Evora replacement
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:07 pm
Sold the Evora about a month ago. Wasn’t until it was gone and I started looking more seriously for a replacement that I appreciated how difficult it was to find something I really wanted. I think the issue with having Lotus cars is I found a reasonably standard sports car wasn’t doing it for me. One car that did surprise me was the Alpine and I can see me owning one at some point in the future, but at the moment it was more than I wanted to spend. At one point I thought I was going to end up being another member of the SE M2 club!
I lasted a whole 6 days without a replacement before buying a Cayman R. It gets a decent write up and funnily enough the EVO article at time of release says the only car comparable to it is an Evora.
Not many around - were only 6 for sale in UK when I was looking - so hoping it might hold its value a bit better than some other Porsche models. It is quite different from an S which was the appeal and it’s the first PDK car I have owned. I went to view not expecting to like the PDK but once I drove it I can see the appeal. The R has both Sport and Sport+ modes in addition to normal and the latter effectively makes it like a manual - it won’t change gear at all unless you make it, maxing out in gear without over revving the engine. Nice touches like lightweight doors and strap handles from the GT3, lightweight alloys from the Spyder and sits lower with some more bhp, more downforce and 50kg lighter than the S. Saying that, mine has been spec’d up with air con, heated seats, lap timer, PCM and PSE so a lot of that weight is probably back on.
Won’t be everyones cup of tea on here but quite liking the change having owned an Elise, Exige and an Evora. A few pics below:
I lasted a whole 6 days without a replacement before buying a Cayman R. It gets a decent write up and funnily enough the EVO article at time of release says the only car comparable to it is an Evora.
Not many around - were only 6 for sale in UK when I was looking - so hoping it might hold its value a bit better than some other Porsche models. It is quite different from an S which was the appeal and it’s the first PDK car I have owned. I went to view not expecting to like the PDK but once I drove it I can see the appeal. The R has both Sport and Sport+ modes in addition to normal and the latter effectively makes it like a manual - it won’t change gear at all unless you make it, maxing out in gear without over revving the engine. Nice touches like lightweight doors and strap handles from the GT3, lightweight alloys from the Spyder and sits lower with some more bhp, more downforce and 50kg lighter than the S. Saying that, mine has been spec’d up with air con, heated seats, lap timer, PCM and PSE so a lot of that weight is probably back on.
Won’t be everyones cup of tea on here but quite liking the change having owned an Elise, Exige and an Evora. A few pics below:
. Just need to work out how to sneak out for 30 mins (“just going for a paper, dear”) 
