what to do?

SoCal 370Z · 09-13-2010, 11:21 PM

The Elise is a brilliant automobile, BUT as daily driver, and as others have alluded you might want to rethink keeping your 370Z. The interior of the Elise is restrictive, there is no spare, you need to be a better than average wrench if you are going to work on it, and you need to take it to shop that knows how to work on one as even lifting an Elise on car hoist, jack or any other lift, requires special considerations.

mattjk · 09-13-2010, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

The Elise is a brilliant automobile, BUT as daily driver, and as others have alluded you might want to rethink keeping your 370Z. The interior of the Elise is restrictive, there is no spare, you need to be a better than average wrench if you are going to work on it, and you need to take it to shop that knows how to work on one as even lifting an Elise on car hoist, jack or any other lift, requires special considerations.

I'm 5'11, not small but fairly slim and I fit fine. It is a struggle to get in and out but I'm used to it, I've lived with small cars all my life with race seats with extremely high bolsters... even so the elise is the toughest car i've tried getting in and out of.

I've very good mechanically. Extremely good, and I've already worked extensively on an elise; changing full exhaust, jacking it up, working on electrical, etc.

Like I mentioned before, my boss has one and he dailys it with no problem.

Zsteve · 09-13-2010, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mattjk

I'm 5'11, not small but fairly slim and I fit fine. It is a struggle to get in and out but I'm used to it, I've lived with small cars all my life with race seats with extremely high bolsters... even so the elise is the toughest car i've tried getting in and out of.

I've very good mechanically. Extremely good, and I've already worked extensively on an elise; changing full exhaust, jacking it up, working on electrical, etc.

Like I mentioned before, my boss has one and he dailys it with no problem.

I bet he and his wife dont go to dinner in it. Or cross country.

m4a1mustang · 09-13-2010, 11:34 PM

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I bet he and his wife dont go to dinner in it. Or cross country.

A cross-country trip in an Elise would be BADASS.

Red__Zed · 09-13-2010, 11:42 PM

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A cross-country trip in an Elise would be BADASS.

I think you meant to say "bad for your as.s"

m4a1mustang · 09-13-2010, 11:42 PM

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I think you meant to say "bad for your ***"

Not if you get a butt pillow.

Zsteve · 09-13-2010, 11:44 PM

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I think you meant to say "bad for your as.s"

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Not if you get a butt pillow.

the OP might need that and the NYC phone book to help get him over that rise of a center console.

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