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  1. Hi Bibs, I should have replied to my post - the issue was resolved by Hendy Lotus after they replaced the ECU.
  2. My experience now with 200 miles driven. - I had a yellow engine warning icon on the dashboard which was always on. It turned out to be a faulty ECU which was replaced this morning by Hendy Lotus (thanks guys!) and after driving up to the Cotswolds the issue has not reoccurred. - The boot would not open as we left, so I had to use the manual release behind the passenger seat. Subsequent openings worked fine with the fob. - The KEF audio quality is to put it mildly, a complete joke. My iPhone has better quality. What is particularly bad is turn-by-turn spoken instructions from Waze/Google Maps which suffers from massive distortion and is almost illegible. - User interface is fairly ordinary: two flicks forward or back on the automatic shifter to engage drive/reverse (why? My Porsches have a single movement); manual shifting with the lever is left/right, not forward back; no dedicated buttons for seat heaters; drive mode button is two-flicks and counter-intuitive, cruise control is fiddly, and the odometer is hidden in trip meter A. So not a good score for ergonomics really. - Why no dedicated sport exhaust button?? It sounds terrific but I don’t always want to be in Sport/Track mode. Both my Evoras had a sports exhaust button. - Driver’s seat feels a bit high and doesn’t have enough adjustments to get it feeling like it’s hugging you. Very comfy though! So that is the sum total of my niggles really. Everything else about the car is sensational and feels like my Evoras but with a much more refined cabin and quality of finish. I can’t wait to run her in and open up past 3000rpm 😝
  3. I believe so, thus the reason for my almost two year wait since depositing. The auto performs perfectly well and feels very similar to my Evora, if not slightly crisper and sharper.
  4. koorby

    Final invoice

    Their system is a bit broken. I paid cash for my Emira and they can’t take a BACS/CHAPS payment from a bank branch because they use Stripe. So I ended up having to make three separate payments from my internet banking apps over a few days.
  5. Finally took delivery of my FE V6 Automatic a few days ago. A brilliant drive and boy does it get a LOT of attention.
  6. Hello, after a two year wait I finally picked up my Emira a few days ago and have enjoyed the first 100+ miles in it. However on delivery the yellow engine light was on and the dealer reset the ECU to turn it off. However the next and subsequent drives the light is still on and stays on for the duration of all drives. Before I run back to the dealer, has anyone else experienced this issue on new Emiras?
  7. Hi John, just wanted to let you know I am now the owner of your Evora IPS. Purchased it last July from the chap you sold the car to. I wanted to purchase it from you when you first advertised it for sale but was waiting for a Liver Transplant at that time.

    Anyway that's water under the bridge and I now own it and I'm very happy with it.

    ive included a photo, you probably don't approve of the addition of the stripes but I just wanted something a bit different.

    Regards, Michael

     

     

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  8. koorby

    Lotus Evora 400

    Is the launch colour Storm Titanium? Always wondered why Lotus dropped that colour I guess if you dropped the obligatory £2000 you can get any colour you want.
  9. koorby

    Lotus Evora 400

    That's precisely what I meant. You can get into a base 2.7 Boxster in the £30k range. That price point lures buyers into showrooms, never mind that hardly anyone buys the 'poverty pack' version. The point I was trying to get across was that Lotus positioned the Evora badly back in 2008 when it was marketed as a 911 competitor. When I bought my 2012 Evora I was test driving Boxsters and Merc SLK - the 911 was out of my reach. So for half the cost of a 911 I was in an Evora, job done! Now they are making the same mistake again, pitching it against a Carrera S, purely on it being a 2+2, 0-62 times, HP and kerb weight. Wrong strategy. Potential Evora buyers are looking at Jaguar F-Type, Boxster, Cayman etc. Chris Harris had a point about the GT4, even though he was a twat for jumping to conclusions before driving the 400. Regardless, I love this new Evora 400, it's truly lustworthy and I want one! I will aquire one for sure, but likely second hand and it will compliment my roadster, not replace it. Make mine grey (unless they bring back Storm Titanium)
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    Lotus Evora 400

    Hethel's biggest mistakes with positioning the Evora is their competitive target and their options list. They virtually have no options list; IPS, three different trim levels, a few wheels - that's it. My porker started at £53K and finished at £70K by the time I had specced what I wanted. I could have gone to £85k. Lotus needs to start with a lower base price and have a longer options list. They should also pull their heads out of their arses and begin to compete with Boxster, Cayman, F-Type Jag - not bloody 911s.
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    Lotus Evora 400

    I went from my Evora NA IPS to a Porsche Boxster GTS PDK last November. Note that I chose the Boxster because the Cayman is butt-ugly and the GT4 is a marketing exercise. So with 330HP and 1375Kg the GTS does 0-62 in 4.7 seconds, besting my Evora NA IPS by 0.3 seconds. So in other words, they are about line ball performance wise, and it feels that way to me in terms of weight and acceleration. Is the Porker a better car? Tricky question..... I miss the Evora's chassis, steering and those Recaros were magnificent. And the Evora got a LOT of attention everywhere it went because of its rarity. I loved the minimalist cabin, the way it looked and how it made you feel driving it. The downside was that even with the air box replaced with a Radium CAI and a titanium factory exhaust it sounded aenemic except at full bottle induction. I would often be told at Lotus club drives by Elise/Exige owner that they could not hear the Evora at all. For me, the theatre of the engine and exhaust noise is about 50% of a sports car's appeal. This is why Porsche, Lambo, Ferrari and Jaguar spend so much money on noise engineering their exhausts. The Boxster GTS's engine/exhaust note is about the best I have ever heard, roof-down driving is an absolute hoot and in all honesty it handles within 90% of the Lotus and has much better build quality inside the cabin. Contrary to some opinion here the GTS gets about the same amount of attention and it's equally rare since I have not seen another on the roads yet here in Hampshire. Boxsters abound aplenty yes, but tired old 986s or 987s are very different to a new GTS which looks quite striking with its bodykit. So now the Evora 400 gets announce, dammit! Had it been announced last October I would have deferred my Porker purchase until I had driven them both for sure. I just hope Hethel spent some R&D money on making the bugger sound LOUD and fun, GTS or F-Type style. The solution for me though is to buy the Evora in 12-24 months time and have them both in the garage so I have both a convertible and coupe. I may be able to grab a low-mileage one by then.
  12. Several news sites have announced 350+ jobs are too be axed at Group Lotus, and I am surprised there's no discussion on TLF about it at all. As a prospective second time Evora buyer this makes me very nervous. Does anyone have any insight into this at all?
  13. I am getting a carbon grey SR next year, maybe even the new 'R' model if it's out by then. Definitely the pick of the four SR colours IMHO.
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  15. Sadly I did not learn about the Lotus event at Brands until after I made other plans. Enjoy the drive across!
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