Lotus Elise Self-Challenge

I challenged myself to vectorize a car and make it as real as i possibly could and see what i came up with. here it is.
no gradient meshes were used (i don't really know how to use them yet) and this is my second vectorization of a car.

total time: roughly 16-18 hours (i did this while at work)

Original Pic here: [link]

UPDATE 3-23-07: I decided a hi-res version (download) of this might allow you to see the details more clearly, there is also an outline view of it in my scraps

UPDATE 1-18-11: I now have higher resolution monitors, so I can very plainly see the 'flat tire' in the rear and aim to fix that eventually.

UPDATE 11-20-12: I finally updated the coloring in this so it looks better (at least on my current monitors)