New lotus exige owner! :)

[Forthedrive]

Hi guys, I've done a deal on my first lotus moving over from a BMW Z4M Coupe. The Z4M was a very special car but I wanted something a little more raw and connected. Lotus did it for me and I made the move to buy one last weekend. Just waiting for the car to be prepped and hopefully will collect it in a couple weeks.

I'm a proud owner of a black exige 350. Looking forward to some forum chat, learning and banter and hopefully meeting some fellow petrol heads! 

[pete]

Castle?

[Forthedrive]

Yep! Is this a forum known car?

[Techyd]

Congrats - fabulous cars those 350 sports! Looking forward to pictures and first driving impressions 🙂 

[pete]

10 hours ago, Forthedrive said:

Yep! Is this a forum known car?

Don't think so. See they had sold it,we took it out a few weeks ago lovely car and surprised it didn't sell earlier. We couldn't come to a deal on it and ended up buying new. Are you in Essex

 

[Forthedrive]

29 minutes ago, Techyd said:

Congrats - fabulous cars those 350 sports! Looking forward to pictures and first driving impressions 🙂 

Thanks! Yea it had me in the first few minutes of driving it. Its basically what I always wanted the Z4M to feel like, but couldn't get there with it. 

14 minutes ago, pete said:

Don't think so. See they had sold it,we took it out a few weeks ago lovely car and surprised it didn't sell earlier. We couldn't come to a deal on it and ended up buying new. Are you in Essex

 

Yea was a lovely car, seems like the previous owner was also quite meticulous with it. I'm based in Watford so not too far. 

[Bibs]

Welcome to TLF Viren, and congrats on the new car! 

This is an a few weeks time if you wanted to get the car out to its first meet...

 

[Forthedrive]

Cheers, looks good. I'll be there. 

[pete]

See you there

[ChrisJ]

@Forthedrive - make sure that you add your name to the list as I'll have to provide numbers to the venue a day or so before.

[Forthedrive]

1 hour ago, pete said:

See you there

That's stunning! 

9 minutes ago, ChrisJ said:

@Forthedrive - make sure that you add your name to the list as I'll have to provide numbers to the venue a day or so before.

Done thx

[stephenwhyte]

20 hours ago, Forthedrive said:

Hi guys, I've done a deal on my first lotus moving over from a BMW Z4M Coupe. The Z4M was a very special car but I wanted something a little more raw and connected. Lotus did it for me and I made the move to buy one last weekend. 

I made the exact same move.......although I had an Evora in between for a few weeks to make it happen....long story!😂 My Z4M was a roadster (pictured below), and is the best car I’ve ever owned......apart from the Exige. The Exige is much rawer as you say and every journey is an even bigger event than the Z4M, which was fantastic fun too. I used to love taking the roadster out and would buy it back tomorrow, but the drive in the Exige is better still😎

I look forward to seeing the photos when you pick the car up. Enjoy and welcome - they’re a great bunch here and that’s probably the biggest difference between the 2 marques - Lotus is an institution, whereas BMW are really just another Manufacturer😉  

Here’s my Exige👍

[jep]

Fire Red is just so fab....the Beamer looks fat but red suits it. 

Welcome aboard @Forthedrive - I will be joining you soon with an Exige LF1. Any Exige will do, S1 outrageously cool, S2 meaty, S3 super-quick. 

Justin 

 

 

[Bibs]

1 hour ago, jep said:

I will be joining you soon with an Exige LF1

Spill the beans

 

[Forthedrive]

1 hour ago, stephenwhyte said:

I made the exact same move.......although I had an Evora in between for a few weeks to make it happen....long story!😂 My Z4M was a roadster (pictured below), and is the best car I’ve ever owned......apart from the Exige. The Exige is much rawer as you say and every journey is an even bigger event than the Z4M, which was fantastic fun too. I used to love taking the roadster out and would buy it back tomorrow, but the drive in the Exige is better still😎

I look forward to seeing the photos when you pick the car up. Enjoy and welcome - they’re a great bunch here and that’s probably the biggest difference between the 2 marques - Lotus is an institution, whereas BMW are really just another Manufacturer😉  

Here’s my Exige👍

Both beautiful cars! 

This is my Z4M

 

[jep]

6 minutes ago, Bibs said:

Spill the beans

There are 345 beans, you should know. 😁

[Forthedrive]

1 hour ago, jep said:

Fire Red is just so fab....the Beamer looks fat but red suits it. 

Welcome aboard @Forthedrive - I will be joining you soon with an Exige LF1. Any Exige will do, S1 outrageously cool, S2 meaty, S3 super-quick. 

Justin 

 

 

LF1 is just so cool. Congrats!

[jep]

@Bibs sold the Evora S, lovely buyer collects on 01 April. I am a '70s boy at heart, JPS is the era for me, so LF1 has always been on the radar. The right car appeared whilst not actively on the look-out. I could and should have waited a few more years but Lotus is my passion, so in I went, heart-first not head.

Justin

[chipp]

No25?

[jep]

Not No.25, which is a poor advert on SELOC. No idea about No.25 but if I was selling any car, let alone a LF1, I would make a lot more effort. 

No 70. Not cheap but FSH and warranty. A long-term hold with any luck, so a few more £'s now hopefully will not matter.

Justin

 

[ramjet]

Welcome to TLF Viren.

Looking forward to seeing photos of your car.

Any questions or issues with using the forums, feel free to ask one of us mods. We're here to help.