Unique Elise...

Tesla · 4 Oct 2006 at 12:21

Spotted this: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/97154.htm

It sounds a bit more special, very unique and a mint example.

When buying a car like this would the fact it's been tracked bother you?

Trojan · 4 Oct 2006 at 12:25

Tesla said:
When buying a car like this would the fact it's been tracked bother you?

Not at all. In fact I think it would be unrealistic to expect a car like an Elise not to have been tracked.

Memphis · 4 Oct 2006 at 12:47

Tesla said:
When buying a car like this would the fact it's been tracked bother you?

A car being used properly wouldn't bother me.
If it had been damaged in any way, I would expect to be told, but just the fact it's been on a track wouldn't sway me at all.

Nozzer · 4 Oct 2006 at 12:55

Cars which have been tracked will have been looked after a lot better than one which is used to commute to work every day.

eidolon · 4 Oct 2006 at 13:06

Nozzer said:
Cars which have been tracked will have been looked after a lot better than one which is used to commute to work every day.

I'm not sure if I believe that to be honest. *some* people will take more care but quite a lot are happy just to thrash their cars as they don't plan on keeping it for longer than about a year or so.

siztenboots · 4 Oct 2006 at 13:47

Did all elise come with a drivers instruction track day ?

Tracked or not, it was what the car was designed for, so it would not put me off.

Nozzer · 4 Oct 2006 at 13:52

eidolon said:
I'm not sure if I believe that to be honest. *some* people will take more care but quite a lot are happy just to thrash their cars as they don't plan on keeping it for longer than about a year or so.

Well, OK, it's a bit of a generalisation. But most people will look after cars that are driven at the limit.

theNude · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:29

Elises come with a car limits day iirc so they have all been thrashed around a track at once point.. it shouldnt bother a potential buyer as i cant imagine buying one and not taking it to the track to find out what it can do...

that'd be like me buying a people carrier when i have no children

Nozzer · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:31

They don't come with them, but a lot of drivers will do one.

Oakesy2001uk · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:38

You can tell if an owner looks after their car/bike just by looking at it, and listening to them talking about it 99% of the time. I'd say a lot of people who would buy an elise, track or not will look after them, you have to love cars to consider one. However there is a difference between looking after, and trying to look after!!

If I ever sell my bike it will be prety clear to anyone that it has been well used, but meticulously looked after, and thats what I'd be looking for.

The track is what this car is designed for, and it would not put me off in the slightest. Not to mention the engine will be sweeter than one thats been chugged round the roads.

This one is obviously an amazing example, but then you are paying for it!

kaiowas · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:42

Looks like a nice little earner for Mr Sharp

eidolon · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:49

I think this one was up for £17.5k a few weeks back. Good to see he's a little bit more realistic about it but I still think he'll struggle to sell it when early S2s are more like 11-12k

NathanE · 4 Oct 2006 at 15:12

Why would anyone want to buy a beta-version Elise S2? When I saw that advert when he first put it on a couple weeks ago I immediately blanked it because there's no way I'd spend that sort of money on a car that was used by Lotus to do R+D on.

NathanE · 4 Oct 2006 at 15:15

Oakesy2001uk said:
I'd say a lot of people who would buy an elise, track or not will look after them, you have to love cars to consider one.

I know of somebody who had one for a few months and clearly didn't give a flying **** about it.

lordrobs · 4 Oct 2006 at 15:31

NathanE said:
Why would anyone want to buy a beta-version Elise S2? When I saw that advert when he first put it on a couple weeks ago I immediately blanked it because there's no way I'd spend that sort of money on a car that was used by Lotus to do R+D on.

That was my first thought too. If I was to buy that car then I would be wanting to save a bit on the book value, as I'm sure the guy selling it did when he bought it.

Oakesy2001uk · 4 Oct 2006 at 15:35

NathanE said:
I know of somebody who had one for a few months and clearly didn't give a flying **** about it.

A lot of people, not most people, and definetly not all people, but this would be evident to anyone who knew what they were looking at if they viewed his car, as would the opposite.