2007 Lotus Elise S loiloi
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2007 Lotus Elise S loiloi

Ke kūʻai ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i kaʻa, manaʻo lākou i kahi hoohalike maʻalahi; ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa e like me kahi hopena maikaʻi. Ke ʻimi nei lākou i ka lewa, ka ʻoluʻolu, ka mālama ʻana, a me nā hiʻohiʻona e manaʻo ai lākou e loaʻa ana ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka mea kūʻai kaʻa e hiki mai ana. Akā me Lotus, ua hoʻolei ʻia kēlā hoohalike ma waho o ka puka makani, e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai i kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana me Elise S.

He wahi waiho liʻiliʻi kona, palupalu ma loko, a e hoʻopaʻa ʻoe i nā ʻiʻo a pau o kou wāwae, kua, a me kou ʻāʻī i kou komo ʻana i loko a i waho o kāu kaʻa. Inā ʻoe i loko o kou mau makahiki he 50, e uē ana ʻoe a uē i kou hoʻāʻo ʻana i kēia hana kokoke hiki ʻole. No ka mea, ʻaʻole pono ʻo Lotus.

ʻO Elise S, me kona helehelena e like me nā pepeke, he kūlana koʻikoʻi "I mean business". Hoʻopili ʻia ka mua ākea e ka hope muscular. A he mea pāʻani maoli kēia no nā keikikāne, ʻo ka hōʻike e hoʻouna ana ma ke alanui.

Ma luna o ʻekolu mau lā like ʻole o ke kaʻa ʻana, ua huki ka Lotus i nā "kuʻi lima" mai nā ʻano keikikāne ʻekolu; He 10 makahiki, he 20 makahiki a oi aku ka makua - aka, he keiki ma ka naau - 40 makahiki. Mai hopohopo na kaikamahine, hiki iā mākou ke leʻaleʻa pū kekahi.

ʻO ka Elise S he $69,990 a ʻo ia ka Lotus i ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai. Akā ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o kā mākou kaʻa hoʻāʻo me ka pūʻolo koho $8000 Touring Plus. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i hoʻohui ʻia e like me ka ʻili ʻili o loko, ka pihi hoʻololi a me ka pahu lima lima lima, nā panela hoʻopaʻa leo o loko, a me kahi luna palupalu.

Ma waho aʻe o ka nui kūpono ʻole, aia kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole i lilo i kumu kūʻai ikaika, me ka mana keu e pono ai ma nā kihi no ka mea ʻaʻohe mana hoʻokele. A ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o nā alanui pālahalaha ma Sydney, e ʻike ʻoe i kēlā me kēia lua.

ʻO nā lako palekana e like me ABS a me nā ʻeke ea hoʻokele a me nā mokulele e hōʻoluʻolu iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi maʻalahi ʻoe i kou kūlana ma ke alanui. Akā naʻe, paʻakikī loa ia, no ka mea, maʻalahi nā mea hoʻokele ʻē aʻe e nalo iā ʻoe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā SUV o ke kūlanakauhale.

Akā, ʻoiai kēlā mau luʻu ʻana, ma hope o hoʻokahi pule, aia kekahi mea ʻakaʻaka i loko o ke kaʻa i hiki ke hoʻokau i ka ʻakaʻaka ma kou mau maka.

E kolo i loko a ʻaneʻane ʻaʻahu ʻole ka hale. Aia kekahi ʻōnaehana CD, akā leo nui ka ʻenekini a pono ʻoe e hoʻohuli iā ia e lohe i kekahi mea.

Hāʻawi ka pūʻolo Touring-plus i kahi stereo Alpine i hoʻonui ʻia me kahi mea hoʻohui iPod, kahi paʻa kīʻaha a me nā moena papahele i kālai ʻia, akā me ka ʻole o ka pūʻolo Elise S, ʻaʻohe hiʻohiʻona.

ʻAʻohe wahi hoʻopaʻa, ʻaʻole hoʻi kahi ʻāpana mīkina lima, a he pahu liʻiliʻi kona. ʻO nā ʻāpana o loko ke nalo nei i ka carpeting, hāʻawi iā Elise S i ka manaʻo heihei maoli, ma kahi o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka alumini i mea hoʻonaninani.

Me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole i nā hiʻohiʻona, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi chassis alumini me kahi subframe hope kila māmā, ʻo ke kaʻa he 860 kg wale nō. No ka hoʻohālikelike, he 1120 kg ke kaumaha o Barina.

ʻO Elise S kekahi o nā kaʻa māmā loa o ka honua, ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi kaumaha e hāʻawi i ka wikiwiki, ka lawelawe ʻana a me ka braking. Hoʻopili kēia mau mea i ka hana maikaʻi loa o ka Lotus liʻiliʻi.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka Elise S e kahi ʻenekini Toyota 1.8kW 100-lita, he mea liʻiliʻi paha ia ma ka pepa, akā e ʻike ʻoe he kaʻa kēia e like me ke kaʻa a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma mua o ke kaʻa subcompact maʻamau.

E holo wikiwiki ana ia mai 100 a 6.1 km/h i XNUMX kekona wale nō, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka mea i ʻike ʻia.

Ma ke ʻano o ka hana, hoʻopuka ka Elise S i ka 100kW ma 6200rpm, ʻoiai paʻakikī ke kiʻi i nā revs i luna o ka tach no ka mea e paipai iā ʻoe e piʻi i mua. No ka torque, hoʻomohala ʻo Elise S i 172 Nm ma 4200 rpm.

Hāʻawi ʻia ka hoʻokō ʻana e ka lawe lima māmā māmā e like me ka clunky i kou hoʻololi ʻana i nā kaʻa.

Akā ua poina koke nā minuses a pau i ka wā e hoʻokuʻu ai ʻoe iā ia i ka lei.

E kiola iā ia i kahi kihi a paʻa maikaʻi ka Elise S, e ʻomi ikaika i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai ʻoe i ka huila heihei liʻiliʻi.

He ho'āʻo ka hele ʻana i ke ʻano topless. ʻAʻole like me nā kaʻa haʻuki ʻē aʻe, pono ka hana lima e wehe i ka luna palupalu.

He mea maʻalahi ka wehe ʻana, akā ʻo ka hoʻokomo ʻana he 15 mau minuke a huki ka lehulehu.

A ʻoiai ʻo ke kaʻa e lawe mai i ka nui o nā minoʻaka, nalowale lākou ke hoʻomaka ʻole, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā aia kekahi o nā wahi i hoʻoholo ai e kū ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi paka kaʻa.

Ua ʻōlelo kekahi kanaka loea Lotus ma muli o ke kaomi ʻana i ka pedal kinoea i ke kakahiaka nui - ua manaʻo ʻia he 10 kekona e hala ma waena o ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka ʻenekini a me ka wikiwiki ʻana no ke kaʻa e mālie. Pono ka mea hoʻololi catalytic i ka manawa e mahana ai i ka mahana hana i mea e hoʻokō ai i nā koi kānāwai emission.

ʻO nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no kēia quirk i hiki koke mai.

Leʻaleʻa ka Elise S, akā ʻaʻole ia he kaʻa maʻamau. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ia e like me kāu mea hoʻokele i kēlā me kēia lā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoheheʻe iā ʻoe a hoʻoulu i ka cramps i kou kino.

Akā inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kālā, hiki iā ʻoe ke paʻi i ke mele i ʻelua mau manawa o ka mahina, i kekahi manawa e hōʻike i ke kaʻa, a i ʻole e hele i kahi holo moku lōʻihi.

No ka mea ʻaʻohe kānalua e pili ana i nā mea leʻaleʻa a me nā mea hoihoi o ka Lotus Elise S.

Loaʻa i ka Elise S ka papa inoa o nā mea maikaʻi ʻole, akā poina koke ʻia ia mau mea ke hele ʻoe i ke ala e leʻaleʻa.

Pākuʻi i ka manaʻo hoʻopuka