Some fun with a Lotus

[gjhsu]

My sister's friend just picked up his new Elise, so I took him out to an empty parking lot to have some fun. And, as always, I had my camera on me.







Comments always welcome and encouraged. Pretty generic pics, I know, but all in good fun

[natatbeach]

are these the ones that weigh almost nothing because the framework is mad eof aluminum or something like that? happy car...cool shots

[Sebastian]

Yes Nat, those are them.

I was disappointed to nbot see any at the British Car Show near Chicago this past Sunday. We went there to see those pretty much. Luckily there was a 2200 pound Ultima GTR to make up for it.

[Ouvinen]

Yep yep. I would like to see that Elise in a powerslide, not just understeering in a parkinglot. Anyway, my dream car would be one of those but with a modern (Volkswagen) turbodiesel engine. Let's say the 180hp Pumpedüse TDI.. Now that would be a killer...

[Photo-John]

That first photo is sweet! Shallower depth-of-field would have been nice. But the action is so cool I like it anyway.

And I agree with Ouvinen. A full powerslide would be great. I'd like to see it completely sideways with tires smoking - if you can get the to spin, that is.

[Ouvinen]

Shouldn't be a problem, the Elise weighs around 700 kilos and it has something like 200hp...

Here's one sideways shot. ;)

[gjhsu]

I wasn't allowed to slide it that day, because he had just picked it up the day before, and we had to keep it under 4500 RPM

As for understeering in a parking lot, a small lift of the throttle and it's absolute handling neutrality. I want one now

We'll see if he lets me drive it again and take more pics.

[Ouvinen]

Yeah well, if it's brand new, you really should avoid revving it for the first 3000km or something. And the Toyota engine that the US models come with has the best torque and power around 5000-7000rpm, so... ;)