what am i missing without touring pack ?

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Sassy
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Post by Sassy » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:20 pm

scott_e wrote:
Andy G wrote:Touring Pack:
Carbon-effect door inserts
Alpine CDE-9850Ri (CD-R/W) with iPod control Option
thats the 2006 spec i think.
Must be the 2007 spec cos I never got either of the above.

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Post by SteveBanks » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:38 pm

I have the performance pack but also full carpets, central locking and carbon door inserts and what looks like sound deadening. I initially thought the car must also have the touring pack option fitted but it doesn't have electric windows or dab radio...just to confuse things :)

Scott, I'd walk away from cars with mixed tyre scenarios like you described. It sounds like a skint owner and therefore probably skimped on other maintenance.

Have you driven an Exige? Or any Elise variant for that matter? I think it was Greg that mentioned earlier about living with such a car in everyday (non-dry back road or track) scenarios, it will wear you down. Listen to what the guys are saying and make sure that you buy with your eyes open. As I said to you before, the first owner of my car barely ran it in before selling it - he bought it for the looks alone without understanding the nature of the car and he simply couldn't live with it on a day to day basis. Don't make the same expensive mistake!

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Post by Brian J » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:29 am

Can only agree with advice. If you must have a Lotus and will definitely not track it then make it an Elise 111R and not an Exige.

I love my Exige but its everyday shortcomings are the reason that I've "accidentally" failed to sell the 350Z :)
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Post by ryallm » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:24 am

Agree with the above too. I absolutely love my Exige. It is far and away the best car I have ever owned - the grip and handling never cease to amaze me and it still feels special every time I drive it. BUT there is absolutely no way I would want to use it every day, or an Elise for that matter. The very things that make it an exciting sports car when you are in the mood - the raw, visceral driver involvement, the noise, the generally mad-for-it road racer demeanour - would also just get wearing if you were using it for the daily commute, or around town, or on the motorway. I long ago decided that the only solution is 2 cars.

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Post by ed » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:26 am

All he has to do is keep the clio aswell!

Wouldnt be so bad! 8) :lol:
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