best sounding car ive heard was in a video of a GT40 taking off from the
pits. mine sounded better before i put the exhaust inserts in. they make
it kind of wheezy sounding.
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
To: "'Allendorfer, Peter'" <Peter@regionofdoom.com>; "'Pat Kelly '"
<lollipop487@attbi.com>; "''John F. Kelly Jr.' '"
<76067.1750@compuserve.com>; "''John J. Stimson-III' '"
<john@harlie.idsfa.net>
Cc: "''BayArea Team.Net' '" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:14 AM
Subject: RE: Lotus
> I admit I'm biased, but I think my Panoz sounds way better than a 360
> Modena.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Allendorfer, Peter
> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 09:53
> > To: 'Pat Kelly '; 'Michael R. Clements '; ''John F. Kelly
> > Jr.' '; ''John J. Stimson-III' '
> > Cc: ''BayArea Team.Net' '
> > Subject: RE: Lotus
> >
> >
> > It's not the smell, it's the sound. The ferrari sound
> > engineer must get paid in gold bullion. It's the only
> > explination of the exhaust sound.
> >
> > -Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pat Kelly
> > To: Michael R. Clements; 'John F. Kelly Jr.'; 'John J. Stimson-III'
> > Cc: 'BayArea Team.Net'
> > Sent: 5/30/02 9:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: Lotus
> >
> > But, but, the leather smells so great! :)
> > --Pat K
> >
> > ----------
> > >From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
> > >To: "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>, "'John J.
> > Stimson-III'"
> > <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
> > >Cc: "'BayArea Team.Net'" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > >Subject: RE: Lotus
> > >Date: Thu, May 30, 2002, 9:09 AM
> > >
> >
> > > Does a 3,000 lb. Ferrari actually outcorner a 1,500 lb. Elise? I'll
> > bet
> > > the Elise actually runs circles around any Ferrari on a tight
> > course...
> > >
> > > Most magazines have a strongly pro-Ferrari bias. I've
> > driven Ferraris
> > > owned by a couple friends of mine and was underwhelmed.
> > They were nice
> > > cars, with handling and acceleration similar to a 3rd
> > generation RX-7.
> > > All the hype from everything I'd read about Ferraris had me
> > expecting
> > > more.
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > >> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John
> > F. Kelly Jr.
> > >> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 08:39
> > >> To: John F. Kelly Jr.; John J. Stimson-III
> > >> Cc: BayArea Team.Net
> > >> Subject: Re: Lotus
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -------------------- Begin Original Message --------------------
> > >>
> > >> Message text written by "John J. Stimson-III"
> > >>
> > >> "The Esprit certainly is not. However, the Elise and its variants
> > >> sold by Lotus can only be registered for the street by
> > dodging around
> > >> the laws. I guess that is what Scot probably meant. "
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -------------------- End Original Message --------------------
> > >>
> > >> I think you're correct. But a "gray market" I'm more familar with
> > >> concerns cameras purchased overseas and for which the manufacturer
> > >> will not honor any warranties.
> > >>
> > >> In the Elise's case, the sale is direct from the
> > manufacturer. Their
> > >> web page is pretty specific that you can't drive it on the street.
> > >> Oh, BTW, did you see the June issue of Road & Track which
> > ranks the
> > >> Elise second only to a Ferrari as a good handling car?
> > >>
> > >> --John Kelly
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