This week’s Your Shitty Economy (YSE)â„¢ Car of the Week: the 2005 Lotus Elise. Somewhere along the line responsibility took over your life, leaving no room in the garage for fifty-thousand dollar track toys. It’s amazing how five years and $5,000 a year in depreciation can help rationalize the need for a weekend toy. Let’s face it, the street legal go kart Elise isn’t good for much else. The ride will make your STI feel like a Town Car. And the noise? Even if the radio (if it has one) isn’t capable of drowning out the engine, who cares? Pop the top and let the wind rush and exhaust notes assault your senses. If you are flexible enough to make it into the driver’s seat the purity of it all will overwhelm you. Don’t even think of using the word luxury in its presence. Want to talk numbers?
Tell the muscle car guys you have a whopping 190 horsepower engine yanked out of an economy car and you’ll likely get some chuckles. Remind them you are hauling less than a ton of weight . . . or, better yet, show them. This used 2005 example is yours for only $23,995, does have a radio and even A/C. What a steal. For some vintage Farago-ness, see this review of the 120-horse 2002 Elise that Robert penned for a British audience.
Source: www.thetruthaboutcars.com
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