Jay makes it look far, far easier than it is. Frankly, I'm shocked how fluidly he pours into his Elise. When I got my Exige 6 years ago, I was 56, and even though I'm thin and pretty limber, it was beyond awkward. Mine is worse, as it has a roll cage, which restricts the height of the door opening a bit. But worse, the roll cage tube running down to the door sill in front of the instrument panel narrows the width of the door opening by about 4", (100mm). For the first 6 months I had it, I crawled out of it, face first, onto the pavement. It looked like the car was puking me out onto the pavement. But now, it's pretty easy, as I've apparently become more limber. On the upside, between the gymnastic egress, the manual tranny, the abrupt on-off clutch engagement, the immobilizer, and the fact that the start button is obscured by the roll cage, the whole car is an essentially anti-theft device.
Your "the whole car is an essentially anti-theft device" made me giggle! Decades ago I once had a car so bad that, when I came out of my house in the morning to find it stolen, I just shrugged my shoulders and walked to the bottom of the hill. Sure enough, there it was. They'd obviously tried to bump start it down the hill and then given up. I couldn't get it going and I had the key! 😄
@@anonymity6504 I've had some crappy cars as well, but fortunately not that bad. But my brother did in high school. An MG Midget with no reverse, and brakes only on the left front wheel. And the battery was non-functional.(He was going to "fix it up"). He was soon disabused of that idea. Since it barely ran, one day we decided to start it by rolling it down our steep street and dumping the clutch, so I took my car to the cul-de-sac at the bottom of the hill in case we had to jump it off. I heard him coming down the hill with the engine loudly popping and farting, (much of the exhaust was rusted away). He was coming in way too fast, and above the roar of the engine, and the skidding left front wheel, I could hear him screaming MOVE, MOVE MOTHER*****R!! right before he slammed into the back of my car. Too late. Being a Plymouth Fury, and built like a tank, the Midget lost, pretty badly. He got an accordioned fender, and I got a small scratch on the aluminum tail light bezel. I really shouldn't have laughed the way I did, and felt pretty bad about it afterward. The Midget went away shortly after that.
3 years ago i nearly bought an Elise SC 220. I loved it when i looked at it at the Dealer. I even asked the 20 something Sales man to show me how to get into and out of the car with the hardtop on . He duly showed how to do this. I followed his advice and got in without too much pain or loss of dignity. HOWEVER it took 10 minutes for me to drag my sorry 60 year old carcass from the confines of the car. I told the Salesman that i could not buy the car much as i loved that car. A couple of weeks ago i revisited the same dealer to look at an EVORA. Now i opened the door and sat in the car . I then was able to get out of the car without incurring a Spinal Injury and or Hip Dis Articulation. I liked the car a lot, but the price is so much more than an Elise. So i then had a go at an Elise with the Soft Top removed. Hey i managed getting in and Out with only mild discomfort. So i can get in and out of an Elise. But only on Warm Sunny Days and with out the roof on while entering and exiting the car. Now i have been watching all the Emira videos that i can . It is looking absolutely Gorgeous and has a bigger door than the Evora so will be even easier !!!! to get in and out of the car. I have even been onto to the Lotus Emira and specced my dream car , more than once i hasten to add. Now pricing seems to bear ABSOLUTELY NO Resemblance to the ORIGINAL : Less than 60k that Lotus spoke about in the announcement. So the dilemma persists for this 64 year old looking to a buy a Lotus . The Esprit is also a contender, but restoration and maintenance of an older car worries me somewhat. So when my Local Dealer gets in an Emira i will go and have a gander. But an Evora is still of interest. But the Elise is what i really want but for the damned entry and exit problems i have described.
Wonderful! I'm tall and heavy. On the bright side, my wallet is extremely thin, so I'll never have to suffer the indignity of Elise rejection syndrome. Cheers.
Love the content. It's funny that earlier this evening I was doing my usual - 'sell the idea of a Lotus to the wife sessions' by showing her a couple of your vids when she mentioned "he never shows himself getting in or out of the cars". Low and behold, a couple of hours later.............. 😊
Even though "little red sports car" is a bit of a cliche, red is a good color for these cars. I'm still in the "lusting after and saving up" part of my life to get one of these cars. However, having to pay for a house and also have some fun with a race car, I'm pretty sure the bank is going to have to buy me one of these and I'll just have to be in debt forever. Totally worth it.
I just test drove a Elise SC. Awesome car. Owner was way over 6 feet tall and his head stuck above the windshield header. Too funny. I had awkward entry and exit, not as good as you. I own a Nissan 370Z and get in/out just fine. Keep up the good work.
@jayemm - and to think this was a celebration of hitting 10k subscribers! How far you’ve come never mind the impressive garage fleet! All the very best James, Kevin.
Thanks for this video. This can be done quite easily when the door can be fully open. In a garage or elsewhere when the door can be opened only halfway... now there's a challenge. I'd love to see a video on that.
By the time I get my hands on an elise, I'll need this guide for sure.. Thankyou for making this video, was genuinely funny and also practical at the same time. Thankyou! :)
I stay on the thin side by not being able to take my Elise through the drive-thru at Taco Bell. The order window is too high. Gravity is our friend when getting in; nothing helps when getting out.
The first time I tried getting in and out of an Elise I looked like a complete idiot. Getting out I had to get on my hands and knees and crawl out of it, like I just couldn't figure out how to get out of it. Imagine someone pulling up to a gas pump and crawling on their hands and knees to get to the pump. Lmao, that was me
Hilarious video James!! I'm not big as such but have a stupidly long back so don't know if this could ever be a car for me. Very glad I watched this though :'D
LOL. I ended up crawling out of an Elise the first time I tried. I'm only 1.80m & 87kg, but it was at Hethel, with roof on due to rain, & helmet on for the circuit. Not elegant, but like you said, it was fine when inside.
You didn't mention making sure the key is out of your pocket before getting in the car. You sure as hell won't be able to get at it once you are inside
Also important to exhale as you enter, empty lungs makes the process easier. Care should be taken when exiting with a passenger, the tensing of the core and squeezing of the stomach muscles in exit can result in a temporary pressure that can vent as a fart into your passengers facial region- this is very hard to restore decorum and rarely does appointing blame to the car help in resolving any unintentional offence.
Can’t say I’ve ever even seen one up close but is the “drop the butt down and swing legs in” technique a non starter for the Lotus?? That tends to be the best way in most cases
very hilarious video. inelegant is an understatement, lol that's the most ridiculous boarding demonstration into a car i've ever seen. but once you're in it everything looks sexy as it should.
I was 6ft '4 but when you get older you do shrink I l could be 6ft '3 if I'm lucky , I like Lotus Elise might get Evora or defender or ford mustang fastback or skoda kodiaq if I can't fit in any Lotus or Caterhams.
Never been in one. How similar is it to its cousin the Opel Speedster? My co-worker had one of those. It reminded me of a ridiculously stripped down MX-5 with zero creature comforts.
YESS !! Thank you !! Now I know I can buy it someday ! ^^ (I was happily surprised you talked about 150 kg, then used feet for the height, but thank god, you used meters right after :) )
Many years ago I manages to get into a Vx220 (iirc the name), and given I have 4 goosed lower disks I just couldn't get out. I did own a celica (2litre not the gt4 😕) in the 90s, loved the car, but as my back worsened, some days I couldn't lift my left leg over the sill to exit some days. So my sports car days are behind me. I now prefer a hot hatch,not that I have one. Currently an GTC 165 (auto), next up is a vrs estate (need the space). However One day I may get an MX5, I may manage one of those. Pick up my back issue in 98 serving in the RM. I've fallen along way, and put a bit of timber on too. Giant exercise with goosed disks. 😕
I'm taller and fatter and you made it look so easy. My friend owns one and he has to took the roof down for me. And I still look like a twat trying to get in or out.
+John Medhurst It would be a tight fit, definitely need to try one. You can gain a little bit of space by removing the runners from the drivers seat. Your height will be the biggest issue
curently on the "lotus diet" as im 6ft 3 and too heavy... lol busying an exige s3 as soon as my current car sells, already test drove one and its not the best for leg room but ive seen a few mods you can do to make a bit more space, but the want for one is too much, i suppose its like buying those trainers thats a bit too small but you like them too much? ha
I'm guessing you found the answer 3 years ago when you picked yours up ;) but the 111S is a K-series engined car with around 160bhp and the 111R is a Toyota engined car with around 190bhp
you can have perfected the technique and repeated it countless times but once you have an audience it all goes out of the window and you invariably end up looking like a wally
@@JayEmmOnCars Many thanks , Im off to look at one , but Ive never even sat in one , and at 6ft and 16 stones and broad shouldered it would be very embarrassing if I didnt fit in it , I know youve driven one and having a powerfully developed lower chest your opinion is much valued.
"pretend you are the last bit of toothpaste in the tube"
You can tell this man aced his English a levels
Ahh. Listen to that door sound. Like throwing a empty can of sardines in a bigger empty can of sardines
Getting in and out of mine usually involves a lot of swearing. Generally tend leave dignity and grace at home for the day!
😂😂😂
Dignity is overrated, especially in the context of something as fun as driving a Lotus.
Jay makes it look far, far easier than it is. Frankly, I'm shocked how fluidly he pours into his Elise.
When I got my Exige 6 years ago, I was 56, and even though I'm thin and pretty limber, it was beyond awkward. Mine is worse, as it has a roll cage, which restricts the height of the door opening a bit. But worse, the roll cage tube running down to the door sill in front of the instrument panel narrows the width of the door opening by about 4", (100mm).
For the first 6 months I had it, I crawled out of it, face first, onto the pavement. It looked like the car was puking me out onto the pavement. But now, it's pretty easy, as I've apparently become more limber.
On the upside, between the gymnastic egress, the manual tranny, the abrupt on-off clutch engagement, the immobilizer, and the fact that the start button is obscured by the roll cage, the whole car is an essentially anti-theft device.
Your "the whole car is an essentially anti-theft device" made me giggle! Decades ago I once had a car so bad that, when I came out of my house in the morning to find it stolen, I just shrugged my shoulders and walked to the bottom of the hill. Sure enough, there it was. They'd obviously tried to bump start it down the hill and then given up. I couldn't get it going and I had the key! 😄
@@anonymity6504 I've had some crappy cars as well, but fortunately not that bad. But my brother did in high school. An MG Midget with no reverse, and brakes only on the left front wheel. And the battery was non-functional.(He was going to "fix it up").
He was soon disabused of that idea.
Since it barely ran, one day we decided to start it by rolling it down our steep street and dumping the clutch, so I took my car to the cul-de-sac at the bottom of the hill in case we had to jump it off. I heard him coming down the hill with the engine loudly popping and farting, (much of the exhaust was rusted away). He was coming in way too fast, and above the roar of the engine, and the skidding left front wheel, I could hear him screaming MOVE, MOVE MOTHER*****R!! right before he slammed into the back of my car. Too late.
Being a Plymouth Fury, and built like a tank, the Midget lost, pretty badly. He got an accordioned fender, and I got a small scratch on the aluminum tail light bezel. I really shouldn't have laughed the way I did, and felt pretty bad about it afterward.
The Midget went away shortly after that.
3 years ago i nearly bought an Elise SC 220. I loved it when i looked at it at the Dealer. I even asked the 20 something Sales man to show me how to get into and out of the car with the hardtop on . He duly showed how to do this. I followed his advice and got in without too much pain or loss of dignity. HOWEVER it took 10 minutes for me to drag my sorry 60 year old carcass from the confines of the car. I told the Salesman that i could not buy the car much as i loved that car. A couple of weeks ago i revisited the same dealer to look at an EVORA. Now i opened the door and sat in the car . I then was able to get out of the car without incurring a Spinal Injury and or Hip Dis Articulation. I liked the car a lot, but the price is so much more than an Elise. So i then had a go at an Elise with the Soft Top removed. Hey i managed getting in and Out with only mild discomfort. So i can get in and out of an Elise. But only on Warm Sunny Days and with out the roof on while entering and exiting the car. Now i have been watching all the Emira videos that i can . It is looking absolutely Gorgeous and has a bigger door than the Evora so will be even easier !!!! to get in and out of the car. I have even been onto to the Lotus Emira and specced my dream car , more than once i hasten to add. Now pricing seems to bear ABSOLUTELY NO Resemblance to the ORIGINAL : Less than 60k that Lotus spoke about in the announcement. So the dilemma persists for this 64 year old looking to a buy a Lotus . The Esprit is also a contender, but restoration and maintenance of an older car worries me somewhat. So when my Local Dealer gets in an Emira i will go and have a gander. But an Evora is still of interest. But the Elise is what i really want but for the damned entry and exit problems i have described.
3:19 "It can actually be a bit awkward if you have a very large... "
O_o
"...wallet! "
Oh, of course.
+YensR Well, when a lady tells you men who drive big cars are compensating for something, take pride in telling her you drive an Elise ;)
10k subs 5 years ago.... Well done! Thanks for bringing good quality content to us 👍🏼
Thanks for watching it :)
Genuinely brilliant. Your videos are constantly improving in quality and I am loving all of the Lotus content. Top marks good sir
+Tom Whitham Thanks Tom!
Wonderful! I'm tall and heavy. On the bright side, my wallet is extremely thin, so I'll never have to suffer the indignity of Elise rejection syndrome. Cheers.
Funny video, should do a part 2, including getting out with a passenger and in a car park with cars either side 😂
That moment when TH-cam recommends the video I was too embarrassed to search for! Lol
The slow motion was an instant like for me
Love the content. It's funny that earlier this evening I was doing my usual - 'sell the idea of a Lotus to the wife sessions' by showing her a couple of your vids when she mentioned "he never shows himself getting in or out of the cars". Low and behold, a couple of hours later.............. 😊
Even though "little red sports car" is a bit of a cliche, red is a good color for these cars.
I'm still in the "lusting after and saving up" part of my life to get one of these cars. However, having to pay for a house and also have some fun with a race car, I'm pretty sure the bank is going to have to buy me one of these and I'll just have to be in debt forever.
Totally worth it.
I just test drove a Elise SC. Awesome car. Owner was way over 6 feet tall and his head stuck above the windshield header. Too funny. I had awkward entry and exit, not as good as you. I own a Nissan 370Z and get in/out just fine. Keep up the good work.
I rode in an Elise a few months back and i fit in it fine :) Im 6ft 2 1/2 too!
congrats on the 10k! from one of your early subscriber
@jayemm - and to think this was a celebration of hitting 10k subscribers! How far you’ve come never mind the impressive garage fleet! All the very best James, Kevin.
If only you had been about 7 years ago, after a great test drive I crawled out and bought a Mini Cooper S instead :(
Summary:
Step 1. Open the door
Step 2. Hope for the best
Very entertaining as well as informative, glad I found this channel
Full marks- great video.
Slow mo replay i's priceless.
Thanks for this video. This can be done quite easily when the door can be fully open. In a garage or elsewhere when the door can be opened only halfway... now there's a challenge. I'd love to see a video on that.
By the time I get my hands on an elise, I'll need this guide for sure.. Thankyou for making this video, was genuinely funny and also practical at the same time. Thankyou! :)
I stay on the thin side by not being able to take my Elise through the drive-thru at Taco Bell. The order window is too high. Gravity is our friend when getting in; nothing helps when getting out.
Remember to take the car key out of your pocket before getting in the car
You're friends with "The Mountain"?! 6'7" is crazy tall. I want to see a video of this tall fellow try and get into said car. Just for giggles. :)
Been looking back on your early stuff and found this. Bloody brilliant, and very helpfull.
Glad you enjoyed it
The first time I tried getting in and out of an Elise I looked like a complete idiot. Getting out I had to get on my hands and knees and crawl out of it, like I just couldn't figure out how to get out of it. Imagine someone pulling up to a gas pump and crawling on their hands and knees to get to the pump. Lmao, that was me
Tricky, but McLarens are even trickier if you're a carbon fibre tub.
Well produced and entertaining video
Funny video. I find it hard enough getting in and out of the Evora!
Pleased to see your subs rising fast.
lmaoo that slow motion replay
Hilarious video James!! I'm not big as such but have a stupidly long back so don't know if this could ever be a car for me. Very glad I watched this though :'D
That was a lot more graceful than I expected. Well done
Thanks! It took some practise
congrats on the 10k...
Very useful training. Thank’s a load !
LOL. I ended up crawling out of an Elise the first time I tried. I'm only 1.80m & 87kg, but it was at Hethel, with roof on due to rain, & helmet on for the circuit. Not elegant, but like you said, it was fine when inside.
I had to crawl out of one the first time aswell not very elegant when you're delivering the car to the customer...
He almost braced himself against the A pillar at the end lol.
James - can you include an entry and exit and slo-mo to your sports car reviews?
Best car for a museum visit!
You didn't mention making sure the key is out of your pocket before getting in the car. You sure as hell won't be able to get at it once you are inside
+1
Also important to exhale as you enter, empty lungs makes the process easier. Care should be taken when exiting with a passenger, the tensing of the core and squeezing of the stomach muscles in exit can result in a temporary pressure that can vent as a fart into your passengers facial region- this is very hard to restore decorum and rarely does appointing blame to the car help in resolving any unintentional offence.
10k subs... well done chap. Growing fast.
Hopefully not literally lol
yeah.. if he keeps growing he won't get in an elise.. haha
omg that is exactly how i get into my SLK 😂 try getting in the passenger side every once in a while just for “the joy of awkward” buzz..
I decided to lose 4st instead, easier to get in/out & the car accelerates better, improved MPG,etc
Own the S1 model for 12 years now, and 9/10 times I either hit my head or palms end up own the floor crawling out.
Can’t say I’ve ever even seen one up close but is the “drop the butt down and swing legs in” technique a non starter for the Lotus?? That tends to be the best way in most cases
very hilarious video. inelegant is an understatement, lol that's the most ridiculous boarding demonstration into a car i've ever seen. but once you're in it everything looks sexy as it should.
I'm 250lbs and I apply the toothpaste tube method when getting out of IS. Damn I need to diet! :P
This is hilarious, very entertaining, thanks.
nifty :) my gf insisted i follow chapmans example and "add lightness". i lost 20kg, her 15kg and i have to say the elise does feel more responsive.
I daily a E85 Z4 which I decided to drop 35mm, and as a 6'3" man, the technique is the same! Lol
I have a belly like yours and have to do the same manoeuvre with a Ford fieasta
What's more entertaining is watching a girlfriend trying to get out for the first time
Great video
"Thanks to my 10,000 subscribers" 😆
Why don’t you switch open the top? The car is a cabriolet right?
I will do my best to not get fatter 😂😭
This is pretty much the same for myself and any bloody ducati !!...... love the videos and subbed....
Excellent
This is sooo funny! I’ve just got my S2 Elise, and I think it’ll be a while before I can do it quite as well as you Dude ha ha. Very cool
The Karate Kid crane stance :)
I was 6ft '4 but when you get older you do shrink I l could be 6ft '3 if I'm lucky , I like Lotus Elise might get Evora or defender or ford mustang fastback or skoda kodiaq if I can't fit in any Lotus or Caterhams.
dude, you're funny
Now try this technique with the rooftop 😄
omg… best video ever… lmao thanks👍🏻😉😁💥
Never been in one. How similar is it to its cousin the Opel Speedster? My co-worker had one of those. It reminded me of a ridiculously stripped down MX-5 with zero creature comforts.
YESS !! Thank you !! Now I know I can buy it someday ! ^^ (I was happily surprised you talked about 150 kg, then used feet for the height, but thank god, you used meters right after :) )
try that with a 1969 Lotus Europa S2
God I love you
congrats on 10k!
+G Garrison Thanks!
Classic video - so true
Very nice!!! Good job!
Many years ago I manages to get into a Vx220 (iirc the name), and given I have 4 goosed lower disks I just couldn't get out.
I did own a celica (2litre not the gt4 😕) in the 90s, loved the car, but as my back worsened, some days I couldn't lift my left leg over the sill to exit some days.
So my sports car days are behind me. I now prefer a hot hatch,not that I have one. Currently an GTC 165 (auto), next up is a vrs estate (need the space). However One day I may get an MX5, I may manage one of those.
Pick up my back issue in 98 serving in the RM. I've fallen along way, and put a bit of timber on too. Giant exercise with goosed disks. 😕
Also works great for a MX5.
Next up: S1
Looks so much easier on the S2, comparing it with my S1...
Great video!!
About how tall are you and your weight? Or if you don’t want to disclose how about someone that’s 5’10” 225lbs 36w 32 inseam.
Oh, I have to do yoga before.... nice
great video!
You're husky like a strongman 😎
I'm taller and fatter and you made it look so easy. My friend owns one and he has to took the roof down for me. And I still look like a twat trying to get in or out.
+Toyin Oshodi Silicon spray the sills!
One problem i dont have money to buy one
Spot on
Funny! How tall are you anyway?
How tall are you?
Doesn’t look like you are over 1,75m since the elise is about 1,15m high😅
Jay i just forwarded this onto a really really good friend of mine as i honestly thought it would help. It wasn't appreciated. He called me a C**T
It was a fair point well made, you are 😉
Now ladies keep it civil
JayEmm on Cars 😂😂
JayEmm on Cars it seems to be a case of lotus NV from a Boxster driver. These Porsche guys can’t take a helping hand from anyone.
Alex Robinson *cough* *cough* Cayman.
See my original point, he really is a...
Nice video. Thanks for sharing. I'm 6'4" and on the larger side, do you think I'd be able to fit in? I've kinda got the Elise on my list...
+John Medhurst It would be a tight fit, definitely need to try one. You can gain a little bit of space by removing the runners from the drivers seat. Your height will be the biggest issue
curently on the "lotus diet" as im 6ft 3 and too heavy... lol busying an exige s3 as soon as my current car sells, already test drove one and its not the best for leg room but ive seen a few mods you can do to make a bit more space, but the want for one is too much, i suppose its like buying those trainers thats a bit too small but you like them too much? ha
Great video! Looking forward to more, Picking my 2006 Elise up this weekend can't wait . Any idea what S or R stands for?
I'm guessing you found the answer 3 years ago when you picked yours up ;) but the 111S is a K-series engined car with around 160bhp and the 111R is a Toyota engined car with around 190bhp
Yes & still loving it! Hopefully the weather improves soon so I can do some miles.
4:18 just impressive
Hey, great videos! When is the follow up for the MR2 coming?
+Akuma Gaming as soon as we possibly can, probably in two weeks time
JayEmm on Cars can't wait, thanks for the reply!
Getting in and out of an Elise is fine as long as you can open the door all the way. If you are jammed it gets hard.
Release the handbrake and push with one hand to convenient position. Sorted.
Very funny 😄 😂
you can have perfected the technique and repeated it countless times but once you have an audience it all goes out of the window and you invariably end up looking like a wally
Not so easy if you are fatter than Jay…and have short legs too.
Unclipping the soft top is the only way !!
Please. "Fat Guy" hmmmmm? Come to the US. Very few small cars here for a reason...🍟
is the z4 coupe anything like as tricky ??
No
@@JayEmmOnCars Many thanks , Im off to look at one , but Ive never even sat in one , and at 6ft and 16 stones and broad shouldered it would be very embarrassing if I didnt fit in it , I know youve driven one and having a powerfully developed lower chest your opinion is much valued.