Dean Snow

So my brother is going on a trip from PA to Texas on Friday to pick one up! He found an awesome deal on one. 3000 miles on it for 42k! Its orange. Very sleek looking car. Does anyone on here own one, drive one, or ever see one in action!?

Fronty Owner

I have seen one or two. dont know anything about them tho.

madhat

I had a car that had handeling by lotus, and lemme tell you what... nice.

chipmonk

a tuner buddy of mine owned one- little toyota motor, weigh almost as much as a set of toyo 37" m/t's, and handle better than just about anything out there. a favorite of the road course racing crowd for a good reason.

Moose10

Check out this Monster Energy Drink one. They had it on display on base last summer...specs are below the pic.
I'd love to take one out on some twisty mountain roadsalthough I don't think I'd pay $42k for one....if I had that kind of coin it would go to a Vette.

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Dean Snow

The one my brother is looking at is a modified one from the Lotus Cars Company. Its MSRP is around 54 k if i remember correctly

The specs on his was 220hp
0-60 in 4.1 seconds.

It came with the engine out of some other car that is Exige S i THINK?

tbarbee1

Wow this is ironic I got behind one of these at a stop sign today the tag read


UD LOSE

I'll never know?

trik396

I pulled up next to one the other day. It reminded me of a go-cart.

K5KRAZIE

Place here in town sells them "park place motors" they have I dunno about 12 of 'em. thet seem flimsy, but are fast little suckers....

Rednecktastic

One of my friends bought a yellow one. was a left over or something so he got a good deal on it since his brother worked at the dealership.

I haven't ridden in it yet.

merrillr4

I was staying at the Parc Hotel in Waikiki, Oahu a few weeks ago and you can rent them from the hotel. They have a red one and a orange one. Sharp looking cars!!

PsychoRallye

I own one... great little cars. I underscore little. Honda Civics look tall when you're in one. Complete opposite of the truck.

Handling is the best I've had in a street-legal car. Of course, you have to like loud, and no torque. They're great when you keep them up high...
and they are a Lotus, so they have quirks.

Most people who own them can't handle them -- either A) because they are not easy to drive at the limit if you are inexperienced with high performance driving (drag does not count) and/or B) because they are too small and have too many "quirks".

Fragile, they are not. The chassis is 300 lbs (yep, that's all), bonded aluminum and very strong. No flex in the chassis (ever!), very safe -- usually minor injuries from high speed accidents (1 car, anyway). However, should you crack it in the right way, even lightly, it can be thousands in body work (fiberglass and all).

Be nice to it, and check out lotustalk.com. A bit preachy over there and there are lots of annoying people, but search a bunch and you'll get some good info.

96_12V

A true, honest, modern-day sports car designed for the autcross & road ralley. Not for average daily American adult consumption - even a bit too rough for me.

PsychoRallye

That's exactly right, that's why most people sell theirs. I knew what I was getting into.. most people do not, they say "wow what a cool looking car" or "boy that thing is fast" etc etc, but they dont' understand that you need to wear earplugs in the car when you have the top open (I've measured it with a sound pressure meter) at 60 mph @ 95 dBa with peaks at full throttle of up to 105 dBa. Ouch! That's just one example...

But I wouldn't trade it for anything.... I like how raw it is. No driver aids (other than ABS and power assisted brakes), no anything, not even power steering...

96_12V

The only thing even close to it is/was the S2000 Honda - but i think that may be out of production now. I liked that car too, but the digital gauge cluster was completely out of character for the car. Yep - you're right that the Elise wasn't designed for use without earplugs, people just don't realize how cushy modern cars really are compared to what they used to be.