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BeN · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:09 am Post subject: Lotus Exige Scura

Mean.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/10910...ge-scura-special-edition-revealed
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Mark · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:39 am Post subject:

I know they are fantastic to drive - but the Exige (& Elise) do nothing for me as far as wanting to own/have one is concerned.

Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:50 am Post subject:

The Exige is a wonderful car, into which I am too fat to easily fit, and on which I am too tight to spend £45k.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject:

Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject:

Wouldn't disagree at all. Presumably a distractionary tactic given that Lotus's model cycles are best measured in geological terms!
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:07 pm Post subject:

Especially as there was an Exige Cup 260 launched just the other week; this seems to be that with a fancy paint job.

Grampa · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

I can't imagine how difficult it would be to keep matt black paint looking good.
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Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject:

I bet the bird shit sticks...
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DaveGibson · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject:

If you hid a Nikon inside, would that make it a camera obScura?

Stuntman · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject:

All it needs is a proper rear window and I'd be interested. Looks ace. Fingers crossed for the next-generation Exige.
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Big TC · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject:

DradusContact · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:46 am Post subject:

Apparently the worst thing about them is your so low, seeing around cars ahead is very difficult, you cant see through their windscreen or anything so to look edge you have to move into the middle of the road.
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TimR · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:14 am Post subject:

Stuntman · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject:

Very true, Dradus. The Exige isn't the easiest car to see out of - even if you're looking forwards!
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DarthBalls · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:53 pm Post subject:

I haven't driven an Exige but have driven a Mk1 Elise and found being able to look up into the wheel-arches of 4x4s a bit unsettling. Overtaking on an uphill stretch of road was a bit scary too.
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Scouse · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:45 pm Post subject:

franki68 · Petrolhead Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 2379

epic cars until after a bout 6 months when your down the dealers trying to work out why water is leaking in through your roof,why you can see the road beneath your feet through the floorpan,and why the front left side wheel has fallen off....as reliable as 911 turbos.

Scouse can you please stop with those avatars ,too distracting

Stuntman · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:06 am Post subject:

What do you reckon to the Evora, franki?

Have you had a go in one, and do you think it will be as 'reliable' as the Elise and Exige members of the Lotus family?

(I haven't driven one, but after sitting in one I have no desire to own one, regardless of how good it is to drive.)
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woof woof · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:16 am Post subject:

"I also have concerns about them if you were in a crash."

Indeed. I'm sure that my Elan SE met all legal requirements but a minor rear impact creased it to mid wheel arch and sent the spare wheel through the boot wall and into the car. Another couple of MPH and I'd could have been in danger of a very nasty back / spine injury.
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