andywolf Posted October 13, 2012 Posted October 13, 2012 Hi All. I have a bit of an issue at the moment and I am after some advice. Last Friday I collected my elise from the body shop in Bromsgrove after having some scratches on the lower chin and the door crack repaired. I drove it to work on monday and yesterday. On the way home i stopped on a small car park at a barbers, and then attempted to drive off and didnt spot a small bolard. Crack. The question is what do I do once repaired- Sell it and cut my losses and buy something like a RS Clio/ Cooper S for weekend with what I get, or stop being a idiot and keep it. Thanks all!
Steve J Posted October 13, 2012 Posted October 13, 2012 Oops. It'd probably cost more to repair a mini or clio if you did the same thing.
scatty Posted October 13, 2012 Posted October 13, 2012 Definitely keep it and change your barbers!!!!! Bad arrows by the way. You must feel well and truly peed off.
TimSportsTourer Posted October 13, 2012 Posted October 13, 2012 Don't give in. Keep the Lotus. Trust me! I sold mine after almost writing it off hitting a rabbit at about 45mph. The damage was about £6k, if I remember rightly. I was thinking like you, so I sold it and bought a roadster made of metal instead of glass. And every day since, I've regretted it. Practically, I still hope to get another Elise. I plan to get a splitter for the front clam, which will, I hope, be sacrificial. If I hit anything, the splitter will take the brunt of it (I hope). If it's something big, obviously it will make no difference, but so long as it's glass-fibre and nor carbon fibre, it will absorb enough of the energy before ripping its bolts out of the glass clam that I'll avoid damage on the scale I had then. I'm told this works really well, though I've no real experience, I'm afraid. I do sympathise, but really, don't make a bad situation worse by selling the car for one that doesn't make your heart flutter every time you walk up to it. (On the other hand, if you do sell, I want a 111R, so let me know!) (See! That proves you shouldn't sell it, since I sold mine and am that desperate!)
darryl Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Andy, obviously you need to keep the Elise, as Tim states "you will regret it"; and yes you need to use a different barber's
Martin 111S Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Keep the car, you wont have as much fun in a clio/ Cooper S. Pop to spec savers though soonish
andywolf Posted October 14, 2012 Author Posted October 14, 2012 Thanks all. I may well keep it. I think that due to the commuting and all the driving I need more sleep, and the misses thinks that I hit the bolard as I was knackered.
darryl Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Thanks all. I may well keep it. I think that due to the commuting and all the driving I need more sleep, and the misses thinks that I hit the bolard as I was knackered. In that case then get the misses to cut your hair; you spend time with her and save some money for when you upgrade in two years to the SC sorted!
jonnyfox Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Sorry Andy, bad karma mate. Actually sell me your car as is as I'm after a 111R....... Bad joke sorry, good luck mate!
scatty Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 On a brighter note, your hair looks gorgeous!!!!!;-)
M111 Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Barbers? Meh, I don't have that problem It's saved me a fortune..... on damaged clams
andywolf Posted October 15, 2012 Author Posted October 15, 2012 I have made my mind up. It is terminal for my lotus life and I am going to get it repaired and sell it. It will be very very hard to do and I will be putting it on here and PH when back. The traveling to and from london means that I am using the Elise less and less, and when I do I wreck it. I am planning on getting a 335D M sport or a A5 quattro. I plan to get back in a Lotus once the job situation in the NHS settles and I am working closer to home- maybe a exige S!
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