Spotted : Lotus Elise

[xcelr8]

http://members.shaw.ca/xcelr8/IMG_0871.jpg

So i was driving on deerfoot, minding my own business when i saw sumthing in my rearview mirror. And i was like wtf is that? So i slowed down from 110 to 100, to catch a glimpse. Turned out to be a Lotus.:eek: So I quickly grabbed my phone to take a pic. While flumbing to unlock it, it passed me. So when i finally got a pic, it was far into the distance.

Heh... i don't got a cable for my phone so i had to take a pic with my digicam of my phone, lol

Oh yea it turned off on mcknight, while i was going on 64th

I didnt get a chance to look at the plates. BLEH

[Kobe]

nice spot, but i'v seen alot around lately

[Akagi Redsuns]

Been seeing an orange one a lot lately. As for the camera phone picture.....well, I guess it's better than nothing.

[LUCKYSTRIKE]

Saw 2 at the track today, an Orange one *nasty color*, and a silver one.

[kerry]

I saw one today on 19th ST NW just off 16th ave.
Damn near shit my pants =0

[civicrider]

i passed a green one yesterday and a couple days before there was a silver one downtown. there pretty ugly, and they are only worth 60 000

[JAYMEZ]

I keep seeing an orange and a black one .

[ga16i]

Originally posted by LUCKYSTRIKE
Saw 2 at the track today, an Orange one *nasty color*, and a silver one.

What kind of times were they running??

[PremiereImports]

I was down in Lethbridge on Thursday and even saw a yellow one there!

[guessboi]

seen the same one in downtown after work just this last week :D

[xcelr8]

i never knew they even existed in calgary until i saw one :nut:

[3G]

Originally posted by Akagi Redsuns
Been seeing an orange one a lot lately. As for the camera phone picture.....well, I guess it's better than nothing.


Seen one last night on crowchild my friend was like "the fuck is that"

[crazydriver]

i have yet to see a real one drive by :cry:

good spotting :thumbsup:

[Ben]

Yeah, that would be this one, also seen a black one running around.

[gpomp]

looks like my neighbor's car
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/4258/img1876medium0fx.jpg

[C4S]

Originally posted by gpomp
looks like my neighbor's car
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/4258/img1876medium0fx.jpg

What the heck ??

two Old truck were parked in garage, and Lotus on driveway ??? :banghead: :banghead:

[gpomp]

lol yeah. i think they put the lotus inside now :D

[schocker]

I saw the black Elise on saturday going down nosehill before work and up nosehill after work.

[a.z13]

Yea ive been seeing more and more of them. Last weekend i was up in edmonton and saw a orange one on whyte ave.

Ive seen that grey one and i have also seen a dark blue one (soooo hot). The driver was pretty tall and he head was like bent trying to drive it lol.
:rofl:

[Akagi Redsuns]

This is the lotus that I keep seeing. Sorry for the low quality pic from the cameraphone.

http://members.shaw.ca/Akagi_Redsuns/lotus.jpg

[toyboy88]

i saw a grey on yesterday and it was a woman driving it by herself

[cloud7]

I saw one on Monday morning in the NE area... a dark blue one I think. It was on the side street coming to the main street where it pavement was ripped out for construction. The Elise driver stopped to think about driving on the ripped pavement, but did a U-turn to avoid going onto that street instead.

There are definitely a lot of them out there! I wonder how many of those people knows how to drive an Elise fast. Sadly, a lot of them will never do what it was designed to do.

[LuxCars]

i see the orange one all the time with some lady driver, and i always see a grey one (like the pic above) parked in the little strip mall by Patterson and Coach Hill.


And i think they look nice for that price range, i would like to get specs on it though and 1/4 mile running time.

[Akagi Redsuns]

Originally posted by LuxCars
snip.............

And i think they look nice for that price range, i would like to get specs on it though and 1/4 mile running time.

From Motor Trend ( http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupe/112_0408_2005_lotus_elise/ )

2005 Lotus Elise
Base price $40,780
Price as tested $42,130
Vehicle layout Mid-engine, rwd, 2-door, roadster
Weight to power, lb/hp 10.4
Engine 1.8L/190-hp I-4, DOHC, 4 valves/cyl
0-60 mph, sec 5.1
1/4 mile, sec @ mph 13.5 @ 102.9
Braking, 60-0 mph, ft 114
600-ft slalom, mph 73.2
200-ft skidpad, avg g 0.99
Fig-eight, sec @ avg g 24.8 @ 0.75

[ninspeed]

we just delivered one last week though our dealership... quite a cool little car. however, its a little too small for me

[LuxCars]

I like it, and the specs are good news.

I would probably buy one because its different than your average porshe boxter that everyone buys for a luxury sports car.

[chris]

Originally posted by LuxCars
I like it, and the specs are good news.

I would probably buy one because its different than your average porshe boxter that everyone buys for a luxury sports car.
deffinately stand out a lot more than the z4/boxster

[qrankz]

Saw an orange or yellow one in Lethbridge driving by Top Hat stripper bar last weekend. LOL

[xrayvsn]

Originally posted by LuxCars
I like it, and the specs are good news.

I would probably buy one because its different than your average porshe boxter that everyone buys for a luxury sports car.

I wouldn't call an Elise "Luxury" by any means. It is as stripped down and basic as you can get. I imagine it would be hard to live with every day, but a lot of fun at the same time. One of my colleagues has an orange one. I'll have to ask him how it is as a daily driver.

[lewdvig]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Lotus-Elise-2005-ELISE-CONVERTIBLE-BLACK-STARLIGHT-BEAUTIFUL-CAR_W0QQitemZ270007442305QQihZ017QQcategoryZ116481QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I wish they were cheaper. This is the cheapest one I could find.

[lewdvig]

An S2000 can be had for $16,000 CDN

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Honda-S2000-6-SPEED-2000-Honda-S2000-Xenon-CLEAN-KEPT-6-SPEED-GREAT_W0QQitemZ260010448982QQihZ016QQcategoryZ6253QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Lo)2enz0]

came home from being away in drayton for the month and was walking to the elevator and someone in my building bought one. i will grab pictures soon.

[schurchill39]

There is a yellow one in the Hat, its some ladies car. She got a guy to go and pick it up from vancouver for her and bring it back and the guy was on the radio talking about it.

So we have a new lotus Elise and an older lotus esprit here in the hat