Wow, interesting choice. It's pretty crazy how some exotics depreciate so much. I mean, you can get Elises for $30k, and Vantages, Continental GT/Cs, and the like for around $40k. Heck, Ferrari F355s and 360s have dropped into the $50k-$70k range.

Probably the 2002-07 SL55 AMG. Great performance, superb quality, ok reliability, and of course, at the push of a button, it becomes a convertible! All for a cheap price nowadays :D

The Elise is actually one of my dream cars, and some day I certainly hope to own one. Granted, the Gallardo would probably be more comfortable, but it's getting hard to find them with gated manual transmissions, which is how I would want mine. The only current production exotic cars that actually interest me a whole lot are the Lotus Evora 400 and Porsche 911 GT3/Touring (as well as the Corvette Grand Sport, although it's not really an 'exotic'). What's your favorite exotic car?

Good point! I suppose you'd take an Elise over a Gallardo, then :)

The only spec that matters to me is driving engagement. Just because a car has 700+ horsepower and does 0-60 in 2.5 seconds doesn't make it fun to drive. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that a slower car is much more fun to drive on public roads than a faster car because you can't really explore its limits without putting yourself and others in danger.

Forgot to put in a question :P
What 3 specs of a car are most important? Eg 0-60, hp, torque, Nurburgring, etc.

NICE!!! This is a local car and is owned by the guy who also has the blue P1. He used to have a white 650S Spider that I saw twice in Cary, and I've also seen a white 12C in Glenwood South.