Scottish Elises

An armchair competition stolen from EVO magazine this month

3 rules:

1. You must have driven it
2. A manufacturer can feature only once in your list
3. It must be road legal

I haven’t owned cars from enough different manufacturers to be able to play (and nor do I change cars often enough either!).

But there are some on here who do / did so I’m looking forward to spectating

Right. Who’s first?

Driven enough cars for sure but other than Exige 350, Exige S2, Elise 220 Sport, Mr2 Mk2, Mr2 Mark3, Mazda Mx5 the rest were all handy me down sheds I seem to acquire from family so it would not make very exciting reading

Lol. Half a dozen from 2 manufacturers - broke rule rule 2 right away

Good list, mind …

oh so I did sorry !

That's quiet tough... I could prob do a list of 10 lotuses, but need to pick only one?.... this will require some thought...

…that’s the idea…

Ignore

Exige 430 cup
Audi R8
Caterham 485
Ferrari 458
205 GTi 1.6
BMW M2
Dax Rush Cosworth
Lancia Delta HF Turbo
Boxer Spyder 4.0
AMG GTS

Notable others:
Renault 11/5 Turbo
Mini 1275 gt (1400)
Touareg R50
All the sheds I owned as a young driver

Peter wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:13 pm

Exige 430 cup
Audi R8
Caterham 485
Ferrari 458
205 GTi 1.6
BMW M2
Dax Rush Cosworth
Lancia Delta HF Turbo
Boxer Spyder 4.0
AMG GTS

Notable others:
Renault 11/5 Turbo
Mini 1275 gt (1400)
Touareg R50
All the sheds I owned as a young driver

Nice history.

Remember he may not have owned them all

Rule 1. You must simply have driven it (that’s all)

Exige 410
Ferrari 458
Mini Cooper S R53 with an LSD
BMW M4 CP (but only in the dry)
BlobEye Impreza STi PPP
McLaren MP12c something or other
Porsche 911 Carrera 4 no idea which of the million derivatives
Ford xr2 (with the pepper pot alloys)
Alfa v6 GTv (just for the noise)
Tesla M3 LR just cause I need to make up the numbers to 10

That’s pretty much the best of every marque I’ve driven.

Lotus 3-Eleven
Porsche 911 GT3RS (991.2)
Ariel Atom
Caterham R400 SV
BMW M2 Competition
McLaren GT
VW Golf R (Mk7.5)
Nissan 370Z
Ford Puma
Toyota MR2 (Mk1)

Ferrari 458 Speciale
McLaren 720 Spider or 600LT Spider
Lamborghini Evo RWD (Spyder) or Aventador SVJ Roadster
Porsche 911 GT2RS
Ariel Atom
Lotus 311 (340R or 211 not a million miles behind nor is the RLC)
Pagani Zonda C12
Mercedes AMG GT-R
Caterham R400
Audi R8 V10 Spyder

Also rans
Lotus - 340R has the best steering of anything Ive owned
F8 Tributo - engine alone is astounding
991 GT3RS, 991 GT3 , 997 GT3
M5 although I adore my mapped 730D
I could be here for bloody ages!

And seeing the new Emira tonight.......

The picture was a present given to my by Sandra a number of years ago as some of my favourite drivers cars we have owned.


As this fails the rules I have listed my top 10 here:

Porsche Boxster Spyder (owned)
Lotus Elise S1 111S (owned)
Mitsubishi Evo FQ-330 (owned)
Ford Puma (owned)
Aston Martin DB11 (driven)
VW Golf Gti PP (own)
Subaru Impreza Sti (test drive but plumped for Evo)
Nissan GTR (shot from a mate)
Audi RS4 B8.5 (owned)
Mercedes AMG C63 Estate (test drive but plumped for a sensible BMW 335D)

Most notable others was a Seat Lupo 1.0 courtesy car (while the Leon Cupra was in for a service). Enjoyment came from spanking it down the A68 with maximum concentration to maintain momentum so I could overtake any car in its path

Well done you two, raised the bar a little

I definitely can’t post a list now. I think I might struggle to reach 5.