Peoples’ reaction to your Evora

[mik]

On ‎20‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 22:17, mik said:

Oh flippin eck...

Sorry to wander off topic, but cutting and pasting from that thread....

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Good coaching style from Andy, Scott & Alan, with a focus on safety throughout the day. Nice to meet Saj, Paul, Andy & Gary.

Unfortunately the day didnt end so well for me when 15mins before the planned 16h00 ending I suffered a sudden tyre deflation during the high-speed oversteer-correction session , folding the inner sidewall of the tyre inside the rest of it (weirdly) and chewing the  wheel up badly

I was stranded in the middle of the track, so ruined the last runs for everyone. Sorry boys.  

It was a new MPSS that had been on the car for just 3 weeks and less than 300 miles. FFS.

You can hear it pop off the rim about 1/3 of the way through the bend at approx 75mph, just as the surface changes. There is a slight change in surface height/angle but nothing significant. Not sure if the tyre lost pressure on the run up to the bend,  but the evora is the first car I've ever had with tyre pressure monitors, and i'do been keeping a close eye on everything all day - there were no warnings when I set off for that run. 

Was yesterday considering whether it would be possible to refurb it, but there could be damage that would only show under x-ray- don't think I'd ever trust it again. So a new wheel and tyre needed - this wheel will be cleaned up and made into a table or a clock face.  :roll: 

Might contact Michelin to see what they think.....

Vid is a bit dark unfortunately- cheap camera.

hIgh speed deflation

Pics overexposed so you can see detail - as above, the inner shoulder of the tyre ended up completely tucked inside the outer, so it has folded over. Which is weird. Whilst the tyre was wriggling around it smacked the inner arch and knocked the bumper clip out of alignment slightly. Think that will be an easy fix.

Raising an old topic, but a cheque for £186 just dropped through my door in relation to this. Doesn't come close to covering the costs incurred, but it is at least "better than a kick up the 4rse with a big stick" and does suggest (without actually admitting anything) that Michelin found something when they inspected it.

Text just states "This is in respect of the allowance passed by the manufacturer on the tyre returned for inspection".

[Julian73]

On 5/3/2017 at 03:51, Neal H said:

I was just about to put the Evora back in the garage after returning from work yesterday and a random woman walks up and says - How do you decide which vehicle to take in the morning?

me: It depends on the weather.

she: So if the sun shines you have to decide between your motorbike and your lovely Ferrari.

me: It's a Lotus.....

she: Oh, it looks like a Ferrari.

Well, at least she didn't mistake it for a Porsche!!

You missed your opportunity, she can pick the vehicle in the morning.

[Neal H]

She lost interest when she discovered I don't actually own a Ferrari

 

[DaveC72]

Well, I thought my previous Evora garnered some love...

... turns out a shouty coloured 400 get's even more.

Saturday on my way back from picking the car up, I stopped in the services and an elderly gentleman walked half the length of the car park to talk to me about the car. Gent parked nearby came over to talk to me and his love of all things Lotus since owning a Lotus Cortina before he "grew up and got married".  I went in to grab a coffee and saw a herd of people taking photos.  Felt a little bit awkward walking up to it and driving off, truth be known.

Dropped in to Town to pick up the OH and a bunch of kids ran up as I parked up and started babbling incoherently.  Collected OH and drive off to much shouting.

Went to the Cinema on Sunday and found the car was getting a lot of small faces pressed against car windows as we went past and lots of smiles from other drivers.  I would hasten to point out at this point that it was the OH who informed me of this.

Stopped at the garage on Sunday night to fill up before getting up at O'crak Sparrow Fart on Monday morning and a well to-do lady in the twilight of her years tottered over from her Honda Jazz (yes, what were the chances...) and commented on my "wonderful sports car, it's rather lovely".

Driving up to Bury St Edmunds yesterday morning, I stopped at Birchanger Services for a jimmy and came out to see the guy picking up the litter having a bloody good nose around the car and as I walked up, two guys in a Bimmer the parked in the middle of the road jumped out and took photo's on their phones.

Finally got on the A14 and was a little concerned to see something coming up behind me at a great rate of knots, so once I'd finished overtaking the line of traffic pulled back in only to see the Mitsi Evo that had clearly been pushing it to catch up pull in behind me.  And stay there until I turned off for Bury St Edmunds.

Whole bunch of comments from the Office, all good but coupled with the usual "we pay you too much" banter.

Turned up at the Hotel for another fun packed evening of business travel (translation: dinner billy-no-mates, working in a soul-less room because there's sod all else to do) and had a number of "lovely car", "Very nice" and "awesome" comments from other guests.  My favourite being "that sounds a bit rude".

I was used to the love that an Evora seemed to get.  I'm surprised how much more this one seems to spark comment, and if I'm brutally honest a little bit embarrassed.  I expected the shouty colour to get a bit more attention... just not this much!

 

[rallyesax]

Lovely comments up there, and I do recognize some of 'em. But I still envy you in the UK for the mostly kind reactions you get from driving those type of cars

[Del Lardo]

I'm surprised to hear that it's not mostly positive in France.  I drove my Elise there a few times and never had anything but a positive reaction (sometime too positive, several cars jostling for position to take a look during rush hour around Paris was a little unnerving), maybe it was the British plates.

[Cypriot]

I am glad that most people get positive responses from the public.  Up until last night, that was all I had as well... Parked my car for 2 hours, and came back to find someone had thrown egg all over my pride and joy. It was everywhere. I was really quite pi***d. 

[mik]

 Did you get it off OK? I know eggs can cause problems on paintwork if they dry?

[DaveC72]

Man alive, that sucks.  And not in the good way.  Really sorry for you.

Sadly, there will always be idiots.  

As Mik said, you'll want to get it cleaned off asap if you haven't already.

[Cypriot]

I made sure to pressure wash it down.  It was 11pm, so I didnt really have time to do a full clean! On reflection, I am putting this down to being Halloween rather than anything specific against the car... At least I hope so! It was only egg after all, and not physical damage! 

[Dave Eds]

Pressure wash? Hope there were no stone chips and you haven't lifted any lacquer!

[howardm4]

Greetings from a new US member!  I've had all the same experiences so far

I was taking my new-to-me '12 back from my first HPDE/track day at Watkins Glen racetrack in New York and got caught by the local state trooper doing approx 95MPH (in a 55 zone).  That sort of speed is worthy of a $600+ ticket.

Officer:  That is a gorgeous car (as he walks up and down it 2-3 times)

Me: Thank you, yes, it is.

Officer: What do you do for a living?  How much was it?  (clearly wanted to see if he could afford it )

Me: An engineer; Not as much as you'd think

Officer:  Do you know how fast you were going?

Me: Pretty fast I think but I was focused on driving.

Officer:  Any reason I shouldn't give you a speeding ticket?

Me: Cause you're a nice guy and I'm exuberant after my first track day?

Officer:  (a few minutes later)  OK, I gave you a 'no seat belt' ticket.  Plead guilty, pay the $50 fine and please try to keep it under 80MPH.  Have a good day.

 

[mik]

 I'll take a traffic  cop over a camera every day of the week. Someone who can assess the standard of driving, as opposed to one attribute.

[Bravo73]

2 hours ago, howardm4 said:

Greetings from a new US member!

Welcome, Howard.

Why not pop over and say hello properly?https://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/forum/15-introductions/ We love photos, BTW. 

[howardm4]

Thanks Bravo! 

I did scribble something and the obligatory photo

[Del Lardo]

Our village Facebook group has recently been getting increasingly up in arms about the unnecessarily loud car brigade in the village, as there are a few people who are clearly enthusiasts running older Impreza, R32 Skylines and other assorted Japanese cars with dustbin sizes exhausts who may on occasion test their afternoons work on the village bypass that evening.  There may occasionally be a bit of noise later on in the evening but not something I've ever noticed and certainly a lot less annoying that the scooter brigade who need to have their vehicles squashed.

Anyways, yesterday my Evora was added to the list of unnecessarily loud cars along with a photo, I remember the photo being taken and I was doing 30mph at maybe 2-2500rpm off throttle as I don't "shit in my own backyard".  Anyways, I don't think the post quite got the reaction he wanted as I'm currently 21 positive comments vs. 3 negative comments with most saying that it should be noisy as it's a proper racing/sports/supercar  and several asking where the car lives as their children have seen it around and were talking about it for a week afterwards.

 

I've stayed lurking but nice to know there's such positive feeling toward a little grey car.

Edited November 27, 2017 by Del Lardo

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

They've got a village bypass and yet they're still moaning! Perhaps they should count themselves lucky instead?

[Chris J]

Mine has been pinged on our local moaners facebook group for similar. Just for pootling through at a very sedate pace. But then I am running a 2bular, where the valve has stuck in the loud position and it growls and barks no matter how gently I tread (I think due to a period of lack of use through last winter after we had our second sprog)...

[Spinney]

I had a similar Facebook response where we live when I had my lovely orange Elise SC with a 2bular. Similarly the poster didn’t quite get the response he thought and his moans were very heavily outweighed by the positive likes. I wasn’t going fast nor revving too highly but I think it was the ‘in yer face’ colour that caused him to class me as anti social, as much as the noise it made. 

I didn’t really help matters nor improve his mood when I said I loved the picture he’d taken and could he please do me a hi-res image that I could enlarge and hang on the garage wall! Strangely, he didn’t answer my request. 

Edited November 29, 2017 by Spinney

[RobinS007]

Pulled into a National tyres on Saturday with a slow puncture on the rear left.  Was greeted by an enthusiastic employee telling me I had an amazing car.   

He then set about removing the wheel doing the usual water bath leak check, tyre off, valve repair, etc..

He handed me back the locking wheel nut tool and then I stood there waiting to hear the damage...

me: "how much will that be then?"

guy: "don't worry about"

me: "surely not, I'm happy to pay"

guy: "working on your car has made my day, there's no charge"

me: "ok, perfect thanks, see ye later"

Got to love the Evora....

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Good one!

That contrasts with my recent experience with my Ferrari Mondial Cabrio. I took it to the local tyre shop which has done the tyres on all my classic cars over the years. As usual, they did a fine job on all 4 tyres and I was present for most of the time. Afterwards the fitter said; "I'm glad that's all over. I've never felt so nervous fitting a set of tyres!"

[DaveC72]

Due to a scarcity of parking at a Hotel I stay at when I'm up at Head Office, the cars are parked by staff.  Being a bit of a regular and usually here on a Wednesday night they park the Evora (this one and the previous one) in "my spot".

Today being Thursday, my spot was taken.  

They just moved the other car for me, as "your car is much better".

 

[franjipane]

Do people find others want to race you at lights or on slip roads? Ive had it a few times.  This week a Mercedes driver thought they'd have a go and drove so close behind me on a 50 mph road that I couldn't see his lights. Then on the ramp to the m25 he went for a bit of a race, I don't think his was a sub 5 second Merc but there's no way I'm gonna floor it from the lights when it's 1 degree outside and icy. He wasn't particularly fast anyway, just annoying.

[Gadzooks]

If I am behind a white van driver (at a normal safe distance) they seem to take it as some sort of mission to try and get away from me and start driving way faster than before I first appeared in their mirror.

[Barrykearley]

Evoras must be like esprits then - mine seems to be a magnet for twats in Citroen’s and pugeots with 1l engines....