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I've got to go with the Elise here.

Elise. If it wasn't in the comp, I'd pick the Corvette.

Vette

Elise

S2000

This one is the most difficult for me. They are all kind of cool cars and it's hard not to pick a Elise or G35. It would come down to the RX-8 and MX-5 for me and even if the RX-8 is a great car I think the MX-5 is just more fun.
MX-5 for me.
I'm looking at this as the car I would buy. If it was going to be free  then my vote would change.

S2000

RX-8, saw a nice green one today, that color looks real nice on the car imho. Hopefully my next, next car will be either a green RX-8 or a white Legacy GT.

Quote from: TBR on July 25, 2007, 11:07:10 PM
RX-8, saw a nice green one today, that color looks real nice on the car imho. Hopefully my next, next car will be either a green RX-8 or a white Legacy GT.

Don't think you can get that green one anymore. Not new anyway.

I don't understand all the votes for the Elise.  Yes, it's probably the best track car on the planet that is also street legal, but try living with one.  The Vette is my pick because you can live with it everyday, it's brutally fast, handles like it's on rails, and is a beautiful car to look at.  The Mustang is my second choice.  If I was buying one of these cars, I would buy the Mustang (surprise, surprise).

Quote from: HEMI666 on July 26, 2007, 08:14:00 AM
I don't understand all the votes for the Elise.? Yes, it's probably the best track car on the planet that is also street legal, but try living with one.? The Vette is my pick because you can live with it everyday, it's brutally fast, handles like it's on rails, and is a beautiful car to look at.? The Mustang is my second choice.? If I was buying one of these cars, I would buy the Mustang (surprise, surprise).

Living with one wouldn't be too bad.  It's not roomy, but it's comfortable enough, and you lose a lot of trunk space, but there's enough for some stuff.  We have a member who uses one as his daily driver. 

If I can drive a Suzuki Samurai daily without suffering severe emotional or physical distress, I would assume driving an Elise daily would be no different.
Oh, and I vote for MX5

Quote from: Raza ?link=topic=10326.msg519819#msg519819 date=1185460468
Living with one wouldn't be too bad.? It's not roomy, but it's comfortable enough, and you lose a lot of trunk space, but there's enough for some stuff.? We have a member who uses one as his daily driver.?

Even as a single guy I doubt I would have been able to use it as a daily driver.

I could drive an Elise daily. The most I ever carry are golf clubs and I could put those in the passenger seat.

Quote from: HEMI666 on July 26, 2007, 09:12:26 AM
Even as a single guy I doubt I would have been able to use it as a daily driver.

As an only car, it would be a stretch, but I think it's usable as a daily driver. 

Some people use bikes as daily drivers. The Elise is at least more convenient than a bike.

G35 for me.  I guess I'm just biased 'cause there's one on my family, but it really is a liveable car.  It's luxurious, 4 people can comfortably ride in it, and it's fast. 

My second choice would have been the 'Vette, but I figured since I voted for it in the 50k+ competition (Z06), I'd go for something else here.

And why is everyone voting for the Elise?!  That's a pathetic daily car compared to these other choices...  :huh:

Quote from: giant_mtb on July 26, 2007, 11:16:25 AM
And why is everyone voting for the Elise?!? That's a pathetic daily car compared to these other choices...? :huh:

Thank you. :praise:

Quote from: giant_mtb on July 26, 2007, 11:16:25 AM
G35 for me.? I guess I'm just biased 'cause there's one on my family, but it really is a liveable car.? It's luxurious, 4 people can comfortably ride in it, and it's fast.?

My second choice would have been the 'Vette, but I figured since I voted for it in the 50k+ competition (Z06), I'd go for something else here.

And why is everyone voting for the Elise?!? That's a pathetic daily car compared to these other choices...? :huh:

Is this the "Which is the best Sports Coupe/Vert under 50K for daily driving only and nothing other than practicality should be considered" award?

Quote from: Raza ?link=topic=10326.msg520069#msg520069 date=1185478115
Is this the "Which is the best Sports Coupe/Vert under 50K for daily driving only and nothing other than practicality should be considered" award?

Yes. :P

Quote from: HEMI666 on July 26, 2007, 09:12:26 AM
Even as a single guy I doubt I would have been able to use it as a daily driver.

I could easily. I can put my food or other things in the passenger seat. Other than that I need no more room.

I guarantee a hockey stick wouldn't fit. :lol:

Could with the top down. And it wouldn't fit that great in a Corvette or Mustang too.

Quote from: Onslaught on July 26, 2007, 03:26:42 PM
And it wouldn't fit that great in a Corvette or Mustang too.

Wanna bet?  I see it all the time.  I used to do it all the time with my Mustang.

Quote from: Raza  on July 26, 2007, 01:28:35 PM
Is this the "Which is the best Sports Coupe/Vert under 50K for daily driving only and nothing other than practicality should be considered" award?

I noted the fact that it's fast. :huh:

Quote from: HEMI666 on July 26, 2007, 03:27:55 PM
Wanna bet?? I see it all the time.? I used to do it all the time with my Mustang.

Our definitions of "that great" must be different. Not one of these cars are very practical. But that's a good thing.
Hockey sucks anyway.  :lol:

Quote from: Onslaught on July 26, 2007, 06:13:17 PM
Hockey sucks anyway.  :lol:

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h94/JANIBABU/WTF.jpg)

Vette

Quote from: Onslaught on July 26, 2007, 06:13:17 PM
Hockey sucks anyway.? :lol:

Maybe for someone who drives a Miata. :P

Quote from: giant_mtb on July 26, 2007, 11:16:25 AM


And why is everyone voting for the Elise?!? That's a pathetic daily car compared to these other choices...? :huh:

Because it's a better sports coupe/vert than any other choice here :huh:

The Lotus is the pure track car,but the Vette outlapped it at VIR.? :ohyeah: I vote Vette!

Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on July 26, 2007, 09:50:29 PM
The Lotus is the pure track car,but the Vette outlapped it at VIR.? :ohyeah: I vote Vette!

Lap times don't mean much.

Quote from: JYODER240 on July 26, 2007, 09:59:04 PM
Lap times don't mean much.

But that seems to be evryones reason for wanting the Lotus.It's 'pose to be one of the best track cars for the money and thats why it has so few features.But a Vette with leather,navi,and a million watt stereo(that you can drive daily) will still outlap it.So where is the justification in buying the Exige?

Maybe everyone should just drive go karts to work.  :rolleyes:

Why not stick a few rockets behind a truck and set the fastest lap time? That doesn't mean much

Quote from: M_power on July 26, 2007, 10:35:57 PM
Why not stick a few rockets behind a truck and set the fastest lap time? That doesn't mean much

Because you couldn't set the fastest lap time. Lap times are important, because they are a combination of the handling, and the speed of the car.

Quote from: NACar on July 26, 2007, 10:16:04 PM
Maybe everyone should just drive go karts to work.? :rolleyes:

I have one and if I could legally drive it on the road I would take it to work. Unfortunately I'd have to stop and put gas in it from time to time.

Quote from: ro51092 on July 26, 2007, 10:52:58 PM
Because you couldn't set the fastest lap time. Lap times are important, because they are a combination of the handling, and the speed of the car.

If you're racing then lap times are important. If you want an extremely light weight car that has a particular fell to on the normal roads then lap times are meaningless. I could give two shits about statistics of a car as long as it's fun. Unless I was going to put it one a track and run it against other cars.

I love how lap times "don't mean much" unless it's their car that is faster. :rolleyes:

Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on July 26, 2007, 10:09:20 PM
But that seems to be evryones reason for wanting the Lotus.It's 'pose to be one of the best track cars for the money and thats why it has so few features.But a Vette with leather,navi,and a million watt stereo(that you can drive daily) will still outlap it.So where is the justification in buying the Exige?

Exatcly how many people to you think competitively race their Elises? At most they'll use it for an HPDE or an open track day. They buy an Elise because it's more composed, pure and fun to drive than a Vette.

Quote from: HEMI666 on July 27, 2007, 08:12:39 AM
I love how lap times "don't mean much" unless it's their car that is faster. :rolleyes:

who said that?

A5.  :evildude:

Quote from: HEMI666 on July 27, 2007, 08:12:39 AM
I love how lap times "don't mean much" unless it's their car that is faster. :rolleyes:

Oh so true!  ;)

Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on July 26, 2007, 10:09:20 PM
But that seems to be evryones reason for wanting the Lotus.It's 'pose to be one of the best track cars for the money and thats why it has so few features.But a Vette with leather,navi,and a million watt stereo(that you can drive daily) will still outlap it.So where is the justification in buying the Exige?

It's not about the fastest lap times.  It's about the highest level of involvement a driver can have with a car. 

The Lotus very well could be the best "sport coupe/verty" under $50k.
If you want to argue about using it as a commuter, stick it in a thread entitled: "Best Daily Driver". S2000 will win.  :evildude:

Quote from: Raza ?link=topic=10326.msg521213#msg521213 date=1185572179
It's not about the fastest lap times.? It's about the highest level of involvement a driver can have with a car.?

Don't you think the Vette is highly involving to drive?  :huh:

Quote from: HEMI666 on July 27, 2007, 08:12:39 AM
I love how lap times "don't mean much" unless it's their car that is faster. :rolleyes:

I drive a MX-5. Power and 0-60 and top speed aren't important to me. I'm also an RX-8 fan, and that car will get killed by it's competitors in the same categories. I want small, extremely light weight and a go cart like feel to a car.
Now I understand the others don't feel the same way as I do about that stuff so they should get another car. But don't make a poll asking which car people would like and then get mad that people don't all pick the same car you would.
And if you think you can find a post I've ever made that had lot's of performance numbers and track times as my reasoning of thinking one car is better than another then good luck.

Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on July 27, 2007, 03:31:20 PM
Oh so true!? ;)

again who is saying that?

Quote from: Onslaught on July 27, 2007, 04:10:17 PM
I drive a MX-5. Power and 0-60 and top speed aren't important to me. I'm also an RX-8 fan, and that car will get killed by it's competitors in the same categories. I want small, extremely light weight and a go cart like feel to a car.
Now I understand the others don't feel the same way as I do about that stuff so they should get another car. But don't make a poll asking which car people would like and then get mad that people don't all pick the same car you would.

If you can show me a post from myself getting mad that people weren't picking the same car as me, I'll give you a million bucks.

QuoteAnd if you think you can find a post I've ever made that had lot's of performance numbers and track times as my reasoning of thinking one car is better than another then good luck.

Show me where I called you out.  Good luck.

I dunno...sports coupes don't do it for me, I need more space! :lol:

Quote from: gotta-qik-z28 on July 27, 2007, 03:47:08 PM
Don't you think the Vette is highly involving to drive?  :huh:

I do.  I also think a Porsche Boxster is incredibly involving to drive.  But it's a scale.  Even journalists have reckoned that the Elise S is even better to drive than the standard Elise, despite being down 60bhp or so. 

Quote from: Raza ?link=topic=10326.msg522345#msg522345 date=1185654723
I do.? I also think a Porsche Boxster is incredibly involving to drive.? But it's a scale.? Even journalists have reckoned that the Elise S is even better to drive than the standard Elise, despite being down 60bhp or so.?

How much is a Boxster in the U.S.? Is it over 50k? The Elise is definitely a better track car, but I'd take a Boxster over it as an only car every time.

Quote from: MexicoCityM3 on July 31, 2007, 11:41:50 AM
How much is a Boxster in the U.S.? Is it over 50k? The Elise is definitely a better track car, but I'd take a Boxster over it as an only car every time.

A standard Boxster starts at around 45K.  My S was about 61.  I think Road and Track had a long termer which was about 80. 

So it runs the scale.  The personalization options are crazy; 8 grand brakes, body colored roll bars, body colored seatbelts, crests in seatbacks, carbon fiber interior trim; et al. 

You could spend 90-100 if you tick every box. 

Quote from: Raza ?link=topic=10326.msg525588#msg525588 date=1185904121
A standard Boxster starts at around 45K.? My S was about 61.? I think Road and Track had a long termer which was about 80.?

So it runs the scale.? The personalization options are crazy; 8 grand brakes, body colored roll bars, body colored seatbelts, crests in seatbacks, carbon fiber interior trim; et al.?

You could spend 90-100 if you tick every box.?

I have been visiting Porsche's configurator recently. This is what I'd get:

- Boxster S (the extra power is worth it)
- PASM
- Wind Blocker
- Basic Sport Chrono
- Short shift kit
- Heated seats
- Sport seats
- Sports (shorter diameter) 3 radius steering wheel.

It comes out to 74K here in Mexico. I am between this and a Z4M Roadster (67K here fully loaded) as a replacement for the MINI possibly for 2008.

Sports steering wheel? 

Interesting.  How much is that? 

Quote from: Raza ?link=topic=10326.msg525600#msg525600 date=1185905542
Sports steering wheel??

Interesting.? How much is that??

Around US$400.

Quote from: MexicoCityM3 on July 31, 2007, 01:29:50 PM
Around US$400.

Interesting.  If that's available up here, then I'll look into it.  I always felt the steering wheel was just a little too big. 

should be an easy enough install.

now that i think about it. a detachable steering would be a very good theft deterrent. i'm going to look into it. :lol:

Quote from: heelntoe on July 31, 2007, 02:44:56 PM
should be an easy enough install.

now that i think about it. a detachable steering would be a very good theft deterrent. i'm going to look into it. :lol:

In America, a stickshift is a good theft deterrent! 

:lol:
but here an automatic is like that. even when i drove an automatic, i kept pushing in an imaginary clutch while coming to a stop.

Quote from: heelntoe on July 31, 2007, 03:11:03 PM
:lol:
but here an automatic is like that. even when i drove an automatic, i kept pushing in an imaginary clutch while coming to a stop.

Did you make vroom vroom noises and then press an imaginary NOS button and say "I live my life one quarter mile at a time!"?

yea, i pretended that there was an imaginary NOS switch under the horn so i kept pressing it.

Quote from: Raza ?link=topic=10326.msg525683#msg525683 date=1185916056
In America, a stickshift is a good theft deterrent!?

Damn rite! :clap:

I thought that coupes are known to come with back seats and sports cars are the ones that are two seater. If that is the case then Vette, Elise, 350z etc. should not be on that list as they are sports cars.

Quote from: 1 BAD 7 on July 31, 2007, 10:30:21 PM
I thought that coupes are known to come with back seats and sports cars are the ones that are two seater. If that is the case then Vette, Elise, 350z etc. should not be on that list as they are sports cars.

Traditional definition says that sports cars don't have roofs. personally, i think people look to far into the categories and definitions. They're all performance based cars with a decidely sporting edge for under 50K.

Yah! Corvette is winning.