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If you want something quintessentially English in feel, take a look at The Gunton Arms up towards Cromer. A little drive from Hethel but you could take a trip to the beautiful beaches, grab a superb meal and stay in beautiful surroundings either side of the tour.

On my LV policy (not on an Emira) you can use your own repairer however the excess is altered and there are other restrictions. We used an LV repairer, then another one, and another one, and another one, then the 5th finally did the job to an ok standard. We're coming up to a year through the...

Wait for the test drive to make your mind up. A drive confirms the purchase for some and is an instant cancellation for others.

Agree with this. I went R300 instead as found the 6 speed box a little too enticing, but the 360 is a touch more liveable whilst still exciting.

Try this format for complaint, noting Lotus Cars are FCA regulated... Adjust dates and back history. They have 8 weeks to respond, after then or once they have issued a final response you can raise it to the Financial Obudsman for no cost to you. This got me a refund the same day, no response...

Not forgetting Lotus Cars Limited is also an FCA regulated firm. I'm sure there is an angle here, even if it's just complain and follow the ombudsman process (which after a certain number of complainants incurs a fee to the firm regardless of outcome). Playing with fire here.

4. The seats.

About a month after I ordered my Emira (early July 21) we were broken into and our very unassuming Ford Kuga was taken. Amazingly well organised - they were in our house within seconds, did a thorough search of the ground floor without waking us, and made away with the keys and anything of value...

Full car specifications as built are recorded and stored, insurers and repairers can call it up from reg/vin. It will be recorded on such systems with tinted glass, unless it can be amended - and then it is neither fully tinted or fully untinted unless the rear screen is changed too. Have an...

I feel like a cock writing this, even thinking it, but would changing the side windows count as a modification and could be a get out for an insurer in a future claim? Specifically thinking a glass claim here.

First time immediately, second time after I called and emailed, third time nothing but did get the money. My third email was a formal complaint kicking off the FCA complaints process (Financial Conduct Authority, the UK financial services regulator for non-banking firms, Lotus Cars comes under...

I do, that's why I say 'in my view' and 'for me' in my post.

To manage your expectations the Emira is at best one of those three and realistically none. The closest to rawness was in my view lack of refinement (wind, road and clutch noise). Visceral? Not sure, for me driving the car was more instinctive, nothing bar clutch felt 'wrong' or needed...

different to this then?