New Elise S tuning potential

[Shug]

Quite right Jen, restrict him to small jobs on N3 in exchange for roasts.

tut

Nobody's picked up on this? Nobody?

/not angry, just disappointed faction

[Ferg]

[Mike Scib]

Don't encourage him

[tut]

Even I missed that.

tut

[campbell]

And back on topic (!), interesting debate here on SELOC:

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php? ... 978&page=1

[r10crw]

And back on topic (!), interesting debate here on SELOC:

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php? ... 978&page=1

Well thats depressing
The original elise is what turned everything round for Lotus and yet they continue to go against everything it stood for, even the fuel consumption isnt great at 34 combined! My S1 did 35+ regularly with as much as 43 on long runs and still did the ton in 18 sec not over 20

[campbell]

Yep, kinda took the wind out of my sails...for a moment. At the end of the day, the car needs to be tried out to form a personal view.

However I do feel that the torque figure is pretty disappointing in relation to weight of this S2 revision - so unless the 6-speeder makes it feel a bit better (Robin might be along in a moment with the Fisics if we are lucky!), then it really is starting to feel like a backwards step for Lotus. At not much change from £30k they are pushing it a bit I think...

Having said all that, it could well simply be part of the average CO2 emissions game that all manufacturers are now having to play, and if Lotus don't sell many of them they probably won't be too concerned.

I'll be interested to see what happens to 2nd hand values of this new S 1.6 model though...

And also what they are going to do about the 2ZZ engines in the R, SC and of course the Exiges.

[robin]

Replace them all with diesels ...

[campbell]

Replace them all with diesels ...

In which case I might just buy one

[robin]

It will weigh another 100kg, might never even make 100mph, or if it does it'll be 30s+.

[campbell]

I only need my cars to make about 79. Any more than that and I seem to get booked via the flyover a M9 J4 anyway

[Alistair]

I only need my cars to make about 79. Any more than that and I seem to get booked via the flyover a M9 J4 anyway

Thought you were keeping your eye on the bridges?!?

[campbell]

That one is a bit far away for my deteriorating eyesight