David Helman

By mycrimsonregrets on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

i agree, too much …
i agree, too much plastic for everything, plastic dash, steering wheel, even the door skins are plastic. i miss leather and vinyl, carpet and steel. old jags, old american trucks, and of course old mercedes

By monkeyboy27476 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

Agreed!!
Agreed!!

By monkeyboy27476 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

let me guess, …
let me guess, you’re Black?

By CRF250RGUY on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

Well Im sorry i was …
Well Im sorry i was born 3 years ago to be qualified.

But why would you buy an elise then compare it to a jaguar?

And iv heard pleanty about the elises fogging up and even freezing on the inside during frost. Did you not check out reviews before yout got one?

Personally i was going to buy a elise 6 months ago, but end up with a cosworth for practicality reasons.

By lewis72 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

Hah! I AM an …
Hah! I AM an engineer. Structural CAE to be exact. Nastran, Abaqus, ADAMS, NCode.

Us engineers DO take a dig at spelling/grammar because engineering makes one a pedant.

I’ve worked for both Lotus and Jaguar and so know how much engineering goes into each car.

The Elise was engineered to be a sports car but it still should have adequate ventilation, weatherproofing & reliability.

By CRF250RGUY on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

And dont get me …
And dont get me wrong i love jags for what they are, a luxury car. But i also love elises for what they are a lightweight sports car with no gimmicks.

By CRF250RGUY on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

lol youy prove my …
lol youy prove my point. Two cars were engineered with different requirements in mind.Jag is luxury and elise is sports. How is the elise meant to be a luxury car?? Its meant to be a lightweigh sports car.

Like i said apples to oranges. Why wud you buy an elise if you want luxury. Again why would you buy a V12 jag if you want to do trackdays.

And get a life trying to take a dig at my spelling. Im studying to be an engineer. We do maths not english.

By lewis72 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

No I am not. I was …
No I am not. I was comparing how well each car fullfils its own objectives. I’ve “normalised for design intent”, if you will.

I think that the V12 Jag is a better performance luxury car than the Elise is a sports car. The Elise is great if you can afford it as a 3rd car but as an only car, it doesn’t cut it.

PS. It’s “You’re”.

By CRF250RGUY on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

Your comparing …
Your comparing apples to oranges.

By splynt0r on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

Yeah, I don’t …
Yeah, I don’t understand how people can like plastic boxes like Nissans, Toyotas, Chryslers. Jags were made with love, and the build quality was fantastic. I’m probably going to buy an XJ6 as my next car. Considering the build quality and powerplant under the bonnet, they’re peanuts for what you get as an overall package.

By mickeymoose76 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

good choice of song!
good choice of song!

By lewis72 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

Well, I don’t know …
Well, I don’t know if your tongue was firmly planted in your cheek when you wrote that!

By WhiteAndNerdy007 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

and i heard the jag …
and i heard the jag v12 is way more reliable than the toyota 4cyl

By artofwheels on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

engineering …
engineering ingenuity! 5 stars

By lewis72 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

A lot of teenage …
A lot of teenage muppets just won’t get this car. I loved the Jag V12 when I was 15 and still love it 20 years later. I owned an Elise for 2 1/2 years and have just sold it. It was a car. Noisey, leaky, cold, steams up when it rains, bloody awful ride quality, understeers like mad until it suddenly spins out. What a load of bollocks. Cars like the Double Six will top out at over 140mph (Elise top whack 120mph) and will progressively oversteer when pushed. A very accomplished chassis.

By amerenio on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

you’re absolutely …
you’re absolutely right. nowadays cars are too impersonal, and sterile and they all look like spaceships and clones of each other. the older cars are sturdier and have more character, and sleek elegance, with defined character

By amerenio on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

A timeless, …
A timeless, exquisite, elegant work of art– curves, wood and chrome in all the right places. most cars nowadays look like spaceships

By aa2398a on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

I mean honestly…I …
I mean honestly…I dont know what happened. The new cars are nice but the qualıty and feel has gone down. Same with most other hıgh end cars lıke Mercedes –new ones are nıce but they lack character

I have a 300D 1984 Benz, a 1971 280SE benz and a 1994 S420…they dont buıld em lıke they used to

sınce my last post, my neıghbour let me drıve the double 6. All ı can say ıs wow.

By amerenio on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

the old jaguars …
the old jaguars were the pinacle of exquisite elegance and style. since then they haven’t been the same

By OO7ISHAN on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

did you have to …
did you have to sell a lot of drugs to buy that???????haaaaaaaaaaaaaa

By aa2398a on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

my neighbor has the …
my neighbor has the double 6. its a lovely car –i love old jaguars –look at those lines

-ali from pakistan

By DarylHall1984 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

you took by far the …
you took by far the best song to present such a beauty on 4 wheels

By DaimlerDouble6 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

Beautiful car, …
Beautiful car, looks exceptionally clean. I have one almost identical. ‘91, Regency Red mica but it’s without the ‘Sovereign’ front fog lights and no piping on the seats. And I replaced the standard steering wheel with a proper wooden one.

By creamofcardstv on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

great video clip …
great video clip and I’ve rated it as five star. Please check out my clips on vintage motor car trading cards, 1920s-1950s.

By remcoe2 on Jul 9, 2009 | Reply

you suck!!
you suck!!