Evora parts are so cheap!

[superdavelotus]

I've just ordered a washer motor as mine keeps sticking followed by the engine bay aluminium flexi hose that goes from roof to heatshield, plus 6 plastic rivet screw for wheelarch liner and some nuts and bolts for same area I broke whist removing my washer bottle last week (2 x M6 flange bolts, 2 x M6 nyloc nuts and 2 x M6 x 18mm washers). All Lotus items and with VAT came to a whopping total of £28.25!

I've had similar experiences with other parts such as tailgate struts £16 Each and door handle £14 each, pollen filter £11 etc.

 

Have you had any other experiences with good parts prices, please Share?

[Barrykearley]

I hide all of my receipts from the wife !!

front suspension on the red one was about £50 is I remember correctly 

[superdavelotus]

I only publish the low receipts Barry, you should have seen the receipt for my V8 when I had my engine removed and lots of work recently. It was more like a telephone number!

[Barrykearley]

David - I now have a v8 - reading or hearing things like that are just plain wrong.......lalalalalalalalalalalala 

[Colin P]

Hmm, Any guesses as to how much these 4 nuts were.....

 

[Barrykearley]

£18 for the four 

that's my guess

[Colin P]

£141, I kid you not!

part of the MY12 gear change upgrade kit.

[Barrykearley]

 Really ???

[Whitey]

Somebody's looked at the wrong price shirley!  Have you got the MY 12 kit fitted yet Colin, and if so, what do you think?

 

[Colin P]

Top 2 lines of attached.

 

hi Steve, not yet, it's booked in Tuesday week as I'm off over half term. It's going to be a big improvement anyway as the crimped ends have pulled out on my cables so the cable is corroding/sticking to the point where the gear lever won't centre. Common occurrence apparently on the specific version of the MY11 cables on mine, which were themselves superseded before the MY12 upgrade with additional fixings at the join.

Ill report back when done, but I'm actually quite excited about it. High hopes.

[Gravel]

11 hours ago, Colin P said:

Hmm, Any guesses as to how much these 4 nuts were.....

 

If someone made knock offs for £25 would you feel happy fitting them to your pride and joy? I get the distinct feeling that even the Toyota made bits become 'reassuringly expensive' once they have a Lotus part number...

[Barrykearley]

Reckon some folks would use some nice thick cable ties 

[Colin P]

24 minutes ago, Gravel said:

If someone made knock offs for £25 would you feel happy fitting them to your pride and joy? I get the distinct feeling that even the Toyota made bits become 'reassuringly expensive' once they have a Lotus part number...

No, if it were a money issue I'd simply have replaced like for like with the pre MY12 cables, which would have been £200 all in and saved myself £1k. It is however difficult to see where the cost is in these, although I suspect (at least the sleeved ones) are bespoke parts made in low numbers, hence high cost per unit.

Every now and then you look at a part and wonder where the price came from. This applies to everything, not just Lotus, or indeed cars.

[Barrykearley]

Don't you get a discount from b&c if your a ffm on here ??

[Bravo73]

Should be 10% on parts, at least. But Colin hasn't coughed up for a FFM yet...

[superdavelotus]

That's a point, I didn't get my 10% of my £28 bill last Saturday!

[Colin P]

23 hours ago, Bravo73 said:

Should be 10% on parts, at least. But Colin hasn't coughed up for a FFM yet...

  There is a discount on there.

[Bibs]

Surprised they didn't add 10%. I'll have a word!

[Bravo73]

1 hour ago, Colin P said:

  There is a discount on there.

 

Yep. The £121 would have more than covered your membership fee. Or, you could've had those nuts for (nearly) free!

[Barrykearley]

Rubbing it in. I've just renewed!!!

 

it really isn't about what you may save on one order...... It's the community, the events and the overall lowering the cost of long term ownership