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Hi All,
First of all, thanks to Tass on the forum here for selling me his 06 Aspen White Elise! Its been a blast as my daily driver, but I am feeling the need for a second (sensible) car, especially when ski season rolls around!
I never thought so many people would take pictures of the car. I always appreciated a nice car with a good glance and moved on, but pedestrians and other drivers pull out their cell phones and take pictures all the time. I even had a cop stop me BEFORE I got in the car to talk about it. When a cop says "I bet that thing really goes!", what do you say without incriminating yourself?
Watch out for people trying to lift the car at the wheel well after telling them how light the car is. Yes, it happened to me and I only just stopped him in time.
$26 for a Lotus oil filter?!? Its obviously not going to break me, but they could at least ask you to bend over before screwing you! The top end oil filter at the local parts store is $12 - that has to be adequate.
6th gear... what's the point? Its barely higher than 5th. I'm on the highway a lot and the drone at 4000 is pretty tiring after any length of time. I will be searching for a taller 6th gear solution - there has to be one out there! Ditto for 1st... maybe a taller final drive ratio makes more sense? 4.5 is definitely for the track, not for a DD.
No problems with hard top leaks or handling in the rain. Its been out in some crazy weather. Still don't have the top off.
Here are some photos. The one with it next to a friend's Suburban really puts it in perspective!
Tim
First of all, thanks to Tass on the forum here for selling me his 06 Aspen White Elise! Its been a blast as my daily driver, but I am feeling the need for a second (sensible) car, especially when ski season rolls around!
I never thought so many people would take pictures of the car. I always appreciated a nice car with a good glance and moved on, but pedestrians and other drivers pull out their cell phones and take pictures all the time. I even had a cop stop me BEFORE I got in the car to talk about it. When a cop says "I bet that thing really goes!", what do you say without incriminating yourself?
Watch out for people trying to lift the car at the wheel well after telling them how light the car is. Yes, it happened to me and I only just stopped him in time.
$26 for a Lotus oil filter?!? Its obviously not going to break me, but they could at least ask you to bend over before screwing you! The top end oil filter at the local parts store is $12 - that has to be adequate.
6th gear... what's the point? Its barely higher than 5th. I'm on the highway a lot and the drone at 4000 is pretty tiring after any length of time. I will be searching for a taller 6th gear solution - there has to be one out there! Ditto for 1st... maybe a taller final drive ratio makes more sense? 4.5 is definitely for the track, not for a DD.
No problems with hard top leaks or handling in the rain. Its been out in some crazy weather. Still don't have the top off.
Here are some photos. The one with it next to a friend's Suburban really puts it in perspective!
Tim

