My wife and I drove out to Mid-Rivers Lotus on Friday (the 13th)
Nothing bad happened.... Anyway, I understand why you're all so in love with the Lotus. We were both taken out separately for a ride and drive, and a very thorough one indeed. All I can say about the handling, braking, and acceleration is WOW! We went through a posted 30MPH S-curve at around 80 or so. With me driving it was a bit less eventful, but very fun. It was the most un-natural feeling, cornering at such high speeds knowing I couldn't change my mind and touch the brakes. My wife was nervous about driving it, but did and was glad. She had no problems with visibility and enjoyed it very much.
With all that said, we are still in a dilemma, as we don't have a local dealer, we don't "race" and we're afraid that with the fact that we can't really enjoy the car anywhere near it's limits and that when the "new" wears off, we'll somehow regret the purchase. Nobody's getting in or out of that car without the doors WIDE open either. We feel like the casual driving would end up being kept to a minimum.
We can easily make a case for buying a BMW Z4 S instead, but after we list all the reasons why, we still can't get over how much we like the Lotus. It's way more unique. It's the closest thing to a street legal race car as you can get......especially at this price, and we like the way it looks. We are both officially in gridlock. It would be much easier if we had a local dealer, just in case we had any problems and I can't even say for sure whether that'd be enough.
I can honestly say I've never been so confused over any automotive purchase.
