Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Lotus Exige

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Michael James
<cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>wrote:

> A local member of our club bought a year-old spyder just a couple of months
> ago.  He had the cams 'upgraded' before he took delivery, as there's a
> factory recall on pre-mature wear.  He paid nothing for the upgrade, but
> added a sports exhaust and an upgraded suspension since he like to hit the
> track once and awhile.  He loves the car, and has spent considerable
> seat-time in everything from a 308GT/4 to a 360 CS on the racetrack, so he
> knows full-well what a car is supposed to do - and what it shouldn't.
>
> BTW, at our FFIC BBQ last sunday, we found-out that the car doesn't like to
> be parked sideways on a steep hill - the gasoline can empty into the
> secondary saddle-bag tank, and the car may not start (fuel starvation).  Get
> it level, and all is well....humbling, but well.
>
> M


Interesting report, nice!

It seems like if you're at all picky about build quality and related issues
you may have a problem with the Elise/Exige. From what I hear it's pretty
poor in this area...but I wouldn't let it bother me.

You know full well what you're getting into, so nothing should come as a
surprise. I mean, can it be worse than a late '70s Countach?

The styling is another issue for some people, but again you have to ignore
that. It may have cartoonish looks from the front, but who cares?! :)

Obviously, the only way to answer is to drive it for a little bit. On paper,
it's an amazing car especially with the supercharged motor.

FG