Hi - I have just put down an 'unplanned' deposit for an Exige 410 Sport 20th Anniversary from Oakmere for collection January 2021. In September I visited Oakmere looking to buy a Caterham Seven to replace my Porsche 718 Spyder and whilst waiting to test drive the Seven I asked if i could test drive an Exige. I used to own an Elise S2 which in 2004 I traded in for an Exige S2 which I instantly regretted and soon traded in for a Caterham R400.
I was sent out in a Exige 410 Sport and came back with the biggest grin on my face - it was so different to the S2 version I owned. But I as I had gone to buy a Caterham, I stuck to my guns and bought a Caterham 620S as planned. Over the last 2 months, even though I have loved the raw speed of the 620S I could not get that memory of the noise and drive of the 410 Sport out of my mind - going past Oakmere most days didn't help either.
So last week, I popped back into Oakmere and after a 2 minute conversation (and a little bit of man-maths) struck up a deal to exchange the 620S for a red 410 Sport 20th Anniversary Exige Oakmere had in stock. This plan lasted for 2 days, as when I went into drop off my 620S it came into conversation that they also had a chrome orange 410 on order for January delivery. So the paperwork was quickly changed and I am now counting down the days to collection. My only slight hic-up is we are in the process of moving house so I may have to delay collection by a couple of weeks.
I will spend the next few weeks reading forums and try and not get too excited!!!