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Re: Drove an Elise

To: "Jodi Fordahl" <soundtire@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: Drove an Elise
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 19:42:20 -0500
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From: Jodi Fordahl <soundtire@email.msn.com>
To: Team. Net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 12:42 PM
Subject: Drove an Elise


>I had the opportunity to drive a Lotus Elise to work this morning. What a
>fun little car! 1200 lbs and 180 hp makes for a great little package. This
>could be a killer autocross car. Too bad Lotus isn't importing them here.
>This one was fully race prepared with an aluminum cage, fire system, cut
off
>switch, race seats, etc. It pretty much made my day!
>-Jodi Fordahl

The standard Elise is more like 1450 and 118.  This sounds like one of the
Sport versions brought to the USA for off-road use only.  I wouldn't want to
be in the driver seat when the Feds figured out that the owner reneged on
the agreement.

Any Elise would be real hoot in autocross.  But since Lotus is selling them
faster than they can make them, I don't expect them to bring the cars to the
USA any time soon.

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro, Chev Suburban
LOON, TCVWC, MAC
pethier@isd.net     http://www.visi.com/mac/




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