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Gary H 1978 911 SC
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If You Had A Lotus.....
Would you drive it? Not in the market but surfing the web I Found 2 used Lotus 2014 Evoras with less than 300 miles on them. Heck that would be my test drive....One has 52 miles. What gives?
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Did you get the memo?
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Um, hell yes. They aren't going to be collector cars, best to enjoy them.
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If I had a Lotus
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12-07-2015, 06:37 PM
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I do and I do
Ibsuspect those have never been titled. Some Elise's sat on dealer lots for 4 years a while ago
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12-07-2015, 07:32 PM
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I'd drive it in the 4 inches of rain we had today! Uh, wait. Maybe not.
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With Lotus reliability, perhaps that's as far as they got.
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12-07-2015, 09:25 PM
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I drove an Evora as a loaner from the dealership while warranty work was being done on the Elise.
It is a beautiful car inside and out. Pictures online do not do it justice. The dealer had kept the car battery unwired while sitting on the lot. After hooking up the battery, it took 30 minutes for anything to work in the cabin. I had no RPM, Speedo, or Odo for that time. As for my own Elise, I drive it at least once a week. Because I am a SAHM, I don't drive everyday. I will say in the 2 years I have owned it, I have watched the odometer climb from 50K miles to 460K miles and Lotus says there is nothing they can do.
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12-08-2015, 03:13 AM
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Evora owner here. My understanding is that Lotus HQ is very strict with dealers in not allowing them to "advertise" discounts off of sticker. You're seeing new cars discounted $15-$20k off their sticker price but marketed as "used" so that the dealer doesn't violate the manufacturers rules.
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12-08-2015, 03:49 AM
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I'm new to the Lotus world. I have an Elise that I bought in September but have hung out on the LotusTalk forum since then quite a bit where a bunch of guys have Evoras. Many of them daily drive the car. From what I have seen they are pretty reliable. Problem areas seem to be electrical and some computer stuff can only be communicated with by the Lotus-specific scanner which only dealers have. Keep in mind this is a hand built British car, while modern technology has made them better than ever, it still is what it is. From what I can surmise the first couple years are to be avoided unless the car has had some upgrades to later style items which were addressed by Lotus.
Personally I think the Evora would be much more like a modern 911 as far as living with it compared to the Elise/Exige. Easy to get in and out of, easy to daily drive. I view the stock 996/997/991 as sort of the Camry of sports cars. I think the Evora would be similar with a little give in the reliability department at the cost of uniqueness.
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these are the same people that brought you positive ground......
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12-08-2015, 04:32 AM
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I had a Twin Cam Europa back in the 70's that was my daily driver.
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Evora S would be my choice and I'd spank that little monkey until it broke, then fix it and go for more  Everytime I mash the gas in the wife's Highlander I imagine how quick an Evora must be, the S much more so. When the wife complains her car is no fun to drive I ensure her it has the heart of a Lotus...
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12-08-2015, 05:10 AM
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the biggest issue with the evora IMHO is it couldn't be a more direct competitor for what is probably one of the best all around sports cars made (cayman / boxster)
I think lotus got a bit ambitious with thier chosen market segment.
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12-08-2015, 09:41 AM
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The reliability may be up. British parliament doesn't enforce all British supply for automakers anymore.
The Jaguar XK can be had for a lot less, but in future, I might consider an Evora, and yes, it would be the daily driver.
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