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      09-10-2010, 04:07 PM   #9
LOLrance
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The exige is extremely impractical. It doesnt have rear windows so you have to count on your side view mirrors. Most just instal a double din and mount a rear view camera to help alleviate the problem.

Then theres the problem of being seen. The car is so small and low that most of the time while driving, you're trying to make sure you're not run down by a big suv or van that cant see you. And the super shitty horn that comes on the car stock doesnt help either.

Not to mention replacing parts are ridiculously expensive. If you damage say a 335 front bumper, you pay a few hundred bucks to replace it. But if you damage a exige/elise bumper, the cars dont have "bumpers or fenders". They are considered clams shells and you have to replace the whole front clam which is a few thousand alone.

You should also note that even washing your car will be a fiasco. If you wash your car on a slope with the car facing uphill, you WILL flood the "trunk".

I could go on and on, but again, it seems like you are trying to buy a car all about straight line speed, and impracticality aside, thats not what a lotus is about. You're better off with a C6 or something along those lines. Out of curiosity, how old are you OP?
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