New England Off Topic and Banter as Most Brilliantly Proposed by Cape Cod MINI

[GadgetGav]

What about if the three of us get together and share one Elise..?
Have you guys seen the Exige and the 340R too..??!! Now there's a track car!

[GMINI]

hasn't it a toyota engine?

[GBMINI]

Toyota engine for the US market ... easiest way to get emissions approved I imagine

[Windshadow]

I tried to get in one while I was in England and found that at 6'3" and almost 17 Stone i do not fit

[LordWinslow]

Quote: Originally Posted by Windshadow

I tried to get in one while I was in England and found that at 6'3" and almost 17 Stone i do not fit

So your saying that they are not for the "ample frame" type of person?

Or if I get one buy stock in Land'o'Lakes butter, because just to get in every day I will have to "lube up".

Winslow

[NEMINI]

I don't see the appeal

[GMINI]

The appeal, my friend, seems to be all that MINI is, and much MORE. I know what you mean about looks, if that's what you mean.

[NEMINI]

I understand the performance but beyond that its pretty one dimensional IMO.

[GMINI]

go get your rocks off

http://www.puresportscar.com/forums/index.php?s=

[GMINI]

My Aunt's name is Elise. She's not that fast.

[NEMINI]

I don't like Mark's first site let alone that one :roll:

[Actual Size]

The Lotus Elise started with the Rover K Series engine. Lotus eventually started modifying the engine to suit their specific applications, eventually supplying the engine in 120, 135, 156, and 190 horse power variations.
In 2004, Lotus modified the Elise for the American market and installed the Toyota 2ZZ-GE, 1.8 liter, variable lift and timing engine.

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by GMINI03

I understand the performance but beyond that its pretty one dimensional IMO.

Aren't all cars though..? Performance, handling, looks (if you like them) and it gets you from A to B during the week too
The Toyota engine is not just for the US market (though it was installed as an easy route to Federal Emissions). In Europe it's going to be sold as the Elise 111.

[GadgetGav]

To get back to Mac vs PC holy war... guess what the inventor of the web uses..?
(no that's not Al Gore! He only ever said he secured funding that helped develop the internet)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3628321.stm

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

To get back to Mac vs PC holy war... guess what the inventor of the web uses..?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3628321.stm

A NeXT Cube? My college rolled out labfuls of those beasts when I was there. Steve Jobs himself came to see what was, at the time, the largest grouping of NeXTs in the world. Of course, I didn't get to see him. But, I did use the cubes, and later stations (pizza boxes) and color cubes and color stations...

It's wierd how much of Mac OS X is NeXT...


Oh, yeah meant the PowerBook in the top picture. I see.