Bravo73
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Welcome to TLF.
What a cracking first Lotus. If you’re finding the seats too upright, are you aware that you can buy some brackets to give some adjustability?
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Welcome to TLF.
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Welcome to TLF.
I’ve moved your post to a more relevant section.
Also, how about saying ‘hello’ properly over in the Introduction section? https://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/forum/15-introductions/
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A word of warning - a TLFer managed to detonate the engine in his new(ish) Exige but Lotus refused to pay out on the warranty. This is because the car had a ‘auto blipper’ fitted to it (aftermarket).
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Welcome to TLF.
What a great choice for your first Lotus. I bet it’s not your last.
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Here is a link to the article (with a working video):
https://media.lotuscars.com/en/blog/lotus-on-the-limit-on-the-ice.html
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17 hours ago, Mattmahope said:
Komotec are an official Lotus dealer. They have always been able to access and adjust the mapping of the OEM ECU.
Komotec might be a Lotus dealer but their ECU mapping has never been done with Lotus approval.
They have had to use Russian hackers in the past to try to circumvent the encryption. I kid you not. That is also why their mapping can often be on the crude side. -
On 08/01/2021 at 17:02, Pacederon said:
Um, maybe safety??
Why not just turn your side lights on when you’re driving then?
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I’m surprised that Targa Florio bought the car. ISTR that they had an Exige or an Evora sitting unsold for months before punting it onto someone else in the trade. However, my recollection might well be wrong.
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2 hours ago, Mattmahope said:
Not sure I would agree with @TheKevlarKid that "they're aren't that expensive"! Seems crazy money to me,
You’ve dug up a thread from over 3 years ago. Back then, I’m pretty sure that the cost of the Mechatronics system (fitted) was much, much closer to £2k. I hope that puts TKK’s comments into context.
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50 minutes ago, jonwat said:
Didn't Alpine have a tie up with Caterham a couple of years ago to produce a joint effort sportscar, what happened to that?
It ended up as the Alpine A110.
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I think that Lotus have a fair claim to no. 6 as well (first carbon F1 car):
“on the 23rd February 1981, without any fanfare, Elio De Angelis changed F1 forever, by driving the latest in a long and illustrious line of Team Lotus innovation, which happened to be the first composite chassis F1 car to take to the track.”
1 hour ago, LotusLeftLotusRight said:What about the 2009 Brawn? Came from Honda.
EFA.
Honda spent huge amounts of money on that car before deciding to pull out of F1 at relatively short notice. Brawn’s major input was getting the Mercedes engine to work in place of the Honda powerplant.
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@Hangar 111 also offer an option:
Edited to add: ah, I’ve just spotted that you have already linked to it.
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“A dying platform”? What, the Evora or TLF??!?
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6 hours ago, Celica said:
...but interesting to see state of play since
Spend a bit of time going through the ‘Evora market watch’ thread. That will give you the best idea of what has happened to prices and values over the years.
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7 hours ago, Celica said:
Interesting post as I’m starting my research on what’s possible if covid does one !
You’ve managed to dig up a thread from 3 years ago. So any pricing info here is out of date.
In short, yes, you can get a nice Evora for £25k now.
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Search is your friend. These topics have been covered many times before.
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It sounds like you already know more about them than the rest of us (save for any embargos).
What can you tell us?
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You’ll be much better off phoning ES (rather than emailing or otherwise).
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Out of interest, why do DRLs make an Evora ‘a lot more appealing’ to you?
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I know that it might be an obvious ask but have you tried ES Motorsports yet?
(And I don’t mean their eBay page - actually calling them?)
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You wouldn’t need to go. Hire a transporter to take it each way.
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Personally, if I was going down the Mechatronics path (and I did consider it briefly in the past), I would ask MGR to do the work.
They are, without a doubt, the stand-out experts in the field and for the price of a car transporter there and back, it would give me total piece of mind that the job was done properly.
First Lotus - Evora 410 Sport
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The seat brackets can also be bought from here:
https://www.simplysportscars.com/shop/home/10548-tilted-seat-brackets-evora-400-410-430
However, the major issue is that SSC are based in Sydney (Australia!) so postage can be prohibitive.