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Lotus Exige (Premium Race) Stealth! – As stated on V5C
Welcome to
the private sale of my Lotus Exige (Premium Race) stealth – fully blacked out
with matching factory black accessories. Lotus club international owner, it’s
been one of the best road cars I’ve ever owned (even better than my 1990 BMW Z1!)
with one key factor; arrival at every destination with a smile on my face! If
you’re after this type of fantastic driver’s car then read on if not – thanks for
looking.
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Exige Service History (Full 9k in
between services)
2005 with
full lotus service history (29K)
PDI
Merritts Lotus (Bucks)
971
Merritts
7,121
Merritts14,419
Merrits
20,602
Phoenix (Lotus specialist)27,333
Chris Foulds (Club Lotus specialist)
The last
service undertaken by Chris Foulds Motors at the cost of £535.15, Inc full
brake relining with EBC Greenstuff pads + MOT
MOT History
21,161
May 200826,494
May 2009
Private Reg
E10 XGE, valued at £4k, NOT included in sale; Although sensible offers over £1,000 will be considered 
Factory fitted options (Premium Race
Prepared) Over 10K spent!!
Air
conditioning (Re-charged at last service, see above)ABS
Aux
power unit (Which I use for sat nav)Lightweight
aluminum passenger foot-rest
Leather
steering wheel Factory
fitted Cobra full closure alarm system (Two fobs supplied)Cobra
certificate for aboveCentral
door locking – remote from fob alarmFull
Safety Devices – German PROFI asm harnesses X 2 (2010) Full
leather/suede racing seats (Exige logo) which are brillent!Premium
sound system – excellent below 40mph!
Race
prepared upgraded large disks brakes all around
Race
braking & hoses system – competition approved
High
air pressure / oil adjustable rear suspension systemRace
front suspension systemTrickle
charge in boot system – with charger
Race
screen wash system on windscreen wiper armTwin
oil cooling system (Front)
Hand
wind up/down windows
Ultra
light weight black cast alloy race rims x 4Leather
door trimsFitted
footwell carpets Six
speed close ratio gear box – race prepared
Paint
protection preparation on rear car/wingsFull
black – de chromed paintwork starlight blackStage
II exhaust system (Noise approved for the race track, not stage III)Crome
interior kit – Polished aluminium gear-knob, window wind units & indicators switchgear
Locking
wheel nuts x 4
Soft
top prepped – Have driven without roof – fantastic fun as ever! (Only take 10 mins to simply take off) Central
cup / bottle holder (Good around corners!)
Additional after market upgrades
Full
front Lotus HIB lighting systemFully
closed lotus car cover (Silver sun reflective)
Additonal Information
HPI
Certificate providedFull RAC
report provided – any additonal inspection very, very welcome (Sold as seen)First
registered in UK on May 2005Full Key set
including alarm fobs (x2) presentV5C present and correctFull set of
history documentation presentCar Colour is
starlight black / Vents all round blacked outTwo previous
owners
New Lotus
arriving soon….
Brief overview of the car
Experience (the good):
What makes
the Exige such a special car? Why do people claim it is the best handling car
or the best driver’s car? How is it different from other cars, even other
sports or high performance cars? Here is an attempt to describe the
differences. The best way to discover the reasons is to drive an Exige. The following are comments I made when I first drove the Exige. The response
to steering, accelerator, and brake inputs is linear and predictableFirst you
have to tell the car to do something.The
steering wheel, accelerator pedal, and brake pedal are how you, the driver,
tell the car to do something. The controls are all direct and your input
movement has an immediate and proportional affect on the car. Move the wheel
slightly to the left and the car goes slightly to the left. Push the brake hard
and the car stops, hard.the Exige
will tell you exactly what it is happening.Now the car
needs to tell you what it is doing. There is a
feeling you get while just driving. All your senses are alive with inputs from
the car, all the time. (See below)These
sensory inputs are coming from many directions. Each message is clear,
immediate, and persistent. seating position in the carAnd finally
you have to listen to what the car is telling you. You will decide if it is
what you wanted and if the car should continue. Or if it was not what you
wanted, you can correct it.
The
driver’s seat is close to the centre of the car. The seat is offset towards the
centre and the passenger seat is pushed all the way away from the centre to
make room for the driver. The driver’s head is located close to the fore and
aft centre of the car, midway between the front and rear wheels.The view
forward shows the world and some reference points on the front of the car. The front wings provide a reference of where the car is pointed. You can see each
corner. As the car changes direction, you are able to see where it is going
easily and quickly. See also rear view comments later.
The seat is
contoured to encourage support. The padding and upholstery is thin in order to
make the rear of the driver make close contact to the hard part of the car. This allows the driver to feel every movement and change in direction of the
car directly in the body. This is the seat-of-the-pants driving that
exceptional drivers have learned and the Exige encourages.how much
fun it is to drive, the grin on the driver’s face (as stated before!), tiny size,
shape, and feel of the steering wheelinspires
confidence, especially at the limit, wonderful balance seating
position, very close to the front and offset to the centre of the carsmall size,
the car is tiny tiny tiny (Turns heads every road trip!) great
feedback from the car, what it is doing, especially at the limitcomfortable
seats, thin padding, retains the driver in position acceleration
and sound of the Lotus tuned, VVTL-i engine at high revsdramatic
appearance, even appeals to people who are not car enthusiasts single
windshield wiper coverage is excellentease of
installation of hard and soft tops the power
is amazing!
Frustrations:
short and non-linear
brake controlspoor stereo quality and
sound (Over 40mph!)scraping the nose on
ramps and driveways, especially with a passenger (Depends!)speedometer error (can
read 9% fast)! and can have recent difficulties (Common fault!)rear visibility,
non-existent because of the restricted cluter behind your head (Chicken wire and tupper ware!)quiet horn and hitting
the horn going around cornerswhere to put the front
license platequirks in the controls,
horn button, light switches, alarm control, door locksminimal storage optionsentry and exit are fun to
watch (you get used to it with time)
Don’t
forget it’s British (Last Picture!!!) and that a bonus!
Car is
advertised elsewhere so I reserve the riggh to withdrawn this car from e-bay at any time.
Less than
10 positive feedback will be deleted automatically unless you e-mail me direct
to discuss/progress.
May consider part
exchange for XC70, JCW or LR90
Car release on cleared funds only, and will need to be paid within two weeks of the end of the auction. (£500 deposit will be required via e-bay’s paypal at end of aution)
Cheers E-Bayer’s – Thanks
again for looking
Will post some more detailed pictures later.
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