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    My loan car for the next week

    Hey guys,

    Lotus South Africa was kind enough to loan me this Exige for a whole week until my new Exige S arrives next Thursday. This thing is so much fun!!



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    Very nice Mike! Mind if I ask how many cars you have? Not which ones, just how many? In my casual viewing of this site, it seems your picking up a new something or other each week.

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    doyle said:
    Very nice Mike! Mind if I ask how many cars you have? Not which ones, just how many?



    Hahaha - I guess the correct answer is: for each driving occasion the suitable car
    Mike, please let me know if you once loose overview of your stable. I'll be more than happy to work as your garage manager in beautiful SA
    Enjoy your new toy

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    The Exige is a very nice little car!

    I like the colour of this one.

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    Porsche-Jeck said:
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    doyle said:
    Very nice Mike! Mind if I ask how many cars you have? Not which ones, just how many?



    Hahaha - I guess the correct answer is: for each driving occasion the suitable car
    Mike, please let me know if you once loose overview of your stable. I'll be more than happy to work as your garage manager in beautiful SA
    Enjoy your new toy



    Thanks for the offer Porsche-Jeck, but I like looking after each and every one of my babies personally if time spares me.

    @doyle: If you include the workhorses(pick ups) etc.
    ..... 15

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    @doyle: If you include the workhorses(pick ups) etc.
    ..... 15



    most excellent!

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    doyle said:
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    @doyle: If you include the workhorses(pick ups) etc.
    ..... 15



    most excellent!



    15 and they keep on coming...next week it'll be like 20. You'll see Mike... you'll see

    Thing is, he's got competition. Mike, have you seen Amir's garage and his new 997TT? These are the cars you should get instead/ or in addition to your SUVs.

    If you had a 997TT, an M5, a carrera GT, a 993TT and F430 spider (he's got a 360 spider but someone has to win, rignt?), you'd have the ultimate garage. And 20 cars See how it's easy. For that, in SA, you'd need like 4 millions

    Sorry,, I keep playing with you, I just can't help it

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    Mike S said:
    Hey guys,

    Lotus South Africa was kind enough to loan me this Exige for a whole week until my new Exige S arrives next Thursday. This thing is so much fun!!



    How do you compare it with Noble if not apple and orange?

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    amazon said:
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    doyle said:
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    @doyle: If you include the workhorses(pick ups) etc.
    ..... 15



    most excellent!



    15 and they keep on coming...next week it'll be like 20. You'll see Mike... you'll see

    Thing is, he's got competition. Mike, have you seen Amir's garage and his new 997TT? These are the cars you should get instead/ or in addition to your SUVs.

    If you had a 997TT, an M5, a carrera GT, a 993TT and F430 spider (he's got a 360 spider but someone has to win, rignt?), you'd have the ultimate garage. And 20 cars See how it's easy. For that, in SA, you'd need like 4 millions

    Sorry,, I keep playing with you, I just can't help it



    No worries It's all good.

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    iia said:
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    Mike S said:
    Hey guys,

    Lotus South Africa was kind enough to loan me this Exige for a whole week until my new Exige S arrives next Thursday. This thing is so much fun!!



    How do you compare it with Noble if not apple and orange?



    The Exige has very nice smooth power. Very quick for a 1.8 litre motor I must say I am rather impressed with it's perfomance. How ever the Exige's performance compared to the Noble is like a Golf GTi vs an SLK55AMG The noble is still the quickest hands down, even if you compared it to an Exige S.

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    Mike S said:
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    doyle said:
    Very nice Mike! Mind if I ask how many cars you have? Not which ones, just how many?


    @doyle: If you include the workhorses(pick ups) etc.
    ..... 15



    Mike, may I suggest that you add a timestamp to such statements as they seem to be out of date very quickly.

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    The exige is great!!!! I do drive one quite often.
    And you can do a lot of mods to improve it!!!!

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    Gnil said:
    The exige is great!!!! I do drive one quite often.
    And you can do a lot of mods to improve it!!!!



    After experiencing what the Exige can do, I think the Exige S will be more than enough!

    Here's some more shots.

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    Interior. Nice and simple

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    Vroom vroom

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    the exige in one of the few cars that i never drove...looking forward to try it..

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    My C2S goes in on Monday for 3 days. They have offered me a Vectra! Not sure if I should take them up on it?

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    I like your taste. Thanks again for sharing

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    Mike?
    I really, really, REALLY like the 997 turbo.
    Please buy me one.
    Please?

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    Mike S, bored with the Arnage already?? only kidding... It is very interesting to see a collection of extremes like yours.

    Anything after the old Esprit S2/Turbo/V8 and I am Lotus-ignorant, what extra equipment does the Exige "S" have that the base Exige does not?

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    The Exige S is supercharged, producing approx 30-40hp more than the Exige does. As for all the other "equipment" nothing much that I'm aware of

    @Dr. Phil: Sorry doc, I've exceeded my budget for the next couple months

    @ResB: Why not, if you can understand the meaning of a true driver's car, than the fact that the ride will be bone hard, none existant noise insulation, plain simple interior will not bother you

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    Mike S said:
    @Dr. Phil: Sorry doc, I've exceeded my budget for the next couple months



    Don't know you've budget!? Sound like you're going to buy it after couple months.

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    Mike S said:

    @ResB: Why not, if you can understand the meaning of a true driver's car, than the fact that the ride will be bone hard, none existant noise insulation, plain simple interior will not bother you



    Hehe, got an Astra....lol....god this is painful Will have to drive home in the dead of night to stop anyone noticing.

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    How can a Porsche dealership give out an Astra - aren't British dealerships afflicted with the Volkswagen group?
    Send a letter to Mr. Piech and Wiedeking - you deserve a Volkswagen, a New Beetle at least!

     
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