Why is an Exige better than an Elise?

General General Lotus Talk
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Based on last years glorious summer here in Eastern Europe I decided to buy an Elise SC rather than another Exige.

It was 28deg and blue skies yesterday here in Sunny Slovakia, perfect Elise conditions so I drove to work in it. Later on I had to drive to a meeting with my colleague, he was desperate for a ride in a Lotus. We set off, roof off, dressed in our suits (like a dodgy looking Crocket and Tubbs).

I slowed down to 50 kph to avoid the regular speed trap near town :angel: . Then there was a huge splat, I couldn’t see much out of the windscreen. We looked at each other, confused. Then the stench kicked in! It was the biggest albatross bird dump I have ever seen. The complete car was covered, as well as our heads :neutral_face:

Unbelievable, that’s never happened in the Exige, or the SMax :angry:

If you buy an Elise…buy a hat

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PMSL

A fookin albatross - amazing! :sunglasses:

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PMSL!!!

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Set the scene for us perfectly :smiley:

Absolutely priceless :laughing:

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:laughing:

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think the bird shouted ‘bingo’ as it flew over?

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Haha.

Here’s a thread on pistonheads that might make you feel a bit better?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=191&t=1409364&mid=0&nmt=What++happens+when+you+hit+a+bird+at+185+Knots%3F

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Scary bird strike photos! But I’m particularly impressed by the plane with a deer strike, was that over Xmas?

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And the name Exige has an ‘X’ in it, that’s way cool! :nerd:

Have you seen the posting on the Albatross forum yet?? :laughing:

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Hmmm, now I can’t decide if it would be better if you are the car in front or behind when we do the TransF :laughing:


Colleague still so delighted with the Lotus? :smiley: