Should of parked in the trolley bay!

I still want one...

Perhaps with the Toyota engine though

I had a 160 sport....quick little go kart

Looked like ****ing noddy's car though

I miss mine - but not half as much as my Old Classic Scoob...

Your roof appears to be a better fit that the one i saw!

It still leaked

Mine doesn't leak at all, and it's been in some pretty dire weather




Not as quick as my old Scoobies, but I'm having more fun in it

TBH, it was only a drip which got sorted at the dealer

what are the fuel costs on these compared to scoobs?

My returned 34mpg on average
It was just the S model with 118bhp although i doubt the R with 190bhp will have been much worse

I guess the lack of weight plus awd running gear and the lack of a turbo did wonders

what are the other running costs like?
I'm used to toyota engines as I used to run MR2 turbo's but I imagine you mention the word lotus and servicing in the same sentence and it automatically means £££££££

Piece of **** to work on , parts are not expensive
Pain in the **** getting in and out , but a really good fun car when you give them the beans
Mine was the 160 sport and the worst thing was driving under 15-20mph, it only wanted to be in first gear
The vx220 is a good laugh aswel

Had mine serviced at a Lotus main dealer and it wasn't any worse than the Scoob.
Been out in a VX220 Turbo and that is the engine the Elise should of had

Both nice cars

I wish I could get in one

Nearly swapped my m3csl last year for a vxr220.....fooooking thing was like lightning....should of done the deal but I didn't see the value in it til I looked online

Drove mine to Scotland last summer, and managed to get almost 50mpg out of the motorway run. Usually average around 35-40mpg. Cheap car to run really

the engine it shoulda had from the start is the Honda Civic Type R K20a unit

great little cars, still need to get myself one at some point, but ive had a couple of mates who have had them ..
and they have never had a temp roof looking that bad

I think every petrolhead should own a Lotus at some point, and MUST MUST track it. It was built for it and is FAR better than a lardy scooby at doing it!

On the road not so good. Rattles, clunks, mine was 165BHP and overtaking was awful. Squeeze the throttle in the scoob and you past, 3rd at full beans and you pootle past in the Elise... but track could hold its own quite well against the big turbos. They pull away on the straights, you catch up and get past in the bends





BTW Zohan - that cover is called a shower cover. Saves you putting all the ragtop back on



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Wish I still had my Exige....

Why - it's got 3 wheels hasn't it?

It had.

love my exige, it may lack a bit of straightline speed compared to the old girl, but every journey is certainly an event. i seem to be visiting shell less as well, which cant be a bad thing....