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I received a phone call from Mike at Symbolic in La Jolla. They had an Elise there and would I like to drive it? I set up an appointment at 1:30pm to give it a spin.
Some impressions-
1. La Jolla traffic is really getting bad. Specially with the construction, allow extra time.
2. Symbolic's parking is not easy either. I took some CEO's space.
3. Symbolic is very cool to just go to. I had been by the front before, but there were so many cool cars inside. One of them I was drawn to was an S1 Elise Sun conversion with the Honda engine. I just like the first generation Elise's style.
4. The guys there were great. I had a good conversation with Graham. He mentioned a few things.
A) They are not going to be using hard numbers because speculators will be lower on the list than existing customers, people that are in their territory, those that are enthusiats, etc.
B) I am on the first 5 of the list. Cool.
C) They have sold about 40 of them. They have been allocated 100 of them and I think 100 for the other Symbolic up north. He thinks they will all be sold with minimal promotion.
D) The buzz on the cars will really take off when they are shown at the LA and SD AutoShows in early 2004.
E) They are on track for an April release.
More about the driving next....
Some impressions-
1. La Jolla traffic is really getting bad. Specially with the construction, allow extra time.
2. Symbolic's parking is not easy either. I took some CEO's space.
3. Symbolic is very cool to just go to. I had been by the front before, but there were so many cool cars inside. One of them I was drawn to was an S1 Elise Sun conversion with the Honda engine. I just like the first generation Elise's style.
4. The guys there were great. I had a good conversation with Graham. He mentioned a few things.
A) They are not going to be using hard numbers because speculators will be lower on the list than existing customers, people that are in their territory, those that are enthusiats, etc.
B) I am on the first 5 of the list. Cool.
C) They have sold about 40 of them. They have been allocated 100 of them and I think 100 for the other Symbolic up north. He thinks they will all be sold with minimal promotion.
D) The buzz on the cars will really take off when they are shown at the LA and SD AutoShows in early 2004.
E) They are on track for an April release.
More about the driving next....