British hand in man cards

**Sarge** · 12-14-2008, 03:35 PM

well my buddy has been looking at cars for awhile....I thought he was going to get a Porsche Boxster...but no...he comes out to the ranch today in one of these lil bitty Lotus Exige things....

WTF....is that the whole car? Where is the rest of it? I could tell he was all excited about this thing...so I go on about how cool it looks and shit...he shows me it is a supercharged Toyota engine in there....big fucking deal.....well he wanted to take me for a ride...so OK....I shit you not...I had to get on my hands and knees to get in this fucking thing....So we go buzzing around at about 10KRPM...OK it corners good and really does haul ass.....so we get back to the ranch.....Fuck.....I didn't think I was gonna get out of that thing....now you guys have seen pics of me...I aint fat by no means....big yes...fat no....I couldn't get out of this British POS.....finally I just went out on my back head first.....fucking British....get a Vette....shit same money...

**Nhra Firebird** · 12-14-2008, 03:38 PM

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**Sarge** · 12-14-2008, 03:40 PM

Try now...get down on your hands and knees to watch the mother fucker...

**Nhra Firebird** · 12-14-2008, 03:45 PM

makes you wanna stick a firecracker in your ass

**310stanger** · 12-14-2008, 04:04 PM

I would have went for either a vette or that porsche. Those lil lotuses are fast lil buggers and will suck your eyeballs out around a corner but thats about all they are good for.

**kickflippin1** · 12-14-2008, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Nhra Firebird

makes you wanna stick a firecracker in your ass

**SouthernBornThriller** · 12-14-2008, 04:17 PM

Meh. To each his own.

Ditto for getting a vette with the money though.

**third_shift|studios** · 12-14-2008, 04:22 PM

it's an etirely TOO cozy of a fit for 2 grown men. there is no center console-i remember last season of Bullrun, the 2 dudes that drove it were total douche bags and literally were sitting on eachother the whole race. Looked like the worst conditions. They are very thrifty cars though. I love how toyota ricers all point to the Lotus and say 'LOOK IT'S GOT OUR ENGINE" and you just have to laugh and say 'yeah, but i'm 100% sure it's built a lot tougher with way different timing/cam/head/valve train then yours, scooter!

**KahanaReef** · 12-14-2008, 04:22 PM

Looks like a chick car to me...

But, all sports cars look like chick cars to me

**Hi-Po** · 12-14-2008, 04:47 PM

I definitely would have chose a vette over that any day. His money though. Wish I had half of it!

**TempleU_WS6** · 12-14-2008, 06:25 PM

They're ok but yeah way too small for any averaged size guy to live with.

**grouch0jr** · 12-14-2008, 06:30 PM

i couldnt even watch the video, the comentary was driving me insane.

**95camaroZNC** · 12-14-2008, 06:42 PM

Im not very tall and im a skinny little guy at 142 pounds and i sat in one and its like sitting on the ground but it fit like a glove and ive loved them and the lotus esprit since i heard about them.....

Lotus made the Elise when they were going broke and had nothing left, the cars stripped down on purpose no radio no creature comforts, its a race car pure and simple. If GM going broke gets it to produce a car as good as that car was when it was made then we are in for a treat.

**B34M3R** · 12-14-2008, 06:52 PM

Hmmmf, that motor wasn't even designed by Toyota, it was designed by Yamaha.

**zero_proto** · 12-14-2008, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by B34M3R

Hmmmf, that motor wasn't even designed by Toyota, it was designed by Yamaha.

same deal.............asian

**B34M3R** · 12-14-2008, 07:16 PM

Meh, whatever... I like the cars. I couldn't own one, because I'm not small. Personally, if I was shopping for a car in that class, I'd be picking up an Ariel Atom...

**TransAm11973** · 12-14-2008, 07:52 PM

yea i tried to sit in one at a car show ......it is physically impossible for me to drive the thing.. i cant straighten my legs so they dont hit the wheel.....yeah it was hell geting out.....

**B34M3R** · 12-14-2008, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by TransAm11973

yea i tried to sit in one at a car show ......it is physically impossible for me to drive the thing.. i cant straighten my legs so they dont hit the wheel.....yeah it was hell geting out.....

hehehe I know what you mean... saturn skys are the same way for me... but not the solstice?

**310stanger** · 12-14-2008, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by B34M3R

Hmmmf, that motor wasn't even designed by Toyota, it was designed by Yamaha.

shortblock was toyota, the cylinder head and valvetrain is Yamaha. Its a collaboration. Same basic engine that powered the celica gt-s. My younger sister has one sitting in our driveway as I type this.

**B34M3R** · 12-14-2008, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by 310stanger

shortblock was toyota, the cylinder head and valvetrain is Yamaha. Its a collaboration. Same basic engine that powered the celica gt-s. My younger sister has one sitting in our driveway as I type this.

Well the head is where the magic is worked on that particular motor, lol.

You mean there is a GT-S sitting in your driveway right? Those motors are internally identical to the Elise motor... I'm not sure what modifications were made to the S/C one in the Exige though.