Lotus Elise vs. Ferrari F40 vs. Porsche GT3

[protegeV]

if grandpa in his ferrari wants to have some fun on the track, that doesnt mean the guy who wants to have fun in his lotus "slot-car" has to stay behind the whole time because the others are fastAr in the straights(dunno)

 

[SpicyMchaggis]

for the most part, you can't pass in corners..only in straights..thats usually the run down.

 

[protegeV]

so basically then if your car is slow in the straights and pwns in the twisties then you are forced to stay in the back...

tell me you would just meander through the turns at a leisurely pace, letting the cars in front of you struggle through until you get to the straight and they pull away again...only to catch up and have to hold back at the next set of turns...I doubt it.

 

[protegeV]

btw, i dig the new sig (lol) (thumb) (2thumbs)

 

[mp5jeff]

personally, i think if you take your car to a track, you should drive it to its limits...obviously if a guy owns a gt3 or f40, im sure they have money to waste on another one if it gets wrecked....

 

[SpicyMchaggis]

i've done open track days..you usually can't pass in corners..its dangerous..only because of the varied cars..you americans and your mentality to go balls out just because you can..silly.

 

[SpicyMchaggis]

and that mentality is absolutely correct, i just know what the rules are..and no sense wasting 350$ on a track day just to get kicked out because you felt like passing everyone just because you can't...people get mad when the dx is the winnAr

 

[mp5jeff]

i've done open track days..you usually can't pass in corners..its dangerous..only because of the varied cars..you americans and your mentality to go balls out just because you can..silly.

this is dumb, ill tell you why, i would rather see someone going "balls out" on a ******* track where it SHOULD be done, instead of on the streets like some idiots do...

 

[SpicyMchaggis]

but its called a fun day..you pay money to drive on the track with a club..they have hot laps where you can go balls out..by yourself..they do it because no one has roll cages for the part..drive like that with traffic..your ass gets the boot..but i agree..keep it on the track..street racing is lame.

 

[pip7441622]

Like-exotic handling and looks, the Lotus name, 0-60 in under 5 seconds, a Toyota drivetrain from the Celica GT-S for reliability.

All for $40,000

I'm wishing that in a year and a half or so from now I can take one off the hands of somebody that ordered one now and changed thier minds.

 

[mazdaowner123]

I don't know what you two are talking about, this is door to door racing and that's the name of the game, out braking in the turns (yes) Passing cars on straights because you have more power doesn't give you the right to slow them down in the turns

That didn't look like door to door racing to me. It looked like a track day, where you aren't battling for position and the laps aren't timed. The point isn't to go kamikaze, most people are driving cars they don't want anything to happen to, unlike a race where you know something could happen. Of course, people say don't bring a car on the track unless you're willing to bring it home on a trailer.

~brian

 

[Khoifather]

So what is it, drive like an ass on the streets or take it to the tracks? What is up with your minds? You criticize people for street racing and now you are critcizing him for bringing it to the tracks where it belongs. If those people didn't want their Ferrari or Porsche to get wrecked, they wouldn't be driving close to the guy in the Lotus then, right?

 

[P5 Rally]

the Elise has a rear mounted type-R motor from Honda......yup thats right Type-R. It's exotic-material chassis is glued together usinf somekind of high strength adhesive. The theory is that welding material together actually weakens things...

 

[SpicyMchaggis]

thank your P5 Rally for breaking up the monotany. The only thing I'm saying is the guy is driving like a nut on an open track day..thats it. He is, its blatantly clear. He might as well go street race while he's at it.

 

[mazdaowner123]

So what is it, drive like an ass on the streets or take it to the tracks? What is up with your minds? You criticize people for street racing and now you are critcizing him for bringing it to the tracks where it belongs. If those people didn't want their Ferrari or Porsche to get wrecked, they wouldn't be driving close to the guy in the Lotus then, right?

He can drive as fast as he wants on the track, but what I think is retarded is his passing.

~brian

 

[Titanium]

the Elise has a rear mounted type-R motor from Honda......yup thats right Type-R. It's exotic-material chassis is glued together usinf somekind of high strength adhesive. The theory is that welding material together actually weakens things...

Correction. Lotus had thought they were going to use the Type R Eng but changed to the Toyota Celica GT, not the GTS, engine with a redesigned intake manifold. The American spec version weighs more than the euro version due to the crash protection that is requiered. But to make up for the added weight the us version will have more power. The power rating is said for the us market to be in the 170-180 bhp. My good friend has a deposit on one. He promises that I will get the chance to drive it on the track!

 

[protegeV]

Correction. Lotus had thought they were going to use the Type R Eng but changed to the Toyota Celica GT, not the GTS, engine with a redesigned intake manifold. The American spec version weighs more than the euro version due to the crash protection that is requiered. But to make up for the added weight the us version will have more power. The power rating is said for the us market to be in the 170-180 bhp. My good friend has a deposit on one. He promises that I will get the chance to drive it on the track!

I know this is true for the new one thats coming to the US, but there have been a LOT of Elises overseas.
http://www.elises.co.uk/models/index.html

there's a list of all the models which engines range in power from 118bhp to 190bhp. I dont think that vid was the american version but I dunno which it was for sure.

 

[protegeV]

oh yeah and Matt, be sure to call me when you get to take the Elise for a spin (evil)