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4th round of Redundancies It's a third of the current staff this time, and now 80% of the total UK Lotus staff gone in under 18 months. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4evdr355xo

SCCLEKAX6PHM1xxxx So the Chassis is SPORT (I wonder if someone else out there has a TOUR car and thinks it's Sport?) Also of note the manufacturer date suggests 2022. But the car was registered late 2023 and came with tyres dated 2023. It looks like they swapped the wheels on the car at some...

I don't know how to check?

That's good info, thanks. It is the Summer here, and it's been a fairly consistent 20-25C temp here over the last month. So good conditions to maintain a battery. I also understand it's bad for batteries to get too low and can actually damage them. So I probably won't let it go a month again...

I was torn between Tour and Sport suspension, and in the end I ordered Tour. I've been very happy with my suspension, and happy that I made the correct decision. (10K miles down..) Then I came across a post that says you can identify the suspension from what is printed on the springs, so out of...

Dealers want to turn around a decent profit. Perhaps privately you'll get closer to £60K. £45K is a joke! and 'manuals and Sport suspension don't sell' sounds like BS to knock the price down. If anything manual is going to be the easiest to sell, certainly on the V6!

I get a tiny dribble or a few spots in this area if I'm a bit aggressive with the jet wash. Not even enough to bother drying up afterwards. I've never had any water come in from regular rain or hosepipe washing. I have heard reports of enough water running in that it can start to wet/soak into...

There has been some discussion about the Emira needing to sit on a battery maintainer/charger otherwise going flat quite quickly. Well after a work trip, and then a holiday I went to use my Emira this week after it has been sat for a month. I was half expecting it to not start and was ready to...

The dash just shows from when it was last reset. It doesn't matter if the car was in storage or at a dealer. Service history is defined by mileage AND time. The car technically has an incomplete service history. You've got a good justification as to why it has a missing service history, and...

£60K? Only one service in 2 1/2 years will put people off. It is low mileage, but it's still technically an incomplete service history. I'm surprised a dealer encouraged this. Body kit mods will also put some buyers off. If it won't sell try returning the car to stock.

Just to add that mine is broken and easily pops off now if I put any pressure on the outside seat bolster. I'm not near a dealer so was going to wait until service time to get it replaced.

In the UK this would be an extremely costly endeavour. I think if you traded in a 2 year old Emira you would probably only get 50% off the price of the new Emira. Especially when you consider your current Emira is likely a fully speced First Edition, so the equivalent new one is going to be...

Smartest move 🤣