Quinnjamin10 4 years late, but I’m the same. I feel like I can confidently say I’ll own one st some point, rather than just go “I’d love to own one, but probably never will.”, and that’s the best part about it, or one of them, at least.

Just recently bought a 2006 Elise S in red :) I daily it lol. It attracts soooo much attention (which can be offputting tbh). It's basically a local tourist attraction.

my dream car is a Lotus Elise s1

Ok so mind adding Jaguar F-Type & Maserati Gran Turismo V8's to that dream car list... 😎 👍

Did you get one Quinn 7 years later!?

I've had my k20 for a year now and love every minute of it. Not a daily drive though. Weekends and holidays. Never thinking of selling. Too much fun and s head turner

apparently the Opel does :-)

What did you do for a living at 21?

I owned the ex-demo S1 111S from Stratton motor Co. back in the early 2000s and used it as my daily 50 mile round trip car for a year (even in snow). I now have the S2 111R and that old smile is back on my face, with interest 😍

It's only uncomfortable if your ass doesn't fit in the seats. Otherwise it's great! Driving position couldn't be better. Getting out is laughable even 3 years after I bought it, but who cares if you look sophisticated exiting your car. Oh wait, I have a sneaking suspicion the owner in the video cares, or he would have taken off his cool glasses to do the interview.

I can attest to this! I’ve got tons of reactions videos of my Exige S on my channel... the amount of people that think it’s a McLaren is pretty funny 😎😆

The struggle is real 😕

1st world problems *sigh*

it's better than a 1990 pontiac bonneville

dude they cost as much as a new civic....

Falconshuffle24 bro same

About to talk to the trader! What made you sell her?? I’m considering part exing my 911 9964s

ratcat17 I want one more than ever! Sorry for the ambiguity...

@ratcat if you need your garage free, then you sell it, but how hard, how hard, how damn hard to let go, I'm right living this nightmare sitting between these 2 chairs.

Said very very few people.

ExquisiteTeeth i would take it over F430 n_n

@@rainofthepast yeah i agree, in fact this car is more reliable than the f430. suitable for daily driving.

You are lol. No speed limits either. I took my 106 race car over there, lots of fun.

£10,000 upwards here in UK for a series 1 Elise fast becoming collectable. Paid £15,000 for my 1999 series 1 in mint condition 65000 on the clock. Love it

I know what you mean dude, trying to get in this car with the roof on is impossible

I think id rather take an SR20. Mainly because Nissan>Honda to me. GOBS of power and still rev like hell when built right.

Audiwan Kenobi yes they did! Which is why theyre 10 times better than the Mono, Xbow, caterham, and others. For some reason, these road going go cart companies (and the Brittish in general) have a strange fettish for Ford Cosworth. Which is sad. Nothing against Ford or Cosworth, the specs and performance are there, just not the refinement and reliability. I know your kind of partial to the Ford Mustang.

Brad Riley Ya know. That got me on a really interesting train of thought. With a Honda K or F series, youre making similar Torque to the Original 1.8 liter SC Toyota 2zz but with smoother/more instant power delivery, more power, and higher redline. But with a Nissan SR20 youd have a turbo giving you alot more Torque (like nearly double) with a sacrifice in power delivery because of turbo lag, as well as lower redline. Im wondering though, in a car this damn light, would the extra torque launch it like nothing ever seen before, or would it just burn tires? Lol. I know alot of people really love Nissan because of all the performance cars and things, but Honda does some incredible engineering too. They really know how to make some unbelieveable drivetrains and performance tech, they just dont make a lot of performance cars. As a result, they get badmouthed alot and its really not fair or true.

The Toyota engine that came in the federal (US) version is pretty good. For less then the cost of doing a K swap you can supercharge and get 300-350HP at the wheels with plenty of torque for the weight. Plus you retain all original emissions and dash usage. The K series is a nice motor, no doubt. But the torque of a supercharged motor and OEM functionality for the same price is also very appealing. I have 240 foot pounds of torque and it's soooo easy to drive around town.

The Toyota engine isn't boring. I have the engine in my 01 celica gt-s with a red line of 8300 rpm. This motor also has the VVTLi with lift, Toyota's version of vtec that has more kick to it in my opinion. Great motor, great sound and great power for a 1.8L.

It's mileage isn't bad.

Aces High no but just imagine the cost when you break something.

Tyler Raber Exactly, I also looked into driving an elise, and compared to other cars they arent that expensive. I could afford the car, the insurance and the gas money, but the problem with elises is Repair costst. If anything mayor or some minor parts are damaged, the part prices will kill you

Tyler Raber Clearly, this guy is loaded anyway. You spend a good portion of your life driving, may as well enjoy it.

Try owning a motorbike :p

Danny Hayson can u say corvette? bullet proof engine, aircon that works and reliability for 100,000 miles. not to mention the build quality trumps that of any English/ford built car

Guy Fawkes and yet they keep on being recalled, and recalled, and recalled.

Jonathan Vandagriff ive never ever heard of vettes being recalled. got a model year for that claim of yers?

***** I don't know if yer aware of this but lotus has been engineering/consulting general motors on the corvettes suspension since 1991. so when u insult the handling of the vette 1.25 lateral Gs vs the ghini 1.1 Gs you are directly insulting lotus. did u know this yes or no? and if the lotus engineered suspension on the vette is so poor then y does the ZR-1 pull a entire .25 G more than the ghini? im a retired supercar mechanic btw my resume is right here on youtube "MT900" and can be viewed by millions. you can also see my work on 5th gear and top gear BBC geremy Clarkson. take good advice when given bro. im not here to prove or win anything. just to spit facts

***** no need to apologize although I appreciate it but ill apologize for being a sensitive lil bitch lol. electronic asst is extremely good and can be very communicative. so much so Porsche and other makers have adopted it with reasonable success. I think where im in error is youre talking about road going vettes vs road going/track going lotus'. im comparing track going vettes ((adjustable camber, yaw adjustment equipped with lotus a race equipped vette however did win lemans 7 times in a row just recently. I think yer mistaking the vettes of the past with the vettes of the present

At the end of the day ravens suck

Scott C mate 😂😂😂

Yeah, well whatever rows your boat right? I would had bought a AE86 if I could, at his situation. Because Im abit mad like that, with the AE86's. And that glorious 4A-GE engine.

E92 M3 costs much more in tyres, fuel and service than the E46 or Lotus.

they put the start button on the gearshift?! no way yer lying. that's the dumbest idea I have ever heard in my life

This is the exact advert www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201410057963690/sort/default/quicksearch/true/postcode/le113ur/usedcars/radius/1500/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/page/1/model/elise/make/lotus?logcode=p Proof...

With big balls...

Does it always pour everywhere in the UK? I live in California and we don't have the same weather in the south as those folks up north do. I assume it's the same over there.

Shinji Ikari It's not that bad to be honest. It just feels bad. Basically we have 2 months of sun, then a whole month of rainy damp weather. It just feels like it never stops :p I guess it rains a 1/3 of the time?

It's fine tbh depending on the tires that you run, AD07's and youll be fine :P

why ? reliability of these is immense other than the chassi a lot of it is toyota running gear

@@shugthehornyhaggis In the case of this car its Rover parts. The point stands though.