We did a full install in my friend's Exige S, and it came out so nice. But OMFG that flip out DVD install was the biggest PITA... to get everything to mount on the underside of that dash took FOREVER.

He had the sub too, and an Alpine digital amp in the back. And yes... He ran them THROUGH the frame rails...

 

yea the best thing to do is put it in the stock location and modify the wiper stalk to clear the screen. going to pick her up in an hour or so. cant wait o have it back.. this chevy cobalt is making me want to off myself.. thank god we dont have to drive boring cars!

 

daily drive the exige..? its an awesome track/weekend car, but iono if i could daily it.

baller nonetheless though haha

 

its finally snowing here in boston. luckily i have the day off to test it out in the snow. blizzak ws60 and traction control make for a great combination. Lotus of New England told me these were the first snow tires they had ever mounted on a lotus
onto the driving impressions
first few corners were a bit interesting, as this is my first mid engine rwd car. before this its been all jeeps (3) and the evo, which was a beast in the snow.

i wouldnt call the lotus a beast, but with traciton control and proper tires, this car is capable. traction control kicks in hard. literally cuts out all the power. you couldnt slide in this without really trying. certainly cant throttle steer. but all in all it felt pretty stable and confident in the weather. besides, if/when the weather is worse than this, everything shuts down and i wont have to drive anywhere to begin with.
i will say, im thinking about putting a flag on the roof or something so people see me when i try to pull out on corners with all snow banks.

 

Nice ride man.

 

Sick Lotus there

 

saw one yesterday at Sebring, the guy was flying around the the track!

 

Awesome car. Its definitely an upgrade from the Evo.

I sort of DD my car, but I don't think I could DD an Exige here in a third-world country

 

Sweet car, next car on my list. I'll keep my evo for my DD.

 

love the color, car is sick man!!!!

 

that car is sick! i can understand why you traded it! that lotus looks very clean!

 

Any regrets of selling the evo yet? Anything annoying about the Exige? I want the Exige to be my next ride someday.

 

Nice car but i would of got the M3 just me the lotus does look real sick though

 

no regrets at all. i do miss the straight line speed of my evo, but its so much more fun than the evo ever could be. i put a new exhaust on it last week, and im in love with the car all over again.
only annoying things are the attention it gets, and being first in line at a light and not being able to see when it turns green. o and i find myself driving with the traction control off. i think with the really narrow snow tires, the system is ultra sensitive, and cuts the throttle at odd times. o yea, the stereo is god awful. i need to upgrade the speakers. they make adapter rings so you can fit larger speakers front and rear (5.25 vs 4 front. 6.5 vs 5.25 rear)
its been weird adjusting to the attention the car gets. to date ive been pulled over twice just so the cop could ask about the car, and i lost track of all the people who have taken pics ect. getting gas is still a 10 min job. i was even flagged down yesterday by an orange Murcielago... that was pretty cool. the car was also a huge hit at the porsche dealer when i went to pick up my moms 997tt.



blk.evil- yea i could have gotten a new m3. but then again there are 3.. yes 3 e9x m3 (2 coupes 1 sedan) in my parking garage, and 2 e46. must be on sale or something? . i bought this car because its of everything it leaves out, and everything its not. and its certainly not a m3.

 

i have to admit i love the way that car looks..im a bigger fan of that model than the regular Lotus with the soft top and no wing.. Best of luck to you!!!