Would this concern you if you were buying a new Lotus?

[ChrisG]

Regarding the C63, as a daily, what do you expect the mpg of B-road driving to be?
Low 20s is acceptable but teens as I know from the Aston is regular trips to the petrol station.

Having looked at these deals for myself and done a bit of research on mpg, you'd need to go in to it expecting 18mpg overall, any more would be a bonus. I have read of 16mpg average.

Depends how big you are in Cranes, G

[douglasgdmw]

Today will now be taken up with research on C63 lease deals

Merc site is a bit of a pain to get to the right parts:
http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content ... flash.html

Looks like there could now be an impromptu S.Elise's meet at Western Mercedes at this rate. They will be thinking that Danny Bahar is now back and come up with a new form of advertising with a "Lotus Flashmob"

George

[SAJ]

Regarding the C63, as a daily, what do you expect the mpg of B-road driving to be?
Low 20s is acceptable but teens as I know from the Aston is regular trips to the petrol station.

Having looked at these deals for myself and done a bit of research on mpg, you'd need to go in to it expecting 18mpg overall, any more would be a bonus. I have read of 16mpg average.

Depends how big you are in Cranes, G

I do about 9000 miles so assuming C63 18mpg vs 24mpg from the Exige difference is:

C63: £3179.99
EV6: £2384.99
Dif: £795 per year on fuel

So that's about one extra fill up a month which isn't too bad considering it is a V8 and can seat 4.

Today will now be taken up with research on C63 lease deals

Merc site is a bit of a pain to get to the right parts:
http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content ... flash.html

Looks like there could now be an impromptu S.Elise's meet at Western Mercedes at this rate. They will be thinking that Danny Bahar is now back and come up with a new form of advertising with a "Lotus Flashmob"

George

they may start to wonder why all of a sudden there are number of Lotus drivers ready to jump in a C63

Watch on YouTube

But got to love the sound of the Exige too

Watch on YouTube

[ChrisG]

Man maths, I love it

[j2 lot]

I would never touch a Merc lease deal after being (nearly) stung for best part of a grand when we handed it back. It went quiet after I told them I would pay for whatever was on the collection drivers pick- up inspection, 1 piece of damaged trim, never heard anything else, disappointingly not even an acceptance that they were no longer looking for £975 from us.
They basically expected the car back in showroom condition and according to them any work not carried out by a Merc approved repairer will not be accepted.
We had all four wheels refurbed the day before pick up and they wanted £150 for each wheel as they were not done by a Merc approved technician.

If you want a Merc lease deal, factor in paint repair warranty, wheel and tyre insurance,interior treatment and anything else they offer at point of sale. Anything not taken seems to incur cost at the end of the lease.

[SAJ]

Having thought things through with regards to the whole will it/won't it happen regarding the Exige and with all the information I've had to date, I've taken the descion to not worry anymore and stick with things as they are.

Having thought about it there is no other car I truly want to have in this price bracket. It's the Exige or the Europa stays nothing else will do. I also have (to me) the added benefit that the order is with MMC and I have full confidnece that whatever happens MMC (Craig & Brandon) will do everything within their power to look after me.
Besides if anything goes wrong they'll have to deal with the Mrs and I know they don't want that

Roll on the Exige!

[Dominic]

Having thought things through with regards to the whole will it/won't it happen regarding the Exige and with all the information I've had to date, I've taken the descion to not worry anymore and stick with things as they are.

Good man I am sure you won't regret that decision.

[douglasgdmw]

Glad to hear that you have made the decision to go with the Exige

If there are delays (and I honestly hope that is not the case) using the Europa is not exactly a hardship

George

[Scotty C]

Porsche Boxster Spyder 001 by christopherjgrant, on Flickr

Love it, I was looking at these after I sold the 211. Something different, can wait to here how you get on with it.

[Andy G]

Was looking at C63 & new M5 leasing deals...... should really concentrate on demolishing my mortgage first though

7 series goes back at the end of the month - its been awesome - how we are gong to miss it, but dont really fancy another one.

Some the the Merc lease deals are crazy cheap at the moment.

Think we will run one car less to see how I get on actually using the cars we have more, so I dont continually have them going flat...ffs

[Gooldie]

Regarding the C63, as a daily, what do you expect the mpg of B-road driving to be?
Low 20s is acceptable but teens as I know from the Aston is regular trips to the petrol station.

Having looked at these deals for myself and done a bit of research on mpg, you'd need to go in to it expecting 18mpg overall, any more would be a bonus. I have read of 16mpg average.

Depends how big you are in Cranes, G

I get about 18mpg average in the E63, will quite happily do 22-24 mpg on long motorway runs.

[shooomer]

As some of you might be aware I had a deposit down on a V6 Exige last year however, after the build moved out a number of times and with no firm schedule at the time, I cancelled my order. I still thought about going for one for a good while after but, cutting a long story short, I ended up going down the Porsche route and went for a Boxster Spyder. It's a manual with sports exhaust, bucket seats and not too much else. Think of this thing as a mix of a Porsche, Lotus and Caterham Reasonable power, lighter weight, well set up, well built etc. With only 100-ish manual Spyders and 110 PDK's I'm hoping it has decent residuals too. I picked it up at the back end of last week and first impressions are very, very good.


Porsche Boxster Spyder 001 by christopherjgrant, on Flickr

[SAJ]

Glad to hear that you have made the decision to go with the Exige
If there are delays (and I honestly hope that is not the case) using the Europa is not exactly a hardship
George

Shame your Evora already sold otherwise you could have done something similar.

Having thought things through with regards to the whole will it/won't it happen regarding the Exige and with all the information I've had to date, I've taken the descion to not worry anymore and stick with things as they are.

Good man I am sure you won't regret that decision.

[Andy G]

Chris - should have added how much i like your new wheels - saw one at Oulton but the fairy driving it wasnt on track. Shame really, should be awesome in theory.

[j2 lot]

Glad to hear that you have made the decision to go with the Exige
If there are delays (and I honestly hope that is not the case) using the Europa is not exactly a hardship
George

Shame your Evora already sold otherwise you could have done something similar.

Having thought things through with regards to the whole will it/won't it happen regarding the Exige and with all the information I've had to date, I've taken the descion to not worry anymore and stick with things as they are.

Good man I am sure you won't regret that decision.

Pleased to hear it Saj - look forward to seeing both you and George in your Exiges soon