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Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:29 am

Would you rather own an Esprit or an Elise?

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:08 pm

Elise.

or Exige

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:49 pm

Elise or Exige here too.

The Esprit is nice, really really nice, but the Elise is more my style.

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:20 pm

More like the Elise is a far better-handling car than the Esprit. The Exige also gets my vote, though . . . specifically the Sport. . . thing is BADASS!

snowboarded · Post by **snowboarded** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:21 pm

I say Zonda F

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:35 pm

Definitely an Elise. I like the Esprit V8s, but they're like other expensive exotics.

The Pagani is the best built and designed 'productiion' car I've ever seen. It's like a work of art similar to the one-off prewar exotics.

JasonGrahn · Post by **JasonGrahn** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:54 pm

Ariel Atom, hands down.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:39 pm

Can't get the exige or atom in Canada, and the zonda is way way out of my price range, even if I could get them in Canada.

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:41 pm

JasonGrahn wrote:Ariel Atom, hands down.

Hells yeah!

thefultonhow · Post by **thefultonhow** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:49 pm

JasonGrahn wrote:Ariel Atom, hands down.

+1.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:05 pm

Splinter wrote:Can't get the exige or atom in Canada, and the zonda is way way out of my price range, even if I could get them in Canada.

+1

thefultonhow · Post by **thefultonhow** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:07 pm

Splinter wrote:+1

You can't +1 your own comment!

If I could afford to get a toy car like an Atom, I'd spend a bit more money and get it brought up to code, or if I couldn't do that, I'd import it as a kit car.

Post by **DLC** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:18 pm

Exige. I would like to be able to drive the car in the winter without wearing a snowmobile suit to work.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:29 pm

Cant import kit cars less than 15 years old

You guys fail @ this thread

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:30 pm

Splinter wrote:Cant import kit cars less than 15 years old

You guys fail @ this thread

I take it that's a Canadian law?

thefultonhow · Post by **thefultonhow** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:30 pm

I think you can in the US... that's how a lot of the replicar manufacturers get around safety and emissions restrictions.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:36 pm

Yukonart wrote:I take it that's a Canadian law?

Yup.

If a car was built in the last 15 years and it was built to Canadian spec, its basically impossible to get it into the country.

I am looking into some kind of insurance scam, where I get an Exige and register it to an address in Washington, and insure it down there, but I dunno if I can get that working under realistic costs.

snowboarded · Post by **snowboarded** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:44 pm

^ Canada car law is teh sux0rz!!!11

thefultonhow · Post by **thefultonhow** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:48 pm

snowboarded wrote:^ Canada car law is teh sux0rz!!!11

At least they got manual seatbelts...

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:50 pm

snowboarded wrote:^ Canada car law is teh sux0rz!!!11

This is a fact.

Subtle · Post by **Subtle** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:11 pm

Manual set belts with the CG Lock to hold the belt tight

Lotus Elite or even more fun a the "Seven" now built as the Caterham 7.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:35 pm

Elite? Which one? The '70's one was terrible (I came close to buying the very similar Eclat, but talked to a Lotus guy first) and the original, gorgeous as it is, has a fiberglass monocoque ... even the strut towers. It's a mess to deal with, but we are talking Lotus, I suppose. I'd like a street-legal Lotus 11 for all that.

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:01 am

You fools didn't even mention the Elise 340R... I'll definitely take it if no one else wants it...

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:40 am

Yea, I'll pass on that

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:54 am

Esprit. Why? It's hella fast..and it's got that super car look that I like.

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