Recent content by Biggles of Norwich

Think I called Lotus Assistance on 0800 279 7979 if you want to check yourself.

Yes it does, I checked by phone, spoke to the AA people who handle the Lotus breakdowns.

I agree, but exposure to moisture could be what triggers the bubbling, even though it's not the root cause.

Yup, wonderful thing hindsight.

Well, if they'd gone with (the wrong) one, they'd have had even more problems.

Am I the only one who is wondering where the supply of used ones comes from for a relatively recent donor car?

That depends on what you define a "UK brand" to be. It hasn't been a UK owned brand for many years, but it is still a brand with a UK base. Brands are somewhat of a nonsense these days, given the brand can be traded without any real connection to the people and organisation that built the brand...

Yeah, just a bit interesting! I don't yet understand the practicalities of it, or where it leaves Lotus UK, Lotus as Brand, Lotus having factories in UK and China etc

Don't think so, it's a tariff on imports, so applied at the border.

Well, as Aston Martin have been mentioned as one of the manufacturers who would be exempted, and they produce around 6,000 cars a year, it would appear that a 2,500 limit is not what the UK Govt have in mind.

Guardian headline this morning: "Donald Trump rejects EU’s proposals for ‘zero for zero’ tariffs deal on cars and industrial goods. US president tells reporters offer ‘is not good enough’, putting further dent in European hopes for negotiated solution instead of trade war". Oh well....... Hope...

I'm interested, would be great if someone could find the OEM part numbers so we could order locally. Lots of the touch sensitive ones seem to be available on the usual places (ebay etc) which isn't of much use. We don't have Lynk & Co in the UK, but we do have Volvo.........

It's Lynk & Co in case anyone is searching for them.

Depends on who you believe, this is from Autorola: "Used car prices will rise in 2025 as a result of a shortfall of cars compared with pre-Covid levels, according to Autorola. As a consequence of Covid-19, the market saw just 1.61m new cars registered. Now, 2025 may face a shortfall of between...

The word used was "pausing", although it's a very subtle difference.