If interested there is one for sale at:
http://www.foxvalleymotorcars.com/
just look under pre-owned.
Too rich for my blood.
Matt
Phil Ethier wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jodi Fordahl <soundtire@email.msn.com>
> To: Team. Net <autox@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 12:42 PM
> Subject: Drove an Elise
>
> >I had the opportunity to drive a Lotus Elise to work this morning. What a
> >fun little car! 1200 lbs and 180 hp makes for a great little package. This
> >could be a killer autocross car. Too bad Lotus isn't importing them here.
> >This one was fully race prepared with an aluminum cage, fire system, cut
> off
> >switch, race seats, etc. It pretty much made my day!
> >-Jodi Fordahl
>
> The standard Elise is more like 1450 and 118. This sounds like one of the
> Sport versions brought to the USA for off-road use only. I wouldn't want to
> be in the driver seat when the Feds figured out that the owner reneged on
> the agreement.
>
> Any Elise would be real hoot in autocross. But since Lotus is selling them
> faster than they can make them, I don't expect them to bring the cars to the
> USA any time soon.
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro, Chev Suburban
> LOON, TCVWC, MAC
> pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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