Originally Posted by AimeeJ
Personally, I wouldn't. While the Lotus is fun to look at, it isn't as much fun to drive in the city. It's good in the turns, but cops gravitate towards it - I could tell this just while on my test drive - and to be honest it wasn't very comfy. It was loud, too. I like my cars quieter. My fiancé, at 6 feet, did not fit in it at all. He wanted one so bad but he was biting his knees in the passenger seat. It was pretty on the outside, but I was not horribly impressed.
She's hit the nail on the head. "Comfy" and Lotus should never be in the same sentence. If 'comfy', or a term in the same genre, is important in a car, then the Lotus is not a candidate.
It simply is what it is.
Oh, and about price...the market saturated very quickly. At first EVERYBODY who likes sports cars wanted one. Then they realized it is a street legal track car, and appointed as such.
So folks are selling very nice low mileage ones in the low $30's.
If you are interested in a used, ask the seller to provide an ECU dump. If he can't, walk away unless he's willing to take it to a dealer for the dump.
If he has it, take it to a dealer to interpret it for you.
It will tell you exactly how the car was driven over it's life, and will also tell you if it was driven in a way for which Lotus would void the engine or trans. warranty.