No regrets here; I waited two years for the car and it truly feels special to drive and gets ridiculous amounts of attention both stationary and on the road.
I was driving with my grandson in track mode and making lots of noise, farts and pops - a guy in a convertible R8 pulled into the next lane grinning from ear to ear and giving me thumbs up! We then both gave it large pulling onto the motorway and boy does the Emira sound glorious at 6800rpm!! (So does the R8).
I’ve had people taking selfies at petrol stations, on the motorway in traffic and lots of guys yelling “nice car mate!”
I’ve owned a McLaren 570S which never got the same amount of attention, and my Porsche 992 911 was basically so common it got ignored.
For the £82k I paid this car feels super special and you rarely see them on the roads in the UK; I’ve only come across one blue one whilst driving and one silver one in a pub car park. As for Mclarens, R8’s, Ferraris and Lambos, they are pretty common nowadays and there are so many 911s around that they are basically anonymous.
Even Evoras are still rare and look great. I guess my point is that a Lotus is a rare car because it’s hand built in Hethel and regardless of the LE niggles that are happening you’re buying into the marque and the rarity and uniqueness of the car.
I was driving with my grandson in track mode and making lots of noise, farts and pops - a guy in a convertible R8 pulled into the next lane grinning from ear to ear and giving me thumbs up! We then both gave it large pulling onto the motorway and boy does the Emira sound glorious at 6800rpm!! (So does the R8).
I’ve had people taking selfies at petrol stations, on the motorway in traffic and lots of guys yelling “nice car mate!”
I’ve owned a McLaren 570S which never got the same amount of attention, and my Porsche 992 911 was basically so common it got ignored.
For the £82k I paid this car feels super special and you rarely see them on the roads in the UK; I’ve only come across one blue one whilst driving and one silver one in a pub car park. As for Mclarens, R8’s, Ferraris and Lambos, they are pretty common nowadays and there are so many 911s around that they are basically anonymous.
Even Evoras are still rare and look great. I guess my point is that a Lotus is a rare car because it’s hand built in Hethel and regardless of the LE niggles that are happening you’re buying into the marque and the rarity and uniqueness of the car.
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Very nice purchase and can't blame you one second!
Hopefully you will get into the Emira one day.
