Lotus Elise - pics from the afternoon drive

[dingo]

As some of you are aware I had the chance at another ride today - in a British car. It was a 2002 Lotus Elise (sorry TT, no lime green Exige) owned by a guy who asked if I wanted to take pics of it after seeing my Ferrari 328 story/pics. :wink:

Of course I gladly accepted and we arranged to meet up in Mosman Park (one of the richest suburbs in Perth) this afternoon. We drove around for just over an hour with a couple of stops to take pics - great way to spend the day. :D

Its a brilliant little car - doesn't have the exotic/exciting engine sound of a Ferrari but its agility on the road is stunning. Even the straight line acceleration is not shabby - around 5.5 seconds. The seats are not all that comfortable, and getting in and out is a bit of a hassle when your not used to it. :|

The guy uses it as a daily driver - it only stays in the garage when its raining. :wink:

Enough talk, here are some pics:

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/8813/lotuselisemkii13tt.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii13tt.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/9674/lotuselisemkii25yz.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii25yz.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/9804/lotuselisemkii35cr.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii35cr.jpg)

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/4350/lotuselisemkii66oj.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii66oj.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/2435/lotuselisemkii99gx.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii99gx.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/3413/lotuselisemkii126wf.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii126wf.jpg)

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/350/lotuselisemkii145no.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii145no.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/4222/lotuselisemkii167ba.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii167ba.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/2803/lotuselisemkii189ru.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii189ru.jpg)

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/5038/lotuselisemkii196wp.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii196wp.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/6492/lotuselisemkii213zj.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii213zj.jpg)

Location number 2 - at the back of Rose Porteous' (Aussies will know her) house. :D

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/7702/lotuselisemkii276vf.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii276vf.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/4001/lotuselisemkii287lq.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii287lq.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/8673/lotuselisemkii292sk.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii292sk.jpg)

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/8817/lotuselisemkii303ge.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii303ge.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/8561/lotuselisemkii262zc.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii262zc.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/3508/lotuselisemkii326ml.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii326ml.jpg)

A few from on the move:

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/4631/myrideinalotuselise20sw.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=myrideinalotuselise20sw.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/2848/myrideinalotuselise37nq.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=myrideinalotuselise37nq.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/2861/myrideinalotuselise44nf.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=myrideinalotuselise44nf.jpg)

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/2221/lotuselisemkii333ah.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii333ah.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/8087/lotuselisemkii378xa.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii378xa.jpg)

Final location, couple more pics:

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/6170/lotuselisemkii401te.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii401te.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/6239/lotuselisemkii416wz.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii416wz.jpg) http://img139.exs.cx/img139/958/lotuselisemkii444md.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii444md.jpg)

[TransAm]

Nice car and great pics, Dingo

I had a ride in a 1998 Elise (118hp?), I didnt think it was very quick but the handling was amazing!

[adamwich]

Very nice Elise! Thanks for the pictures!

I had a ride in a Elise some years ago too!

[TT]

Must have been exciting!! Congrats dude, things are going pretty well on the car sighting /riding topic :D

BTW, brillant plate on the little Elise :D and good pics!

[ARMAN]

Another JW member so kind to get a ride in his car? :P Thats great! And very nice pics Dingo :wink:

[dingo]

Thanks guys. :D

....Congrats dude, things are going pretty well on the car sighting /riding topic :D....

Yes I can't complain, funny how I get two rides in one week after pretty much nothing for the previous 23 years. :D

Nothing else lined up yet though (besides maybe another ride in the Elise) - I've had Italian and British so maybe a German beast would be nice next. :D

[topgeartom]

Amazing pics as always dude - are you a photographer by profession, because if not then you bloody well should be!

[dingo]

Some very nice pics there Dingo. Too bad you couldn't drive a bit yourself.

Yes it is, but understandable really. I wouldn't let some guy I just met drive my sports car either. :wink:

Amazing pics as always dude - are you a photographer by profession, because if not then you bloody well should be!

haha, no I am not - just a hobby (although it would be a pretty cool profession I think). :wink: Thanks for the compliment though. :D

[Wutputt]

Superb looking pics, Dingo! You pulled out a great job. The scenery looks awesome and the pics all look very good. But if I'd had to pick a winner it would be this one:

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/350/lotuselisemkii145no.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii145no.jpg)


And I know what you mean by the hassle of getting in and out. I once tried to enter the driver's seat of an Elise wit the roof closed. Man was it hard to get in (I'm pretty tall). It took me a while before I had planted my but into the racing seats and had my feet on the pedals. Not to mind I bumped my head twice against the roof lining. But it's such a lovely car, I don't mind this little disadvantage :D

[Exige_240R]

very nice pictures Dingo, but it looks pretty much like a base model Elise, unless he opted for those wheels, I think thats a standard model (definately the K-series engine).
I've been for a ride in a base model, a 111S, a 111R and an Exige (all S2 models), and I dont know how fast he took you, or if he did any bendy bits in the road, but i'm sure you enjoyed every minute of it :wink:

[TT]

/\ and where are are the pics of those 111 and Exige? here on JW we always want proof :!: :prr:

[TT]

That's not not about lying by now.. it's just our habit :D

[dingo]

Superb looking pics, Dingo! You pulled out a great job. The scenery looks awesome and the pics all look very good. But if I'd had to pick a winner it would be this one:

http://img139.exs.cx/img139/350/lotuselisemkii145no.th.jpg (http://img139.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img139&image=lotuselisemkii145no.jpg)


you seem to have similar 'taste' to me, the one you pick as your favourite always seems to be the same as mine. :wink:

very nice pictures Dingo, but it looks pretty much like a base model Elise, unless he opted for those wheels, I think thats a standard model (definately the K-series engine).
I've been for a ride in a base model, a 111S, a 111R and an Exige (all S2 models), and I dont know how fast he took you, or if he did any bendy bits in the road, but i'm sure you enjoyed every minute of it :wink:

Yes it is the base model S2 with the K-series (Rover) engine, and it was plenty fast enough for me - would love to try out the Exige though. :D

[Exige_240R]

/\ and where are are the pics of those 111 and Exige? here on JW we always want proof :!: :prr:
the proof is in my avatar, see that car, its fast, trust me :wink:
it wasnt actually that car I went in, I juat saw this one being delivered (its about the 4th or 5th Exige ever made, and I think I posted pictures of that car in the High Res pics section for Lotus cars, if I didnt, i meant to...), I went in a blue one driven by one of the Lotus development team who helped develop the car, and I didnt have a camera, but since I work in a Lotus dealership, i'm sure I can provide you with photo's of other Exige's and Elise's and Esprit's.... and besides, i'm still a newbie here :P

sorry Dingo to move off your thread of beautiful pictures though 8)

[sentra_dude]

Wow! That must have been great fun...pretty cool for someone to ask you to take pics of their car. :D

[ae86_16v]

Cool pics, very nice camera angles. . . I like the ones that shoot down on the car. . . especially when it is in a turn. What kind of camera did you use?

[dingo]

Cool pics, very nice camera angles. . . I like the ones that shoot down on the car. . . especially when it is in a turn. What kind of camera did you use?

Canon Powershot S2 IS --> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05042201canons2is.asp :wink:

EDIT: and I also use a polarizer filter which helps out. :wink:

[TT]

/\ and where are are the pics of those 111 and Exige? here on JW we always want proof :!: :prr:
the proof is in my avatar, see that car, its fast, trust me :wink:
it wasnt actually that car I went in, I juat saw this one being delivered (its about the 4th or 5th Exige ever made, and I think I posted pictures of that car in the High Res pics section for Lotus cars, if I didnt, i meant to...), I went in a blue one driven by one of the Lotus development team who helped develop the car, and I didnt have a camera, but since I work in a Lotus dealership, i'm sure I can provide you with photo's of other Exige's and Elise's and Esprit's.... and besides, i'm still a newbie here :P

sorry Dingo to move off your thread of beautiful pictures though 8)

LOL dude, I know what an Exige S2 is.. I have personal pics of it too but that's not what I mean :D sorry dingo, don't want to steal your topic, but Exige, in here we are used to ask for proof when somebody claim something.. of course in your case I am just overdoing, but this way you will learn :) basically on JW if you had a ride in a car and had no camera with you, it sorta doesn't count :P I had rides in Enzo, Diablos, Murcielago, Gallardo, 360s, SLK55, 996 and always had pics of them to go with the story :P (talk about bragging here :P).

[dingo]

sorry Dingo to move off your thread of beautiful pictures though 8)

....sorry dingo, don't want to steal your topic....

No problem guys, go for your lives. :P

Did I mention I got a ride in an MC12 today? Sadly no pictures though.... :( :P

[TT]

LOL no prob, since it was me driving it, let's say it's mutually verified :D

[dingo]

Good point, wasn't sure if you wanted word to get out about you buying the MC12 so I didn't mention it. :wink:

[TT]

Oh well, since I have a picture of it in my signature I guess it's not a secret anymore :D

As it is not a secret the fact we are spamming without mercy :D

[dingo]

What me? Ok its finished now, back on topic - aren't my pictures great! :P

[TT]

They sure are, and for the records, "that one" is also my fav :prr:

[Wutputt]

:prr:
New smiley? I like it a lot :D

[TT]

Yep, just added a couple of days ago :)

[komotar]

Congrats, congrats!!!!

The pics are SUPERB!

Saved many!

Maybe I have missed this, but how did you arange the ride? Forums?

Anything else coming? Like you said, maybe something german? :twisted:

You'll see, word of a guy taking cool pics of cars in private photoshoots will spread and you'll be booked before you can say Ferrari. Well that's the plan, right?

[dingo]

Maybe I have missed this, but how did you arange the ride? Forums?



yep. :wink:



Anything else coming? Like you said, maybe something german? :twisted:



Actually yes, today I had something VERY exciting confirmed!!!! I made a little metion of it a few weeks ago, but not sure if I should say too much yet. :?

For now I will say it involves going fast in a number of exotic cars - Italian, German, British and Japanese.

I might start a topic in the breaking news section at some stage - its planned to happen in 4 weeks from today. :wink:

[TT]

Fingers crossed!

[dingo]

If your on MSN later tonight I will fill you in. :wink:

[hummel]

Maybe I have missed this, but how did you arange the ride? Forums?



yep. :wink:



Anything else coming? Like you said, maybe something german? :twisted:



Actually yes, today I had something VERY exciting confirmed!!!! I made a little metion of it a few weeks ago, but not sure if I should say too much yet. :?

For now I will say it involves going fast in a number of exotic cars - Italian, German, British and Japanese.

I might start a topic in the breaking news section at some stage - its planned to happen in 4 weeks from today. :wink:

I noticed you were very excited on FerrariChat! :D :D :D

[possessed_beaver]

Maybe I have missed this, but how did you arange the ride? Forums?



yep. :wink:



Anything else coming? Like you said, maybe something german? :twisted:



Actually yes, today I had something VERY exciting confirmed!!!! I made a little metion of it a few weeks ago, but not sure if I should say too much yet. :?

For now I will say it involves going fast in a number of exotic cars - Italian, German, British and Japanese.

I might start a topic in the breaking news section at some stage - its planned to happen in 4 weeks from today. :wink:

in Perth? barbagallo track day me thinks?

[hummel]

Maybe I have missed this, but how did you arange the ride? Forums?



yep. :wink:



Anything else coming? Like you said, maybe something german? :twisted:



Actually yes, today I had something VERY exciting confirmed!!!! I made a little metion of it a few weeks ago, but not sure if I should say too much yet. :?

For now I will say it involves going fast in a number of exotic cars - Italian, German, British and Japanese.

I might start a topic in the breaking news section at some stage - its planned to happen in 4 weeks from today. :wink:

in Perth? barbagallo track day me thinks?

Negative :wink: