Are those carborators i see there?
When i graduate (2.5 years plus a couple to make some money), I gotta get a mid 90's s4s. That was the first supercar i really fell in love with, and its really the only non-corvette world class sports car ive ever really felt any kind of real love for...which is strange considering it is pretty much the anti-corvette haha. Also, when i was a little kid at the LA car show my dad fooled the guy holding the velvet rope into thinking we were very seriously considering buying a espirit and he let me and my dad sit in it which to this day makes it the sweetest car ive ever sat in so ive got a real soft spot for it.
I'd like to avoid the v8. Im sure the v8 is the better car considering the horsepower advantage, but there is something i love about the craziness of a 2.2 litre that makes 280 horsepower...the v8 seems very un-lotus to me.
I would probably be willing to get an s4 also, i think the differences are pretty minor between the two but i might be wrong. Considering i live in a relatively small city, i would probably have to do most of the work myself which is no problem for basic maintenence and tune ups (definitely easier to change spark plugs on that then my camaro) although major stuff such as transmission work and anything relating to computer stuff i would probably have to leave to a professional.
to be honest, my biggest problem is garage space, I'd probably be willing to sell my camaro for a lotus, but I like driving my camaro every day and I'd probably try to drive the lotus every day cause i prefer driving a car every day to a truck. which is why I'm so interested in the maintence stuff (also keep in mind that driving across town here is a 10 mile maximum affair so commuting to work in it a couple times a week is no big deal)