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Old 10-06-2018, 06:19 PM   #101
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Originally Posted by Sleepless View Post
Had a 2005 Elise track car and frankly I like the 86 much better as a track car.

The Elise is fragile and very easy to total (just cracking a clamshell is commonly a reason for an insurance company to total it). The suspension mounting points are also fragile. And, it has literally no rollover protection (I know from personal experience as does a local guy who suffered a brain injury in a Exige rollover). The engines have worse issues than the 86.
Their frailty is a big concern of mine. There is plenty of runoff here, but none of it is soft or flat.
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