"pretend you are the last bit of toothpaste in the tube" You can tell this man aced his English a levels

Ahh. Listen to that door sound. Like throwing a empty can of sardines in a bigger empty can of sardines

Jay makes it look far, far easier than it is. Frankly, I'm shocked how fluidly he pours into his Elise. When I got my Exige 6 years ago, I was 56, and even though I'm thin and pretty limber, it was beyond awkward. Mine is worse, as it has a roll cage, which restricts the height of the door opening a bit. But worse, the roll cage tube running down to the door sill in front of the instrument panel narrows the width of the door opening by about 4", (100mm). For the first 6 months I had it, I crawled out of it, face first, onto the pavement. It looked like the car was puking me out onto the pavement. But now, it's pretty easy, as I've apparently become more limber. On the upside, between the gymnastic egress, the manual tranny, the abrupt on-off clutch engagement, the immobilizer, and the fact that the start button is obscured by the roll cage, the whole car is an essentially anti-theft device.

Getting in and out of mine usually involves a lot of swearing. Generally tend leave dignity and grace at home for the day!

Genuinely brilliant. Your videos are constantly improving in quality and I am loving all of the Lotus content. Top marks good sir

3 years ago i nearly bought an Elise SC 220. I loved it when i looked at it at the Dealer. I even asked the 20 something Sales man to show me how to get into and out of the car with the hardtop on . He duly showed how to do this. I followed his advice and got in without too much pain or loss of dignity. HOWEVER it took 10 minutes for me to drag my sorry 60 year old carcass from the confines of the car. I told the Salesman that i could not buy the car much as i loved that car. A couple of weeks ago i revisited the same dealer to look at an EVORA. Now i opened the door and sat in the car . I then was able to get out of the car without incurring a Spinal Injury and or Hip Dis Articulation. I liked the car a lot, but the price is so much more than an Elise. So i then had a go at an Elise with the Soft Top removed. Hey i managed getting in and Out with only mild discomfort. So i can get in and out of an Elise. But only on Warm Sunny Days and with out the roof on while entering and exiting the car. Now i have been watching all the Emira videos that i can . It is looking absolutely Gorgeous and has a bigger door than the Evora so will be even easier !!!! to get in and out of the car. I have even been onto to the Lotus Emira and specced my dream car , more than once i hasten to add. Now pricing seems to bear ABSOLUTELY NO Resemblance to the ORIGINAL : Less than 60k that Lotus spoke about in the announcement. So the dilemma persists for this 64 year old looking to a buy a Lotus . The Esprit is also a contender, but restoration and maintenance of an older car worries me somewhat. So when my Local Dealer gets in an Emira i will go and have a gander. But an Evora is still of interest. But the Elise is what i really want but for the damned entry and exit problems i have described.

Very entertaining as well as informative, glad I found this channel

@jayemm - and to think this was a celebration of hitting 10k subscribers! How far you’ve come never mind the impressive garage fleet! All the very best James, Kevin.

Congrats on the 10k subscribers!

Congrats on 10k !!!

congrats on the 10k! from one of your early subscriber

Been looking back on your early stuff and found this. Bloody brilliant, and very helpfull.

3:19 "It can actually be a bit awkward if you have a very large... " O_o "...wallet! " Oh, of course.

Full marks- great video. Slow mo replay i's priceless.

Well produced and entertaining video

10k subs 5 years ago.... Well done! Thanks for bringing good quality content to us 👍🏼

Love the channel you guys are awesome

Funny video, should do a part 2, including getting out with a passenger and in a car park with cars either side 😂

That moment when KZfaq recommends the video I was too embarrassed to search for! Lol

Thanks for the tip. It should be helpful next time I try the same maneuver.

Wonderful! I'm tall and heavy. On the bright side, my wallet is extremely thin, so I'll never have to suffer the indignity of Elise rejection syndrome. Cheers.

Wow and I though it was a pain getting in and out of my lowered MX5, this is in a whole different league.

Funny video. I find it hard enough getting in and out of the Evora! Pleased to see your subs rising fast.

I just test drove a Elise SC. Awesome car. Owner was way over 6 feet tall and his head stuck above the windshield header. Too funny. I had awkward entry and exit, not as good as you. I own a Nissan 370Z and get in/out just fine. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for this video. This can be done quite easily when the door can be fully open. In a garage or elsewhere when the door can be opened only halfway... now there's a challenge. I'd love to see a video on that.

Hilarious video James!! I'm not big as such but have a stupidly long back so don't know if this could ever be a car for me. Very glad I watched this though :'D

I'm an early subscriber and really pleased you've hit 10k - should be 20k by Christmas 😜

By the time I get my hands on an elise, I'll need this guide for sure.. Thankyou for making this video, was genuinely funny and also practical at the same time. Thankyou! :)

Very useful training. Thank’s a load !

Very nice!!! Good job!

This is sooo funny! I’ve just got my S2 Elise, and I think it’ll be a while before I can do it quite as well as you Dude ha ha. Very cool

congrats for the 10K subscribers james, even her in the philippines getting in and out is a commonly ask questionfora 5'10 guy like me people are really amaze how i do it, i jjust simply say "ypou gotta do a lot of practice for this" haha

Great video!!

Love the content. It's funny that earlier this evening I was doing my usual - 'sell the idea of a Lotus to the wife sessions' by showing her a couple of your vids when she mentioned "he never shows himself getting in or out of the cars". Low and behold, a couple of hours later.............. 😊

Great guide for indeed anyone to getting in and out of a Lotus Elise. Yay, you are on 162k subs now here in mid-2021.

This is hilarious, very entertaining, thanks.

I'm 6"6" & 19 stone you should see me getting in and out of my VX220 , you short skinny blokes have got it easy . Brilliant video and channel. 👍

10k subs... well done chap. Growing fast.

congrats on 10k!

This is pretty much the same for myself and any bloody ducati !!...... love the videos and subbed....

Hilarious! I'm coming from a Boxster and 911 and hope to add a Lotus to the stable one day. Your videos are fantastic. Thank you!

great video!

Great video

That was a lot more graceful than I expected. Well done

congrats on the 10k...

The slow motion was an instant like for me

Great video! Looking forward to more, Picking my 2006 Elise up this weekend can't wait . Any idea what S or R stands for?

I rode in an Elise a few months back and i fit in it fine :) Im 6ft 2 1/2 too!

It is a very useful video. I am about to buy Elise S3 soon many people saying do not have hard to live with it etc. No it is not. I went to the official dealer last week I got in to car very easily and also got out either. Because I am only 157 mt. tall and 65 Kg weight. Inside the car even large for me. But as I see it is not a big deal for a big guys like you either. Wishing you healthy days from Turkey.

Thank you!!!

Classic video - so true

I once got in and out of an Elise, and I can confirm, getting out is by far the hardest part especially if you're 1m83 and carrying a camera around you neck

Even though "little red sports car" is a bit of a cliche, red is a good color for these cars. I'm still in the "lusting after and saving up" part of my life to get one of these cars. However, having to pay for a house and also have some fun with a race car, I'm pretty sure the bank is going to have to buy me one of these and I'll just have to be in debt forever. Totally worth it.

YESS !! Thank you !! Now I know I can buy it someday ! ^^ (I was happily surprised you talked about 150 kg, then used feet for the height, but thank god, you used meters right after :) )

Excellent

Brilliant

Spot on

very hilarious video. inelegant is an understatement, lol that's the most ridiculous boarding demonstration into a car i've ever seen. but once you're in it everything looks sexy as it should.

Hey, great videos! When is the follow up for the MR2 coming?

If only you had been about 7 years ago, after a great test drive I crawled out and bought a Mini Cooper S instead :(

James - can you include an entry and exit and slo-mo to your sports car reviews?

You're friends with "The Mountain"?! 6'7" is crazy tall. I want to see a video of this tall fellow try and get into said car. Just for giggles. :)

LOL! I rented one of these once and had to watch a video on YT just to figure out a somewhat graceful way to get in and out of the thing.

Many years ago I manages to get into a Vx220 (iirc the name), and given I have 4 goosed lower disks I just couldn't get out. I did own a celica (2litre not the gt4 😕) in the 90s, loved the car, but as my back worsened, some days I couldn't lift my left leg over the sill to exit some days. So my sports car days are behind me. I now prefer a hot hatch,not that I have one. Currently an GTC 165 (auto), next up is a vrs estate (need the space). However One day I may get an MX5, I may manage one of those. Pick up my back issue in 98 serving in the RM. I've fallen along way, and put a bit of timber on too. Giant exercise with goosed disks. 😕

The first time I tried getting in and out of an Elise I looked like a complete idiot. Getting out I had to get on my hands and knees and crawl out of it, like I just couldn't figure out how to get out of it. Imagine someone pulling up to a gas pump and crawling on their hands and knees to get to the pump. Lmao, that was me

Hilarious. Nice one.

lmaoo that slow motion replay

Also important to exhale as you enter, empty lungs makes the process easier. Care should be taken when exiting with a passenger, the tensing of the core and squeezing of the stomach muscles in exit can result in a temporary pressure that can vent as a fart into your passengers facial region- this is very hard to restore decorum and rarely does appointing blame to the car help in resolving any unintentional offence.

Never been in one. How similar is it to its cousin the Opel Speedster? My co-worker had one of those. It reminded me of a ridiculously stripped down MX-5 with zero creature comforts.

Best car for a museum visit!

love to you do that in a vx220

I stay on the thin side by not being able to take my Elise through the drive-thru at Taco Bell. The order window is too high. Gravity is our friend when getting in; nothing helps when getting out.

Summary: Step 1. Open the door Step 2. Hope for the best

This video is fucking glorious! I might have to do a tribute if we have another lockdown haha

LOL. I ended up crawling out of an Elise the first time I tried. I'm only 1.80m & 87kg, but it was at Hethel, with roof on due to rain, & helmet on for the circuit. Not elegant, but like you said, it was fine when inside.

Bravo

omg that is exactly how i get into my SLK 😂 try getting in the passenger side every once in a while just for “the joy of awkward” buzz..

Also works great for a MX5.

Nice video. Thanks for sharing. I'm 6'4" and on the larger side, do you think I'd be able to fit in? I've kinda got the Elise on my list...

Can’t say I’ve ever even seen one up close but is the “drop the butt down and swing legs in” technique a non starter for the Lotus?? That tends to be the best way in most cases

curently on the "lotus diet" as im 6ft 3 and too heavy... lol busying an exige s3 as soon as my current car sells, already test drove one and its not the best for leg room but ive seen a few mods you can do to make a bit more space, but the want for one is too much, i suppose its like buying those trainers thats a bit too small but you like them too much? ha

omg… best video ever… lmao thanks👍🏻😉😁💥

Haha. Now do it in a series 1 ! Its the only one I can afford (2nd hand).

He almost braced himself against the A pillar at the end lol.

You're husky like a strongman 😎

Own the S1 model for 12 years now, and 9/10 times I either hit my head or palms end up own the floor crawling out.

I have a belly like yours and have to do the same manoeuvre with a Ford fieasta

How tall and heavy are you jayemm

Remember to take the car key out of your pocket before getting in the car

dude, you're funny

I decided to lose 4st instead, easier to get in/out & the car accelerates better, improved MPG,etc

Just in case you're getting to the point where you think 'why do I make these movies, who will properly benefit from this?' the following: this morning I showed this video to my wife before we went to the Lotus dealership for a testdrive! And yes, we bought the damn thing (as per my wife's nickname for the car) ;-)

I daily a E85 Z4 which I decided to drop 35mm, and as a 6'3" man, the technique is the same! Lol

Ha-ha, very funny. Piece of cake then!

I wanna see the mr2 fixing up pleeeeaaase

I'm 250lbs and I apply the toothpaste tube method when getting out of IS. Damn I need to diet! :P

The Karate Kid crane stance :)

Funny! How tall are you anyway?

When I was younger I always wished to be a bit taller, but after I bought my first Elise that all changed. I'll have to show this to all my tall friends who have lots of trouble 😂

Very funny 😄 😂