Scottish Elises

10pm last night. Sounded good!

Hello, 'twas me although mine is midnight blue, guessing looked black at night. Heading home... Nice dry night too with empty roads makes getting back from a business trip more enjoyable

Cheered me up a bit
Is that a standard exhaust system?

Nope, stage 3 from lotus factory fit with power pack... Very Nice but a tad boomy on motorways.

Jam_s160 wrote:Nope, stage 3 from lotus factory fit with power pack... Very Nice but a tad boomy on motorways.

Did you have that fitted when you were out with us last year on the run to Coylumbridge Jamie?

How are you enjoying the new car, still hankering for the roadster?


Steve

C7Steve wrote:

Jam_s160 wrote:Nope, stage 3 from lotus factory fit with power pack... Very Nice but a tad boomy on motorways.

Did you have that fitted when you were out with us last year on the run to Coylumbridge Jamie?

How are you enjoying the new car, still hankering for the roadster?


Steve

Hi Steve, yes the exhaust was fitted from delivery and on the run we went on. Totally love my car choice, I'm glad I added all the options and Exige seats etc... yes a roadster would be nice but I know I don't need it. The Elise S has more than enough performance on day to day road driving. Plus Georgie enjoys the Elise too, she never took the s160 out but does happily take the S. I probably will need to avoid driving a Roadster though.

Slightly confused here.

Surely the Elise S is a roadster?

tut

tut wrote:Slightly confused here.

Surely the Elise S is a roadster?

tut

Minus a nicer sounding engine and flared arches...

Nope, still confused as to what is an Elise S and what isn't.

ELISE S VITAL STATISTICS

All alloy, 1.8 litre DOHC 4 cylinder , dual VVT-i, 16 valve with Magnuson R900 supercharger utilising Eaton TVS™ technology:
0-60 mph 4.2 seconds / 0-100 km/h 4.6 seconds, 0-100 mph (0-160 km/h) 11.2 seconds. Max speed 145 mph (234 km/h).
FUEL CONSUMPTION: MPG (L/100KM) Urban 27.3 (10.3), Extra Urban 47.6 (5.9), Combined 37.5 (7.5),
C02 emissions (g/km) 175*

tut

Exige Roadster Tut.

Elise S which Jamie now owns has the supercharger.

Roadster I was referring too, is the V6 Exige Roadster (Like the new Exige V6 but without optional hardtop, front splitter, rear spoiler and has softer suspension)


Jamie's car is a roadster technically because the roof comes off of his car, but the new Exige V6 that comes without hardtop, spoiler and splitter has been marketed as the V6 Exige 'Roadster'

Exige Roadster;

http://www.lotuscars.com/gb/our-cars/cu ... s-roadster

Does this help Tut?


Steve.

Understand which model he has now, just do not understand Lotus's naming routine.

The Elise S/C was straight forward, now it seems that there is an Elise S with either a 1.6 or 1.8 engine, so could be either, or an Elise S which is the equivalent of the previous Elise S/C.

No surprise that it is confusing, well it is to me. Exige V6 or Exige V6 Roadster is self explanatory.

tut

Standard car is Elise- 1.6
Elise S is 1.8 Supercharged
Both have a CR version which is stripped out and lighter


Confusion arises as the S used to be the base model to the supercharged- SC