Elise v. Exige

[LotusLocost]

I would find a nice used Elise S1.
British racing green, light leather interior. This was how i first met this car. And I still am dreaming about it at night. It was a short ride in a friend of my dad's newly imported S1. I was 16 back then, the first or second year they where out that was. It is the purest of them for me, and i still like the bodyshape of the S1 better of all. The S1 represents the ideology of this car to the full IMO.

And in your matter it can save you some cash to.

[wt888]

I have seen both on track and the Exige is by far the better performer. Just not sure it is a car I could live with every day.

[LandQuail]

An S1...

We don't really have those in the U.S., but I'm making plans to get myself to the UK for 2009, though given the exchange rate we might have to start out with something more modest. A Reliant Kitten, maybe.

But once LandQuail's Family Rickshaw Service gets up-and-running the cash will start flowing in...

Those S1 Elises (Elizeses? Elize?) aren't terribly expensive in their native country, right?, and there's still plenty of parts around for the K-series engine, isn't there?

They don't have the pissed-off wasp look of the new ones, but they're not without their own honest charm — even though the early press photos did make them look rather like beach buggies.

A well-kept S1... Good point. 'Quail diggz.

[NSXType-R]

An S1...

We don't really have those in the U.S., but I'm making plans to get myself to the UK for 2009, though given the exchange rate we might have to start out with something more modest. A Reliant Kitten, maybe.

But once LandQuail's Family Rickshaw Service gets up-and-running the cash will start flowing in...

Those S1 Elises (Elizeses? Elize?) aren't terribly expensive in their native country, right?, and there's still plenty of parts around for the K-series engine, isn't there?

They don't have the pissed-off wasp look of the new ones, but they're not without their own honest charm — even though the early press photos did make them look rather like beach buggies.

A well-kept S1... Good point. 'Quail diggz.

LOL. Reliant Kitten. Love your sarcasm.

If you're planning to import a S1 Elise, would having the steering wheel on the wrong side be a problem?

[Ferrer]

LOL. Reliant Kitten. Love your sarcasm.

If you're planning to import a S1 Elise, would having the steering wheel on the wrong side be a problem?

There were LHD S1 Elises for western europe, if I'm not mistaken.

[ruim20]

We got the LHD Elise S1 over here, i saw one for sale just yesterday.

[LandQuail]

LOL. Reliant Kitten. Love your sarcasm.

If you're planning to import a S1 Elise, would having the steering wheel on the wrong side be a problem?

(LandQuail was drunk while posting this. From now on I will signify drunkenness by typing *D at the start of posts. It's a rather elegant way of doing it, I think, and I hope it catches on as I quite fancy it.)

That's not sarcasm, friend. Have you checked the exchange rate lately? It's two dollars to one GB Pound. A Reliant Kitten is about all the wife and I will be able to afford when (if) we get over there. It might not pass MOT muster, but I'm planning on selling the SU carburetor to a Jaguar restoration shop after we buy the Robin, as we'll be needing all the money we can get to stock our pantry with Ramen noodles. We'll also have to spend some of the money from the SU carb' to buy limes, as scurvy has fallen out of fashion in Great Brittain. In the carbureter's stead, I'll have to hook up a hose running from the intake manifold to the cabin. The wife, in the passenger seat, will have to continuously hand me shots of petrol as we motor along, and I'll raspburry them down the hose tuba-style.

We'll make grand progress in this way.

In seriousness, Papa 'Quail has agreed to pay my tuition to Coventry University's automotive journalism program, but both my wife and I will have to work like mules to make my study financially feasible.

Once I get out of school, we might just stick around. I reckon a highly literate gearhead has as good a chance of making it in jolly old England as anywhere.

I've got a packet of high-octane letters of recommendation, and my "why do you wish to attend" essay is (I hope) second to none.

If my application is smiled upon, and with a little luck, I'll be employed at a British sportscar magazine by 2010. Iron-fisted determination builds slow in those from the American South; the smartest down here are high-geared, but once we get rolling we're carrying epic momentum.

Douglas MacArthur was from Arkansas and he wrenched The Philippines from the Nips' greedy claws during World War II and was later honored by having a character based on him portrayed on film by Gregory Peck (the highest honor America could bestow on a citizen from 1959 to 1967).

In more recent times, Arkansan Billy Bob Thornton's 1996 film Slingblade — which he wrote, directed and starred in — catapulted the Arkansas native from Hillbilly country all the way to Hollywood, where he later ****ed Angelina Jolie doggy-style in the back of a limousine minutes before the Oscars award presentation ceremony (the highest honor America could bestow on a citizen from 1999 to 2005).

If they can achieve glory, why not I?

[Lotec_Sirius]

You can't really go wrong with any Elise or Exige - my first choice would be an S1 Type 49 or an S2 Type 25

[NicFromLA]

Elise. I drove one for a couple of days and it was amazing. Because the car is so small and light it gives the impression of almost no body flex at all. Plus since its hard to drive it as anything more than a two day-a-week car, its nice to have the ability to open the top. Finally, if you're over 5'8" or not in the best of shape the open car is much easier to get in and out of.

[NSXType-R]

In seriousness, Papa 'Quail has agreed to pay my tuition to Coventry University's automotive journalism program, but both my wife and I will have to work like mules to make my study financially feasible.

Once I get out of school, we might just stick around. I reckon a highly literate gearhead has as good a chance of making it in jolly old England as anywhere.

I've got a packet of high-octane letters of recommendation, and my "why do you wish to attend" essay is (I hope) second to none.

If my application is smiled upon, and with a little luck, I'll be employed at a British sportscar magazine by 2010. Iron-fisted determination builds slow in those from the American South; the smartest down here are high-geared, but once we get rolling we're carrying epic momentum.

Douglas MacArthur was from Arkansas and he wrenched The Philippines from the Nips' greedy claws during World War II and was later honored by having a character based on him portrayed on film by Gregory Peck (the highest honor America could bestow on a citizen from 1959 to 1967).

In more recent times, Arkansan Billy Bob Thornton's 1996 film Slingblade — which he wrote, directed and starred in — catapulted the Arkansas native from Hillbilly country all the way to Hollywood, where he later ****ed Angelina Jolie doggy-style in the back of a limousine minutes before the Oscars award presentation ceremony (the highest honor America could bestow on a citizen from 1999 to 2005).

If they can achieve glory, why not I?

Nice to see you have planned out your future.

Right now, my future plan is "lets take it one day at a time, see what colleges accept you, and hope I don't screw up anything major on the way there."

Wish I could seriously say "this is exactly what I shall do/try to attain for the rest of my life.

By the way, Douglas MacArthur isn't the best of people to use as an example for people from the quiet South/midwest achieving high goals. He got sacked from his job.

Eisenhower would be a more flawless example.

[LandQuail]

Nice to see you have planned out your future.

Right now, my future plan is "lets take it one day at a time, see what colleges accept you, and hope I don't screw up anything major on the way there."

Wish I could seriously say "this is exactly what I shall do/try to attain for the rest of my life.

By the way, Douglas MacArthur isn't the best of people to use as an example for people from the quiet South/midwest achieving high goals. He got sacked from his job.

Eisenhower would be a more flawless example.

I'll take that as admission that Billy Bob Thornton's great accolade is the highest modern achievement, then.

[Kooper]

I'd take the Exige. If you're going to go the lightweight, no boot, no creature comforts, nothing-but-driving-purity route then you'd might as well go all the way and get the hardcore version.

The Elise is like a decaf grande latte. It's still coffee, but it doesn't give the same buzz as a full-blown cup of caffeine.

[kingofthering]

I'd go for a compromise - Elise SC. Almost all the power of an Exige in a Elise body. With only 2006 pounds, I'd hit/rock/do that.

[A17]

Hard Top Krypton Green Elise S2, no SC, dont like rims on SC

[clutch-monkey]

wheels are pretty easy to change you know..