[dd74]

Yeah, well if I'm going to spend $60K for a kick in the crotch, I better get a kiss on the lips afterward.

At an L.A. auto show two years ago, I was invited "behind the ropes" to sit inside an Elise. Very nice, very austere, very functional. Soooo...who's to say you couldn't get the same by stripping out a 911? I think one could. As far as the Elise being faster, handle better, etc., that's great, if the driver has the skill to make it do all those things.

Another car worth stripping out and making light - for a lot less than an Elise, is a Miata. Not quite an Elise, but I've seen Euro car magazines who test the Miata and MR2 as able to more than hold their own to the Elise.