How long have you owned your Esprit?

[robcun]

i got mine in nov 04

[nigel cowell]

an s2 from 1988 to 1991

s3 from 2001 to 2003

Stevens from 2005 to present

between these have had 2 porsche

2 Marcos

2 Toyota supras

1 lotus excel

1 lotus elan se, these never last that long as i start suffering

from massive withdrawal symptoms from not having an esprit

[Vulcan Grey]

September '00, bought mine in Nashville Tennessee, at age 24.

[iainskea]

I bought my S2 in 2003 - first Lotus I have ever owned.

Iain

[Artie]

I bought my S2 in 2003 - first Lotus I have ever owned.

Iain

Crap, I feel like an old geezer then, lots of 20 somethings. I bought my REXy at 25, bought the Esprit last December at 34. Owned her a little over a year now and overhauled most of the car already!

Artie

[iainskea]

Crap, I feel like an old geezer then, lots of 20 somethings. I bought my REXy at 25, bought the Esprit last December at 34. Owned her a little over a year now and overhauled most of the car already!

Artie

To put you at ease Art, I am 43

[mr50bmg]

Bought mine in 1991 - hard to believe that was 15 years ago. Teenagers are amazed when I tell them the car is older than they are.

-Dave

[slade]

...the Esprit is the only car I own that's younger than me

(by one year)

[islandbloke]

Bought my SE new in 1990, sold her in 2002 as a restoration project I couldn't afford to do at the time, bought her back this year and am wading through completing the restoration.

Skint again, but happy...

[GordonMasson]

wow, 23 seems to be a popular number on here!

i got mine april of this year and im currently 23 years old

shade

Now there is a thing .... i bought my car the same year you were born !!!!!

[Killboy]

Friday 13th September 1996 ............. I can remember the date I got my Esprit but not my wifes birthday.

[MPx]

Lionel (yes it has a name I'm afraid!) will be 21 on Jan 1st and I've owned him since he was 4......which is obviously a long time, but still some way behind 23 years! Well done Gordon, but if you crack first I might still catch you up....

[fflyingdog]

4 years and still lights me up every time i drive/look at her .........sorry IT :

Nick S4s

[mayevora]

Bought only Esprit I've owned in October 2000.

[Jukka]

I am a newbie!

I bought my Esprit 20 july this year. It was 27.12.2005 when I saw it first time.

[dodgy]

Feb 1st 2005, nearly 2 years now

got it for my 40th birthday (well 6 months after)

[gmendoza]

wow, 23 seems to be a popular number on here!

i got mine april of this year and im currently 23 years old

shade

I bought mine for my 24th birthday on Jan 2006

Edited December 22, 2006 by gmendoza

[abrussich]

Purchased my 89 Esprit, used with 1700 miles on the clock in 1992. Now showing 91K miles and running strong!

[GordonMasson]

Lionel (yes it has a name I'm afraid!) will be 21 on Jan 1st and I've owned him since he was 4......which is obviously a long time, but still some way behind 23 years! Well done Gordon, but if you crack first I might still catch you up....

No chance of that Mike .... 0100G and i are joined at the hip and my son Fraser has been promised the car when he is old enough to look after it .... on the understanding that he passes it on to his kids when the time comes

But 17 years is the best so far ... im really surprised there are no S1 owners from new out there ??????

[USAndretti42]

Bought my S2 in July 2004 when I was 51. I don't think it was a mid-life crisis. Too old for that. I was just in need of a Lotus having sold my Elan +2 in the early 80's.

[GordonMasson]

Come on guys , i surely cant be the only 20+ years owner on here???????

[1984_lotus_esprit]

I'm close at 19 years...bought mine used with 12K miles in 1987, I now have 47K miles on my car...

keeps my foot and ears happy...web page below has WAV file of a standing 1Km

http://www.smallscalerailway.com/lotus%20esprit%20sound.htm

Edited December 23, 2006 by 1984_lotus_esprit

[espritmania]

hI all S1 owners(see Paul Godfrey,s Esprit on Guigiaro owners page) .I have had my S1 since 1984 when I was 21 ,it will hit 100,000 miles early next year. I have coverd over70,000 miles and I still have no hearing problems I am usually the only white S1 at the Lotus shows,I always look forward to a chat see you next year.Happy Lotus Christmas.Paul Godfrey.

Edited December 24, 2006 by espritmania

[rudolphwolven]

50 years was my age when I did buy my SE; now I am 63 and did not regret the purchase since then even a minute; I drove it (once) in the early evening with 255 kmh. on a 120 kmh. limited motorway (first checking in both directions if there was no mobile radar-speedcontrol );...................... still in love with this car........................

Here my story from the Netherlands:

Together with 3 other new LH-driven units (red, black and grey) my steel-blue Turbo SE was imported to the Netherlands 1990 in one lot by the official distributor those days; "Lotus Import Nederland BV", a subsidiary of the famous Dutch automotive distributor "Kroymans" (Ferrari, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Saab, etc.)

The official listprice (incl. taxes) in 1990 was Hfl 257.000,- (excl. delivery cost), beeing an equivalent (with the 1990 exchange rate of the GBP) of 79.300,- pounds. (due to very high tax-level)

After 3 years driving with a total of 25.000 km's it was traded in at "Kroymans" by the first owner.

I became the second owner after a couple of weeks of negotiation and payed in 1993 Hfl 90.000,- (Euro 40.900,-) for this car (35% of the original list price).

The 3 years of ownership of the first owner were very costly for him; approx. 52.000,- pounds (solely for the depreciation costs). Compared to the distance of 25.000 km (15.625 miles) it is over 3 pounds per mile !!!

With this example you can see again how expensive it is to own an exotic car in the Netherlands.

Since my purchase in 1993 I have driven only 21.000 km's, which is 1.600 km's per year; this is not much. However since 2 years I am redundant and have the time now to drive this fantastic car more frequently.

The running costs so far only consist of gasoline, insurance, road tax, the (few) regular service costs, etc. and one set of new tires.

The only major repair (by the present importer/distributor "Van der Kooi") was a new turbo after I blowed it up during "duelling" with some other exotic car (shame).

It is parked in my garage and permanently connected with a batterycharger/conditioner.

It was a heavy decision for me 13 years ago to spent so much money for a single car, however (as expected) I did not regret it since then even a minute.

The car is still in its original condition and looks "nearly new".

Not any modification was made and I intend to maintain this.

Best regards,

Ruud

[mr50bmg]

hI all S1 owners(see Paul Godfrey,s Esprit on Guigiaro owners page) .I have had my S1 since 1984 when I was 21 ,it will hit 100,000 miles early next year. I have coverd over70,000 miles and I still have no hearing problems I am usually the only white S1 at the Lotus shows,I always look forward to a chat see you next year.Happy Lotus Christmas.Paul Godfrey.

Wow! That interior looks like it just left the factory! What year is your car?

-Dave