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Old 05-26-2017, 04:34 AM
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My eyes have turned a similar colour...

assuming you mean the green one and not the GTi in the background?

Superb, hope you enjoy it.

'airbag deletion' has me a little miffed however?
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Looks fab - hope it's a good 'un!
Old 05-26-2017, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by composite guru
Ok so I just put a deposit down on this bad boy.
Year old, 4500 miles and mint. Collect in 2 weeks.
Toxic Green Metallic

Air Conditioning

Comfort Pack

Black Forged Motorsport Wheels with AO48’s

Towing Eye Kit

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220 or 250 s3 Cup? Eitherway a fab car/colour (toxic) combo.

Your money is reasonably safe
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Utterly impractical car,, radioactive colour, great job, just what the doctor ordered
Old 05-26-2017, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by cheshire_carper
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220 or 250 s3 Cup? Eitherway a fab car/colour (toxic) combo.

Your money is reasonably safe
Its a 220 Cup. TBH after driving a standard Elise S with TRD airbox and uprated exhaust I thought that was plenty fast enough. 0 - 60 in 4 secs is not slow.
This car has a 2ubular exhaust fitted too. Sounds awesome.
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Originally Posted by composite guru
Its a 220 Cup. TBH after driving a standard Elise S with TRD airbox and uprated exhaust I thought that was plenty fast enough. 0 - 60 in 4 secs is not slow.
This car has a 2ubular exhaust fitted too. Sounds awesome.
I think you have made a wise choice with that. Great mix/model. Desirable by the Lotusians.

2bular........

Here's me shoving my v6 2bular on...

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Originally Posted by cheshire_carper
I think you have made a wise choice with that. Great mix/model. Desirable by the Lotusians.

2bular........

Here's me shoving my v6 2bular on...

Nice. Would of loved an Exige but just couldn't stretch to one.
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As much as I think the V6 is amazing, the lightweight 220 bhp Elise is a really nice balance for a Road car.

I still need to have a drive of a V6 - my old S2 had 260 bhp and that was bloody fast, so these 350bhp things must be crazy. Sounds great out the box too, where the 1.8 sounds a bit weak and no personally think they sound worse with a loud exhaust.

That 220 Cup is the bollocks
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I still cannot decide whether the 'less is more' boggo Elise Sprint or the 'Jesus Fucking Christ!!!' V6 Exige version is the one to go for.

Both, probably.
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves
I still cannot decide whether the 'less is more' boggo Elise Sprint or the 'Jesus Fucking Christ!!!' V6 Exige version is the one to go for.

Both, probably.
I suspect it depends on where you drive and how you drive

Whilst generally a purchaser of the top of the model range it isn't always the best choice

Since tracks don't interest me very much I suspect either would suit me just fine

V nice car CG by the way


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