Would you daily a Lotus Elise?

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  • sticksdaman
    R3VLimited
    • Apr 2005
    • 2987

    #16
    nope im too tall

    plus id imagine the buzzing would get old after a while
    Originally posted by ebelements
    Also, for those who don't know, negative camber is the greatest thing since sliced bread(panera). Even tire wear is for city busses and the elderly.

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    • kishg
      R3VLimited
      • Sep 2006
      • 2624

      #17
      yes. i've seriously thought about getting one, or a cayman s
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      • E30SPDFRK
        Moderator
        • Jul 2007
        • 5687

        #18
        I would, but they are very hard to get into and out of when you have room, imagine trying in a cramped parking spot. That would be my only limiting factor.
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        • SlammedE30
          Mod Crazy
          • Oct 2003
          • 741

          #19
          Hell no. I've spent quite a bit of time in those cars, and they are best suited for the track.

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          • Ray Smoodiver
            Moderator
            • Jun 2004
            • 8809

            #20
            Hell no!

            Have any of you actually been in on?

            For a daily - where does the dog go? If you have a cat, what about its cage on the way to the vet? Won't it suck doing 4 trips to and from the supermarket to get all your stuff home?

            Wishful thinking ITT

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            • Jand3rson
              Banned
              • Oct 2003
              • 37587

              #21
              I can't get into them, I'm too tall. I tried to get in one at Grand Prix Imports in Wilsonville, and I couldn't even get my legs under the dash and myself into the seat without being in a very uncomfortable position.

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              • uofom3
                R3V Elite
                • Jan 2004
                • 5392

                #22
                Originally posted by sticksdaman
                nope im too tall

                plus id imagine the buzzing would get old after a while
                drive an s14 for a year...
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                • silversleeper
                  R3VLimited
                  • Mar 2005
                  • 2032

                  #23
                  I certainly would. I would love the attention and the handling/performance of it. I have no problem with the lack of creature comforts.
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                  • A.LACK
                    Grease Monkey
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 316

                    #24
                    I used to work with a guy who daily drove one. When it rained or snowed he drove an e36 m3.

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                    • Bill 84 318i
                      E30 Mastermind
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 1600

                      #25
                      Nope! After dailying an S2000 for a year...no chance, simply out of practicality issues.

                      A friend of a friend got hit a few weeks after he got his. This is the damage:



                      Total cost to fix it was ~$30k.

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                      • NC325iC
                        R3V OG
                        • Mar 2004
                        • 6565

                        #26
                        simple answer... fuck yes
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                        Im more afraid of this thread turning into one of those classic R3v moments, where Pizza gets delivered.

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                        • mrsleeve
                          I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
                          • Mar 2005
                          • 16385

                          #27
                          YES just not it in the winter
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                          • allmotorking
                            Noobie
                            • Jan 2008
                            • 9

                            #28
                            i drove one for a bit and it was bone jarring. my buddy has one as his daily and I don't know how he does it.

                            He loves the car though. the only bad thing he had to say about it was that the dash was cracking and peeling after less than a year after he bought it. what do you expect from a british car. hehe.
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                            • Charlie
                              kid tested, administrator approved
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 6686

                              #29
                              Seeing as I've been looking at a Miotter/MR Spyder as my next DD, sure, I could see an Elise if I had 40k to blow on a DD. I've got the van for hauling shit whenever the need arises, so I can get by with a two-seater.

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                              • nedtheviking
                                Noobie
                                • Jul 2007
                                • 27

                                #30
                                a good friend of mine daily's an exige during spring-fall, and then switches to a gen 1 audi tt for the winter. he drives a gagillion miles a year and loves it. he's from connecticut and drove with his wife to Maine in the exige. He also has an Elan from the 90's (with the isuzu engine, it was his daily pre tt and exige) that has 160,000 miles on it. It's probably one of the highest mileage elan's in north america. i drove the exige to lime rock for a race once, and it kicked ass. im 6'2' and fit fine. i would daily an elise/exige in a second if i had the money.

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