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Actually, I raised this question when I was on a test drive today and when the Lotus rep showed me the rear storage the net mechanism was broken on one side 🤯. And that's on a 100 mile demo car!

You can get a main dealer warrantee on any Porsche up to 100,000 miles so long as they do a workshop inspection prior

Had my test drive today at Lotus Bristol (Rybrook) The car was Nimbus grey with black pack and touring spec. My car is Seneca with sport suspension. For reference, my most recent sports cars have been an AMG GTR and 981 GT4 prior to that. I also currently own a GR Yaris and a Megane track car...

Why don't you give Ashley at Rybrook's a call tomorrow (or John, their new Lotus Expert).....they've been really helpful and I'm sure they'd give you a heads up on the route 👍🏻

I'm apparently the first test drive at Rybrook Bristol - on Monday at 9. Happy to share the route after 👍🏻

Yeah, it’s certainly a lot of money at Topaz and everywhere in the UK as far as I’m aware. Like a say, there are cheaper offerings out there but I’ve seen some terrible jobs so a guess the peace of mind will be worth it for some.

I test drove one at Alpine in Cardiff on Sunday. The sales guy (Kevin) was great and he allowed me 'as long as I wanted' to test drive both the A110 and the GT. He spent a total of 3 hours with me showing me all manner of different configurations and I can only describe the customer relations as...

You only need one to go on Collecting Cars and not to sell for over list price and then the rest on the market will be doomed! It's a real gamble in these uncertain months to come but if you're willing to keep the car if 'overs' aren't a thing then it's probably a gamble I'd take!

With so many apparent cancelled orders, has anyone recently been offered a cancellation slot? One of the first UK customer cars was a lucky cancelled order car but I haven't heard anyone mention being bumped up the queue for a long time 🧐 I know a lot of cancellations will be from later...

I popped in on Saturday after I found out the demo car was there. Same situation but I just rung the bell and asked to look at it. They were very accommodating, made me a tea and my kids were given drinks and biscuits. I spoke to Ashley who is the Lotus contact there (he normally deals with...

Yeah, it's amazing! Particularly for performance cars that will invariably get a thrashing

Ahh, but being a Toyota it comes with a 10 year warrantee, so it should just see me by until the Emira arrives!

Well she did call the Yaris ugly (and I have one too!) 😄 But it's a real thing in my email 👍🏻

I got a very similar email today (my car is manual) but I have an extra paragraph stating that I will have time to alter my configuration after taking a test drive..🙃. Anyone else got that bit?

And you would like to think that's the worst worst case, as Lotus will assume it'll be worth more than that by the end of the PCP

£50,800 at 6k mile per year

Sorry, I didn't realise you had it on SOR! Fingers crossed the Friday offer is a good one 👍🏻.

If you're struggling to sell it for £65k then a £60k dealer offer sounds fairly reasonable. By the time they warrantee it and spend the money on prep and advertising, plus the unpredictable market we're in, I think a (max) £5k gross margin is fair. The spec is great and folding/heated buckets...

I’ve spoken to a 3rd party finance provider for comparison. They are a broker and they told me most agreements are held for 6 weeks BUT the finance companies are not obligated to stick to the agreed rate until the finance is actually set up fully. It might be different for Lotus but I’d assume...

I’d agree with this if the increased rate happened within our original delivery slot window but as Lotus has delayed us and the rates have gone up after the point that we should’ve had our cars, the onus should be on Lotus IMO.

Surely when the MD 'guarantees' that the price you were quoted is the price you'll pay, that should include the finance rate. After all , most people will be financing a car at this price point, so actually an increased APR rate is as bad (if not worse) than a price increase on the car itself.

I wonder if Lotus now consider early depositor cancellations as a positive outcome for them. After all, if they're not making much margin on the original price cars then an almost guaranteed price hike is imminent and they may just say the price guarantee was for early depositors only.........if...

They might get mixed up so you get both Sport and Touring suspension. At least you'll appeal to everyone when you come to sell it 😂😂

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Someone questioned this in the comment section of Harry's video. Harry replied stating that type approval had to be done in Europe before the UK. He also said that no cars could go to the USA without every state having type approval but I queried the USA point to Harry (as cars are already being...

So 191 cars fully completed but it would appear that most of those have gone/going to markets outside of the UK and then I guess the dealer cars are included in that too, so even if they get 25% of the originally planned cars off the production line in 2022, I can't see this translating into...

I spoke to CC today after hearing the news that someone had been pushed from Nov build to 'sometime in 2023 and I was advised that currently my Nov build is still unchanged. As others have mentioned, they also confirmed that they were in discussions with the factory to find out about any...

Your price is about £1k cheaper than Topaz for full coverage. I know several people in my area that are cheaper than Topaz but the quality of the work is in line with the cheaper price. Topaz also include a 2 stage paint correction detail in their price, so worth checking if that’s in the deal...

The omitted delivery date estimate in today's update still leads me to believe that they've left a 'get out of jail free' card for closer to production date🧐

11th July 2021 Deposit and now a November build slot. Same spec as launch car with manual, sports, Cup 2's

I'm so glad I chose sports suspension 😂

I personally think that Lotus are actually sticking to the ethos of 'For The Driver', because as you say, most of us (not me included 😂) are not pro drivers!! I still find it interesting that people even compare the Porsche GT4 to the Emira. I had a 981 GT4 for 2 years and whilst it was a...

I'm fairly certain it was tour mode. I didn't catch it on video but I also asked the guy in the car to switch between the modes and there was a noticeable difference between Tour, Sport and Track modes. He didn't rev it though so I only heard the other modes on idle.

https://youtu.be/pZra8dmWC8w Here's a link to the video I took of the exhaust at Goodwood. It's nothing ground breaking but hopefully it's useful to anyone that hasn't heard much of it up close

Here are some of the close up pictures I took. I’m sure they will not all be helpful but as we all have different queries that are quite specific, I added them all anyway. The standout and most relevant ones to my original post are the dodgy rubber on the window, the rubber in the bonnet gap -...