Colin P Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 On 4/4/2018 at 07:26, C8RKH said: Friday is approaching and I am having more than a number of thoughts as to whether I have done the right thing. The car just ticked over the 25k miles during the journey. I mean, after almost 8 years, it is barely just run in! OMFG. What have I done.... I love the 400, but I also loved the S1 so I sometimes still ask myself that question, 19 months on. Perhaps we should have kept both. Enjoy today and your long journey home. 1 Quote Blessed with the competence to be a slave to the incapable. Currently without a Lotus, Evora 400 Hethel Edition in Racing Green with Red leather and 2010 Evora N/A in Laser Blue and 1983 Lotus Excel LC Narrow body in Ice Blue all sadly gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robington Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 I was trying to buy your Red Evora. I was booked in to view it tomorrow, but just got an email telling me its sold, so I was beaten to it!! Poo!! It looked like a good one as well, hopefully somebody on here has got a result!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM DaveC72 Posted April 6, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Good luck today Andy, you've certainly the weather for it! Having made a similar transition last October, I can attest to the fact that there will be some things you will miss from the S1. The S1 Evora remains a very capable, much underrated drivers car. You will find the new car almost indescribably different - my take away is that the later iteration is just much "more" than the S1. Hope you have a great journey home, and look forward to the phots! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Popular Post C8RKH Posted April 6, 2018 Author Gold FFM Popular Post Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 41 minutes ago, robington said: I was trying to buy your Red Evora. I was booked in to view it tomorrow, but just got an email telling me its sold, so I was beaten to it!! Poo!! It looked like a good one as well, hopefully somebody on here has got a result!! I know who beat you to it and they will be along on here I am sure at some point. I am just about to leave the office in Telford to head to Lotus Silverstone and to meet Aimee for the swap. As most of you guessed, I have bought another Evora. A +0 (the +2's are for babies). It's a spanker too. Will post up a new thread tonight with the details. I'm actually not going to be going back to Scotland. Wife is away with her girlfriends for the weekend. So I have booked a nice hotel tonight (The Priest house near Nottingham) for tonight. Will meet the wife in the morning after breakfast at her hotel in Nottingham to show her the new motor, then it is a day of cross country driving through the black country through to the Shropshire Hills and then onto the Malverns. Nice country house hotel for Saturday night and then the playground that is the Cotswolds and surrounding area before heading to Reading for Sunday night as working there Monday and Tuesday. Back home on Wednesday. Looking forward to a quiet weekend, just me and the new car. Heaven. 5 Quote I came into this world screaming and covered in someone elses blood. I'll probably leave it in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin P Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 2 hours ago, robington said: I was trying to buy your Red Evora. I was booked in to view it tomorrow, but just got an email telling me its sold, so I was beaten to it!! Poo!! It looked like a good one as well, hopefully somebody on here has got a result!! Unfortunately with cars as well known as one or two on here (including Andy's) I'm afraid it's probably a case of buy it unseen or miss it. If it makes you feel any better I can confirm it was a right old heap. I'd be lying though 1 Quote Blessed with the competence to be a slave to the incapable. Currently without a Lotus, Evora 400 Hethel Edition in Racing Green with Red leather and 2010 Evora N/A in Laser Blue and 1983 Lotus Excel LC Narrow body in Ice Blue all sadly gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted April 6, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 5 hours ago, C8RKH said: I know who beat you to it and they will be along on here I am sure at some point. I am just about to leave the office in Telford to head to Lotus Silverstone and to meet Aimee for the swap. As most of you guessed, I have bought another Evora. A +0 (the +2's are for babies). It's a spanker too. Will post up a new thread tonight with the details. I'm actually not going to be going back to Scotland. Wife is away with her girlfriends for the weekend. So I have booked a nice hotel tonight (The Priest house near Nottingham) for tonight. Will meet the wife in the morning after breakfast at her hotel in Nottingham to show her the new motor, then it is a day of cross country driving through the black country through to the Shropshire Hills and then onto the Malverns. Nice country house hotel for Saturday night and then the playground that is the Cotswolds and surrounding area before heading to Reading for Sunday night as working there Monday and Tuesday. Back home on Wednesday. Looking forward to a quiet weekend, just me and the new car. Heaven. Umm waiting ....... drums fingers impatiently 1 Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pits Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 There’s a very happy looking bloke on Lotus Silverstone’s FB page. Having way too much fun to be posting on here. Just as it should be! Good on you Andy, have a great drive home. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatMobile Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Yeah that’s a pretty gorgeous car.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Dan E Posted April 6, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, The Pits said: There’s a very happy looking bloke on Lotus Silverstone’s FB page. Having way too much fun to be posting on here. Just as it should be! Good on you Andy, have a great drive home. Oh going to have a look at that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Popular Post Barrykearley Posted April 6, 2018 Gold FFM Popular Post Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Oh no @C8RKH I do hope you got out ok......I’d have thought you would have been more careful 1 5 Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Dan E Posted April 6, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Andy wow that is one stunning car mate. Let’s hear about the epic journey home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2GOOD Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Lovely picture with your old car in the background posted up by Lotus Silverstone! I’d have come & met you in the Cotswolds but B&C aren’t bringing my car back to me until Monday 🙁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Pits Posted April 6, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Just in case we don't hear from Andy for a few months, which would be quite understandable. He'll have to stop at some point for new tyres! 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusLeftLotusRight Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 That looks stunning. I particularly love the bodywork colour and the silver wheels. Enjoy your weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franjipane Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Absolutely fantastic looking 410 and Christ that sound... Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM mayevora Posted April 7, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 What a beauty! Enjoy Andy 👍 Quote Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk - that will teach us to keep mouth shut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Popular Post C8RKH Posted April 7, 2018 Author Gold FFM Popular Post Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 So, as many of you have seen, and to be fair, some of you guessed correctly in advance (even identifying the exact car), I continue my Lotus journey with another Evora. Not much has changed - I went from a Red +0 Evora to, erm, a Red +0 Evora! The only really difference between 8 years and 135bhp! hahaha.... So, below is the picture from the Lotus Silverstone Facebook page. I originally contacted 3 dealers re cars they had in stock, all of them were 2nd hand - 2 yellow cars and one black car. I also looked at another car that was on sale from a member here. Jamie at Bell & Coville was a super nice guy. His enthusiasm for the brand and desire to do a deal was huge. Really pleasant conversations and I was almost convinced but the black colour was always niggling away at me - I prefer lighter cars - but the red interior highlights really did lift it. Then there was a yellow 410 Sport for sale, and then, Aimee popped up on Facebook to say she had a yellow one too. So two cars, almost the same miles and spec, and £5k price difference! Contacted both dealers and got some info. However, in talking to Aimee the little minx, when she heard my px wa a red Evora, pointed me to her Fire Red 410. The "little so-and-so " had got me hooked - I pleaded that it was outside of my budget but she proceeded to wrap me around her little finger. Then the figures. A good deal was done. A good deal more than I was intending to spend. But, the trigger for all this was a close family members death in the past 3 weeks that made me realise life is so short, so there and then the deal was done. My first impressions are just wow. That's it. Do not understand how ANYONE can complain about Lotus build quality - there is not a squeak or a rattle anywhere. Everything in the interior is just so tight and right. Even the silver circles around the air vents are metal - a nice touch for me as it links back to the silver metal dash of the S1. Something I found myself constantly touching as I drove to hand her over. The stereo - it works. What the hell is all the fuss about! Maybe because I had an Alpine stereo before (a better one albeit) the interface is intuitive and easy to use and it sounds like every other car stereo to me. But I soon just switched it off to listen to that exhaust.. So, more musings and some more pictures will come, if I can be arsed to stop driving and take them! So far the public reaction has been: Bewilderment - people genuinely looking at the badge to see what it is Joy - a 70+ year old guy was about to get into his car as I drove through Castle Donnington village and when he heard the exhaust (the valve has not been closed yet!) he quickly turned around and gave me a huge smile, a wave and a big thumbs up Excitement - two young boys with their Dad screamed at the Lamborghini - lol Appreciation - middle aged guy in a bland Audi saloon next to me at the traffic lights wound down his window and listened to me with a "ooooh" look on his face as I drove off... Thanks everyone for your kind words etc. The car is just sublime. I'm going to start a new thread on my journey with it and @jonnyboy we need to get that Evora Sport 410 register up and running on here. Big shout out to @internets who made the effort to drive over to meet me in picking up the car. Very nice surprise but I am sure he was just looking for an excuse to go for a long drive in his lovely black and red 400 - unfortunately for him his ideal spec GT410 (Motorsport Green) was there and looking for a new owner! I reckon he will break, and will be putty in Aimee's hands, and I can see another sale for @Aimee Lotus Silverstonethere. That MSG GT410 just looked phwoarrrr.... Silverstone also had two, yes TWO GT430's in. One waiting for its new owner to come and collect it. Wow. Just wow... Happy driving all. 14 Quote I came into this world screaming and covered in someone elses blood. I'll probably leave it in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post internets Posted April 7, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Great to catch up with you @C8RKH your new 410 is lovely! The red paint looks fantastic in the sun and just pops Hope you enjoy your weekend, sure you will! 7 Quote 1982 DeLorean DMC 12 #16327, 1999 Lotus Elise, 1998 Lotus Esprit GT3 #2272, 2011 Lotus Evora S, 2013 Lotus Exige S,2016 Lotus Evora 400,2019 Lotus Elise Cup 250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerley Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Congrats Andy, beautiful 410. If I was in the market that would be the one. Looking forward to seeing it on the next LEGS run. Fire Red really does it for me. Reminds me of the old Esprit Canyon Red. To be frank, given the love you've shown for my Esprit, I half suspected you'd gone after this... https://www.lotusforsale.com/ads/2003-v8-esprit-10th-from-last-ever-made/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubox Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Congrats and welcome to the ‘classic’ 410 club , looks lovely in the sun. Quote Black n gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAS-118 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 @C8RKH very nice 😎👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCP Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Looks great Andy , one I kept staring at for ages every time I looked on the Silverstone web site. A bit miffed though that you've taken my 5 minute dream every few days away Enjoy your "long way round" trip back to the bonnie land. Saw that you also made the announcement on the thread on .org. Come on @jonnyboy, when are you going to spill the beans to the jealous Evora haters on there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal H Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 What a stunning car! Absolutely love that colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NedaSay Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 @C8RKH, This is an astonishing looking car, congrats and I wish you many very happy miles together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyboy Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Welcome to the club @PaulCP are they really Evora haters do you think? I suppose at some point you have to move on . I seem to recall you had yours a long time but I have been a bit useless at keeping the same one for long. 2.5 years into the current one. I wasn't really fussed for putting a post on there didn't want it to be misinterpreted as willy waving I think there's enough of that goes on there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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