Elise Launch

CraigFL

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• Nov 9, 2006

• #1

Pointed to the sky......

https://www.directionzero.com/2006/lotus-elise-dropped-from-lift/

 

Nunyas

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• Nov 9, 2006

• #2

ouch!!! livid wouldn't begin to touch the surface of where I'd be in a situation like that...

Hopefully, the garage will pay for the repairs and not attempt to weasel their way out of that...

 

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• Nov 9, 2006

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some real winners posting on that site - scroll down and read the comments. sucks about the car though. although there is less visible damage than i'd have expected.

 

DrEntropy

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• Nov 10, 2006

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Somewhere in the shop manual it states that ANY damage to the clams should be considered structural. OUCH!


...and yeah, there are some VERY moronic folk loose among us.

 

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• Nov 10, 2006

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Sad situation but neat to see the bottom of the car - I had no idea the bottom of the Elise looked like that!

I particularly like the NACA scoops around the engine bay area.

 

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• Nov 10, 2006

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So why was this guy putting snow tires on his Elise?

 

Baz

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• Nov 10, 2006

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So why was this guy putting snow tires on his Elise?

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In Florida?

 

Nunyas

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• Nov 10, 2006

• #8

snow tires? says he was having Goodyear F1 G3 tires fitted. I don't think the tires that are in the foreground of one of the pics are F1G3s... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

those tires in the foreground of the rear shot of the car look like they belong on a SUV...

 

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• Nov 10, 2006

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Looks like a snow tire to me /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
(aren't real tires suppose to be smooth)

 

Nunyas

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• Nov 10, 2006

• #10

hmmmm... different tread pattern from what I've been finding:

Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3:

from The Tire Rack

Far less rubber hitting the tarmac than the stock Yokohama ADVAN A048 tires. So road holding abilities are more than likely "impaired" compared to stock form, but I'm sure the tread life is probably 2 to 4 times longer too. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

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• Nov 10, 2006

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Somewhere in the shop manual it states that ANY damage to the clams should be considered structural.

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Thats what I heard - from a friend who's now written off two of them (and subsequently switched to Porsches)

 

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FunElan

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• Nov 10, 2006

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Originally posted here: https://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30674&highlight=damage

The fall has spread to many other car forums and much sympathy has been shown for him.

 

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• Nov 10, 2006

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hmmmm... different tread pattern from what I've been finding:

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Well that looks better than what popped up on my Google search.

So F1GSD3 = F1G3 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Still looks like an odd tread pattern.
Does it rain a lot in Florida?

 

Nunyas

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• Nov 12, 2006

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.... uhm... I wouldn't say "a lot" but it rains in FL way more than it does in SoCal.

 

Nunyas

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• Nov 13, 2006

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yeeesh... I just looked at that other forum that was linked. The Elise was "totaled" from that accident. I reckon the considered it totaled cause every body panel but the doors has to be replaced... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif