Lotuses Love Manly Tasks

OK, so you want to buy a Lotus. You’re ready to go full throttle and choose a pure driving machine, so you’re considering the Elise or the Exige. You pay a visit to the bank, survive and then you’re off to the showroom. You enter and you’re instantly dazzled by the allure of the British temptresses.

You walk up to one of the cars, the salesman comes to you and starts explaining stuff. But you don’t want to hear any of it, because you already know enough about these drive-or-get-out creations. All you want is a test drive. And you receive it.

The salesman accompanies you and, as you climb inside you already feel that you’re in for something special. It doesn’t take long for your thoughts to be confirmed. Once you start the engine and feel it ready to just throw all its horses at the road from just inches behind you, you know you’re in the right cabin.

As you shift into second gear and start abusing the pedal on the right, the steering becomes a medical instrument and everything feels... the story could go on forever, but it doesn’t have to. You get the point. However, there’s just one thing. Ask anyone about the practicality of these cars and you’ll be told that it likes to hang around on zero street.

This should bother you. After all, what if one day you wake up and suddenly realize that you have to get somewhere really quick and must take a big, fat barrel of beer with you? Well, as you can see in the adjacent image, Lotuses are reasonable creatures. Ask them to carry manly stuff and they’ll instantly agree, regardless of the size of the “luggage”...