Lotus Elise, Aston Martin DB9, & Bentley Flying Spur

Had never driven stick before, so I decided to take out this Elise and learn. Picked it up pretty quick in just 2 days. One of the best handling cars in the world.

Once I get better on stick, I want to take F430's and Gallardo's out on the track for real performance driving. Mmmm





Played with this amazing DB9 for a couple days. It felt like a combination of James Bond / Entourage. Here's some random pics driving down to Monterey for lunch.

V12 450 HP, 0-60 in around 4.7 seconds
















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Lotus:


Aston Martin:

*drool*

I almost bought an Elise , there was one at a dealer , Till I found the nearest dealer was a 12 hour drive away ...

Those pics of Monterey make me sad. I miss that place.

You're an ass hole...Bet you had fun though.

Wait.. you learned stick on an Elise ? Wow . Uhhh...

You're in a whole different world, mate .

That food looks delicious

Oh and the cars too, who do they belong to?

They are from a shared car club / rental. Pay in for points and then you can take out different cars for different points depending on the type.

I'd seriously try to lease one of these DB9's full time as a daily driver if I stayed in one place for more than a few weeks.

Just imagine: brand new DBS Volante with custom red exterior, white leather interior, and rottweiler riding shot gun.

i drove a R8 last week, i want one now

Looks like you had a good time.... not to many people can say they learned to drive a stick on an Elise

bad venge wrote:

I almost bought an Elise , there was one at a dealer , Till I found the nearest dealer was a 12 hour drive away ...

You almost bought a Elise, but decided on an Avenger instead?

Very cool! Phil I can't believe you're just learning to drive a manual transmission vehicle. Will your next vehicle be a manual?

Tat2Dragons wrote:

Very cool! Phil I can't believe you're just learning to drive a manual transmission vehicle. Will your next vehicle be a manual?

+1 Crazy choice of vehicle for learning to drive a standard. I had practiced before on a friends mustang but one of the first times I drove a standard was driving 2hours home after picking up my 350z. Killed it twice and had a shaky clutch foot the entire drive home.

you got to drive a db9 and got stuck in a construction zone... poor car...

You know 3 guys can pick up a Lotus??

1900 pounds lol

I googled that and found lighter ones but still you would need like 3 guys who can lift 400 pounds.

My dream car has always been a lotus..I envy you Phil

aznboiquyen wrote:

You know 3 guys can pick up a Lotus??

You would need 3 BIG guys to do that. Not only is that a decent amount of weight for 3 guys, finding a place to grip it is going to be akward.

Tim wrote:

bad venge wrote: I almost bought an Elise , there was one at a dealer , Till I found the nearest dealer was a 12 hour drive away ... You almost bought a Elise, but decided on an Avenger instead?

No I decided on JCW Mini Cooper instead

PwrRngr wrote:

aznboiquyen wrote: You know 3 guys can pick up a Lotus?? You would need 3 BIG guys to do that. Not only is that a decent amount of weight for 3 guys, finding a place to grip it is going to be akward.

It's all about the squat. I could squat 650lbs before I got hurt.

TRogers wrote:

PwrRngr wrote: aznboiquyen wrote: You know 3 guys can pick up a Lotus?? You would need 3 BIG guys to do that. Not only is that a decent amount of weight for 3 guys, finding a place to grip it is going to be akward. It's all about the squat. I could squat 650lbs before I got hurt.

But that's w/ a bar designed to be picked up that way. Where are you going to grab that car that keeps your back nice and straight like that.

I know, I know. But you get three or four guys that can squat 600+ and you have it up in the air in no time. At least one side of it ;)



We actually used to move a kids geo metro around the parking lot all the time. (Whole football team, so it wasn't hard)

I don't know about you guys,but if I owned an Elise I certainly wouldn't want a bunch of Dudes trying to lift it from areas that a car was not designed to be lifted from.

We stuck the weight bars under the car and had 4 dudes lift and carry a TR7 and park it on the bleachers before a pep rally ... Should have seen the teachers face when she walked in and saw her car parked at the top of the bleachers

Bentley Flying Spur!

Fully loaded with crazy features. Heated and cooled seats, seat massagers, ahhh.

V12 550 HP

I'd definitely be rolling in the Bentley out of those choices