first off, thx for an informative thread
planning to buy a normal 2005 used elise, and will use it as a daily driver. But as i see there is a few that mention that the trunk leaks when heavy rain. Im from a costal town in Norway, and it rains quite a lot here. There is very few days its snow on the roads, so no to many days it has to stay parked
My main concern here is the rain and the leaking issue, is it as bad as a few has stated here? will ofc buy one with a hardtop and prefere also traction control.
The biggest problem with Norway and cars are the insane taxes. the more engine volume and hp and the taxes goes through the roof. Thats why a lotus is a prefect car to get away from some of the taxes, i love the look and everything ive read about it aswell.
Ill give u a tax example:
lotus elise tax: about 21.500$ + the car price
bmw m3 tax: about 141.500$ + the car price
Both are taken from a 2005 models done on an official norwegian tax calculator.
hence u need a ****loads of cash to be able to get a sportscar with a big engine.
My main question is: Does the lotus elise leak that bad? Can it be driven in the rain often without a problem? Or should i look for another car?
