I too have an Elise and a Seven. The Seven is incredible, else it wouldn't have been in my garage for 27 years. My Elise is faster than the Seven, but you cannot reach its limits in daily driving without going stupid fast. You can have a lot of fun at relatively low speeds in a Seven. I think as reasonably priced, new sports cars go, the Elise is about as close as you can come to a Seven.