Re: Comments on other forums
Randy Chase said:
Spending some time on other forums. I note interesting reactions to the Elise. I think even more so when the Road & Track article came out. Here is an incredible looking car, with incredible specs. What is not to love?
First off you are reading responses where people posted in the Miata group stuff like "If anyone wants my Miata, drop me a note in the spring." Which while in the context of the message wasn't particularly rude, it certainly will be taken as a put down by some of the more rabid miata owners.
As for looks, I love it, but lots of people don't, including my best friend, who thinks the S1 was beautiful, and my girlfriend. It's quite polarizing, particularly the one that we saw in person here in seattle which was yellow with black rims and plastic trim.
quote from the miata forum:
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and its looks out-tackys the Elise by a slim margin.
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This quote was specifically commented around the stickynes of the tires/suspension compared to 3 wheel a motorcycle based vehicle, which had appearently pulled 1.9(!!!???) on the skidpad.
I think the vehicle he was complaining about was pretty darn cool as well. So to him these ultra performance vehicles are ugly, I wonder what he thinks of sport bikes like an R1's styling. Actually I don't care, because I know what I think.
And yet, we get some people slamming the car. Do you think the motivation is more because of jealousy? Or is there some truth behind the critics?
Sure some are jealous, others don't like the styling.
I really like the looks, but there are somethings I think are not good: See my post on the black plastic trim which looks like somthing you might expect on a Kia, but not on an $40,000 car/exotic. I know that the styling was a compromize of form and function particularly in terms of weight. That's what I want. The new farrari enzo is similar.
To the comment on the resale value. Time will tell. I don't plan to sell it for a while, so that's OK, but I'll take my chances on being able to sell a low production car that is the best pure sportscar when compared to anything at even twice it's price. It's a lotus so long term reliabilty isn't going to be a selling point. I think it will be classic. In ten years, maybe gasoline will be out of style and the resale value of anything without a fuel cell will be in the toilet. Buying a new car at MSRP is never a good investment.
Strange, I don't see the styling as that controversial. It's not an Aztek.
No it's not an Aztek which wasn't controvertial at all. It's just plain ugly. The elise is polarizing styling wise and function wise. If that's not what your looking for, buy a corvette or a used M3. I know what my choice is.