[jplotus]

I just bought an artic silver elise from prestige inports in Miami. I should have it here in the next 10 days. I also own a porsche twin turbo x-50. i bought the elise just for the track so i could return the porsche to a daily driver. I am hoping that the kinks have been worked out of lotus cars. I have had three before and needless to say there were all terrible.I will keep you posted on the progress and hope that my lap times are not to far off the porsche. Jim:clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[CAErven]

Welcome to EliseTalk - let us know how the two cars compare iin photos and a good technical review. Glad to hear from you.

 

[babak]

Welcome to elisetalk. Did you get the base car or with options?

 

[James A]

Jim this is my third Lotus also, and all of them were terrific exciting cars to drive. The past ones were not much on build quality or fit and finish but great cars to autocross and track. I have the say the build quality of the Elise is far better than anything I have seen from Lotus on past cars. Long term reliability seems to be OK on the European cars that have been around for a while. I expect the Toyota engine to be better than the Rover in the long term, we will see.

 

[smoseley]

Jim, How was your experience at Prestige? If you don't mind saying, what did you wind up paying for your car?

 

[rbullett]

were you on a list? or did the dealer have one available?

 

[smoseley]

Prestige apparently doesn't have a list.

 

[GatorFL]

Prestige apparently doesn't have a list.

Not sure, but a couple of months ago they had a couple of cars on the floor available way over MSRP. It was at that point I found Elisetalk and PBMC and decided to wait.

 

[smoseley]

Where are you on PBMC's list, Gator?

 

[GatorFL]

Where are you on PBMC's list, Gator?

Waaaaaay down at #91. Gives me a year to save, save, save!

 

[SMYLGR8]

Prestige is VERY shady. Get everything in writing. If you want a yellow one, mine is coming in late October at the Collection in Miami and should wind up on their showroom unless they already resold it.

 

[jplotus]

The car has the sport pack , touring and hard top. I also oredered the following:
Sport seat,harness bar,5 pt.belts,braided brake lines,competition pads and fire bottle. See you at the track

 

[MJC123]

I sold my modified 996 turbo when I bought the Elise. Clearly TT was MUCHO faster, but for purely fun factor I'd say the Elise is the winner. I'm craving some speed again, though, and now have an F430 on order.

 

[jplotus]

elise

I like you am a complete speed junky. I am going to keep the porsche while i experiment with the elise to see if it can curtail my needs. Ironically i also ordered a f430 from Orlando ferrari about two weeks ago. Of course they put me on some magic list but assured me a car within 2 years. I can have alot of fun in the interim. Jim

 

[tonykomo]

Out of curiosity, how much is a 430 going for in the US? Here in HK it's approx US$350k and insurance is US$35k per annum.

 

[jplotus]

They are telling me 175-190k. Insurance is cheap about 2k per year. JIm

 

[jplotus]

My other toy. This was taken before the pss9 suspension was installed. Huge difference. Jim

 

[MJC123]

....and the view from the inside from my same (previous) toy....this was in the Nevada desert during the 2003 Gumball.

 

[jplotus]

Very cool. I can say i have not gone over 185 but I still have time . To bad only 150 top on the elise.:clap:

 

[James A]

Damn, 192 mph you would not want to hit a jack rabbit or anything else for that matter going that fast. Remember years ago in on of the Coast to Coast races a guy in a Ferrari hit a rabbit in the middle of no where and there was a picture in one of the car magazines. The whole front lid of the Ferrari was caved it. The guy claims he was going something like a 150 mph.