Evora GTE in Scotland

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Evora GTE in Scotland

Post by StiflerMR2 » Tue May 19, 2015 5:13 pm

Was in at Lotus Newcastle today getting an MOT and they let slip that the Evora GTE they have has been sold to a chap in Scotland :thumbsup

It's a stunning looking beastie :)

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Re: Evora GTE in Scotland

Post by Scotty C » Thu May 28, 2015 12:10 pm

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Post by j2 lot » Thu May 28, 2015 4:18 pm

:thumbsup
Lovely looking car (but number plate location looks just wrong :? )
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Re: Evora GTE in Scotland

Post by renmure » Thu May 28, 2015 4:28 pm

j2 lot wrote::thumbsup
Lovely looking car (but number plate location looks just wrong :? )
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You know what.. I was looking at that pic thinking that whilst the car looked great, there was something not quite right about it (IMHO) and couldn't put my finger on what it was till you mentioned the plate location. Nice looking car tho and will be good to see it in the flesh.
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Re: Evora GTE in Scotland

Post by tut » Thu May 28, 2015 4:34 pm

yep, stands out like a sore thumb. Probably not on S_E though.

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Post by GraemeLotus » Thu May 28, 2015 6:05 pm

tut wrote:yep, stands out like a sore thumb. Probably not on S_E though.

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Post by StiflerMR2 » Thu May 28, 2015 6:25 pm

His 5k mile 340R is up for £32k, must be immaculate!

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Post by Andrew C » Thu May 28, 2015 7:24 pm

The car was in the foundry yard this afternoon. It looks every bit the part went for a run in it this afternoon impressive and it's coming on operation Elude next week. Will be fun.
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Re: Evora GTE in Scotland

Post by a4drk » Thu May 28, 2015 10:51 pm

The bloke lives in Edinburgh, quite near me in Trinity
seen it a few times.
stunning car.
shame its got an illegal typeface numberplate
would be better with legal letters & the plate cut short (IMHO)

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Post by Corranga » Fri May 29, 2015 8:02 am

a4drk wrote:shame its got an illegal typeface numberplate
would be better with legal letters & the plate cut short (IMHO)
100% It looks like someone has traded up from a mid 90s Corsa with a pair of black tights covering the lights. It's not even a nice typeface..
IMO anything other than legal lettering draws attention to the plate, which, with a car like that is the last thing you want, plus with potential run ins with the BiB, not worth it anyway.

Car does look amazing though!
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Re: Evora GTE in Scotland

Post by Dominic » Fri May 29, 2015 10:39 am

Corranga wrote:
a4drk wrote:shame its got an illegal typeface numberplate
would be better with legal letters & the plate cut short (IMHO)
100% It looks like someone has traded up from a mid 90s Corsa with a pair of black tights covering the lights. It's not even a nice typeface..
IMO anything other than legal lettering draws attention to the plate, which, with a car like that is the last thing you want, plus with potential run ins with the BiB, not worth it anyway.

Car does look amazing though!
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On the subject of number plate positioning, I can't help but wonder if it would look better on the grill. I know it would decrease airflow to the rad, but I know others who have positioned the reg plate there with no effect on cooling.
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Post by a4drk » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:50 pm

Or even to the left, like an Alfa Romeo
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Post by pete » Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:02 am

a4drk wrote:Or even to the left, like an Alfa Romeo
Definitely.
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Re: Evora GTE in Scotland

Post by Al. » Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:02 pm

At least one of the other ones down south (well Blackpool - so they will call "up north") has moved it to the grill and it looks a hell of a lot better. Says others have done it without any overheating which is true for lesser models but lets hope also for them.
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