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ace · 03-26-2006, 06:33 PM

I have finally joined the ranks of the Elise owners. After a six month wait, mine arrived last weekend, and I picked it up last Monday. Of course, no sooner did I pick it up, than we had snow showers and unusually cold weather. Finally, the weather improved today, and I managed to get a few pictures.

I have been a fan of Loti since I first saw the Europa Matchbox car when I was about four years old. Growing up in Oklahoma, it was a major event to see a Lotus, and I was always very excited on the few occasions that I managed to get a glimpse of one.

I have wanted an Elise since I read the Road & Track road test of an S1 back in 1997. When I heard that the S2 was coming to the States, I was determined to get one. Well, it is here now in all its glory, and I couldn't be happier. And looking at it still gives me the same sense of excitement I had when I was a kid...except now I get to drive it!

Steve

Frank Amoroso · 03-28-2006, 07:14 AM

Hey Mobius,

Saw your wild Elise on the transporter when they were pulling mine off a couple Saturday's ago. WILD! BTW, are you w/ Mobius VC? I get back to SF quite a bit (grew up there) and I would love to see it some time.

Ace,

I've got a measly 100 miles on my elise as we got more rain and snow starting 8 hours after it rolled off the truck than we've had all winter. To quote that Pribble character... Arrrrrgh! Of course, now that I'm sitting in a condo on Okaloosa Island Florida overlooking the Emerald waters of the Gulf Coast, 2,000 miles from my new baby, the weather in Colorado is conducive to rolling up the break-in miles. Hmmm, the Elise sure would have come in handy to cruise around here, plenty of spring break traffic to help me keep it under 4.5k RPM and in a sea of rental cars it would have STOOD OUT.

James,

Is there no respite from thine prying eyes?! However, your prying eyes fail you. Although the pic is a tad underexposed, that seat is clearly Ecru and not Travertine. Your travertine interior sits in my basement, along with the rest of my parts warehouse, as it has the past 4.5 years! You are correct, the constant stream of press vehicles has meant that I haven't needed a daily driver, much less a practical one for quite some time. So, this means that the UrS4 has been relegated purely to track duty these past few years. I got tired of smoking ~$1,000 worth of track tires every 2.5 days last season so I bought an Elise to keep from making my tire salesman fat, dumb, and happy. Believe it, or not, but the Volvo was fully detailed a week earlier. All it takes is a little of that nasty Mag Chloride to coat a vehicle. Nasty, nasty stuff.

Anyway, now that the Elise has landed, it is time to prepare the S4 for sale. As harsh as it might sound, I really have no use for it anymore. Doh! I hope it didn't hear that.

ninetynine · 03-28-2006, 08:01 PM

After lusting after this car for longer than i care to admit and being taunted by the local elise crew on my commute on PCH for the past year, everything came together unexpectedly last month and i picked up my 05 NB from Joseph @ Newport European on 2/25. Since then i have put over 3k miles on it as it is my daily driver between Ventura and Santa Monica (120 miles round trip) all of it on PCH

life is good

Mobius Elise · 03-29-2006, 10:50 PM

Hey Frank - I'm not w/Mobius VC..I am however in SF, so PM me when you're heading to SF next..

pquadro · 03-30-2006, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LarryinGA

Here are some pics of my new baby that arrived last night, had to take pics with the wife next to it, she loves the car even more than I do.

Mark Starr · 03-30-2006, 05:09 AM

Hey Frank Amoroso,
You write so beautifully and also incredibly descriptive!!!! It's clear why you do that for a living. You owe it to the Lotus community to write a few articles with Club 111 on your experiences with the Elise!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!...............

Just1 · 03-30-2006, 12:47 PM

New yesterday

HobanJ · 03-30-2006, 01:33 PM

Just got my new exige, trying desperately to drive it as much as the midwest weather will permit, just over 600 glorious miles now.

Callabrator · 03-31-2006, 05:27 PM

HobanJ...you're driving my dream...

brant · 03-31-2006, 06:02 PM

Been lurkin for awhile. Got my hands on an 05 Saffron Yellow last thursday. I love it. Allready broke in so I can get on the cams right away. I don't know how you boys lasted 1000 miles. Life on the cams is good.

It came with an extra exhaust. No markings but based on the phots on ET I figured it was the Quicksilver. I was worried about it since everybody seems to think it is really loud. I guess not everybody cuts there teeth on a 94' Dodge Viper RT10. 20 minutes in a stock one and your ears will ring. The Quicksilver is the same with the hardtop on. Haven't got a chance to try it with the top off. I love it though. When you are on the cams I am pretty sure everybody in the zip code hears it

I am hoping for some sun this weekend so I can hook up with some of the other ET boys (and girls

) in Portland.

I have tried to post a picture, but I have never posted to a forum before so it may not have worked.

tcbelise · 03-31-2006, 06:19 PM

Hey Brant, the car looks sweet! I like the wheels! I hopefully will be picking up my Elise at Motocorsa next week sometime. By the looks of your house it looks like you live in NW Portland. We should go for a drive sometime. Tim

lotus54 · 03-31-2006, 06:23 PM

I'll passing through the Portland area Sunday.
Heading up the Gorge on the Washington side to???

mark

Blue Devil · 04-01-2006, 02:40 AM

HobanJ

That Exige looks so sweet. Wish I was a millionaire. I would love to get one of those too. Not in the budget right now.

BTW tried to chase a 2003 Corvette w/stick yesterday.
He was pulling on the little blue toy. Where's some tight twisties when you need them?

The Dro · 04-04-2006, 05:55 PM

Here is my baby!
Can not stop smiling!

Yellow Rat · 04-07-2006, 08:41 AM

I have been a long time lurker on ET and would like to thank everyone for all of the good information that I have gathered here.

For some reason I am unable to start a new thread on ET but Randy is trying to help me out with that problem.

I picked up my 2005 SY Elise, (a leftover), a couple of weeks ago from Park Ave Lotus in Maywood NJ. I’ve had a good experience with them so far. This was after being lied to by Maplecrest who held my deposit on a 2006 model long after they knew they would never deliver a car to me. I see no need to post pictures as everyone has seen a SY Elise.
I just love the car and can’t wait for the 1000 mile service so I can play a little harder.
Thanks again everyone.

MONTO · 04-07-2006, 11:51 AM

Recieved mine from Maplecrest last year, they dropped the badge because the cars were not moving like they were the first year and Lotus wanted them to take 30 cars. They will do only non-warranty work only.

Blue Devil · 04-07-2006, 04:30 PM

That sucks about Maplecrest. I hate driving mine 50miles each way to get anything done to it. But there's guys that bought their's from dealers 500mi away and farther, so I should count my blessings. I did have a bad time at the dealer last weekend. They messed up the 4k forged 06 sport rims I just bought for my 05. I had a shake at 70mph to about 80 the wheels weren't balanced correctly. But while they had them off someone in clean up sprayed the rims with a acid or something? There's white drips of stuff and it dulled the finish alot also. Now they say their are going to get them fixed and not replace them. So we'll see how this works out. PISSED OFF.

sndesign · 04-07-2006, 05:51 PM

Nice pic !
Where did you take it ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dro

Here is my baby!
Can not stop smiling!

The Dro · 04-07-2006, 07:28 PM

Thank you very much
I took the pic outside The Brig (A Bar) in Los Angeles.

aa5ib · 04-08-2006, 04:24 AM

Picked up my Elise from Neil at Autostrada yesterday. It has Touring Pack and Forged Wheels. Here are few pictures.

Randy
Austin, TX
www.randyeads.com

03-26-2006, 06:33 PM	#1081 (permalink)
ace Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 81	I have finally joined the ranks of the Elise owners. After a six month wait, mine arrived last weekend, and I picked it up last Monday. Of course, no sooner did I pick it up, than we had snow showers and unusually cold weather. Finally, the weather improved today, and I managed to get a few pictures. I have been a fan of Loti since I first saw the Europa Matchbox car when I was about four years old. Growing up in Oklahoma, it was a major event to see a Lotus, and I was always very excited on the few occasions that I managed to get a glimpse of one. I have wanted an Elise since I read the Road & Track road test of an S1 back in 1997. When I heard that the S2 was coming to the States, I was determined to get one. Well, it is here now in all its glory, and I couldn't be happier. And looking at it still gives me the same sense of excitement I had when I was a kid...except now I get to drive it! Steve Attached Images __________________ 06 Elise (STi, HT, TP, SS) 08 MDX - Family hauler 03 Passat GLX 4Motion - Daily driver 67 Corvair Monza - Underappreciated classic Last edited by ace : 03-26-2006 at 06:43 PM.

03-28-2006, 07:14 AM	#1082 (permalink)
Frank Amoroso Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boulder. CO Posts: 357	Mobius, Ace, and getting Pribbled on ET! Hey Mobius, Saw your wild Elise on the transporter when they were pulling mine off a couple Saturday's ago. WILD! BTW, are you w/ Mobius VC? I get back to SF quite a bit (grew up there) and I would love to see it some time. Ace, I've got a measly 100 miles on my elise as we got more rain and snow starting 8 hours after it rolled off the truck than we've had all winter. To quote that Pribble character... Arrrrrgh! Of course, now that I'm sitting in a condo on Okaloosa Island Florida overlooking the Emerald waters of the Gulf Coast, 2,000 miles from my new baby, the weather in Colorado is conducive to rolling up the break-in miles. Hmmm, the Elise sure would have come in handy to cruise around here, plenty of spring break traffic to help me keep it under 4.5k RPM and in a sea of rental cars it would have STOOD OUT. James, Is there no respite from thine prying eyes?! However, your prying eyes fail you. Although the pic is a tad underexposed, that seat is clearly Ecru and not Travertine. Your travertine interior sits in my basement, along with the rest of my parts warehouse, as it has the past 4.5 years! You are correct, the constant stream of press vehicles has meant that I haven't needed a daily driver, much less a practical one for quite some time. So, this means that the UrS4 has been relegated purely to track duty these past few years. I got tired of smoking ~$1,000 worth of track tires every 2.5 days last season so I bought an Elise to keep from making my tire salesman fat, dumb, and happy. Believe it, or not, but the Volvo was fully detailed a week earlier. All it takes is a little of that nasty Mag Chloride to coat a vehicle. Nasty, nasty stuff. Anyway, now that the Elise has landed, it is time to prepare the S4 for sale. As harsh as it might sound, I really have no use for it anymore. Doh! I hope it didn't hear that. __________________ Frank Amoroso Whatever Press Vehicle(s) I'm driving this week www.twitter.com/famoroso Ever take a risk? A real risk? The kind of risk that makes you feel alive? It's... spectacular, isn't it? Last edited by Frank Amoroso : 03-28-2006 at 07:17 AM.

03-29-2006, 10:50 PM	#1084 (permalink)
Mobius Elise Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7	The Mobius Elise... Hey Frank - I'm not w/Mobius VC..I am however in SF, so PM me when you're heading to SF next..

03-30-2006, 05:09 AM	#1086 (permalink)
Mark Starr Lotus Sales Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Salem, New York Posts: 604	Hey Frank Amoroso, You write so beautifully and also incredibly descriptive!!!! It's clear why you do that for a living. You owe it to the Lotus community to write a few articles with Club 111 on your experiences with the Elise!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!............... __________________ Good judgement is based upon experience. Experience is based upon BAD JUDGEMENT!!! Mark Starr 914 217-4817

03-30-2006, 12:47 PM	#1087 (permalink)
Just1 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dorset,uk Posts: 13	New yesterday Attached Images Last edited by Just1 : 03-30-2006 at 12:50 PM.

03-28-2006, 08:01 PM	#1083 (permalink)
ninetynine Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 39	After lusting after this car for longer than i care to admit and being taunted by the local elise crew on my commute on PCH for the past year, everything came together unexpectedly last month and i picked up my 05 NB from Joseph @ Newport European on 2/25. Since then i have put over 3k miles on it as it is my daily driver between Ventura and Santa Monica (120 miles round trip) all of it on PCH life is good

03-30-2006, 01:33 PM	#1088 (permalink)
HobanJ Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 114	New 3/06 Just got my new exige, trying desperately to drive it as much as the midwest weather will permit, just over 600 glorious miles now. Attached Images

03-31-2006, 05:27 PM	#1089 (permalink)
Callabrator Cheers! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 325	HobanJ...you're driving my dream... __________________ 2006 SY Exige 1999 Honda Passport daily driver

03-31-2006, 06:02 PM	#1090 (permalink)
brant Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 258	Finally Got an Elise Been lurkin for awhile. Got my hands on an 05 Saffron Yellow last thursday. I love it. Allready broke in so I can get on the cams right away. I don't know how you boys lasted 1000 miles. Life on the cams is good. It came with an extra exhaust. No markings but based on the phots on ET I figured it was the Quicksilver. I was worried about it since everybody seems to think it is really loud. I guess not everybody cuts there teeth on a 94' Dodge Viper RT10. 20 minutes in a stock one and your ears will ring. The Quicksilver is the same with the hardtop on. Haven't got a chance to try it with the top off. I love it though. When you are on the cams I am pretty sure everybody in the zip code hears it I am hoping for some sun this weekend so I can hook up with some of the other ET boys (and girls ) in Portland. I have tried to post a picture, but I have never posted to a forum before so it may not have worked. Attached Images

03-31-2006, 06:19 PM	#1091 (permalink)
tcbelise Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 62	Hey Brant, the car looks sweet! I like the wheels! I hopefully will be picking up my Elise at Motocorsa next week sometime. By the looks of your house it looks like you live in NW Portland. We should go for a drive sometime. Tim

03-31-2006, 06:23 PM	#1092 (permalink)
lotus54 Nightfall Blue Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Port Angeles, WA Posts: 593	I'll passing through the Portland area Sunday. Heading up the Gorge on the Washington side to??? mark

04-01-2006, 02:40 AM	#1093 (permalink)
Blue Devil Satan is my motor Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Crownsville, MD Posts: 311	Sweet HobanJ That Exige looks so sweet. Wish I was a millionaire. I would love to get one of those too. Not in the budget right now. BTW tried to chase a 2003 Corvette w/stick yesterday. He was pulling on the little blue toy. Where's some tight twisties when you need them? __________________ Cheers 2005 MB, Red interior, sport/tour packs, stage 2 exhaust Last edited by Blue Devil : 04-05-2006 at 04:42 PM.

04-04-2006, 05:55 PM	#1094 (permalink)
The Dro Go Fast Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: So Cal Posts: 16	Here is my baby! Can not stop smiling! <img src="http://www.sandroto.com/elise/elisedro.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> __________________ 04 Mini Cooper S 06 Phantom Black Elise Black, Sport, Touring, Hardtop, TC, Starshield

04-07-2006, 08:41 AM	#1095 (permalink)
Yellow Rat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Towaco,NJ Posts: 18	I have been a long time lurker on ET and would like to thank everyone for all of the good information that I have gathered here. For some reason I am unable to start a new thread on ET but Randy is trying to help me out with that problem. I picked up my 2005 SY Elise, (a leftover), a couple of weeks ago from Park Ave Lotus in Maywood NJ. I’ve had a good experience with them so far. This was after being lied to by Maplecrest who held my deposit on a 2006 model long after they knew they would never deliver a car to me. I see no need to post pictures as everyone has seen a SY Elise. I just love the car and can’t wait for the 1000 mile service so I can play a little harder. Thanks again everyone. __________________ ________________________________ Don't be so afraid of losing your Frisbee that you never throw it. 2005 SY Elise, TP SS HT 1999 Chevy Tahoe 1992 Toyota Camry 1989 Lincoln Mark VII LSC 1987 Buick Grand National

04-07-2006, 11:51 AM	#1096 (permalink)
MONTO humpty dumpty got pushed Join Date: May 2005 Location: Posts: 93	Maplecrest Recieved mine from Maplecrest last year, they dropped the badge because the cars were not moving like they were the first year and Lotus wanted them to take 30 cars. They will do only non-warranty work only.

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04-07-2006, 04:30 PM	#1097 (permalink)
Blue Devil Satan is my motor Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Crownsville, MD Posts: 311	Maplecrest couldn't hang That sucks about Maplecrest. I hate driving mine 50miles each way to get anything done to it. But there's guys that bought their's from dealers 500mi away and farther, so I should count my blessings. I did have a bad time at the dealer last weekend. They messed up the 4k forged 06 sport rims I just bought for my 05. I had a shake at 70mph to about 80 the wheels weren't balanced correctly. But while they had them off someone in clean up sprayed the rims with a acid or something? There's white drips of stuff and it dulled the finish alot also. Now they say their are going to get them fixed and not replace them. So we'll see how this works out. PISSED OFF. __________________ Cheers 2005 MB, Red interior, sport/tour packs, stage 2 exhaust

04-07-2006, 07:28 PM	#1099 (permalink)
The Dro Go Fast Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: So Cal Posts: 16	Thank you very much I took the pic outside The Brig (A Bar) in Los Angeles. __________________ 04 Mini Cooper S 06 Phantom Black Elise Black, Sport, Touring, Hardtop, TC, Starshield

04-08-2006, 04:24 AM	#1100 (permalink)
aa5ib Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The hills west of Austin, TX Posts: 20	Picked up my Elise Yesterday Picked up my Elise from Neil at Autostrada yesterday. It has Touring Pack and Forged Wheels. Here are few pictures. Randy Austin, TX www.randyeads.com