[Randy Chase]

http://www.stelvio.org.uk/

http://www.mr2-roadster.de/Stelvio.htm

This is such a cool event.

Video Link! 6.7megs

Maybe 2004? How can I rent a Lotus?

 

[Randy Chase]

 

[adamant]

I spy a CO
Looks like yellow was far more popular than black in that group.

 

[Thomasio]

Wow, yellow on the S1 is just incredible. It is a shame that the S1 body style isn't coming to the U.S.

Thomas

 

[John Stimson]

I spy a CO

You only see one?

 

[Randy Chase]

You only see one?

LOL! I only saw one also. But on closer look....

It is like Where Is Waldo?

 

[pcpacker]

I still prefer the s2. I still cannot decide on a color.

 

[zvezdah1]

HI Thomasio,
JUst finished reading Clement's book on the Elise. The Lotus guys he interviewed made a major point of saying how far superior in build quality the S2 (not even talking about the even better S2 111) had over the S1 series.

Having driven both and looked over both very closely, they're right, no comparison as to build quality. I personally have always liked the S2 series better, seems more aggressive to me.
Chris

 

[Craigy]

Chris,
are you studying for your hairdresser exams?



Craigy

 

[zvezdah1]

Oops! Shoulda known I wouldn't have got that one past you Craigy.

Chris "who's in his last year of HAIR DESIGN" Smith

 

[adamant]

LOL Literally 2 seconds after I posted that message, I saw the other one. I thought I'd wait until someone corrected me

 

[zvezdah1]

I finally watched the Stelvio vid with the volume on. The woman passenger play by play commentary was a hoot!!
Chris

 

[Randy Chase]

"Honestly!"



Made me wonder if the road was one-way though... that one corner seemed a bit blind. Anyone know?

I wish we could rent an Elise. This would be a very cool vacation trip.

 

[zvezdah1]

Randy,
I rode a Ducati monster this past July in the Dolomites (1600 kms in 5 days) for the motogiro. That's the way ALL the mountain roads are there.
Especially nice that you encounter almost NO traffic on these roads going either way.

Italy has to be one of the coolest places I've driven/ridden in!!

RE: Rental, I checked, a company in London rents Elises (you can even pick them up at the airport, unfortunately they won't let you take them out of the country!

Chris

 

[Randy Chase]

Too bad about the rentals. Maybe a different car? That person I linked above did Stelvio in a Toyota Spyder.

The thing about mountain roads that get almost no traffic, is that is the worst time to cut it close on a blind curve.

See-

http://www.cpdserver.com/conecam/video/Accident.wmv

This just happened.

 

[zvezdah1]

Randy,
It's more fun on a motorcycle, more room that way too, and Italy is an m/c friendly country.

Also, the thing about alot of the mountain roads there, you can see well into the other lane looking ahead of the turn, having said that, got to say, that guy took more chances than I would, especially with the passenger chattering about various and sundry at the same time, "Wasn't that Trevor we just passed?""
Chris

 

[armitage]

Originally posted by Randy Chase Made me wonder if the road was one-way though... that one corner seemed a bit blind. Anyone know?[/B]

Two way traffic. Two cars pass going in the other direction. While I appreciate some spirited driving in the right circumstances I can't appreciate the vid. Too much risk IMO.

 

[armitage]

The thing about mountain roads that get almost no traffic, is that is the worst time to cut it close on a blind curve.

See-

http://www.cpdserver.com/conecam/video/Accident.wmv

This just happened. [/B]

Was it you? Looks horrible. Also noticed that the car approaching was also going quite fast and didn't seem to try to evade the car with the camera.

 

[Randy Chase]

Not me. Another Spyder owner. Car was totalled.

 

[Robert Puertas]

There's a company in Frankfurt called Turtle Rent that offers the Elise.

The contract specifically lists the Nurburgring as out of bounds, but I' doubt there's a Stelvio stipulation...