Hey there! I'm looking to buy a Lotus Elige in the next couple months and have been combing through these forums for the last month and learning a ton about the cars and culture of Lotus. I currently have an aging 350z that only sees about 1,100 miles of driving a year due to the fact that I walk to work. I've also owned a Miata that was stripped and tracked in high school and college. My other automotive endeavors involved car audio and building driverless cars.
Thank you all for the knowledge you have shared with me through you forum posts and I'm hoping to meet some of you all at car meets and on the road. I've seen a White Exige and a Silver Exige around Austin recently.
I have some questions about buying a Lotus if any of you would be kind enough to help me out I'd really appreciate it. I found a great guide on inspecting the car and I'm going to be taking that down the dealer with me tomorrow. I've also been doing pricing research on similar cars to the one I'm planning on making an offer on. My pricing research can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/a/ironclad....hFZl9aeHpFenFSMUZYRENmQkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Do these prices seem to be right for the market?
The car I'm looking at is a 2005 Lotus Elise w/ 40k miles (30k put on in the last 3 years) it has Star shield, touring and sport packages. It has spend its whole life in Texas and appears to be in Good condition from the photos.
The problem I'm having is with the price. The dealer says $28,900 is a fair price. I just got off the phone with the dealer who sold the same car in 2010 for $29,900 w/ 10,941 miles on it. The current dealer is claiming that the value of these cars has skyrocketed since import stopped however, my data seems to refute that. I would be comfortable forking over $25k for this car if it is in good shape but $29k seems completely unreasonable given the cars sale price history. Any advice here?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Thank you all for the knowledge you have shared with me through you forum posts and I'm hoping to meet some of you all at car meets and on the road. I've seen a White Exige and a Silver Exige around Austin recently.
I have some questions about buying a Lotus if any of you would be kind enough to help me out I'd really appreciate it. I found a great guide on inspecting the car and I'm going to be taking that down the dealer with me tomorrow. I've also been doing pricing research on similar cars to the one I'm planning on making an offer on. My pricing research can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/a/ironclad....hFZl9aeHpFenFSMUZYRENmQkE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Do these prices seem to be right for the market?
The car I'm looking at is a 2005 Lotus Elise w/ 40k miles (30k put on in the last 3 years) it has Star shield, touring and sport packages. It has spend its whole life in Texas and appears to be in Good condition from the photos.
The problem I'm having is with the price. The dealer says $28,900 is a fair price. I just got off the phone with the dealer who sold the same car in 2010 for $29,900 w/ 10,941 miles on it. The current dealer is claiming that the value of these cars has skyrocketed since import stopped however, my data seems to refute that. I would be comfortable forking over $25k for this car if it is in good shape but $29k seems completely unreasonable given the cars sale price history. Any advice here?
Thanks in advance for any help!