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Not up close she doesn't. Cookeen face.

The worrying aspect is, it will sell at that or near that level. Yet getting £10k for an original, low mileage FSH Excel is not easy. Ask me how I know 🙃 Justin

Wider tyres....typical of designers drawings, cars look better with bigger tyres and wheels.....but for road use, skinny tyres are much more fun and better feel.

Insurers won't repair stuff like headlamps and seem to insist on new bumpers etc....instead of repairing. Owners will usually find a way to get around any parts issue, with the help of genuinely enthusiastic specialists. Justin

Evora artwork: both sides of the tote bag issued in 2009 for the Evora launch. I have two, I'm not going to use them, so best they go on the wall. Sadly I no longer own an Evora 😥

I fear it is track specific. F1 seems to be all about the tyres in this era. Justin

F1 ain't all about 1st place......but don't let ACBC hear. So happy for Mclaren. They've had a rotten time, especially the road car division. And quite a comeback from the start of last season.

It's a con. Now the government subsidies have finished in most territories, low and behold, manufacturers prices drop. Yet again, taxpayers have filled the bank accounts of the car companies. It happened with diesel, twice, and now electric. Justin

You'll (nearly) always get a better price selling a Lotus privately. I can't think of an example were that wouldn't be the case. Not many dealers will want a 10 year old Evora in p/ex, if any. They'll trade it straight out again. P/ex is there for folk who: are too lazy to sell privately/are too scared to sell privately/are time-poor (read 'can't be bothered')/company is paying/need out fast/who can afford it. P/ex is fabulous for dealers, they make more money otherwise they wouldn't do it. They make that money from you as the p/ex customer, it isn't magic by a Money Tree Car Fairy. Justin

Nothing like being prepared.....but not sure even The Lotus Forum crystal ball can predict what will happen in 2025/2026.

It's fun watching Mclaren resurgence

Newey: full respect to him, incredible man and so sad Williams didn't offer him equity all those years ago - how different that story would have been. However, reading and watching the coverage lately, it's seems Newey is the greatest Grand Prix designer ever. Newey has been at it for 30+ years and won 13 driver titles/12 constructors as a designer. Colin Chapman was active in F1 for circa 20 years as a designer, team principal and team owner. He won 13 titles in an era when reliability made serial winning very tricky. Chapman is surely the greatest ever in F1. He may or may not be the most successful in any one discipline but in terms of overall input to multiple high pressure tasks, no-one can touch him. Justin

A definite improvement. The S1 wheel is not pleasant, in look or feel. The S2 Nardi is fabulous, one of the best. Justin

Good. It's a decent job in 2024 and should not adversely affect your son's health. You couldn't say that about the same job 30 or more years ago. Health and safety at work may have tedious and irritating consequences for the customer (and probably some staff) but in the main is acceptable progress in a civilised society.

But they probably died younger than they should or lived in pain from various injuries. Would you want your kids to work the bins in 1950 or 2024? Think about both sides of any debate.