On 12/6/05, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Oh, I know.  British racing green, with a yellow band round the nose.
> Remember, just a few weeks back, I posted some snaps I took at Portmeirion.
>
> Personally, if I wanted a '7, the Rotus seems to offer all the fun,
> but without the unreliability of the original.

But isn't the unreliability all part of the fun;  part of the "Lotus
experience"?  <vbg>
>
> The new Elise, though, seems to be the modern-day successor to the 7;
> totally impractical power-to-weight ratio, no luggage space, etc., etc.

I'm still torn WRT the styling.  Sometimes I think it's pretty cool,
other times it seems a bit OTT.  I guess it's unique, if nothing else.
 Still, the numbers are pretty damned impressive.

cheers,
frank

--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri Cartier-Bresson

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