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2005 Lotus Elise Base Convertible 2-door 1.8l on 2040-cars

US $29,900.00
Year:2005 Mileage:23529
Location:

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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I encourage all seriously interested parties to come and see/drive my car in person, there aren't many examples like it left. This car is in amazing condition and runs (and sounds) great.  I am the 4th owner, only one of the previous owners ever raced it, although the one before me changed a few things because he'd planned to (see below). The one time it was raced it was one weekend of Autocross, and he used painters tape around the car to prevent any damage.  I've had it a little over a year and have only put a little over a thousand miles on it. I baby it and only take it out with the kids to get ice cream or to give it a good run on the highway. It's always been garaged and extremely well taken care of. I'm selling it because I'm considering leaving the corporate world to buy my own business so, unfortunately, I need the cash more than a sports car right now. 

2005 Lotus Elise
Arctic Silver
Black interior
23,529 miles
Touring Pack
Starshield(Now Removed)
Leather Center Console

Modifications(Have all stock parts save intake manifold):
-Sector111 Katana Supercharger (245hp, as reliable as stock but way more fun!)
-Sector111 Bootie
-Sector111 Aluminum Carpet Buttons
-Quicksilver Sport Exhaust
-Moroso Oil Pan (6qt capacity)
-LETSLA Shifter
-BOE Catch Can
-BOE Wheel Studs
-CG Lock for driver seatbelt
-RLS Small rearview mirror
-Carbone Lorraine RC5+ Brake Pads
-Full mesh kit installed
-Oil Pressure and Oil Temperature Gauges
-Heel-Toe brake pad extension
-Shower Cap
-BLP-1 Brake Light Pulser
-Hella Horn
-Indoor Fabric Cover
-Optima Red-Top Battery
-BWR front plate mount
-Nukey
-Stock exhaust midsection has been ceramic coated and wrapped with Mishimoto Titanium heat wrap to safely allow heatshield removal.
-Difflow Diffuser, 5 Element Railer Jr.
-Quantum Zero Coilovers 
Included extras:
-Extra set of front steering arms milled for around total -1.5Deg camber
-Braille Battery Mount
-Battery Tender
-Stock brake pads with 80% life
-Factory center console
-I printed the full workshop manual and its now in two large 3 ring binders.

Maintenance, here's a list of everything performed in the last 2 years (1,225 miles):
-Step colder iridium spark plugs installed
-Throttle pedal adjusted(last owner never had quite 100% open throttle)
-RLS Small rearview mirror installed
-Brakes bled with Motul RBF600
-New brake pads installed(CL RC5+)
-BOE forged wheel stud kit installed
-New CDL installed(Center Door Locking controller)
-CG lock installed(Holds seat belt in place)
-LETSLA short shifter installed and adjusted(using higher quality fittings)
-BOE catch can installed
-New Wiper Blade installed(Bosch 24" Icon)
-Cleaned the MAF several times
-RC440 Injectors have been professionally cleaned and mapped(there was an 8% variance in flow before cleaning, nearly none after)
-ITG air filter, along with a velocity stack added to airbox(Fantastic noise!)
-Transmission fluid flushed with Redline synthetic
-Changed the oil twice using Rotella T6, basically flushed it due to the next item
-Car had a very slight oil leak that I first found to be the fitting for oil pressure, turned out to be the oil pan wasn't properly sealed. I removed the pan, cleaned it extremely well, and resealed it. I even cleaned all the bolts to remove old thread lock. Perfect now!
-Removed exhaust system and heatshield. I ceramic coated the midsection after removing the small amount of surface corrosion, it was then wrapped with Morimoto heat-wrap. I also fully polished the Quicksilver exhaust which looks much better now that the rear panel is deleted.
-Checked torque specs on all suspension components according to Sector111 Inspection chart, a few things were under and remedied. 
-Installed Difflow Railer Jr. 5 element diffuser with BWR rear panel delete
-Oil lines and Radiator have been closely inspected when the clam was off, they are all in great shape with zero signs of leaking or fatigue. 
-Fitted Quantum Zero Coilovers and adjusted ride height to 124mm front/129mm rear. Jeff the Alignment Guy then worked his magic. 
Camber is -1front/-2.5rear 
Toe .5mm Out front/3mm In rear(these are total figures)
Includes SJ Racing Leggero forged wheels 16x7 and 17x8($3100 new). These are powder-coated a dark metallic green($600), with 949 racing valve stems, and a brand new set of Dunlop Direzza ZII tires sized($600):
205/50r16 front
235/45r17 rear9

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Mon, 07 Oct 2013

The end of qualifying for the 2013 Korean Formula One Grand Prix left us with five pairs: two chassis each from Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, Lotus, Ferrari and Sauber. Yes, Sauber. The last time the Swiss team had two drivers in the top ten was Japan last year, when Kamui Kobayashi converted the grid spot into a podium.
But let's start at the front of the top ten, where Sebastian Vettel put his Red Bull on pole for the 42nd time in his career. He was followed by Lewis Hamilton in second place by two-tenths of a second, Mark Webber in the second Infiniti Red Bull, and Romain Grosjean in the Lotus in fourth. Out-qualifying teammate Kimi Räikkönen again, the Finn would line up in tenth. Nico Rosberg put the second Mercedes in fifth, Fernando Alonso got the first Ferrari into sixth ahead of teammate Felipe Massa, while Nico Hülkenberg led with the first Sauber in eighth, teammate Esteban Gutiérrez showing the promise he was hired for (okay, and his money) in ninth. Except they'd all move up a place because Webber had to serve his ten-place grid penalty after getting his third reprimand of the season in Singapore. That would get Sergio Perez in his McLaren into tenth. Yes, McLaren needed a grid demotion ahead to make it into the top ten.
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Lotus sells loads more cars, earns way more money

Fri, Aug 11 2017

Sports-car company Lotus has reason to be excited. It released some facts on its sales and financial performance for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal year, and it has seen some impressive improvements. According to the company, it sold nearly 60 percent more cars in mainland Europe compared with the 2015/2016 fiscal year, and it sold six times as many cars in the U.S. compared with that year. This helped it go from a loss of GBP16.3 million for the previous year in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to a GBP2 million profit EBITDA. The fact that those numbers are given before all those extra expenses is noteworthy, though, as it means the company isn't truly profitable yet, despite major gains. The company did report numbers that only excluded tax, and those show the company still lost money. But the good news is that it lost much, much less money than the year before. Before taxes for the 2015/2016 fiscal year, the company lost GBP41.2 million, and this year, it only lost GBP11.2 million. The company expects it will be profitable before tax in the coming year. So Lotus isn't perfectly healthy yet, but this, combined with Geely's recent acquisition, shows it's well on its way to becoming fit as a fiddle. We like the cars Lotus makes, so we hope that things keep getting better, and that we'll maybe get more Lotus models in the future, beyond just the Evora road car and 3-Eleven track car. Related Video: Featured Gallery 2017 Lotus Evora 400: First Drive View 29 Photos Image Credit: Lotus Earnings/Financials Lotus Coupe Lightweight Vehicles Performance

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