The closest I came to owning one, was I had an MR2 Spyder, with a 2ZZ engine swap. I strongly considered getting an Elise during my last car-purchase, although this time I bought a Corvette C7.
The newest Lotus designs look amazing. The Evora looks absolutely incredible in person, pictures are somewhat deceiving.
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I want a C7 Corvette but an Evora can be had for the same price or less. Tempting...
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What prices were the ones you were looking at?
The reason I went with the Corvette was mostly because I was tired of having ZERO trunk space. I don't need much trunk space, but it's nice to have a place to put some scuba gear, or groceries without them going on my passenger's lap. It's also easy to source parts for the Corvette in the US & it's got a great power-to-money ratio. The handling is also fantastic.
Which reminds me, I test drove a Camaro just out of curiosity. Holy crap those things handle like a pallet of bricks.