New(ish) car .. not really Lotus Content and a long wait..
Re: New(ish) car .. not really Lotus Content and a long wait..
Getting there. PPF next then decals
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Nearly there.
Have you anything special planned for your first real drive in it?
Steve.
Have you anything special planned for your first real drive in it?
Steve.
Re: New(ish) car .. not really Lotus Content and a long wait..
Tour of Angus County
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Last minute Christmas Eve shopping more likely
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Car is looking fantastic, will be even more awesome with the rally lamps on
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Progress
Detailing
PPF
Detailing
PPF
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More progress
I still think it looks really effeminate and girly without the quad-pod rally lights, chin spoiler and all the race decals but that should be happening now(ish)
I still think it looks really effeminate and girly without the quad-pod rally lights, chin spoiler and all the race decals but that should be happening now(ish)
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Wow that is looking stunning, can wait to.see it with the quads on
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Alpine A110S
Mini JCW
Land Rover Defender Puma 90
Land Rover Series 2a softop
Mini JCW
Land Rover Defender Puma 90
Land Rover Series 2a softop
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I am now officially fascinated by this company’s cash flow model
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Surprised at the level of paint swirls in the before pics
But looks great now.
This popped up in a link last week
https://youtu.be/p7YMZ8G6t3E
But looks great now.
This popped up in a link last week
https://youtu.be/p7YMZ8G6t3E
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2015 Lotus Evora
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2020 Skoda Kodiaq Sportline
Re: New(ish) car .. not really Lotus Content and a long wait..
We had a chat today. All is good. I'm heading down next Monday for what will probably be a final visit before getting it.
The weird thing about the "cash flow" is that it's all been paid up in dribs and drabs over the long period so it's a bit like getting a free car by this stage.
As a company they are doing good and aren't even taking new orders. It's a 3 year wait to even get to the point of paying a deposit.
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I wish I'd had the foresight to pay up dribs and drabs for 3 years to get one of those at the end, it's a bit like playing the lottery and finding out you've won!
It's looking great, you must be like a kid waiting for xmas.
Chris
It's looking great, you must be like a kid waiting for xmas.
Chris
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It's even better than that. I wish I'd ordered 2 of them. For some reason the Stratos replicas are a bit of a Goldilocks thing. There were only ever 500 original cars made (most reports suggest it was closer to 400) a big chunk of them went rallying and many never stayed in one piece. They were also a bit of a hard-sell at the time so weren't particularly cherished so the whole "replica / recreation" thing has a life of its own as it's really the only way to get into one short of paying £500k for a beaten up original. Obviously the value of things changes but at any point over the last couple of years I recon I could have sold my "unfinished project" to someone looking to jump the queue and got back what I'd paid to date plus make enough profit for a nice V6 Exige. Hindsight would have been wonderful.
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This reassures me. Sounding good!renmure wrote:We had a chat today. All is good. I'm heading down next Monday for what will probably be a final visit before getting it.
The weird thing about the "cash flow" is that it's all been paid up in dribs and drabs over the long period so it's a bit like getting a free car by this stage.
As a company they are doing good and aren't even taking new orders. It's a 3 year wait to even get to the point of paying a deposit.
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