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Originally Posted by ace996
The Lotus Elise....is quite slow. It is such a beautiful car, absolutely purist and a wonderful track car but is pig slow without a supercharger or turbo. I had one last year...for about 1K miles...one track day...and traded it in with my '06 STI for the M.
Granted, I took the car to Pocono Single Infield (my first time on that configuration) on beat tires but it still just wouldn't pull past 100 any more than if I was pushing it.
And God help you if you wall it...two pieces of bodywork and an aluminum tub (big bucks for a proper roll-cage, if you can fit in it)....very expensive and not very safe.
But they are a blast and will teach you more than any other car around.
Find a low mile Exige S (supercharged) if you fit in one and have at it.
Pocono in the '05 Elise (stock)...
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I would sure be thinking twice about a Lotus after reading this post.Apparently the same thing has happened when the car is jacked up in the wrong spot!
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f3/w...-no-way-44956/
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/auto...-it-wrong.html