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Re: Drove an Elise

To: Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>
Subject: Re: Drove an Elise
From: Matt Niaura <porboy44@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 07:49:25 -0700
If interested there is one for sale at:
http://www.foxvalleymotorcars.com/
just look under pre-owned.

Too rich for my blood.

Matt

Phil Ethier wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> 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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