its fine. That and needing a good clean.
Ozone layer ?
Thing is, the engine does better fuel economy, which is better for your wallet. It has a better CO2 rating, so is better for your car tax, and thus better for your wallet.
It still does 0-60 in 6 seconds and 127mph and has the same 134bhp
Whats not to like ?
O and the standard stereo is brilliant!