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Disappointing Lotus Elise
I was at a market research group today and we looked at the Honda Civic SI, Mazda Miata and Lotus Elise. I have never been more dissapointed to sit in a car that as I was with the Lotus. The car is impossible to get in and out of, and because it is so light the plastic is a total joke. The more I touched the car the more I hated it. I hope that thing handles good, becuase the interior was a total joke.
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Re: Disappointing Lotus Elise
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The car is impossible to get in and out of...the plastic is a total joke...the interior was a total joke. [/ QUOTE ] I think you totally miss the point of the Elise. |
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Re: Disappointing Lotus Elise
Trust me I try to appreciate the point. Its just that the interior was overwhelmingly crappy.
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Re: Disappointing Lotus Elise
once you hit the curves, you don't care anymore.
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Re: Disappointing Lotus Elise
It's a $40k car that absolutely dominates on most tracks, what kind of interior are you expecting?
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Re: Disappointing Lotus Elise
Yeah, the car does well in Auto-X's. (Saw one run here in N.Cal a few years ago) I drove in it with my 94 Prelude Vtec.
They are best on a tight windy road / track. |
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Trust me I try to appreciate the point. Its just that the interior was overwhelmingly crappy. [/ QUOTE ] nice juxtaposition of sentences there i'll clear it up for u: lotus is an engineering company, not a car company; they make a driving machine and then put the bare minimum to make it considered a 'car' on top of that machine it will outhandle basically any car you can buy and THAT is the point of it the interior is minimal and it's not easy to get in/out of it, but who cares when u are driving through the mountains |
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Re: Disappointing Lotus Elise
OP,
Thanks for the laughs. |
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Re: Disappointing Lotus Elise
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[ QUOTE ] Trust me I try to appreciate the point. Its just that the interior was overwhelmingly crappy. [/ QUOTE ] nice juxtaposition of sentences there i'll clear it up for u: lotus is an engineering company, not a car company; they make a driving machine and then put the bare minimum to make it considered a 'car' on top of that machine it will outhandle basically any car you can buy and THAT is the point of it the interior is minimal and it's not easy to get in/out of it, but who cares when u are driving through the mountains [/ QUOTE ] This is all 100% true. But The new exige is better. Jeremy Clarkson reviewing the exige on Top Gear I love lotuses/loti/lotus. BRAG: My dad helps design them so i'm totally bias! |
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Re: Disappointing Lotus Elise
Its a car named after a chick....by a company named after a flower.
Its hard for us to get in or out....because its built for chicks. They love the car. So i guess that is a good point. It maybe completely unergonomic or impractical for us, but it should help pick up chicks. |
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