DaveC72

That looks epic! Congratulations!

Totally agree Jonny. This is the most open of World Cups we've seen. The All Blacks seem to have been written off by the press and I can't explain why, but tellingly a few pundits (Warbuton to name but one) still think they're the form team. Two words: Beauden Barret. For me, I think this could be the year the French stop being the bridesmaid but, as always, it will depend on which French team turn up. It's strange how a team can fire so hot and cold in consecutive matches. I do think the Boks look good. Their scrum-half Faf de Klerk (who is not a huge hit with the Boks fans) was outstanding in the Four Nations and the centre, Lukhanyo Am, looks formidable. As we all know to our cost, form tends to make very little difference going in to a World Cup, though. Of the home nations, England, Wales and Ireland are all in with a shout. As a Welshman I can tell you I too will be cheering for whichever home nation makes the final. It is hard to cheer for a team that has Eddie Jones in charge, however... ITV coverage, though. Ugh.

Does anyone know when we're going to get a proper, written up, road test of the car? I've been scouring the internet and set up all the appropriate "google alerts", but not seen anything yet...

My Dad came through his open-heart surgery successfully.

I'm in France. Have fun.

Tesco's Roundabout in Hythe at 0615 this morning. Sadly, wasn't in the Evora.

Northbound on the M271 yesterday afternoon. I was in the Orange Evora :)

Welcome - that looks absolutely stunning in that colour!

This. In spades!

In other news, Lotus website is back up and running :)

OK, as suspected. I want a poster.

Just watched this and not ashamed to admit, I felt a little bit smug. I'm about to jump in the car for a drive up to HQ, which is 174 miles away.... as ever, I'm actually looking forward to it.

Extra points for not claiming the Pork SUV as a Sports Car! I would be genuinely interested to hear what your first impressions are, and how you arrived at Lotus ownership. We're a bunch of inquisitive bar-stewards here...

Congratulations! Lovely looking 400. What did you drive previously? You're going to get a lot of questions!

Congratulations, looking forward to the photos :)