Scottish Elises

No, not another one of my famous threads about buying one but my mate just has today.

Went for a spin. I was really impressed actually.
Not as quick as the Elise but the power was very linear.

Noise was fantastic. imo nicer sounding than mine

What one did he buy mk1 or mk2. The mark 2 is ment to be a far better car???

MK1.
He admits the MK2 is better but budget was a factor.
Better than the Scooby wrx he had before.

Did he buy the one that was for sale in Glasgow or did he go down south?

Bro is getting one end of summer, bang for buck (and rare factor) not much else like it.

Got his up north

they get slated by the driving gods on seloc but I've got to say they've always left me feeling a little bit aroused

IMHO renault do make v'good roler skates & the V6 is the most awesome stupid derivative...

I likeee....
one day when I'm to old to get my fat ass in the elise....maybe.

jke11y wrote:Bro is getting one end of summer, bang for buck (and rare factor) not many elise like it.

[Sorry pissed]

spent time chasing one round EF and he couldn't get away from the 182's but nice to see on track!

When his first KH outing?

Andy G wrote:spent time chasing one round EF and he couldn't get away from the 182's but nice to see on track!

When his first KH outing?

Yeah, I passed one at EF.
My mate won't track it.....shame really

Andy G wrote:spent time chasing one round EF and he couldn't get away from the 182's but nice to see on track!

When his first KH outing?

I had a 172 for a few years. At the time I was Renaultsport mad, and read just about every article on the things. For my money, I would stick to the 172/182 - especially the trophy model. They say the 172s were just as quick round a track as the s1 V6, but do have a little more practicallity. Lets face it, if you are going to get a 2 seater, you dont want something that looks like a clio. The 172 had the added bonus that you can scare more of your friends at a time

Having said all that, the V6 does look & sound great!

Dominic wrote:

Andy G wrote:spent time chasing one round EF and he couldn't get away from the 182's but nice to see on track!

When his first KH outing?

I had a 172 for a few years. At the time I was Renaultsport mad, and read just about every article on the things. For my money, I would stick to the 172/182 - especially the trophy model. They say the 172s were just as quick round a track as the s1 V6, but do have a little more practicallity. Lets face it, if you are going to get a 2 seater, you dont want something that looks like a clio. The 172 had the added bonus that you can scare more of your friends at a time

Having said all that, the V6 does look & sound great!

Yup - was a PTW issue. Not particulaly light (ITRO 1300kg, I think) and not a huge power output for such a big engine.

Shame, as it looked suitably bonkers and (the Mk1) had the R5 Turbo 2 suicide handling traits to make it a true legend if they'd gone the whole hog...

Dominic wrote:. For my money, I would stick to the 172/182 - especially the trophy model. They say the 172s were just as quick round a track as the s1 V6, but do have a little more practicallity. Lets face it, if you are going to get a 2 seater, you dont want something that looks like a clio. The 172 had the added bonus that you can scare more of your friends at a time

Having said all that, the V6 does look & sound great!

At EF the V6 couldn't get away from the 182's.