Fastest ground coverer....

[whiteballz]

this one.

[clutch-monkey]

^ steering wheels in on the retarded side though [/fail]

[aNOBLEman]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

^ steering wheels in on the retarded side though [/fail]

It's on the non-retarded side for me. [/win]

[clutch-monkey]

for covering british country lanes as per this thread it is on the retarded side though

[Rotary.freak]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

for covering british country lanes as per this thread it is on the retarded side though

Touche...

[Rotary.freak]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

^ the lotus uses a toyota drivetrain. explain how that would be expensive to maintain, when even a porsche isn't

i wasn't sure how expensive it would be, that's why i said I would imagine. lotus just seems an expensive car to maintain for the avg joe.

[Turbo.Jenkens]

Lots
Of
Trouble
Usually
Serious

... or so I've heard. I would imagine this doesn't apply to the Elise/Exige as much as it does classic Lotus and Esprits.

I can't speak from experience, but common sense suggest lots of torque + AWD is hell on the sti's drivetrain.

Originally Posted by Ferrer

Isn't enjoyment more important than outright speed?

I'd personally choose the Lotus regardless of it being faster or slower.

Couldn't agree more.

[gtsgtsgt]

Exige S for me

[bruxell]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

Isn't enjoyment more important than outright speed?

I'd personally choose the Lotus regardless of it being faster or slower.

Agreed, and not to lose the point too much, but why not a Westfield XI, and go for maximum enjoyment at less than half the cost of the Lotus? Just a thought.

[kingofthering]

Originally Posted by bruxell

Agreed, and not to lose the point too much, but why not a Westfield XI, and go for maximum enjoyment at less than half the cost of the Lotus? Just a thought.

Apparently, Mr.Kipling's magazine doesn't care about the Westfield XI, because he's not going to test one.

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

^ the lotus uses a toyota drivetrain. explain how that would be expensive to maintain, when even a porsche isn't

Well it's based on a Toyota drivetrain, but it is modified by Lotus. I guess that's where it could go wrong.

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by Rotary.freak

i wasn't sure how expensive it would be, that's why i said I would imagine. lotus just seems an expensive car to maintain for the avg joe.

Originally Posted by Ferrer

Well it's based on a Toyota drivetrain, but it is modified by Lotus. I guess that's where it could go wrong.

if anything i'd say the sti would be more costly and complex to maintain. but i don't really know about a lot of the lotus' bespoke bits. i suppose given british history they might be made of leakages and rust

[digitalcraft]

Are we talking about the new STi here? You want to look good when you go flying off a cliff so I'd go with the Exige

[Rotary.freak]

He hasn't exactly made clear the roads he's gonna be driving on.. Are you gonna rally the car? Because then the choice is pretty obvious...

[whiteballz]

Originally Posted by Turbo.Jenkens

Lots
I can't speak from experience, but common sense suggest lots of torque + AWD is hell on the sti's drivetrain.

Common sense shows that You rarely ever see STI's or WRX's on the side of the road/track broken. I see more toyota's and mitsubishi's than subaru's on the side of the road.