First UK customer delivery

fatjase · Oct 28, 2022

AudR8 said:
Big celebrations tonight everyone We all need to partake in this momentous occasion First UK deliveries!!! I’m celebrating at Rudding Park for the night with nice meal etc ickle cocktails in store hahaha

LOTUS Bradford have their demo car now so hopefully we won't all need Steve to let us drive his

BeHappy · Oct 28, 2022

fatjase said:
LOTUS Bradford have their demo car now so hopefully we won't all need Steve to let us drive his

Lol yearh I’m hoping I can demo next w/e

but still want to see Steve’s Magma in the flesh. I test drove the Evora today deffo not the car for me I found clutch very heavy - it felt a really dated car inside - I haven’t owned a manual car for donkies years lol - are you going to try and get demo asap I can only do w/e as work during the week - want to get a demo on dry day hopefully

emiraspain · Oct 28, 2022

Lots of congrats... but is the person even on here?
Cant we attack him for having a later deposit than the rest of us..or was he the original no. 1?
Well done, where ever you are......
Its been a long wait, but dont worry, you can always wrap it in seneca blue next week.... haha

richbrown · Oct 28, 2022

TomE said:
Congratulations @OUI131, it looks stunning!

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Stand by for an avalanche of questions and requests for pictures!

Congratulations a real beauty

VL3X · Oct 28, 2022

About time! Congrats @OUI131 - Lovely spec!!

fatjase · Oct 28, 2022

AudR8 said:
Lol yearh I’m hoping I can demo next w/e but still want to see Steve’s Magma in the flesh. I test drove the Evora today deffo not the car for me I found clutch very heavy - it felt a really dated car inside - I haven’t owned a manual car for donkies years lol - are you going to try and get demo asap I can only do w/e as work during the week - want to get a demo on dry day hopefully

Same as you will have to be a weekend for us. I messaged JCT600 and they confirmed Lotus HQ are booking the demos for deposit holders so we might get a test drive before 2023 ends!

We might be over that way at the weekend looking at this so might pop in to JCT600 to see the demo car.

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TomE · Oct 28, 2022

emiraspain said:
Lots of congrats... but is the person even on here?
Cant we attack him for having a later deposit than the rest of us..or was he the original no. 1?
Well done, where ever you are......
Its been a long wait, but dont worry, you can always wrap it in seneca blue next week.... haha

Yes he is on here, but more often on another forum. He had a 6 July deposit

emiraspain · Oct 28, 2022

TomE said:
Yes he is on here, but more often on another forum. He had a 6 July deposit

well if you cant beat them........

Lankan · Nov 10, 2022

Is this the same Dark Verdant?
Lotus Emira - Full Tour of The UK's 1st Customer Car

In for PPF - video contains an assessment of paint quality and other aspects.

TomE · Nov 10, 2022

Yes, same car

BeHappy · Nov 10, 2022

Has there been anymore customer deliveries - thought we would be seeing a steady stream ……. Feels quiet I know everyone is obviously not in the forum but not much in FB also

scoates · Nov 10, 2022

AudR8 said:
Has there been anymore customer deliveries - thought we would be seeing a steady stream ……. Feels quiet I know everyone is obviously not in the forum but not much in FB also

I was invoice number 12 and delivery is on Tuesday so if that's anything to go by things still slow...

BeHappy · Nov 10, 2022

scoates said:
I was invoice number 12 and delivery is on Tuesday so if that's anything to go by things still slow...

Oooo exciting plenty of photos and have you managed to get demo first or happy to take without drive first

emiraspain · Nov 10, 2022

AudR8 said:
Oooo exciting plenty of photos and have you managed to get demo first or happy to take without drive first

hes already paid now... so... haha
invoice no. 12.... just a substitute for the first 11.. haha
I will maybe be about 60....one off the 59ers

scoates · Nov 10, 2022

AudR8 said:
Oooo exciting plenty of photos and have you managed to get demo first or happy to take without drive first

No demo as nearest dealer is 3 hours away and the invites only went out after I'd signed the final documents! Will take lots of photos and give my review after the first drive, but it's on Cup 2s and meant to be raining so will be interesting!

prestonc · Nov 10, 2022

AudR8 said:
Has there been anymore customer deliveries - thought we would be seeing a steady stream ……. Feels quiet I know everyone is obviously not in the forum but not much in FB also

Sadly the carrot was dangled, but no delivery yet. I checked out a month ago, had my finance agreed, have been given a registration number, but sadly am waiting for the delivery company to give LCC dates to forward to me. Until that happens, I'm in the dark.
I must admit, it was far easier waiting before I went through the check out process.
Since check out I've aged, become a lot grumpier, achieved far less work, the dog hates me even more than before! I've tried to keep away from this forum, but it's heroin!!
I do hope to give you the delivery news soon, as do my entire family!!

TomE · Nov 10, 2022

AudR8 said:
Has there been anymore customer deliveries - thought we would be seeing a steady stream ……. Feels quiet I know everyone is obviously not in the forum but not much in FB also

First delivery to a customer via a UK dealer just publicised by Lotus Central in Nottingham:

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That means the direct to customer deliveries have been the first customer deliveries and now dealer ones are starting up.

I've not seen any collect from factory handovers yet, so I think @shaank may be in the first batch on Friday (today). Looking forward to hearing how that is done.

I know about a couple of other dealer and direct deliveries due today too and another handful next week.

eriegz · Nov 10, 2022

TomE said:
First delivery to a customer via a UK dealer just publicised by Lotus Central in Nottingham:

Facebook

www.facebook.com

That means the direct to customer deliveries have been the first customer deliveries and now dealer ones are starting up.

I've not seen any collect from factory handovers yet, so I think @shaank may be in the first batch on Friday (today). Looking forward to hearing how that is done.

I know about a couple of other dealer and direct deliveries due today too and another handful next week.

Wait, so this direct-to-consumer customer also got one of those "gift boxes" with their vehicle? So then why are some customers getting them, and others not?

Because I thought the other person on here who received one ordered his car through a dealership...

fatjase · Nov 11, 2022

TomE said:
First delivery to a customer via a UK dealer just publicised by Lotus Central in Nottingham:

Facebook

www.facebook.com

That means the direct to customer deliveries have been the first customer deliveries and now dealer ones are starting up.

I've not seen any collect from factory handovers yet, so I think @shaank may be in the first batch on Friday (today). Looking forward to hearing how that is done.

I know about a couple of other dealer and direct deliveries due today too and another handful next week.

I think that is the one that is now up for sale?

TomE · Nov 11, 2022

eriegz said:
Wait, so this direct-to-consumer customer also got one of those "gift boxes" with their vehicle? So then why are some customers getting them, and others not?

Because I thought the other person on here who received one ordered his car through a dealership...

The other person I think you’re referring to isn’t in the UK. Was it the first car in Germany, when pictures of the gift box were first posted?