coldel

Nope, a Mk2, I doubt I could even get in a Mk1... guess I must be one of the leggy, skiny supermodel types you talk about... shame I'm a bloke and meant to have a bigger build!

A decent VXR, when they do rarely appear for sale go for about £15k-£20k, I do get the feeling though that some of them are very much tucked away and will reappear in an auction house in 10 years time.

It was a VXR that got written off as well, down to about 30 left according to the lads on the forum!

There was a little bottle of nanolex trim cleaner in the last but one waxybox, i gave that a go and it transformed the interior - took everything back to a new looking black and added a sealant on top which gave it a better feel. Rate it 10/10 very good.

Was that the Mk1 Elise? If so from what I have read there is less room in those. Also you have to bear in mind the proportions, I am a touch under 6ft but had a long body and pretty short legs which works fine in the VX...its those leggy tall supermodels that I just have to keep turning away that can be annoying sometimes

Actually, its not the height that is usually the problem, its the width plenty of owners over six foot tall.

Most are not screw ons and come with a number of rubber fitments that go inside the gear knob to secure it followed with the grub screws.

I went for a chunky momo combo - I wasnt a fan of the straight gear knobs, made hard work of shifting those clunky Zed boxes!

...just keep looking on this thread over the next hour or so, Ricey will be along shortly!

Welcome khong, hope you brought your flame-proof suit! Don't worry about the jibes - you will have ample time to jibe-back , chuck up some proper details along with photos as the guys said and you never know someone might recognise it.

You were in traffic heading towards the bridge, passed you in the opposite direction in the VX

Spolier is over the top but otherwise lovely looking car

And rare as..! Starting to appreciate in value now as well.

Yeah turbos are good (although those in the know on the twisty b roads they are slower than NAs due to their 'toning down' of the track trim when they were built ) and proper quick in a straight line. I said LARDY barge, not lady!

Try step out the lardy barge once in a while and drive a proper sports car lads - can't spend your life wrapped in cotton wool you know

Slightly bizarre that a car with so much grip can let go so easily - all it takes is sufficient uneven grip and you don't have traction control or the like to save you like more modern cars. People have spun on diesel and even drain grates by the side of the road. Still, it is an unbelievable car to drive when it does stay straight

Happy with my meagre 147bhp...some of the lads are running supercharged 265bhp cars which is just mad (the one that crashed could well have been a supercharged conversion)

Its a neat fit but sure we can manage it!

..and if anyone wants a passenger ride at the next meet just let me know and I will take you out...hello...anyone?

Yeah saw that on the forum, crazy stuff. The SSSF reference is to this video (listen for the words at the end), tis why I treat my VX with UTMOST respect! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOQpV1NmYgE

The limits of my car cleaning storage space!

Shed, now that would be good - I have a little shelf under the stairs, about two foot wide and 8 inches deep - have to double stack stuff backwards to fit it all in!

To a degree, could be a good thing, if they knew what they were talking about (and assuming its a mechanically sound car) then they could be underselling it

Make sure they are not doing something daft on the window issue like having left the window lock switch on (located drivers side door arm) - but otherwise yes I have heard of some zeds suffering from dodgy passenger side windows. Its not temper orange btw Otherwise 'looks' in good nick - but clearly drive more than one car, so you at least know if it drives well. If you look on the site you can see lots of posts of people who have much better behaving gear boxes than others, better engine drive/power etc - if you take the first one you see, you wont know if its a good or a bad one - bodywork is nice to have but its got to be mechanically good too and you wont know unless you check a few out.