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Come friday I shall be driving this for the summer:

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Less than 100 miles done on it when I get to drive it home from university. Sweet.

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Sorry to be a spoilsport but that's an Exige not an Elise.

 

Spoilsport

 

:p

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Random fact about the Elise (and probably Exige): Imagine a line where the windscreen meets the bonnet. The 2 sections you now have are actually glued together. It was originally an idea being tested at a university to save weight, but it worked so well that Lotus used it on the Elise. If you have a bit of a front end smash, they can just glue another front end on providing the damage isn't too bad.

 

There is no doubt that Colin Chapman would have been proud to see that the first road car, the Lotus Elise, to be produced with a chassis held together with only glue, was produced by his company, Lotus.
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Will it seems you have been spotted driving about:

 

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I love that pic, makes me want to dress up and do it myself. There's also one of Darth Vader in a black Ariel Atom - even better!

 

Practically the whole car is held together with glue, the chasis itself is, as are both the front and back ends. It's weird orange coloured stuff. You can see it along the joins inside the car.

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My new wheels!

 

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Only 35k miles, PAS, ABS, 5 doors, CD Player, 2 airbags, better fuel economy than my last car. Only £1500, which I thought was pretty darn good!

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FML, my truck now only travels in Reverse. I do sorta have another vehicle lined up, but I don't have the full amount on hand yet :( Luckily it's from family friends so, I maybe able to make payments on it, plus it's in good condition and fair condition bluebooks at 4400. My price won't be near that.

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At work last night, this was on the front cover of one of the magazines. It taunted me with its beauty. If I won the lottery I would buy one. The Lamborghini Miura:

 

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Thought I'de resurrect this thread since I've been watching ye olde car adverts/promo videos. Love the old technology!

 

 

 

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Only 35k miles, PAS, ABS, 5 doors, CD Player, 2 airbags, better fuel economy than my last car. Only £1500, which I thought was pretty darn good!

 

Where did you get that from? I'm in the market and can never find these good deals that everyone else seems to get! That's the type of car I'm after, lowish mileage, cheap to run and insure.

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I drive a vehicle apt for me, a white ford escort van, for tossing my victims in the back or luring them with free candy

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Where did you get that from? I'm in the market and can never find these good deals that everyone else seems to get! That's the type of car I'm after, lowish mileage, cheap to run and insure.

 

It was actually eBay that I found it. The reason it was so cheap was because it had been a class D write off - the bumper had been damaged and would have been more expensive than the value of the car to repair. The guy who we bought it from obviously had some source for fixing it on the cheap and selling it on, but meh, its completely unnoticeable.

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I need a new car but I have no idea where to start. A 3 or 5 door hatchback is fine for me, preferably petrol, maybe with a bit more oomph than a 1.2/3l engine. Anyone got any reccomendations? I'm considering either a brand new car via the scrappage scheme, or something 5 or so years old.

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1.6 Focus? You can get 3-4 year old ones for about £7k which I think is a great deal.

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1.6 Focus? You can get 3-4 year old ones for about £7k which I think is a great deal.

 

wow just what i was thinking o_O

 

my dad bought a brand new ford focus (1.6 diesel) for 9k. He says its lovely to drive.

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I need a new car but I have no idea where to start. A 3 or 5 door hatchback is fine for me, preferably petrol, maybe with a bit more oomph than a 1.2/3l engine. Anyone got any reccomendations? I'm considering either a brand new car via the scrappage scheme, or something 5 or so years old.

 

A Suzuki Swift? You can get a 1.5 few years old for about 4k. Or a 1.6 sport for about 6k.

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1.6 Focus? You can get 3-4 year old ones for about £7k which I think is a great deal.

 

The following post is a dramatisation of actual oppinions. Viewer discretion is advised.

 

Man alive, I think I'd kill myself if I had to drive a Focus every day.

 

Plus I just can't see 7k as a great deal for one. The numbers add up (7k for a resonably new car), but there is so much more you could get for that money.

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The following post is a dramatisation of actual oppinions. Viewer discretion is advised.

 

Man alive, I think I'd kill myself if I had to drive a Focus every day.

 

Plus I just can't see 7k as a great deal for one. The numbers add up (7k for a resonably new car), but there is so much more you could get for that money.

 

What's wrong with a Focus? For a lot of people a car has a purpose, and needs to be cost effective. A Focus can do 55miles to the gallon +

 

Only going to the petrol station once every month is sweeet. :P

 

(ie yay for new cars)

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