Purchasing a Lotus

[escotric]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Lots of luck there. If the electrix are Lucas (Prince of Darkness), expect trouble.

If the car is built like many Lotii I have driven or dealt with, build quality is marginal, but they handle like no other. When Mazda designed the Miata, they mimicked the Lotus; old story, but you only need to drive one of each to see how that worked.

Personally, I suggest that a used Miata will be far better investment, with less shop time, and be just as much fun...

Took some time into thought. Gonna hold up and save my funds for a 2002 sc430. Right now they sell for under 12 and possibly next year they will depreciate in value. Thanks for the feedback yall.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by escotric

Took some time into thought. Gonna hold up and save my funds for a 2002 sc430. Right now they sell for under 12 and possibly next year they will depreciate in value. Thanks for the feedback yall.

Probably a smart move on sticking with the Toyota family. Last fall I was shopping for a under $5K convertible and even though there is quite a bit out there in that price range, there are a lot of money traps.

I ended up buying a 92 Toyota Celica GT convertible and even though it needed a little bit of mechanical work (leaky steering rack and leaky oil pump from sitting for too long) the parts for it were unbelievably inexpensive and working on it is very easy.