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I have only sorta half paid attention to this threads development. Appologies. If the point of considering an elige is to go fast / faster, I don't think its a good choice. It is moderately fast in absolute terms, but as a fancy dedicated sports car, it is one of the slowest you can buy. Don't get tricked by low 0-60 time and 1/4 times from magazines. I think some of those numbers were downhill with a tailwind in the cold (for example I don't believe a normal person can get a stock elise in the 12s).
The numbers are misleading, power to weight gives you good low speed quickness which the car has. However at higher speeds where areo takes over the low weight doesn't help you very much. An elise is actually a pretty slow car from about 90+ MPH. If your local track has moderate straights you will get passed frequently by corvettes and modern 911s with similarly skilled drivers.
None of this matters to me at all. You cant win an HPDE. These are special cars. I don't think there are any other modern production road cars that can beat them in the fun to drive category. IF the goal is cheap reliable speed, I would be looking directly at a c5z06. 16k buys a decent one and you can keep up with nearly anybody if you develop the skill.
For some people faster is better. Not really for me but I wont judge
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