[How many EVORA owners are hanging onto their car and not going to an EMIRA]

3 hours ago, Bruss said:

That’s not quite true though is it. Plenty of insurance write offs due to cost of parts, or waiting for them.

 

 

Yes but none of that has wiped out an entire “species” of car, has it? Plenty of doom mongers out there.

[How many EVORA owners are hanging onto their car and not going to an EMIRA]

I have never heard of a proper production car being made “extinct” due to unavailability of parts. There’s always a way of keeping them on the road.

[TLF Evora 'Sports Racer' Club!]

Yes, when I did my factory tour a few years ago, many of the cars on the production line had the wrong wheels, due to supply/stock issues.

[Formula One]

Even though I have Sky and my eldest son still watches every qualifying session and every race, I haven’t had any desire to do likewise. So five and a half races into the calendar and I still haven’t watched any F1 this season and the Championship is already a forgone conclusion. That lack of interest is coming from a lifelong fan.

[Coronavirus]

So what “gob-smacking” evidence does the Telegraph story reveal? Nothing?

[DVSA makes big MOT change affecting every driver ...]

Great that it’s being done to save the planet and nothing at all to do with saving money and making us do that work for them. I must have missed the bit about them reducing the MOT fee accordingly… 

[Random Pictures & Videos]

Being a classic car fan, this was one of my favourite TV ads when I was an impressionable teenager. Jaguar XK140 and a broken fan belt.

 

[Evora market watch, for discussion and to help those searching!]

Looks like the one Silverstone received back in their old place. I have mentioned it before: I think it was a cancelled order, after the prospective owner switched to a different car. They did that special photo shoot in the track car park. I think it has been for sale most of its life.

[What made you 'Shake your Head' today?]

They should do one with added Quorn for the die hards.

[Pot Holes]

Just been for a countryside drive out in my Evora. I have a favourite A to A rural route, that I have used to stretch the legs of my special cars over 18 years. By God it has deteriorated beyond all recognition in the past couple of years. I spend more time scanning the road surface for major defects than I do concentrating on the traffic ahead. Apart from the multitude of wheel smashing pot holes, there are also shocking camber changes from one side of the road to the other, as if entire sections of road have been subject to subsidence. Never an issue before, so why now? It’s not even a flood prone area. I laughed out loud when I saw that the council had tried to “solve” the problem by applying a new thin strip of tarmac to try and glue back together a section of road that had literally split longitudinally into two completely different elevations, maybe 8 inches apart. Any low slung sports car driver would be flung into the ditch if his car straddled that section of road and bottomed out.

 Oh and one other new annoyance. They have now introduced 40mph zones about 1/3 mile from the start of each village’s existing 30mph zone. So you’ve now got loads of new 40mph zones in the middle of the countryside where no-one lives or walks. Why is that necessary? Everyone knows you need to drop your speed down to max. 30mph when you reach the old signs. Why not go the whole hog and add an extra 50mph zone even further out?

[Random car and/or Lotus related pictures and videos]

Interview with the original owner of the infamous stolen Lotus Carlton 40 RA.

 

[Your neighbours]

1 hour ago, Steve V8 said:

Sorry couldn't find it.

No problem: nor could I with the Search function, but I knew I had started one, so had to dig it out manually.

[Your neighbours]

Mods: maybe merge the new Neighbours thread with this existing one?

[No more speeding tickets? The tech which is going to make you slow down]

Yes those 1700 UK deaths per year are not necessarily attributed to speeding, so even less reason to get technology involved.

[No more speeding tickets? The tech which is going to make you slow down]

Here in the UK, road traffic accidents account for about 1700 deaths per year. That figure has remained fairly stable for years (ignoring a drop during the COVID period). We have a population of 67.3 million, so you have a 0.00002526 chance of being killed in an RTA each year. Is that really such a threat to humanity?

[Evora market watch, for discussion and to help those searching!]

I concur.

[What made you 'Shake your Head' today?]

 

[Prospective new owner]

If you want a quick ‘Ring time, get an Evija X.

[Future of Lotus]

What? Again?

[Evora market watch, for discussion and to help those searching!]

Looks to me like the suspension has collapsed all round. Maybe that’s why it’s so cheap?

[Evora market watch, for discussion and to help those searching!]

Looks like he’s picked off the infamous LOTUS lettering above the sat nav screen.

[Evora Insurance]

I bet I spend more per mile insuring my Evora than anyone else. A combination of high value and limited mileage is an insurer’s dream. It’s always a struggle to get an agreed value quote for £90k.

[Lotus Babes]

Ah yes the beautiful model named EMEVA! 

[Evora market watch, for discussion and to help those searching!]

Looks lovely and a great buy for those after an auto.

[Early Retirement Pitfalls, Requirements etc Your opinions]

I was talking to a financial advisor the other day. He echoes the earlier points. He has lost count of the number of times he has met people with complete financial security and more money coming in from investments than they have ever spent before, but their mentality is still not to spend. He gave some examples, like

“when was the last time you both had a nice day out in London?”.
 

“Oh ages ago. Have you seen the price of train tickets nowadays?”

”stuff the train. Get a bloke in a limo to pick you both up, drive you there, wait until you’re ready and then drive you home. As for holidays, go long-haul and Business class.”

Treat yourselves FFS.