I had the fortunate opportunity to recently drive this Lotus Elise. It was a blast!!!! It felt like a larger version of a go-kart. The seats were surprisingly comfortable and I had plenty of leg room. The steering wheel was nice and small and the thing was very agile. The v-tec (or whatever is in the Celica motor) comes on at 6,000 RPM and it really pushes you in the seat. I was surprised with the amount of power and torque the car had at low RPMs. Car stopped on a dime. The visibility out the back was pretty bad, but overall a very fun car to take a spin in.



-Ryan

 

You, sir, I hate.

 

looks like a giant tic tac

 

Lucky! There's a guy i'm pretty good friends with that has one, and i've been dying to ask him to let me drive it.

 

I want one of those badly. Probably the least practical car ever though but I sat in one and i loved how bare bones it was. Its got a really nice full body undertray too. It seems a little kitcar-ish but I guess more racecar than kitcar.

 

those are some nice cars lol i dont care if it looks like a tic tac or its completely impractical there amazing cars...hey who said the rx7 was practical u can fit what one grocery bag in there?

 

the car hurts my eyes

 

hahahaha yea thats a weird color, i've always wanted to drive one of them

i'll take an overnight test drive and take it to the auto-x lol

 

You don't see much lime green cars around.

 

Yes, the car was def. fun to drive! Everyone was staring at us when we were driving it around. Definitlety a head-turner. The back hood was very flimsey and light weight (you could see it bending in the wind).

-Ryan

 

Italy, then Lotus Elise? damn you, i'm jealous....i heard those things only have like 190 hp but only weigh about 2100 lbs.

 

Aren't they more along the lines of 1700lbs?

 

Krypton Green is definitely an acquired taste. It's probably my least favorite Lotus color, but I'd still take one if it was given to me.

 

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think the USA spec elise weighs roughly 1975 lbs

Ryan

 

it must suck making lane changes in traffic with those things!but damn, i bet its a fun car

 

its VVT-i. Hondas have VTEC