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I didn't plan on it, but between an 1800 mile trek from buying the car in Albuquerque and driving it back to Maryland, a month of commuting because I've been too busy to fix my other two broken cars, and a long trip this last weekend driving up the New England coast, I topped 5100 miles in my first month of owning my Elise. I'm guessing that there may be a few people out there that haven't put that many miles on in 10 years. I have no regrets, especially since it came with 99 thousand miles on the clock.
In that time the car has developed only a couple new noises (creaks and rattles when pulling from a stop) and it appears to be leaking fluid from only one more spot than when I picked it up. And I have only damaged two things on the car (the seatbelt upper bolt trim piece ripped off, and I ripped the boot lid prop holder tab off the other day), and the car has been damaged twice by others (a lady backed into me at a stop sign and put a hole in the clam, and yesterday my girlfriend forced the boot lid shut with the prop bar in the engine bay bending it like mad).
I've also treated it to a new battery, and picked up a set of Kodiak forged wheels that will be refinished and provided a proper tire set up. And more to come.
This week, I will be bringing it to the body shop for my local lotus dealership to have the clam repaired or replaced. I have a feeling I won't be putting another 5k on the clock any time soon.
In that time the car has developed only a couple new noises (creaks and rattles when pulling from a stop) and it appears to be leaking fluid from only one more spot than when I picked it up. And I have only damaged two things on the car (the seatbelt upper bolt trim piece ripped off, and I ripped the boot lid prop holder tab off the other day), and the car has been damaged twice by others (a lady backed into me at a stop sign and put a hole in the clam, and yesterday my girlfriend forced the boot lid shut with the prop bar in the engine bay bending it like mad).
I've also treated it to a new battery, and picked up a set of Kodiak forged wheels that will be refinished and provided a proper tire set up. And more to come.
This week, I will be bringing it to the body shop for my local lotus dealership to have the clam repaired or replaced. I have a feeling I won't be putting another 5k on the clock any time soon.