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🤬 This better be an error for the i4 service plan!!! I have requested detailed maintenance schedule from Lotus for the i4 to understand how they are justifying this ridiculous figure. What's the odds that they won't reply I wonder! If they do, I will post this on here for us all to gasp at...

Just a suggestion....if you are concerned about driving the car, why don't you call Lotus roadside assistance that comes with your vehicle warranty. They can at least check the car and advise if its safe to drive and if not they will simply recover the car for you, to the dealer. Most cars have...

I have made contact with Lotus, or at least, I assume it was a representative (and a very helpful one at that) via the Carwow website, to see what is available. They are all new and what I think Lotus call the 'Marketing cars' (.....basically cancelled orders of pre specified models :unsure:)...

It would seem that the Production Team do not have very good open lines of communication with the Customer Service Team. I spoke to CS a while back about changing one bit of spec and just kept getting a flat NO....not possible (without even checking with production), even when I said I didn't...

I'm with you on this! Though, I do believe that in the real world the i4 transmission will probably be mostly ok on the road (rather than track), I just don't know if I could live with these little annoyances that have been persistently reported in the media. I am also closely watching the used...

Hi there in Shanghai. Car looks great! We are all dying to know what the i4 drives like in the real world and in particular, how do you find the transmission? I realise the car is still very new, so assume you have probably not had much chance to drive it very hard yet! It would be great tp hear...

I really hope your are right in this! Please keep us posted with anything you hear about it! I am on a real knife edge at the moment. Even considering the used market now for a V6 if there are no improvements in transmission! The A45s is an absolutely awesome machine and I am under no illusion...

I wish they would hurry up and formally announce what is happening about the I4 demo's, especially as they have recently dropped a load of emails advising of October build slots for the I4 (me included). I am currently very anxious to experience how this transmission feels in reality, given the...

Changing 4 spark plugs still does not warrant a £2699 charge for a three year service plan in the UK! It would be interesting to find out what the charges are for 3 year service plans in Europe, USA and Australia.

Agreed! It seems that those of us that are hanging on in there, no sooner get over one huge disappointment of some sort, then another one rears its ugly head to keep on crushing the dream! There is NO justification for these exorbitant service costs over that of an A45s, other than the time it...

There must be some sort of error here. My C63s AMG V8 cost £1530 for three years servicing with Mercedes AMG! WTF LOTUS!

You must be absolutely gutted, I really feel your pain! I would recommend a good machine polish first. It may just get the majority of the marks out. However, if you can feel a definite ridge in the lacquer/top coat with you finger nail, it will likely need professional Smart Repairer or...

At this stage, I would not be at all surprised if they actually let a manual car out of the factory with flappy paddles on the steering.

Awsome! Thanks for this. I have been thinking of giving this a try myself when my Emira finally arrives. The price increases on the car itself now prohibits me from getting a professional job done unfortunately. The prices seem reasonable enough to at least give it a try, after educating myself...

I heard recently that the gearbox ECU on the A45s is locked preventing software updates from outside sources. Not sure how true this is or if in fact it can be decoded/unlocked somehow to modify. Also, I am no techie but I wonder if the hesitancy of the Emira transmission has anything to do with...

Agreed. Very dissapointed. Not to mention the way that Lotus have poorly integrated the sensor protruding from the front grill really spoils the aesthetics!

I can only hope that it's not included if the above pictures are anything to go by! Every other manufacturer has managed to integrate the ADAS sensor neatly into the grill or similar. Why Lotus would choose to make it stick out like a sore thumb and ruin the front end aesthetics, I have no idea...

It would be good to get some clarification on wether all the i4 models will have the ugly ADAS sensor on the front grill or not? It really seems to spoil the look of the car from the examples I have seen so far!

In My C63s to start is sport mode with the exhaust valves open you could either switch on the ignition without firing the engine and select sport or race mode or alternatively pull both paddle shifters together and this would engage 'emotive start'. Used this all the time and it never failed to...

Same sort of thing I guess.

I have a flexible mortgage account which I have 'over paid' on for many years. This enables me to draw reasonably large sums of cash whenever I need and at probably the lowest interest rate available. I am then able to pay it back in lump sums or as a regular monthly payments (as long I meet the...

I have tried to contact LCC everyday for at least a week now to no avail. Nobody replies when you request a call back! After I paid the 2nd deposit of 3k, I had no confirmation from Lotus and could not see any info of my chosen spec on 'My Lotus'. I can only think that they are short of Customer...

The discs on my C63s (front floating disks) look exactly the same. I would say this is normal.

In my experience of working for a couple of main dealer service departments, the criteria for servicing a vehicle outside of the dealer network, that was under a manufacturer warranty was that it must be done by a VAT registered garage, using genuine parts and serviced in accordance with the...

I have worked for several motor dealerships over the years and they all used third party insurance that had an upper age limit (this was usually over 80 years though). This is a really unfortunate oversight on the part of Lotus cc though!

It certainly felt noticeably better built than any other Lotus I've driven and this will be Lotus number 4 for me.

Just completed my test drive at JCT600 Bradford this morning. Seeing this car in the flesh has re ignited the fire inside of me! As many have said on here, visually, this car is sooooo much better in the flesh and then when you sit inside you are reminded that there are very few cars (at this...

I wouldn't describe Hethel yellow as lemon yellow. I was told by one of the development team at the launch that it was very similar to Norfolk Mustard which I had on a previous Elan SE 1991. This was a lovely deep rich yellow which I absolutely loved, and never tired of, so this is why I have...