Marty is selling his 2005 Lotus Elise. Read on for the details, and email Seth at [email protected] to be put in touch if you have any questions.

For Sale: 2005 Lotus Elise

I’m rather devastated to have to sell my 2005 Lotus Elise. It’s a fantastic Aubergine colour, gets comments everywhere I go, it really brings out the lines of the Elise.

I’ve owned the car for about 4 years and have put a reasonable amount of kms on it. Has been serviced every year (always less than 5000 kms) and is due for an oil change etc next month.

The car was daily driven by a previous owner, thus the high kms, but it has shown to be reliable and everything works as it should

Details of work performed. Before I owned the car:

BKRT shifter (Elise parts?)
Front splitter
Head gasket
52mm throttle body
Heater resistor pack upgraded
John Reese exhaust
Nitron coil overs
Braided brake lines
Exige Y spoke wheels (will include the originals in the sale as well)
Hard top with Alcantara lining
Exige side scoops
All plastic grills replaced with mesh
Kirrapak rear diffuser (original can be included with sale)
Black front and rear Lotus badges
Carbon centre console – the bit between the seats (original again included)
Aluminium indicator stalks (Eliseparts i believe)

Parts I have fitted:

Eliseparts toe link kit
Carbon dash top
Carbon instrument cluster binnacle
New door hinge bushes
Eliseparts PRRT (relocated thermostat)
Replaced the intake manifold gasket (and will include a spare) as this is a common leak point
AC re-gassed and blows cold
Sony double din head unit (yes, it fits well) XAV-AX1000
1 yr ago replaced front discs and pads
Narrower footrest, I have big feet and was catching on it – original will also be included
1x flip key, 1x normal with alarm fob, and a 3rd key only
Sills covered in microfibre type cloth
LED headlights
New left fog light
SAAS intake

Couple of rough points:

At some time it looks like the roof was incorrectly stored and has some paint damage (refer pic)
Soft top isn’t perfect internally (it’s a dual layer one and the internal layer is separating)
It creaks and makes noise, don’t expect Lexus sophistication, but that’s not what these cars are about
Paint isn’t perfect, but stand back a little and it’s still stunning
High kms, if that bothers you, but in reality this car gets driven relatively often and that keeps any car fresh and free from troubles
Current battery is too large for the battery cover

There is a box of spare parts which will be included with the sale, as will the original wheels, rear splitter, etc. The wheels and some of the larger parts will obviously not fit in the car.

I have removed some of the rubber surrounds around the headlights and side scoops as I thought they were ugly, they are also in the box if you wish to put them back on.

Asking $60,000 ONO.