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I really would avoid the Emira at all costs. Porsche GT4 2 yrs old from Porsche with 2 yrs warranty (extendable) with less than 5k is still £20k cheaper. No fear of paint problems and depreciation way less.

Lotus are working with Car Care Plan on an Emira specific after market warranty for existing owners. Someone has linked to my thread on Lotus Escalations attempting to bribe me with a 2 yr extension on paint if I signed an NDA. Lotus have little comeback when for nigh on 3 yrs they stated the...

I commented on another thread on a extended warranty, Lotus have worked with Car Care Plan to provide an extension on used cars purchased from Lotus dealers that are running out of original warranty. They are also working on an extension for existing owners. Info from dealer and CS.

You got a courtesy car, I'd be walking. 😂

JCT600 Bradford. Service dept deal with all mechanical warranty work and their accident repair centre do the paintwork bit, 500 yds between them. How do the front composites differ from the rest?

I find a gag and handcuffs work a treat. 🙄

Had both doors replaced in Feb, they had the car for 3 1/2 weeks, picked it up and someone had washed the car for pick up and looked to have used sandpaper over the whole car, including the new paintwork. 🤦🏻‍♂️ I noticed the smallest bubbling on the tailgate at that time and went through the...

17th November 22 for mine, both doors done tailgate being replaced this week.

Doors ot tailgate?

Hold on a 'courtesy cat'? 😱

JCT600 have had mine for 6 weeks, now awaiting parts and then to get the tailgate replaced, approx 3 more weeks. 12 weeks so far this year and not a courtesy car in sight 🙄 Lotus informed and silence. Why do some get a car and others don't? Id love to come to a meet up but am at the point of...

If you configure a Cayman 4.0 GTS to a similar spect to a 3.5 First Edition its close to £90k/$115k, with a manual (I did it a few days ago). Other than the outstanding looks I'd go for the Cayman, and save£15k. More reliable and the availability of an extended warranty via Porsche for a...

Can you download it in 1 hour? Not used it so no idea but ensure you can otherwise the £50 might be the best bet.

I know, as many others have also. My car is at the dealers again, 4th week, awaiting replacement USB parts. Lotus also refused a replacement drivers side kick plate saying I damaged it (I brought it to their attention on collecting the car over a year ago. I've never had a courtesy car in all...

Lotus refuse to pay for a new rear 'duck spoiler' on my replacement tailgate as it wasn't factory fitted, held on by 3M tape used in factories. The paintshop aren't happy having to remove and reinstall. The part is £399, cheaper than ppf I bet. Lotus CS very inconsistent with what they'll pay for.

A member has also done a tutorial on YouTube that will help with the oil change. Easily found when searched for.

The bumper is plastic, not composite, as is the black trim. Looks like something has brushed against and taken the base coat off.

£85 pm insurance and £55 pm road tax and at least 6 months off the road, all this passed on to Lotus CS. JCT600 wanted £20 per day for a courtesy car, approximately £3k it would have cost me if I'd taken them up on it.

Courtesy car? What's one of those? Complained to Lotus last week about the delay from their engineers getting back to the dealers over non working armrest usb's and raised the lack of courtesy car for the time mine had been out of action, approx 6 months in 13 months. 'Will look in to it'...

Not had limp mode but I had cold starting problem beginning last October when temp started to drop a bit here in the UK. Turn off and restart everything was fine until the next day. Long story short, dealer had the car for 3 months and replaced spark plugs, coil packs, ECU and engine wiring...

Lotus dealership had my car for 3 months last October with the cold start problem, back and forth with Lotus engineers wanting data dumps from everywhere. New spark plugs and coil packs didn't solve it, but a new wiring loom and ECU did. Perhaps all the data they got enabled an update to be...

So a bit of an update on the warranty subject. Lotus have organised, via Car Care Plan, a warranty for dealers to sell alongside the sale of used vehicles going forward. It is not for owners looking to extend their warranty when the Lotus one ends, but.... they are putting one together to fill...

No prices and Lotus CS tell you to contact a dealer who then say they haven't a clue. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Mine will have had everything replaced/repaired when the warranty runs out.

Very strange, I contacted Lotus via their website (as it says to do) and they said contact the dealership. A phone call later and no-one had a clue but someone will get back to me, email from the service department saying they will look into it but no-one has heard of an aftermarket package...

Just buy aftermarket CF add ons. My CT Carbon kit just bolted straight onto existing fixing points.

Any update on this?

They really don't have a leg to stand on with the 3 yrs when they advertised 5 yrs on the website for nearly 3 yrs. Inherent fault that they have acknowledged also doesn't help them. A member recently stated Lotus were soon launching an extended warranty, CS informed him, for owners.

I assume it is in the gap between the glass and hatch body, there is a very small lip already but doesn't prevent water ingress.

And how we see ourselves when doing over 40 mph 😂

I chuckled when I read in one the papers 'he chose a British EV'. 🤣

I do think our American friends forget that Lotus has never been about straight line speed, nor 'canyon runs'. Tested and built for British B roads that have so many twists and blind corners that 0-60 mph and max bhp are not even a consideration, holding the road and direct steering are.

If I had an extended warranty I would consider it, but with the warranty I think it would be easier to sell. To be honest I'm struggling to justify keeping it as I don't use it as much as it should driven.

Nice one. I'm waiting for it to roll out before contacting Lotus again to try to get the extended warranty as a goodwill gesture for the car not being driveable for approx 6 months in the last year.

I wonder when that was added? It was only available on purchase of a new car, I had that confirmed from Escalations 10 months or so ago. I wonder if it will be cheaper for early cars as they've already had everything sorted (me)? 😂

From Lotus direct or a 3rd party via Lotus?

Far too many on here ignore depreciation by saying 'I don't care', great if you have enough cash to waste but not everyone does. I'd prefer not to lose a bundle on any car.

Is the manual Emira a daily car, no? My previous car, 981 Cayman S, was easily a daily car thanks to the PDK. Of the two which was an event to drive, the Emira every time. Because it's not a daily, certainly not with Sport suspension where I live, it's a special occasion in every way and every...

Just to throw a bit of a spanner in the works, front panels are also composite but from a different manufacturer and to date no problems reported. This points to the process at fault and not in or out of rain.