Shoofin's Lotus Exige S Thread [Update - P.11]
02-16-2013, 06:27 PM
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Shoofin's Lotus Exige S Thread [Update - P.11]
Went on a cruise last month, as I'm leaving the port, I get a text from a buddy of mine, telling me his partner's friend had a car for sale, and the first person he thought of was me. Sent me some pics, and I got all crazy, called him immediately. I told him not to do anything with the car until I come back. Get back, went to look at the car, and pretty much committed to it on the spot! The price was too good to pass up...It's a 2007 Exige in Graphite Grey with 6,500 miles on it. Now I don't know what to do with and Elise AND an Exige. I love the color of my Elise, but I've always wanted an Exige. Me thinks I'm going to sell my Elise and keep this. It has a few small flaws, but is otherwise in great shape. I haven't picked her up yet, it's still at my friend's shop, figured to just have him repair the flaws before I get it. I also didn't pay it in full yet, just sent the payoff check to the bank, and once I get the title, will pay the seller the balance and pick up the car... 
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02-16-2013, 06:37 PM
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Nice impulse buy. Looks great in that color. Congratulations.
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02-16-2013, 06:48 PM
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02-16-2013, 06:49 PM
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And Ed, impulse buys are motherfarking bad@$$...FIX YOUR TITLE! 
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02-16-2013, 07:15 PM
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02-16-2013, 07:43 PM
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Congrats. Hope you enjoy it.
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02-16-2013, 07:59 PM
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Great impulse buy!!
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02-16-2013, 09:32 PM
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The values of the Elise/Exige have both started to go up since they discontinued them. I'm not 100% sure how much it's worth, but I would guess that I could get back the money I spent, if not even make a couple of pesos. I always browse the web for Lotus cars for sale to keep track of prices, and most of what I find that people are selling are 05-06, I don't know why, but you don't see many '07's (What mine is) or even newer very often.
02-16-2013, 09:34 PM
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Nice car 
I like the color.
I like the color.
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02-17-2013, 02:52 AM
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so an impulse buy for you amounts to and exige
congrats dude!! Probably gonna be so much more awesome than the elise!
congrats dude!! Probably gonna be so much more awesome than the elise!
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02-17-2013, 08:15 AM
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Awesome.
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02-17-2013, 09:25 AM
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Holy hell Eddie! Congrats man 
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Now here's the thing...I have a buddy of mine, also has an Elise, but an '08 Supercharged in white. When he was shopping for a car, he really had his mind set on an Exige - in Graphite Grey. Something I didn't know. When I told him that I found one and was buying it, he nearly wet his pants. He offered to trade cars with me, this '07 Exige with 6,500 mile for his '08 Elise S/C with about 12-13k miles.
Thing is, when I was first hunting for a Lotus, I really wanted an Exige. But when I saw that the pricing was on average $10k more than a similar year Elise, figured I'll settle with an Elise and eventually supercharge it. I grew to like the Elise more, mostly because I like to open the top every so often, and I like the fact that you can see behind you in the rear view mirror. The Exige has a rear window, it even has a rear view mirror, but all you're looking at is the back of the intercooler. You can remove the top of the Exige, but I don't know if it hampers the cooling through the duct on the roof to the intercooler.
I thought about swapping with him (his car has most of the mods that I want to do), but his car is white. It does look good in white, but it's a little blah for my tastes. I would want to probably add some color to it, perhaps a racing stripe down the middle or offset. I would even do it to the Exige possibly. Was thinking the Burnt Orange color, similar to the color I did on my Mini, but not sure yet.
FWIW, this is his car:
At first I was leaning towards swapping with him, but the more I think about it, I feel like I should keep the Exige. I like the fact that his car is already modded, and that it's an '08, which did bring a host of improvements/upgrades. But I don't know!
Thing is, when I was first hunting for a Lotus, I really wanted an Exige. But when I saw that the pricing was on average $10k more than a similar year Elise, figured I'll settle with an Elise and eventually supercharge it. I grew to like the Elise more, mostly because I like to open the top every so often, and I like the fact that you can see behind you in the rear view mirror. The Exige has a rear window, it even has a rear view mirror, but all you're looking at is the back of the intercooler. You can remove the top of the Exige, but I don't know if it hampers the cooling through the duct on the roof to the intercooler.
I thought about swapping with him (his car has most of the mods that I want to do), but his car is white. It does look good in white, but it's a little blah for my tastes. I would want to probably add some color to it, perhaps a racing stripe down the middle or offset. I would even do it to the Exige possibly. Was thinking the Burnt Orange color, similar to the color I did on my Mini, but not sure yet.
FWIW, this is his car:
At first I was leaning towards swapping with him, but the more I think about it, I feel like I should keep the Exige. I like the fact that his car is already modded, and that it's an '08, which did bring a host of improvements/upgrades. But I don't know!
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02-17-2013, 10:47 AM
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Oh the tough decisions you have to make!
Isnt your elise a special edition of some sort?
One of my friends had a supercharged Elise....oh lord that thing was amazing.
Isnt your elise a special edition of some sort?
One of my friends had a supercharged Elise....oh lord that thing was amazing.
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02-17-2013, 10:52 AM
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No to the trade. Keep yours. Mod it. Love it.
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02-17-2013, 11:26 AM
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Also, the more I look at the Graphite Grey color of the Exige, the more I like it too. Still like Yellow better though. However it seems like the GG is also a little rare. Most are Storm Titanium, which is more of a dark silver color.
02-17-2013, 11:35 AM
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And Ed, impulse buys are motherfarking bad@$$...FIX YOUR TITLE!
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02-17-2013, 12:00 PM
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idk...the trade isnt a horrible idea. youd essentially be getting a "finders fee" for the exige, which would ultimately result in an upgrade from your elise for an S/C version without coming out of pocket.
the open air S/C elise version would meet all of your criteria - speed, open air, mods. if you were to keep the exige, you would be sacrificing a couple items on your checklist (rear vision/open-air), although there is more upside for future mods/personalization. taking that guys elise would pretty much be the end-game.
from what ive seen on lotus boards, there is much more respect for the exige over the elise. (elise being called the "girl car" of the line-up). as you mentioned though, the elise is more user friendly, and a more fun experience... i think it really boils down to how big of a lotus fan you are, or at least how involved you are in the lotus community.
i say, if you could turn a decent profit off your elise, then keep the exige and do a wrap, etc. step up the game.
the open air S/C elise version would meet all of your criteria - speed, open air, mods. if you were to keep the exige, you would be sacrificing a couple items on your checklist (rear vision/open-air), although there is more upside for future mods/personalization. taking that guys elise would pretty much be the end-game.
from what ive seen on lotus boards, there is much more respect for the exige over the elise. (elise being called the "girl car" of the line-up). as you mentioned though, the elise is more user friendly, and a more fun experience... i think it really boils down to how big of a lotus fan you are, or at least how involved you are in the lotus community.
i say, if you could turn a decent profit off your elise, then keep the exige and do a wrap, etc. step up the game.
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The Exige can have the soft top installed with little modification, which I would probably do. As for the rear visibility, it's definitely good to have, and I would probably look into a rear view camera system that stays on all the time, with the screen in the rear view mirror, so I can at least see SOMETHING behind me. I mean with the Elise, with my S/C style lip/wing, it already cuts visibility, and with the Exige style wing my friend has installed, it also cuts visibility a bit. Though you can still see a little bit back there.
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I would sell my Elise with the stock wheels, and then I have the 2 sets of wheels, the ones I had PC'ed gloss black, and the track wheels. I'll probably sell one of those sets, so I have 2 sets for the next car, one for the street, one for the track.
02-17-2013, 01:40 PM
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Ed, can I make a confession? 
I hate you.
I hate you.
