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Originally Posted by PorscheGAL
As the owner of an Elise and someone who has driven an Evora, here are my thoughts:
For people who don't like the Toyota Engine, in a car so light weight (as the Elise) it is perfect. In fact it is one of the only things that consistently works.
The electronics in these Lotuses are horrible. My Elise has had the electronic odometer that skipped from 50K miles to 200K miles in one year. Lotus is unable to fix the problem unless I want to replace the whole unit. This sets the mileage to 0 and requires a sticker on the car indicating the odometer was tampered with.
The Lotus dealer gave me an Evora to drive as a loaner for the day. The battery had been unhooked. It took 30 minutes after start up for any electronics to work. That included the tach, odometer, speedometer, radio, etc. I never got the paddle shifters to work at all.
The locks on these cars work intermittently.
Now, with these issues, why own a Lotus? Of all our cars, the Elise is my favorite. That little car, with it's Toyota engine, will scoot and taking a corner, wow. I can't stop smiling while in this car.
The Evora's interior is spectacular. Every square inch is leather. It is a blast to drive but not like the Elise. It feels huge comparatively.
I hope Lotus gets things worked out. I think it would be a shame if they were to go under.
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Having had some seat time at a few different tracks as well in an Elise, yes, even with the Toy engine it is fun, but not enough legs for VIR's straights, but still a fun car, but the pedals are pretty close together which can make things interesting if you have big or wide feet.
