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Shaggy

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Louisville, Kentucky
United States

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: 1997cobraFHS

Jan 23, 2007 at 8:28 pm: beautiful car dude. i love the color. that would be awsome with a supercharger. belive me, i got one!

: Boostfreak

Jan 23, 2007 at 12:47 pm: I would like to challenge you, Twin turbo cobra vert here, made 660 rwhp on 15 lbs of boost.

: bigcamstang219

Jan 14, 2007 at 6:00 pm: That's one sick car, it's like putting nitrous in a go-cart! That's got to have one of the best power to weight ratios of all current high performance cars. You picked a killer color too...

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Past Challenges

: GT3Some

2007 Porsche Carrera

Owner: nrichards

GT3Some: 60 pts (win)
Mean Green Machine: 30 pts (loss)
Total votes: 18
Ended: Apr 23, 2009

: Ruby

1935 MG P-Type Midget

Owner: 1935mg

Ruby: 37 pts (win)
Mean Green Machine: 33 pts (loss)
Total votes: 14
Ended: Jul 22, 2008

: SmokeGray

1989 Chevrolet Corvette

Owner: SmokeGray89

SmokeGray: 59 pts (win)
Mean Green Machine: 36 pts (loss)
Total votes: 19
Ended: Jul 11, 2008

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2005 Lotus Elise 111R (Mean Green Machine)

33 Give a trophy Last updated Jul 6, 2008

No longer owned

About

UPDATE:
The Elise is no more. It was totalled in May of this year on some Indiana backroads. The short of it is that I came around an odd corner that goes hard left just as you crest over a hill. The car unweighted and went into a spin. No injuries but the car was considered a total loss. I now have an 01 BMW M3 but will probably pick up another Elise or Exige in the next few years.
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Bought this Elise in February of 2006 and have loved it ever since. In the past 10 months I've logged over 12,000 miles with the car and have had few problems with it.

You can see more photos (better quality) at my Lotus Elise Blog

I just updated the Gallery with some interior photos. The only difference in the interior now is the stereo is different. I replaced the stock Blaupunkt Acapulco with an Alpine CDA-9856. The exposed metal areas are (for the most part) the actual chassis/tub that the car is built around.

Specs

Mostly stock 2005 Lotus Elise.
1.8L Toyota 4 Cylinder & 6 speed transmission
189 hp & 138 lb/ft
Mid Engined, RWD
~1980lbs
Unequal length wishbones
Bilstein dampers & Eibach springs
Lotus/AP-Racing twin-piston fixed aluminium alloy front brake calipers
Brembo single-piston sliding rear calipers
11.3" Cross drilled rotors

Stock Numbers:
0-60 --- 4.7 seconds
1/4 Mile --- 13.3 @ 102.9mph
70' Slalom --- 71.1mph
Skidpad --- 1.02g

Lotus Elise Blog

Factory Options

-Touring Pack (power windows, extra insulation, different stereo)
-Hardtop
-Lifestyle paint (Krypton Green)

Lotus Elise Blog

Mods

-ForcedFed Carbon Fiber front Splitter
-Green Filter and modified airbox
-Sector111 Lidbone
-Alpine CDA-9856 with 3rd generation iPod attached
-Sector111 larger front tow hook
-Sector111 rear triangular tow hook
-Zoom Carbon Fiber wide angle rear view mirror

Upcoming modifications:
-Aftermarket header & exhaust
-Tri-Point Supercharger
-Aftermarket wheels
-HID's

If Elise/Exige parts weren't so damn expensive I'd have half the list installed already. Everything on the list will be on the car before too long though.

You can see photos and walkthroughs for the car's mods @ My Lotus Elise Blog