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Old 12-27-05, 12:37 PM
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Pro driver in an Elise on the track

This is not a new video, but a lot people haven't seen it. This is Cort Wagner borrowing someone's Elise for a few laps.

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Old 12-27-05, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
This is not a new video, but a lot people haven't seen it. This is Cort Wagner borrowing someone's Elise for a few laps.

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LOL love the horn work trying to get the GT3 out of the way. I've tried that too...doesn't work very well
Great clip.
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Quality vid! Thanks for sharing
Old 12-28-05, 10:24 AM
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Hey Nice vid man. Those things have got to be a BLAST to drive!
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awsome..vid...always have a soft spot for the elise.
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Originally Posted by CrispyRX7
LOL love the horn work trying to get the GT3 out of the way. I've tried that too...doesn't work very well
Great clip.
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You know, I always think I'm a pretty good driver until a see a pro do it.

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Hey Nice vid man. Those things have got to be a BLAST to drive!
I instructed one earlier this year at the track:

Elise Parked

Elise in Motion

Yep, that's me in the passenger seat (praying we don't go into a wall). If people thought the FD was like a gokart, then the Elise is a gokart! I couldn't imagine driving one on normal streets, but for a track car it is damn fun.

I had this particular student for about 3 track events. By the last one, he was running down most of the pack without too much of a problem. That tiny engine is just fine for that car since it doesn't weigh anything.

I'd love to slap some r-compound on one of those and see what it could do.
Old 12-28-05, 04:04 PM
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What a boring *** track. 4th gear, 5th gear, 4th gear, 5th gear, etc., etc. Blah.

Elise did well, though.
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
You know, I always think I'm a pretty good driver until a see a pro do it.



I instructed one earlier this year at the track:

Elise Parked

Elise in Motion

Yep, that's me in the passenger seat (praying we don't go into a wall). If people thought the FD was like a gokart, then the Elise is a gokart! I couldn't imagine driving one on normal streets, but for a track car it is damn fun.

I had this particular student for about 3 track events. By the last one, he was running down most of the pack without too much of a problem. That tiny engine is just fine for that car since it doesn't weigh anything.

I'd love to slap some r-compound on one of those and see what it could do.
did your student have the sport version with the neovas? ive heard those are the closest thing to an R-compound

oh btw thanks for the nice vid
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Originally Posted by bacek
did your student have the sport version with the neovas? ive heard those are the closest thing to an R-compound
He had the Touring Pack. Apparently that's the softest suspension setup of the bunch and it was darn rough! I've been in RX-7's with coilovers and rollcages that were pretty stiff and the Elise Touring package was right up there.
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In went for a ridealong with a friend with his Elise - has the sport package
Fabulous car. Quick and very responsive...I just wish I could drive one to see for myself
The car could hang with, and be faster than most, anything in the corners but at around 110 the powerful cars (RX7's P-cars, Vettes) would walk away on the straights only to be caught right back up again under braking.
It was a blast.
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have you guys experienced the elise in low speed cornering like a mountain road?

my dad wants to get a mid life crisis car lol. i told him the elise but he says he wants more torque than that especially since most of the driving he intends to do with his midlife crisis car is in the mountains around malibu
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Originally Posted by CrispyRX7
In went for a ridealong with a friend with his Elise - has the sport package
Fabulous car. Quick and very responsive...I just wish I could drive one to see for myself
The car could hang with, and be faster than most, anything in the corners but at around 110 the powerful cars (RX7's P-cars, Vettes) would walk away on the straights only to be caught right back up again under braking.
It was a blast.
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Yep. I agree. It's not a very fast car, but it's damn fun. The closest track to me (Topeka, the 2006 runoffs location) doesn't have long straights like the one in the video. So, the Elise does pretty well keeping up with the big engine cars (that and the big engine car guys were wusses on the track).


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have you guys experienced the elise in low speed cornering like a mountain road?

my dad wants to get a mid life crisis car lol. i told him the elise but he says he wants more torque than that especially since most of the driving he intends to do with his midlife crisis car is in the mountains around malibu
I'm sure it would do fine, however, it's not the most practical car. I would probably pick something else if it's not going to be for track use.
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Has anyone seen the Video with the Exige, being chased by a an Apache hellicopter??? If so post it please.

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Has anyone seen the Video with the Exige, being chased by a an Apache hellicopter??? If so post it please.

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...03150737530875
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After clearling the Porsche, it looks like he turned around a 1:35. If you have not seen it (or were not able to figure it out from the video name), it's the big track at Willow Springs. Here's a link to the track map:

http://www.willowspringsraceway.com/...adCourseLg.htm

and to put things in perspective, a link to the track records:

http://www.willowspringsraceway.com/...on/records.asp

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wow...thats so crazy. the band playing in the background of that vid in the last 2 minutes is my friends band. they're from L.A. what a trip. i wonder if they know? hehe


awesome vid also
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nice video man
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