[Boondock Saint]

I don't own an Exige but I do daily my Elise and absolutely love it. I always tell people it is my therapy. If I have a bad day at work I am smiling by the time I get home. I find it comfy, great on gas, fast, and the handling is amazing.

One thing I have to say regarding the rain is that for the most part I never had any issues BUT one day when it was raining hard I was stuck in the far right lane, it was dark out, the freeway lights were causing glare and the water had pooled up on the right. I was forced to drive through a puddle about a foot deep!! The water was basically scooped up into the radiator inlet. I got through the puddle fine but the cold water that was stuck near the radiator started to create steam causing a big smoke screen on my windshield.

So now it was dark out, I was surrounded by Semi's, the freeway lights were now creating more glare on my fogged up windshield, and the good old Lotus defroster wasn't exactly fixing the situation. I couldn't see anything!!!! I had to roll my window down in the rain and stick my head out the window just to make it to my offramp without killing myself. You also could not make out where the lanes were since it was pouring rain and the glare made the lines disappear.

All that being said, I won't hesitate to drive my Elise in the rain again but will make damn sure I don't hit any foot deep puddles.

This car is pure fun. It wasn't built for anything other than having fun. If you are the kind of person who likes to have fun and is willing to sacrifice certain things for it and will not cry about how hard it is to get in and out of (boo hoo) or other stuff cry babies here complain about then this is the car for you......to daily drive.