…having regretted selling my old exige I have now bought a 51 plate chrome orange car. reg. will be L7TOS. Its off to Bell and Colville for a bit of TLC. You may recall I was umming and ahing about the red car (but it was withdawn from sale) and the supercharged car (decided it was too risky). Is orange the best colour or the worst…what do you think.
ken
Welcome back, Monsieur Pegg
Orange - horrible colour But I love it
Nice to have you back Ken !!!
Welcome back Ken!
Now yow there is no substitute…
Good man! Welcome back!
I think Orange is cracking on track, looks like a proper racecar (although perhaps makes less sense day-to-day on the road).
Ian
(although perhaps makes less sense day-to-day on the road).
Umm, tend to disagree there Ian. Orange & yellow Exiges (& Elises & Lambos ) really stand out on the open road, so reducing the risk of being hit by other traffic. This in fact contrasts with titanium, gunmetal & quartz coloured cars (colours which I do really like too), & if I had one of those I would always drive with my sidelights on
My comment was based on aesthetics more than practicality.
Whenever I see an orange Exige on road I always wonder how it would look with RAC stickers on the side (there’s a Photoshop project). Whenever I see an orange one on the track I think how good it would look with racing numbers on.
Ian
Orange is ok, but it is a well known fact that black cars are the fastest !!!
Im sorry to tell you Ken but RED Exiges are the best and rarest of all colours .
But chrome orange is good also , just not as good as red .
This has nothing to do with me owning a red exige , honest .
Welcome back to the club
Could have been worse , it could have been a S2 .
ken
this must be a proud first… welcome back
I think Chrome Orange and Norfolk Mustard are the best colours… you’ll never get lost among all those drop dead boring shades of grey…
nice number as well… although anything with TOS in it could be a bit dodgy
btw, remind me what colour was yer old one? and where did this chrome orange one come from?
I agree with Evosal !!!
Bleck !!
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My old one was Nautilus blue…should never have sold it.
This one was a Lotus management car and then was bought by the MD of a vauxhall dealership as his company car!! Its a late late car (reg. 18.12.01) and its chassis number 500ish. because its so late build its got air con (pain really) but its only done 6000 miles and its a minter. I paid 22250 against an ask of 24000, so i’m well pleased. Incidentally, residuals on these cars are amazingly strong!!
As for the S2, well, as scotty famously never said “its an exige Jim, but not as we know it…”
Hope to meet you guys soon. I also have to admit to having a bit of an Esprit habit, but thats another story…
ken
you been tangoed…
sounds fab…
You,re all completely wrong!!!Best colour has got to be Cobalt Blue (and of course I’m not biased at all!!!).
Nah - Aqua is the rarest (only 5 made)
One will be shortly available at LRV
Nah nah nah nah nah Also only 5 calypso red ones made which is why Lotus never sold more than 2000 Exiges .
I think ???
Alot less than that! About 600 (I can’t quite remember the closer figure that came out a few months ago).
Ian
ps. Gunmetal is very rare too as it is an Elise S2 colour.
Yep 601 made and only 270 road registered in the UK
Yeah but do you know where they all are ?
We have 2 Aqua’s, one is also in Japan and another was for sale at Nick Whales(?) - just need to track down the last one
nah nah nah nah
Yep 601 made and only 270 road registered in the UK
According to the Lotus factory, the total build number is 604.