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Old 11-03-2004, 10:12 AM
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Default I took some pics of a Lotus Elise on the highway over the weekend

I have a rear shot and a side shot, I was not able to drive and take a shot of the front at the same time without putting myself at significant personal risk.

Can anyone size them for me into attachment size?
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Actually the big pictures are pretty cool too.
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i can resize them, send them over, kpevin@tds.net
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Here you go, I like those little things
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Whoa, looks mean!!
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Is that the inexpensive Lotus they are planiing on bringing to the USA?

Looks nice
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It's not a big car, I was driving a TL which is also pretty low.
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Ahhh the Elise the one vehicle I would be willing to trade my Motorcycle in on..... Who am I kidding, the Elise pretty much *IS* a 4-Wheel motorcycle.

As an interesting aside, the guy I bought my M3 from had owned 7 M3s and was finishing up racing for Porsche. He had made his career with Lotus driving an Esprit and was a good friend of the North American Operations President for Lotus. Anyhow, he said that when the Elise came out they pretty much sliced open the Esprit ranks and brought in new blood. Overnight the Esprit teams lost their factory backing so they all went to other makes (In this guy's case, Porshce). Cool stuff, wish that was my life

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That's the 'Fed' Elise, has a 1.8 Toyota engine, with VVTLi, about 190bhp I think, quite quick to about 110-120mph. Over here it's called the 111R.
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Local Chevy dealer has sold a few of them.

Got to sit in one. It's spartin, but it's not built to be a luxury car.

Would be a fun toy to add to a collection.
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Those things handle like few others!
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That one actually showed up at a local car show in october, for sure interesting
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My favorite car of all time!!!
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The lines look great. Is that model equipped with the 7 speed transmission?
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They all have six speeds, right???



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