Lotus > Elise

Same Owner Since 2006 on 2040-cars

US $37,100.00

Year:2005 Mileage:22778

Location:

Vernon, New York, United States

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Thank you for viewing my 2005 Lotus Elise. I have owned my Elise since July 2006 and have cared for and enjoyed it very much. In the last two or three years I've become quite involved in collecting and restoring classic American cars and I just haven't had the time to drive my Lotus as much as it deserves, so I think it is time for me to let her go. As you can see by the mileages listed with my annual oil change report below, I've only put on a few hundred miles each of the past three years. These cars like to be driven and its my hope that a new owner will do so, and treat her as well as I have.

As I stated earlier, I purchased my Lotus in July of 2006 and at that point it only had about 2300 miles on it. It was nicely optioned, with power everything, the starshield paint protection system and even the removable hardtop, which I think was a pretty pricey add-on. I used the hardtop when I drove the car home the day I picked it up, but since then I've driven the car on sunny days, so that top has been stored nicely in its carrying case in my garage. The only time I actually remember driving this car in the rain was when I drove to the dealership (Rothrock Lotus) to have its scheduled service done back in 2007. Its has always been my rule with my Elise that if there's rain in the forecast she stays tucked away for another day.

Here are my annual oil changes with the mileage at which each was performed: (I always use Mobil 1 Full Synthetic)

2006 1,383 2006 6,391 2007 11,766 2008 14,967 2009 17,051 2010 19,781 2011 21,631 2012 21,978 2014 22,660

Everything works just as it should and this is a very fun car to own and drive. I've taken it to our regional European car show on two or three occasions and even drove it through the winding roads of the Adirondack mountains up to Montreal a few years ago. What a trip! Oh, and by the way, I'm nearly 6'3" tall and fit in the driver's seat perfectly. In fact, that's actually what sold me on the car. Its incredibly roomy for being essentially a road legal track car. The interior is wonderfully utilitarian and sensible and it lets you just get in and enjoy the driving experience. And its gets about 30 mpg if you keep your wits between you and the gas pedal.

I have probably only seen two or three others on the road in the past eight years that I've owned it. People seem to know its something special even if they don't know exactly what it is! I have my original owner's manual, all the maintenance records and even the 'engine history' reports supplied by the dealership at each scheduled service visit. They show all kinds of neat stuff about shift points and driving behavior. As I said, its a wonderful car and has always performed beautifully. Although I have never had it out on a track, I bet it would be a real hoot to do so. I'll be sad to see her go, but she deserves to get out of the garage a bit more than she has lately. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to answer them. I will be adding more photos as time allows, so please check back in. Thanks

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Sun, Mar 19 2023

It's Lotus' turn to catch the production and pricing virus, an ailment that's caused almost every automaker to lag on delivery timetables while increasing prices for reservation holders. Last October, Lotus Emiras intended for the UK home market were already trailing delivery estimates by six months. Early last year, Lotus expected to get Emiras tagged with U.S. plates as soon as fall of 2022. Now, CarBuzz reports that Emira V6 First Edition units destined for the U.S. will land on our soil this summer but won't be released to customers until between mid-October and mid-December. According to a letter sent by Gator Motorsports' franchise Indy Lotus in Indianapolis, Indiana, the holdup is U.S. certification. On top of the delay, prices are going up for all U.S. and Canadian reservation holders except those who have completed paperwork for the initial North American V6 First Edition allocation. Lotus said the various troubles and quagmires around the world have increased the Emira's unit cost by around $14,400. Folding that into the MSRP would make the price $108,300 before destination. We say "initial" about that allocation because Lotus has upped the North American allotment by 600 units, making 1,300 in total to come to come to NA, the U.S.-specific number slightly smaller. When the second tranche becomes open for reservations, they will cost $105,400 in the U.S., that price already on the U.S. retail site configurator. Anyone who reserved the AMG-powered four-cylinder Emira I4 First Edition is going to see their cost rise from the $85,900 announced before. The new price MSRP be revealed until later this year, deliveries not scheduled to commence until Q2 of 2024. Of course, we should expect the cost of the regular series production cars to rise as well. The situation varies by market, so anyone on any of Lotus' lists should check with their Lotus dealer. A lively thread on Emira Forum that started in February is up to 26 pages as global Emira buyers try to figure out who needs to confront what increase. Part of the ire comes from Lotus having promised none of the pricing challenges would be passed on to reservation holders, saying, "The price you're being quoted is the price you'll pay for your Emira." Ready for the good news? There will be more options to spend your money on.

Lotus slated to stop selling Evora in US

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It's been three years now since Lotus stopped selling the Elise and Exige in North America, leaving the Evora as its only model available Stateside. But according to the latest from Car and Driver, even that model is on its way out.
The problem reportedly comes down to air bags. Lotus was granted a temporary exemption from fitting the latest-generation smart airbags to the Evora, but that exemption is set to expire at the end of the year. And once it does, Lotus apparently has no intention of developing and fitting the proper equipment to allow it to continue selling the Evora in the United States.
Once the Evora is gone from our market, Lotus will be reduced to selling only track-bound versions of the Elise and Exige in the US, so the prospect of actually buying a new Lotus and driving off the dealer lot will vanish into thin air.

Race Recap: 2013 Indian Grand Prix mostly calm with chances of Championships

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The smog around the Buddh International Circuit got so bad over the weekend that the FIA had to change the practice sessions. Then the soft tires that Pirelli brought to be the options were found to degrade so quickly that teams had to change their qualifying and race strategies. The only man it didn't seem to affect was - guess who? - Sebastian Vettel, who put his Infiniti Red Bull Racing on pole position.
Behind him came Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes-AMG Petronas, Mark Webber in the second Infiniti Red Bull and on medium tires, Felipe Massa in the first Ferrari, Kimi Räikkönen in the first Lotus, Nico Hülkenberg in the first Sauber, Fernando Alonso in the second Ferrari, and the McLaren duo of Sergio Perez and Jenson Button. The tire strategizing didn't work out for Romain Grosjean in the second Lotus, who didn't get out of Q1 after only running the medium compound tire and lined up 17th.
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