Lotus Elise

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:41 am

My best friends new toy. I can't wait to drive it.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Thu May 12, 2005 11:11 am

The front end's kind of ugly, but I'll bet it really hauls.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu May 12, 2005 12:36 pm

dude's got a lot of yellow cars.

Scratch · Post by **Scratch** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:50 pm

It's a fun car to drive with the power to weight ratio. I do miss the power sterring though =/ Ya know, if your friend has the cash I've seen some Turbo's and FMIC sets for that car putting it around 270 WHP -- now that will be fast and more fun!!!

In the latest Sport Compact Car magazine -- they have a Lotus deisgned by ForceFed -- they have a Lotus in the making that has 400 HP which would give the Elise a power to weight ratio similar to a McLaren F1.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it!!!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:03 pm

Dedman wrote: I can't wait to drive it.

I guess we'll find out if he really is your best friend.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:19 pm

woodchip wrote:
Dedman wrote: I can't wait to drive it.
I guess we'll find out if he really is your best friend.

No kidding

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu May 12, 2005 2:37 pm

Top Gear drove this car and were very underwhelmed by it (initially) as they couldn't get any decent track times out of it (It was off by more than 6 seconds from other similarly speced cars) so they rang lotus, and their test driver came out to show them how to drive it:

To get anywhere fast in the elise, you have to turn in savagely, making the car understeer something absolutely shocking, and then bury the gas before the apex, creating oversteer, and seriously, the thing is ALWAYS sliding in order to make fast progress.

Not my idea of how to drive a supercar!

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:00 pm

Nice lookin car

If you do get to drive it (

), let us know how it feels!

How much those things run in price?

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:36 pm

theyre actually pretty cheap, i think they run about 50 grand

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:13 pm

Niiiice

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:21 pm

Nitrofox125 wrote:Nice lookin car If you do get to drive it ( ), let us know how it feels!

How much those things run in price?

I believe they are under 40K depending on the options you get.

Admiral LSD · Post by **Admiral LSD** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:42 pm

Mobius wrote:To get anywhere fast in the elise, you have to turn in savagely, making the car understeer something absolutely shocking, and then bury the gas before the apex, creating oversteer, and seriously, the thing is ALWAYS sliding in order to make fast progress.

So in other words, standard ricer driving?

ccb056 · Post by **ccb056** » Thu May 12, 2005 9:41 pm

My grandfather and great-grandfather had a few Elans Europas and Cortinas between them. This guy has an Elan and maybe even a seven, I can't really tell if it's a Lotus 7 or a Caterham 7.

The elise costs around 45k for the basic package after the most recent price hikes due to the dollar dropping.

IMO, Lotus's are great no compromise sports cars designed by the now deceased Chapman and hand assembled in Hethel, England.

btw, is your friend a member at www.elisetalk.com ?

EDIT: actually, I think I found him here -> http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthr ... t=unibrain

according to his sig, its a caterham 7 he has, and a fairly new one at that.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:06 am

Oh man, that's sweet

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:21 am

The front end ugly? That car is probably one of the few cars that I prefer the looks of over the Mustang. Maybe I would classify it more as an equal in my book. Thought I saw a 2001 a while back for around 36k?

I love the car anywho. Probably my favorite right up with the 66-67 or 2005 stangs.

I would leave the top off and get it in a light or dark blue color however.

Yellow isn't too bad of a color on that car but not my preference. Sweet ride though.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:43 am

This is actually the exact model I like best:

http://www.elises.co.uk/models/s2/images.html

I believe this is a standard 2001 model.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:52 pm

To me, those headlight covers are way oversized; they make the thing look like a giant insect. And nothing, and I mean nothing, beats the 'Stang's front end.

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:31 pm

Top Gun wrote:To me, those headlight covers are way oversized; they make the thing look like a giant insect. And nothing, and I mean nothing, beats the 'Stang's front end.

In your opinion...

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:40 pm

ccb056 wrote:EDIT: actually, I think I found him here -> http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthr ... t=unibrain

according to his sig, its a caterham 7 he has, and a fairly new one at that.

Yep that's him. And yes, it is a caterham. I think it is less than 5 years old. It's for sale if you want it.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:09 pm

I think it's going to eat me.

ccb056 · Post by **ccb056** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:11 pm

Dedman wrote:
ccb056 wrote:EDIT: actually, I think I found him here -> http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthr ... t=unibrain

according to his sig, its a caterham 7 he has, and a fairly new one at that.
Yep that's him. And yes, it is a caterham. I think it is less than 5 years old. It's for sale if you want it.

LOL, I'd love to have a Caterham, but its kind of difficult for a high schooler to come up with the money for that. heh

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:42 pm

Verdict:

UGLY. The design is waaaaay overdone.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:47 pm

Mid-life crisis anyone?

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:19 am

yea... but My pockets aren't deep enough to finance a mid life right now. :\

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:37 am

Top Wop wrote:Verdict:

UGLY. The design is waaaaay overdone.

You do know that there are cars other than the Bonnivil and Ford Taurus right?

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:57 pm

Mobius wrote:Top Gear drove this car and were very underwhelmed by it (initially) as they couldn't get any decent track times out of it (It was off by more than 6 seconds from other similarly speced cars) so they rang lotus, and their test driver came out to show them how to drive it:

To get anywhere fast in the elise, you have to turn in savagely, making the car understeer something absolutely shocking, and then bury the gas before the apex, creating oversteer, and seriously, the thing is ALWAYS sliding in order to make fast progress.

Not my idea of how to drive a supercar!

Huh? I HAVE the Top Gear clip where Tiff (one of my heroes) drives it and loves it. "This Elise is almost perfect."

And by the way, Dedman, I am soooooo jealous. I've wanted to drive that car for a very long time.

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