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RE: Lotus Elise
i see atleast 5 elise everytime i got autoxing...they are awesome little cars. next time i go im gena ask one of the owners if i can ride along:D
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RE: Lotus Elise
theyre great cars, but id never buy one unless i wanted an autox car that was perfect right out of the box. and had over 40k to blow.
ive never been much of a huge sports car guy. ive always liked the idea of taking junky cars and making them fast. anyone can make 40k and buy the elise, but it takes more than that to get the same performance out of say...a celica with the same engine. especially if you're doing the work yourself. the only out-of-the-box performer that is possible for anyone to get with enough hard work is the corvette and the firebird (and camaro but i dont like camaros as much as firebirds). the LS and LT engines are incredible peices of machinery and i could never touch them if i tried. |
RE: Lotus Elise
ORIGINAL: md420 ORIGINAL: ef4life ORIGINAL: md420 The 1.8 out of the Celica is a nice engine.....every bit the engine a B18C1 is if not better. oh, and Kappa, we are talking the 2zz, not the 1zz.;) |
RE: Lotus Elise
My bad. :D Same problem though. My neighbor here at school has an '01 turbocharged, and he just had to have the engine rebuilt after it threw a rod...
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RE: Lotus Elise
did it punch the side, or just rattle around? man, thats carnage when you can see the rod sticking out the side of the block.[:@]
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RE: Lotus Elise
i saw 2 elise on the streets yesterday, a red one and a green one. it was a pretty nice day so i guess they were joy riding or somethin...
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RE: Lotus Elise
ORIGINAL: Remmy ya, the elise runs for like what... $45k? cheeper. exige runs for 48k. |
RE: Lotus Elise
ORIGINAL: Nail I3unny theyre great cars, but id never buy one unless i wanted an autox car that was perfect right out of the box. and had over 40k to blow. ive never been much of a huge sports car guy. ive always liked the idea of taking junky cars and making them fast. anyone can make 40k and buy the elise, but it takes more than that to get the same performance out of say...a celica with the same engine. especially if you're doing the work yourself. the only out-of-the-box performer that is possible for anyone to get with enough hard work is the corvette and the firebird (and camaro but i dont like camaros as much as firebirds). the LS and LT engines are incredible peices of machinery and i could never touch them if i tried. |
RE: Lotus Elise
anyone can make 40k and buy the elise, but it takes more than that to get the same performance out of say...a celica with the same engine |
RE: Lotus Elise
exiges and elises are handbuilt with aluminum racing tubs, minimal weight, pain-in-the-ass livability and genuine race car suspension pieces. celicas don't.
anybody that thinks either lotus is an over-glorified celica needs a shrink. lol. think SPORTS CAR. not sports coupe. |
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