lotusdave

Ps. Test drive an evora S. It wont sound like an F but the suspension is amazing. So soft and comfortable but so taught when it matters. If the F rode like an evora then it'd have sold buckets I reckon. If only lotus had the money to actually design a new car....

evora alternative option. I very nearly got one rather than the F. Ten grand more at the time for a used automatic (which I wanted for my motorway and traffic work). As a lotus owner it was an obvious choice . But even a lotus die hard would admit the rear seats are a joke. You wont get a car seat in and have room for the kids legs without them kicking the seat all the time. They wont be able to see much and the boot is laughable. despite all that if they'd been available for same price as F I'd have got one I'm sure. I was squeezed into an original BMW 635 back when i was a kid and loved every minute. Sod no room, kids love fast cars. might look again at an evora in a year or so if I decide to change the F. You got me thinking again...

none of us have isfs because they are the best four door super saloon available (for the given age). It isn't. The m3 or c63 are better cars;better ride, better looking etc. However I didn't want to drive one of those as I wanted some understated and rare. ticks those boxes and ill put up the the at times awful ride. Section of m25 near Sevenoaks has the car bobbing up and down like Linda Lovelace (careful googling her boys). still love the car though. The rcf isn't subtle but id still have one! And the reliability of the F is a key point too for me

my auto trader app says only two for sale at moment...almost makes me want to upgrade to the proper lsd version. Ps what are we doing up and on a forum at this time in the am?!

if the 08 cars are priced at nearly 25k then that's incredible. Of course one 08 at 22 but even so that would mean no depreciation in the 18m ive had it. Assuming you can sell it for that.

I was thinking that. Had to move it yesterday to get the lotus out and it was fine. Sounded amazing in a garage standing at the back!

I've noticed the last couple of times I started the car in the garage a bit of a haze and a burnt oil smell. 55,000 miles or so now so I guess it's not entirely unexpected that it'll be showing a little bit of ageing. I shall keep an eye on it though naturally. Never did get my rattle sorted either! MoT this weekend, hope that's a formality. Dave

FINALLY I found the time to extract the table I wrote way back when I purchased mine, which was the Targa car near the bottom. Here's what available on autotrader at the moment [August 2013]:- year reg colour miles £ seller 2011 11 slate 3660 35000 lexus twickwnham 2011 11 slate 8243 33975 lexus derby 2011 11 white 11425 32995 lexus glasgow 2011 60 blue 8736 30995 lexus edgware 2011 11 black 27000 30000 wokingham car centre 2008 58 silver 43500 21995 targa florida cars 2008 58 white 50000 20995 parkway birmingham 2008 58 grey 51000 20995 shamrock motors 2008 58 black 39000 20995 private