Recent content by BoulderTed

35+ years ago, late at night, I stood outside a British pub in Palo Alto, CA with my British housemate (from Nottingham), and there was a Lotus Esprit Turbo parked next to a Porsche 911. He looked at me and said (in his drunk British accent that got stronger anytime a pretty woman said, 'I love...

Beautiful build! Best drives? Colorado mountains of course ....

I just found on the parts.LotusCars.com website that the "official" car cover is $900. Oooff!

Hmmm ... Pretty sure I only have the metal skid post. Nothing as big as shown in the posted photos or in rubber or plastic. I would like to try them out, as I already have a couple of scrapes on the metal posts. I added Slip-Lo's along my front underside. I'll try to post some photos in the...

Hmmm ... I'm almost certain I briefly saw a turn signal warning at some point during my break-in drive last weekend, but now I can't remember the circumstances and how it cleared. The one annoying thing I've seen is that periodically I get a "WiFi Disconnected" message and my Spotify from the...

I put in my deposit June 2022 and just received my AMG4 (BMW is having a fit with us calling it an "i4" :rolleyes:) last month. It was worth the wait.

Agreed! I also have a Cayman S and the Emira steering is near perfect for me.

AMG 4cyl Cosmos Black at 10,000 feet on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. A glorious weekend for a break-in drive.

There have been some postings about the battery tender included with U.S. vehicles, but I didn't see any photos and thought this might be moderately helpful to some: Tonight I installed the tender on my i4. This is the Lotus-branded tender that was in the trunk when I received the vehicle. I...

New Lotus owner, but have followed the marque for decades. I had the distinct pleasure of touring the Hethel facility a couple years ago and spent almost 4 hours on the factory floor. After almost 3 years of waiting, I took delivery a couple weeks ago and brought it home as a snowstorm...