And so for driving impressions....
One, bright pink is even crazier than chrome orange. It was like back 3 year ago when my car was new, as far as the attention garnered. The ladies look. Who isn't curious who is driving a ridiculous flaming pink car. The color is awesome. I would definitely drive this car, and I'm not even kidding about that.
The S240 is a way different car than my 05 Elise. 50 HP more is a lot in one of these cars and it comes on way earlier. Obviously this is a brand new car and my job was to stripe it, not beat on it- but still you can see an amazing difference.
For having the track pack it rode surprisingly well. The seats are better. The softer flatter look of the interior is better. The radio is better. The guages look better. The air is colder. The key looks decent. Everything is better. I didn't really wail around turns or anything, but you can tell there is less (what seems like NO) body roll. The only thing not better is the rear view.
The brakes. They have bigger AP Racing front calipers and different rotors on the car. I assume this is some factory lotus brake upgrade, I've seen it on other new cars there before. Wasn't the Elise one of the best braking cars Car and Driver (or Road and Track or one of them?) had ever tested. Can you really improve on them? Uhm OMG, yes you can. Those things are crazy. Actually at very low speeds like trying to creep out of the driveway or over a speedbump they are too good. They are off or on. They really bite. After picking up my car it was like going from the Elise to the BMW. Except I was in an Elise.
Also for a new car, it didn't squeek at all like mine did for months. It didn't seem to have any rattles or anything. Just an all around lot tighter car. I think Lotus had made lots of little improvements.
This is an amazing car.
