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I agree the car is great, But it’s a real shame that you spent so much time with the car off the road through a multitude of problems. imagine if it was your only car. Remember this car was marketed as a Lotus that you can drive every day.

The fact that this happening and people are willing to just accept it isn’t really good. Having had mine off the road immediately after I picked it up for the first 2 weeks of ownership, I was very close to handing it back. If what has happened to you had happened to me, they would have had...

Happy to hear you’ve got your car back It’s a shame it took going to the top to get taken seriously, especially when Stratton is the closest service centre to Hethel

Is that Larini exhaust on the car now Ade ? I couldn’t hear much

Watched the new video 👍 Any update on the Larini exhaust ?

You can’t get it to start in sport or track unless you hold down the start button for about 5 seconds (foot off brake) , then suddenly the other modes appear. Initially it only shows Tour mode being available.

As an update on this, I’ve just checked the owners manual and it mentions that there’s only an increase in the idling revs for the manual gearbox version. But when you’re driving it of course there is a very distinct difference in track mode in the Auto V6 I wonder why they haven’t increased...

I find you have to be in track mode to get the car to really shift. In tour mode it doesn’t pick up speed very quickly, almost a bit laggy unless you are at the right revs when you push it Mine is still being run in, so I haven’t really floored it, but I suspect it will hit 60 in about...

I’m in the UK, I can’t hear a difference between sport and track when idling Track is noisier when you’re driving it because of the way hold it holds onto the gear a lot longer

strange that some cars seem to change the sound at idle and others not

In the Shmee video, there is a definite deeper sound when he switch’s from sport to track, but I hear no changes Is it more pronounced the more miles that you put on, or has something been done to the Auto to keep the revs down so we don’t get the change in idle sound

@Kentviking let us know how that is, in particular the view from the rear camera that connects to the main unit

That’s great

Do we know if the next base cameras can be powered through the USB behind the mirror ? I know their preferred option is the 12 volt power outlet

I didn’t really notice any major issue with the seatbelt. But I only had the car a couple of days and I haven’t seen it now for two weeks, I was more concerned with the fact that I had to use all my might to get the car to go round a roundabout.

@JasonR see my post regarding lack of power steering on day one I expected to pick my car up from Stratton today (been there 2 weeks), only to find that the power steering has failed again, Lotus insist on continuing to send replacement steering pumps. Scott Walker kindly took another one...

Yes debris was suggested as a potential cause by the service technician. Anyway, a third pump has been installed and lines cleaned again. They will take it out again for a road test tomorrow morning and let me know. Fingers crossed whatever is blocking it is finally flushed out. If not It...

The service centre seem to think that some something could be causing the line to block, so the steering fluid can’t get through What did you hear ?

Update: had a new steering pump installed, lines bled and cleared. It was taken out for a test drive and power steering failed again after 2 miles So currently waiting for the third steering pump to be fitted !!! If that fails, I am at a loss as to what to do, and I may have to insist that...

I know Elliot is very busy The earliest he can fit me in is end of May

They aren’t sure, buying a Lotus is like opening a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get

I believe mine showed 15 miles when collected at Hethel They don’t take them on the test track, so not sure how they rack up 15 miles. That’s a lot of times round the mini squeaks and rattles track

Sure but they shouldn’t have these problems to begin with

I have been without mine since April 29th, my local service centre waiting for the steering pump. Lotus likely don’t want to take a pump out of the factory, you may need to wait to get one from the service parts bin. Seems to be quite a few now with faulty power steering. Wonderful QC at...

The cars do not go on the test track

Maybe but they need to be tested properly, clearly just driving for 3 mins over a bumpy mini track to hear for squeaks and rattles is not sufficient

Mine failed at the handover, but I wasn’t sure if the heaviness was a characteristic of hydraulic steering initially so I drive off. Only later did it become very apparent that it could not possibly be normal They are a shambles, how can so many cars have this steering failure. It’s odd that...

My brakes certainly didn’t feel grabby and needed to be pushed down quite hard to work. I will monitor them when I get the car back

Yes when he said the front was so light you could drive it without power steering I almost choked

Sorry to hear that

The issue suddenly returned in the middle of me, driving the car yesterday It could be some air trapped in there, so I’m gonna take the car to the local service centre today to check it out

Lutus and Luters. They need a special version for San Francisco residents called Looters

Tom, I did mention that to Scott but he said those issues were addressed a while ago. Anyway whatever it was has managed to sort itself out

@digilotus there was no noise at all, so no indication that something was wrong, but the steering was the heaviest I’ve ever felt in a car in my life

@Cachaco131 No, but I was thinking I needed to in the morning. if this was reality with an Emira

just to add to the reports I picked my car up from Hethel yesterday, I’ve never driven a Lotus before, so had no idea what to expect in terms of handling Shortly after pulling out of the factory, I noticed that the steering fell incredibly stiff and heavy. Not knowing if this was a...

I have not noticed a difference in idling or revving sound between sport and track, but the V6 auto holds the gear a lot longer in track, which adds more drama and burbles on the down shift

Yes it was mentioned yesterday that they seem to have settled on 5000 per year as a target

It was mentioned by Sam who showed the group around the factory