After 13 years of proud ownership of my Exige S1 I have reluctantly decided to offer it for sale to make room in my garage for my latest racing project.
Low mileage of 14023 miles and full service record including all MOT certificates since 2004. Offered at £29,750
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nice first post, welcome!!!
I have in fact been a member since around 2003 with username DavidW, but I forgot my password and did not have access to my original email address so I had to create a new profile.
How cool is the S1 
Reckon it’s worth more at 14k…
Looks lovely, good luck with the sale 
Look at this 2 lovely S1s come up for sale, my S2 is sold but the cash needs to go to some property I have invested in, I’m gutted
S2 is sold Ade? Did you manage to sell it in its modified state? Such a lovely car that, some lucky person is getting a beaut!! Bit of an end of an era eh,…you had tgat car a good few years.
Looking forwards to finally seeing you in an S1
That looks lovely.
Ade sorry to hear the car’s gone, but looking forward to seeing what comes next.
Looks great!
ETA - is it an aircon or non-aircon car?
Thanks!
It was originally an aircon car, but it was so troublesome I had it stripped out in around 2005 and fitted a normal heater, I still have the parts removed.
The car is going less all the carbon fibre and dash setup, the new owner is coming to pay the deposit Saturday.
It is the end of an era, I’ve had it 10 years, but needs must. I will still be coming to Anglesey and hiring a Caterham if I don’t own a new car by then.
This car is so tempting as I could even put my plate on it.
Sorry for hijacking your thread, I really do wish you luck with selling and I’m gutted it can’t be me 
Very good price on this.
Lovely car and spec. Worth more, surely?
Looks like a bargain!
thats too cheap for sure!! 
I was looking at this on the MOT checker - is it a concern that every MOT it fails on emissions then is passed shortly after? I assume there are emission issues with the s1/190.
Any pointers on that for me? That may help all buyers who are a bit confused how that aspect of the MOT works for this type of vehicle.
Cheers all
Most S1’s will have decat pipe so no chance of passing emissions Col.
When Shrek and my 1st S1 were MOT’d my friendly garage used the car next to it for the emissions test so didn’t have to fit the cat for MOT each year
With VHPDs s1s only have to pass the fast idle test which is around 2500rpm. Mine has good sessions and bad sessions. Some years it sails through and others we have struggled, it is now easy with a new lambda probe but you need a garage that understands them and is prepared to give some time.
I would not worry about some fails. Get it hot before the test, block off one pipe if it has two exit pipes (our it may show it is lean), make sure the lambda probe is working… It should pass.
The ecu does not switch on the check engine light if the probe is broken. My experience is that the car just runs horribly with a broken probe, kangaroos, no low down power, stumbles and smells. Fix the probe and it all gets much better (not perfect).
Is there any reason they routinely fail on the history of that car and then pass? I did look at this ad (despite looking for a v6 to replace my s2) then checked the MOT history and saw all these emission fails so I didn’t go further. I still have a soft spot for s1.
The 190 upgrade fitted to many/most cars included a different ECU map and a catalyst bypass pipe which was officially for ‘track use only’ and, as mentioned above, wouldn’t pass emissions. I’d have thought most owners would know this and either re-fit the cat before the MoT or find a ‘friendly’ tester; it is odd that they would put the car through so many times only to have it fail and then have to retest. Guess they were just an optimist 