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Originally Posted by davidb
Well, I thought we had talked ourselves out of the Lotus for good and went to the BMW dealer. We drove an M roadster and decided it wasn't worth the $ difference (to us anyway) and sat down to make a deal on an S. I think I backed out about as late as you possibly can. I just got that feeling in the pit of my stomach all of the sudden and something didn't feel right. My wife was in kind of a "I can take it or leave it mode", but she wasn't really showing it. I was glad, cause I went more towards the "leave it" side. We left and discussed the situation and decided we both felt like we were settling for something. It wasn't that we were both in love with the Z4. It was just what we liked best for what there is out there to compare it to. I don't want to spend this kind of money and feel like I'm compromising. That's just stupid.
I think we're both more excited about the Elise, but want a local dealer. Maybe somebody around here will pick them up in a year or so. Maybe the right used one will come along and I can spend more time getting educated about them.
I get kind of a bad reliability vibe about the car from this board, but I know it's probably skewed a bit. You hear allot more about negative experiences in these places then the positive ones, and I think bad news tends to have more impact anyway. I own a 2006 Ridgeline that I absolutely love and have no problems with, but if I read one of their message boards I could find issues with it also.
Thanks for all your imput. I'll keep lurking and trying to learn more.
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We hear every noise in the Lotus and know immediately that something might need fixing. We are fully aware of the status of our cars.
In your fancy big cars, you hear nothing...nice and quiet. A light comes on and reminds you to take your big car in to the shop. And you pay big money to fix that bad boy when the warranty is done.
You look at a Lotus and you know immediately that you want it.
If you don't feel that, don't bother.
