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Which do you think would be more suited as a single guy's daily driver?
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Post by Subtle »

OOOPS meant turbo Esprit :smt013
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Post by AWD_addict »

Exige 240R for me.
But given the original choices I'd go with the Elise. I saw an orange one yesterday, and two today in silver and burgandy. Hopefully the used market is flooded when I have money.
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Post by 206er »

either the elise or a europa
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Post by azn2nr »

elise. mmmmm daily driven go cart.
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Post by Splinter »

Anyone know why all Lotus cars start with an E?
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

I want a Turbo Espirit a la James Bond :D
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Post by evolutionmovement »

They're pretty cheap. Get an S2. S1s had major driveshaft problems since they were a stressed part of the suspension. I think there was a much-needed timing tensioner change and the HGs were better, though by now older ones have likely been retrofitted. There was a real nice S2 turbo here for 17k that I kept eyeing.
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