New runaround
New runaround
A few months of searching and I've now got myself back into a Lotus
Despite not wanting a blue one I've somehow ended up with exactly that. I always wanted a laser blue Elise before I bought my S2 12 years ago but Lotus stopped doing it for a few years and I ended up with the magnetic blue one. So when the one I bought appeared on PH I kept looking at the pics and eventually decided to go for it. There was also a grey one that I was thinking of looking at but I wanted this to be a bright colour after my last Lotus (Exige S) was black.
After putting a deposit on it (whilst on holiday in Spain!) I took an early flight from Dundee to Stanstead on Friday and made my way to Reading where I was picked up. An hour or so later I was on my way on a slightly dull, motorway-heavy drive home. Thankfully the Evora seems to be a great cruiser and I was home in about 9.5 hours not feeling particularly tired despite the 5am start.
The previous owner gave me loads of info on it before I bought and it's a great spec having all 3 packs, carbon fibre barge boards, mirror covers, door pulls and A pillar covers, as well as the 2012 steering wheel and gear knob and the superb looking forged alloys. It also has a great sounding 2bular exhaust with blue tips that match the colour of the car pretty nicely.
There's a couple of small issues I need to sort, nothing too big and I'll get them fixed over time but otherwise I'm delighted with it.
I'm almost certainly going to get the sills and splitter painted black and I might do the roof too but not 100% on that yet.
Also good to discover was 2 of the child seats I already have fit reasonably well so I've been out 4 up already
Don't have many pics yet but here's a quick snap of it on the drive.
Despite not wanting a blue one I've somehow ended up with exactly that. I always wanted a laser blue Elise before I bought my S2 12 years ago but Lotus stopped doing it for a few years and I ended up with the magnetic blue one. So when the one I bought appeared on PH I kept looking at the pics and eventually decided to go for it. There was also a grey one that I was thinking of looking at but I wanted this to be a bright colour after my last Lotus (Exige S) was black.
After putting a deposit on it (whilst on holiday in Spain!) I took an early flight from Dundee to Stanstead on Friday and made my way to Reading where I was picked up. An hour or so later I was on my way on a slightly dull, motorway-heavy drive home. Thankfully the Evora seems to be a great cruiser and I was home in about 9.5 hours not feeling particularly tired despite the 5am start.
The previous owner gave me loads of info on it before I bought and it's a great spec having all 3 packs, carbon fibre barge boards, mirror covers, door pulls and A pillar covers, as well as the 2012 steering wheel and gear knob and the superb looking forged alloys. It also has a great sounding 2bular exhaust with blue tips that match the colour of the car pretty nicely.
There's a couple of small issues I need to sort, nothing too big and I'll get them fixed over time but otherwise I'm delighted with it.
I'm almost certainly going to get the sills and splitter painted black and I might do the roof too but not 100% on that yet.
Also good to discover was 2 of the child seats I already have fit reasonably well so I've been out 4 up already
Don't have many pics yet but here's a quick snap of it on the drive.
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Well done on a great choice.it looks & sounds tidy. Fantastic cars
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Looks very nice.
Steve.
Steve.
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Good to see you sorted out with an Evora.
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Not seen the forged wheel option before, they are very smart indeed.
I had told myself I wouldn't want to own a laser blue Lotus, look where that got me. lol Love it now obviously.
I had told myself I wouldn't want to own a laser blue Lotus, look where that got me. lol Love it now obviously.
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Congrats and hope you enjoy it.
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Another thread that we hope Campbell never sees...........
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2015 Volvo V60 Polestar (rebel blue)
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Brilliant Simon. Really glad you got a great car and it looks stunning in that blue. Very nice indeed and hope you have nothing but happiness with it mate. Nice one - can't believe you found a good one so quickly
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2018 Evora Sport 410 in Fire Red.
2018 Evora Sport 410 in Fire Red.
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Very nice choice Simon, particularly like those forged Alloy's. Would love a set for my Evora but £1k a bit pricy for me.
Is it an N/A or S ?
They really real great at covering the miles, and brilliant as a daily too.
Cheers
Is it an N/A or S ?
They really real great at covering the miles, and brilliant as a daily too.
Cheers
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They look great on your old Evora stillKinger wrote:Very nice choice Simon, particularly like those forged Alloy's. Would love a set for my Evora but £1k a bit pricy for me.
Is it an N/A or S ?
They really real great at covering the miles, and brilliant as a daily too.
Cheers
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It's an N/A, plenty of power for the road I think. I don't think it feels as torquey as the 993 did but I immediately feel more comfortable driving it.
Cheers Andy. I was looking out for you on Sunday actually as I was out your way but on my bike doing a loop through Inchture, Abernyte and Newtyle.
Cheers Andy. I was looking out for you on Sunday actually as I was out your way but on my bike doing a loop through Inchture, Abernyte and Newtyle.
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Aye, you want to sell them for £600DDtB wrote:They look great on your old Evora stillKinger wrote:Very nice choice Simon, particularly like those forged Alloy's. Would love a set for my Evora but £1k a bit pricy for me.
Is it an N/A or S ?
They really real great at covering the miles, and brilliant as a daily too.
Cheers
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The N/A really has plenty of power for the road, I was out with C7 Steve in his V6 recently and didn't feel I was missing too much, probably way different on track though.simon wrote:It's an N/A, plenty of power for the road I think. I don't think it feels as torquey as the 993 did but I immediately feel more comfortable driving it.
Cheers Andy. I was looking out for you on Sunday actually as I was out your way but on my bike doing a loop through Inchture, Abernyte and Newtyle.