View Poll Results: If I sell my TT, get Lotus Elise or SLK55
Lotus Elise
25
55.56%
MB SLK55
10
22.22%
Other
10
22.22%
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If I sell my TT, Elise or SLK55?
#1
If I sell my TT, Elise or SLK55?
Ok I may seriously put my car up for sale within the next couple of months. Reason being is that I spent soo much on my new house and I need some cash handy. So I still want a little sports car I can have fun in and take to the track. So I am thinking for the Elise ($45K) or the SLK55 ($75K). I am leaning towards the Elise as it's less expensive and it's a manual.
I welcome everyones opinion.
Fred
I welcome everyones opinion.
Fred
#2
Re: If I sell my TT, Elise or SLK55?
Originally posted by fredttx50
Ok I may seriously put my car up for sale within the next couple of months. Reason being is that I spent soo much on my new house and I need some cash handy. So I still want a little sports car I can have fun in and take to the track. So I am thinking for the Elise ($45K) or the SLK55 ($75K). I am leaning towards the Elise as it's less expensive and it's a manual.
I welcome everyones opinion.
Fred
Ok I may seriously put my car up for sale within the next couple of months. Reason being is that I spent soo much on my new house and I need some cash handy. So I still want a little sports car I can have fun in and take to the track. So I am thinking for the Elise ($45K) or the SLK55 ($75K). I am leaning towards the Elise as it's less expensive and it's a manual.
I welcome everyones opinion.
Fred
#5
Ben, I think he meant SL K 55. Two of those (SLK and Elise) are smaller cars. What are you thinking Fred?
I sat inside the elise - barely - in order to get out, we called the fire department (j/k) but I was surely on 4 to get out.
I wouldn't chose either as a replacemenet for the TT. If you really wanted something top down and trendy, you should consider an SRT Viper (allow 5 to 10k in mods) and it'll look pretty sick!
I sat inside the elise - barely - in order to get out, we called the fire department (j/k) but I was surely on 4 to get out.
I wouldn't chose either as a replacemenet for the TT. If you really wanted something top down and trendy, you should consider an SRT Viper (allow 5 to 10k in mods) and it'll look pretty sick!
#7
Originally posted by ShankGT2
Ben, I think he meant SL K 55. Two of those (SLK and Elise) are smaller cars. What are you thinking Fred?
I sat inside the elise - barely - in order to get out, we called the fire department (j/k) but I was surely on 4 to get out.
I wouldn't chose either as a replacemenet for the TT. If you really wanted something top down and trendy, you should consider an SRT Viper (allow 5 to 10k in mods) and it'll look pretty sick!
Ben, I think he meant SL K 55. Two of those (SLK and Elise) are smaller cars. What are you thinking Fred?
I sat inside the elise - barely - in order to get out, we called the fire department (j/k) but I was surely on 4 to get out.
I wouldn't chose either as a replacemenet for the TT. If you really wanted something top down and trendy, you should consider an SRT Viper (allow 5 to 10k in mods) and it'll look pretty sick!
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SLK 55
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#9
get the slk55
slk55 =3,397 lb
plus later you can kleemannize it and it will be sick
have you been in an elise? what are you like 6'4? i dont think youll be comfortable in it. the slk has the same legroom as a sl
slk55 =3,397 lb
plus later you can kleemannize it and it will be sick
have you been in an elise? what are you like 6'4? i dont think youll be comfortable in it. the slk has the same legroom as a sl
Last edited by ryan; 11-24-2004 at 10:23 AM.
#10
good points guys.
I am going to go to a Lotus dealership to sit in the Elise as I am 6 2'. I sat in the SLK320 and I had plenty of leg room.
The other factors for choosing the SLK55 is that it has a retractable hard top and I believe there would be more aftermarket options (OH NO!!!!)
I am going to go to a Lotus dealership to sit in the Elise as I am 6 2'. I sat in the SLK320 and I had plenty of leg room.
The other factors for choosing the SLK55 is that it has a retractable hard top and I believe there would be more aftermarket options (OH NO!!!!)
#13
If the new SLK55 is anything like it's predecessor the SLK32 I would pass...That car was all motor, with dull uninspiring handling and a very cramped cockpit....The Mercedes are cool, but they just don't deliver in the handling dynamics department.....Very quickly a boring car.
For the Money, you can get a lot of car.....Many different, and beautiful Porsches....993 C4S or C2S, or 996 C4S....All of which would be really fun cars for street and track....or how about a 1994 Turbo 3.6?
For pennies you can have yourself an E-36 M3 which is still one of the best feeling cars in the world....Talk about a bargain!!!!!!Take it over to Dinan for a few goodies, and have something that gives as much driving pleasure as anything out there.... Or go back to the E-39 M5 which is still one of the finest rides around....Those are getting cheap too!
Audi S4 Avant not a bad option.....Fast, room for all the stuff, and daily livable....
My .02 cents
For the Money, you can get a lot of car.....Many different, and beautiful Porsches....993 C4S or C2S, or 996 C4S....All of which would be really fun cars for street and track....or how about a 1994 Turbo 3.6?
For pennies you can have yourself an E-36 M3 which is still one of the best feeling cars in the world....Talk about a bargain!!!!!!Take it over to Dinan for a few goodies, and have something that gives as much driving pleasure as anything out there.... Or go back to the E-39 M5 which is still one of the finest rides around....Those are getting cheap too!
Audi S4 Avant not a bad option.....Fast, room for all the stuff, and daily livable....
My .02 cents
#15
SLK is too girly and it will have the patented Mercedes disconnection from the road.
Elise looks cool, but it's so spartan & rough around the edges.
I'd go with Shank & look at a Viper (1 year old will save some dough) or perhaps an '04 Z06...
Elise looks cool, but it's so spartan & rough around the edges.
I'd go with Shank & look at a Viper (1 year old will save some dough) or perhaps an '04 Z06...