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I placed my order yesterday Cup250FE Colour: Solid Yellow (would have preferred Solar Yellow, but not an option) Wheels: Black Interior: Silver Pads (would have preferred black but not at £1500 extra). Options: Floor Mats Red Calipers Cruise control Stereo AC Carbon front access Carbon bootlid Penciled for July delivery. Anyone else?

Roger! I did indeed order a Cup25FE. Strangely, my existing Sport220 is almost identical to the sport240 Catchpole used. (Blue, Forged Wheels (same ones), alcantara, all the packs, lightweight discs etc). Will be up for sale soon. Cup250 is expected July.

JPS94T weathervane on my previous house - custom made using the design from a plan in the club team lotus mag.. The silver circles are lotus wheel centres off an eclat s2. This sat on top of the garage that had my 4 lotus' inside

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You'd have probably been more comfortable in a bed. But each to their own!

The MX2E is marked as 'track use only', this version is in a production car so is 'Type Approved'. Changed had to be made to ensure it got its type approval so I'd say it's 'different'. I'm sure full details will be available soon.

Don't worry, that's not it. Those are the same, made up, jackanory pictures that they put out months ago.

Thank you for that. Its good to hear you like the products in the membership pack enough to buy more ValetPRO products. I hope these pack help to build the membership. If anyone else is interested you get this pack for free with the TLF gold membership https://www.valetpro.global/Additional-Products/Kits-and-Gift-Packs/1277-/Exterior-Car-Care-Kit Link to the Gold membership deal

That’s a lie. I’ve had 4 folks and a dog in an evora.

I think the 390 looks a good buy. +£1625 for significantly more power and charge cooler technology. It’s not far off the existing 410 but only £64,000.

I’ve used bright zinc, hot dip gal(galvanised), zinc, cadmium, copper, self plating kits, rust converters and powder coating on all sorts of cars. Zinc Plating is sacrificial so it will always deteriorate. Great for fence posts. Not so good for pretty cars. If you like using zinc consider spraying with diamond coat from Eastwood to help preserve its finish. Powder coating is deceptive as it may look fine however it traps moisture under the coating if there is a chip / crack etc. It floats over the surface. it really is nasty stuff for long term external components IMO and shouldn’t be used... It’s fine for parts that aren’t exposed to the weather and it does look very good. I still maintain POR15 is hard to beat. It chemically bonds to the metal. So even if it chips it still retains its protective qualities. Best part of all is that it can touched up when it’s chipped. It is toxic so mask up when applying. Oh, and keep it stored in a fridge once opened as it loves moisture.

All finished and ready for collection on Friday. New GT4 wing with body colour uprights. Decals took some time to arrive but turned out exactly as I was hoping.

digging in some old pictures I found one of how it all began.... (many moons ago LOL) Richard from Banks Europa Service advised me not to go faster than 50mph but found out 80mph was a nice speed. I traveled at night to avoid heavy traffic, channel tunnel was quiet 5 in the morning and I arived around sunrise in French. still remember that look in the eyes of a ferrari owner hitting full on the brakes just to have a look what that was on top of my little astra. best trip ever!

Car hifi has come a long way since 1979. There are options for replacing the sound system in a JPS Esprit with a modern digital set-up. But suppose you want to restore the 1970s sound experience. Puzzles and potential pitfalls lie ahead. I remember Paul at UK Sportscars keeping me away from the radio cassette on my test drive of JPS #40 last September, “Who needs music when you can listen to the 907?” I subsequently brought along one of my favourite 1980s cassettes for the first drive home. Sadly, my nostalgia moment ended with a few burps from the loudspeakers, a squeak from the radio, and a mechanism jam with the cassette tape swallowed up. No problem, I thought, it should be a straightforward matter to fix the sound system later. I enjoyed the Dellortos singing on the way home. According to the Lotus Spare Parts List, the JPS Esprit was originally fitted with a Hitachi Digital radio cassette, connected via a crossover unit to two mid-range/tweeter door mounted speakers and to a single bass speaker under the dashboard. The radio cassette in the JPS Esprit differed from the Motorola LT 558 fitted to a regular S2 (see @GTK’s Lotus Motorola Radio Cassette - The Complete Reference). The addition of the bass speaker and crossover unit was presumably intended to deepen the sound. Predictably, none of the spare parts listed seems available from the usual sources. The PO had taken good care of the interior trim in #40, and both original door speaker grilles remained in place (see photo). However, not much else was left of the specified sound system: the radio cassette was a Sharp RG-5850, the two door speakers were tired aftermarket additions, there was no sound from the oval bass speaker (see photos), and the crossover unit was nowhere to be found. The first restoration conundrum was the radio cassette. A little research on the Forum (h/t @LOTUSMAN33) identified that Hitachi Digital 1 players are as rare as gold dust. The closest that a search on eBay came was a 1978 magazine advert for one! The Sharp RG-5850 dates from around 1980, according to Radio Museum, and was considered a high specification unit at that time. So might repair represent a period friendly alternative? Very helpfully, Mike at Chrome London recommended Steve Smith at Revive Car Audio, and Steve in turn managed to restore the Sharp to functioning condition (with the added bonus of an auxiliary line input). The second conundrum was the two door speakers. The original fixing rings behind the grilles say “Quality SEAS Speaker” and “Made in Scandinavia”, and have a 93 mm diameter between the fixing holes (see photo). I have seen these described misleadingly as 4 inch speakers. They are in fact closer to 3 1/2 inch, with the consequence that it is impossible to fit standard 4 inch speakers without either (a) drilling new mounting holes into the door trim, and replacing the original grilles and fixing rings, or (b) drilling extra screw tapping holes into the speaker rims, while trying not to damage the cones. The PO had opted for the latter route and #40 came with a pair of hacked and tired 4 inch Pioneer TS-G1001i speakers. So far, trying to track down a pair of mid/upper range speakers that have 93 mm fixing holes has proven fruitless. Neither Lotus nor SEAS have been able to provide any information about the original speakers or potential replacements. The only refurbishment route for the Pioneers seems to be to replace them with similar 4 inch speakers and to use the SEAS fixing rings as a template for drilling into the speakers, just as the PO appears to have done. Ouch! The third conundrum was the crossover unit. Steve at SJS informed me that, “the crossover unit is blue and attached to the back or side of the glove box.” However, there was no sign of one in #40. It seems that the PO cleared out a lot of wiring ten years ago when fitting new door speakers. The result was that the leads from the oval bass speaker simply disappear into the loom, never to reemerge, and the silence of the bass speaker was plausibly explained by the missing crossover. So, how to replace the “crossover”? Approaching regular car audio suppliers was unhelpful: no one made or sold car audio systems with a similar configuration to the JPS Esprit, and no one had heard of a “crossover unit” which fed a single shared bass speaker. Absent any detailed specification, some further research and guesswork was required. The upshot was that the original “crossover” had plausibly contained a pair of passive low-pass filters that passed the low frequencies from each channel to the bass speaker (while mixing the bass component of the left and right channels in the process). This action could be replicated by wiring a pair of commercially available low-pass filters in parallel with the left and right speaker outputs. The subwoofer filter boards I found online had an attenuation slope of 12 dB for frequencies above 120 Hz, an impedance of 4 ohms and an ample power rating of 400 W (see photos). It just remained to mount these securely and to wire them into the space behind the radio cassette in the centre console, where they just fitted. The trickiest part was persuading some new spade connectors to mate with the terminals on the old bass speaker, which is almost unreachable behind the glovebox. Power on, and then, pleasingly, the bass speaker burst into life. It is surprising how well even an old subwoofer rounds out the bass from the door speakers. This then leads to the final conundrum, which is to identify the easiest method of extracting the old bass speaker from under the dashboard in order to measure the fixing holes, carry out maintenance and/or consider possible replacement. Do I need to remove the glove box and the front passenger seat to gain access? Like the PO, I am anxious to avoid upsetting the interior trim. Suggestions would be welcome. In the meantime, I can at least fill the cabin with 1970s bass from the original subwoofer.

I seem to recall the recipie change related to the then purchase by American conglomorate Kraft, who provided appropriate assurance that production would continue in the UK etc etc then rapidly broke all their promises?

No it's not I asked a main dealer this because the configurator sort of suggests that £64K is OTR for a 390. The dealer asked Lotus and they said it's definitely NOT the OTR price. For an Exige you need to add £1,905 for HM Goverment and possibly £800+ delivery charge for Lotus.

Absolutely. Their behaviour with the lock downs especially the first has been awful. imagine nurses just refusing to go to work?? The unions are a disgrace also. some teachers have been inspiring - but they really are in the minority. Our two at home are having zoom lessons - and frankly - it shows just how inflexible and poor our education provision is in the uk. Why the bbc and government didn’t put up lessons online at the very first lockdown using some of the best teachers I will never know.

Seems folks may get away with this but I'm of the view that it's best to write off the bolts after 1 use. Just too much loss if 1 lets go. Believe you'll find fewer opinions favouring re-use versus replacement.

Rudi here's some original type door speakers from Denmark. https://www.ebay.com/itm/SEAS-10-F-LG-midrange-speakers-Freight-price-see-description-/303522687976 The bass speaker does come out from under the dash. Keep looking for a Hitachi Digital 1, they pop up now and then.

Well, update, having enjoyed your battery of jokes, I was energised and charged out to try to spark it into life. Unfortunately my enthusiasm fizzled after connecting the Noco got a negative result. I shall zap the garage a line tomorrow and see if they can shed light on what is keeping me static. (Better to laugh than cry)

You may be lucky as they are in good rust free condition so should spin free provided the screw doesn’t turn. Mine have nylon nuts fitted and had glue on them. I decided to just leave mine as it works but sound was pretty poor tbh. Dave

The base speaker is secured from the top of the dash meaning you would need to remove the leather in front of the screen. The proper way to do this is remove the screen and dash itself as the leather tucks under each. Also the screws are very close to the screen so access is poor with the screen in place. Unless you are desperate to correct the base speaker I would leave it alone and explore other options for the door speakers. The US cars had a Blaupunkt unit as above. Dave

Is it worth penny pinching? Probably OK but short of having them tested you will never know. And testing is probably as much as a new set of bolts. How much are the bolts, and how much is the cost if they let go.....

Ah, that's it, it was never advertised as CDM, and boy can we tell it's an inferior chocolate.

Thanks @C8RKH You may certainly be right. I read it differently, though. Anyway, apologies for the thread drift, @CocoPops. I look forward to reading your updates on your car. Delivery in July should hopefully allow you to enjoy it fully post-lockdowns, etc.

Azure Blue is used in the Carfection video. Yes, you can add Carbon Sills. Expensive though @ £1200

Amendments I've had via dealer, I assume to be publicised further later... Black Alcantara - £1500 retail inc VAT. Bespoke Stitch - £600 retail inc VAT Some want an all colour car with no Black pack, but have requested black rear transom – now available at £600 retail inc VAT. This is odd one.. full black pack is £400, but transom only is £600. I get the impression they don't want deviations, hence making prices too high (imo)

Christ I hope not, that looks like an Evora I have modified. The rear is hideous!!

Be very careful if you try to jump start an Evora. If you have the key in the ignition while you apply outside voltage, you can corrupt the ECU and get a (fatal) "COMMS ERR". The way to avoid this is to keep the key away from the vehicle until you have the jump box connected. Then proceed to grab the key and start the vehicle. The ECU is extremely sensitive to voltage spikes and is powered up when the key is in the ignition in ANY position. Originally, this error would cause you to have to purchase a new and very expensive ECU. However, the ECU can now be recovered by Lotus but is still a very costly procedure. It has happened to several owners over here before it was learned what had actually caused the issue (all common with owners trying to jump start their vehicles).

Lockdown getting to anyone much?

I just came in to ask about this, these aren't the current graphics of the AiM display right? Cuz I saw this and was like damn this actually looks good. Also this is the second skin they had showing

For assault and battery?

Charge me first.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/05/cadbury-to-bring-most-production-of-dairy-milk-back-to-uk-from-europe-14026912

2016 Grey Lotus Evora 3.5 V6 400 2dr 2 + 2 for sale for £46990 in Chichester, West Sussex (autotrader.co.uk) It is back at £47K. Not sure what happened but the price changed to £53K for a short while. As it was unsold for months if not a year with another dealer at £49K, I am not convinced it will sell quickly at £47K - I will be intrigued to watch what happens. Justin

I’m pretty sure it’s aluminium.

I got them primarily so our Choccy Lab Sherman could come along for the ride. Wouldn't have worked with the + 0 option. Good luggage space too. RIP buddy.

TLF car cover fits nicely, thanks Bibs. Had it a while and not used it until now... but I heard "the Beast" was coming ..

Got your products with my TLF gold membership and have topped a few of them up. Work great!

Hi all, I have produced a 3D model of this part as my father owns an M100 Elan here in Australia and required replacements. I know that the part is still quite easily available in the UK (and perhaps the EU) but that's certainly not the case in Australia where it's virtually unobtainable. Also, the part's original design means that it's often broken through the process of removal. The version I have created includes a slot, which makes removal without damage less of a challenge. Anyway, here's the link to the part so that anyone can download it for free and produce replacements with even the most basic 3D printer. I hope that this proves to be of value to the M100 community. Kind Regards, Keir

Running in service completed at B&C on Friday- I was a bit outnumbered!

You have to agree the latest Evora is probably the best soundtrack for a V6 on the market today.

I've never said this outright, but a huge part of the reason my project stalled for a year, was because I got stuck circling the decision on how to fix the badly damaged cradle on the Esprit's chassis. I've broken the back of the job, pun intended, in the past couple of weeks...

Happy Birthday @DaveC72 & @Techyd Stay well back from all of those candles or you risk getting a professional visit from @pbharcourt

I used to live near W'ton and wish I still did from the aspect of car restoration! The West Midlands is the place where all the skills still are. Its pretty much impossible to get proper finishing done "darn sarf" and the places that do it are usually rip-offs.

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