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Thanks Spanky.. That’s excellent. I’ll get on and order the required parts.. Anyone recommendations for the best place to get the parts from? OK, So next question. Any recommendations please for the best place to buy the parts?

I bought my Evora S Sport Racer new in 2015 from Hexagon..I was their very first Lotus customer!! I did think about changing it for a 400, but I really didn’t like the interior of the 400 or the seats. It felt like sitting on the car rather than in the car and I got the impression that the Add Lightness mantra actually meant add cheapness to maximise profits. The Last of the Sports Racers were fully fitted, with every extra included as standard. Sure the interior has some eccentricities, but I got used to them and it adds to the charm of a hand built car. Eventually, I just decided to keep it. I had the TVS 1900 Supercharger fitted like Tims car, and am very, very happy with the result. Now we have the new Lotus Enima or whatever its called.. It’s quite pretty..maybe looks a bit generic, undoubtably it will be better made and better equipped. A great shame it no longer has the Lotus Visor windscreen which I’ve always loved..I guess it’s too expensive!, and the same diameter wheels front and back don’t work for me..but again I guess it’s just cheaper to do like that… So, I’m always stuck with the same problem, I love my Evora but can’t think of anything else I’d rather have.

I wonder if anyone can give me an answer. My 2015 Evora S IPS has a very stiff change-up paddle on the steering wheel. It has now got to the point where its doesn’t work, it feels completely different to the other paddle which works fine, so I guess there’s something broken with the mechanism. Can the paddles and associated mechanism be replaced, or do you have to change the entire steering wheel. So far I have been unable to have any definitive response..so, help wanted please!

Each to their own I guess. I’m more than happy with my lardy old 2015 S1 Sport racer. Even if it is heavier, I much prefer having all the options and the Recaro heated seats. I gave a good look to the 400, but in my opinion the car, in adding lightness, also ended up looking cheaper, particularly the interior, and I disliked the higher driving position with the Spark seats. Mine is for road use only, I drive between the UK and Italy a couple of time a year and find the car perfect for my requirements. It’s quick ( TVS 1900 …Thanks Hoffmanns! ), quiet and comfortable, the interior is a really nice place to be. Equally, I can see that there is a lot of weight to be taken out of the car, as with all modern cars, if that’s your thing. I can see it would be possible to drop the weight to the mid 1200kgs, but you’d end up with a quick bet rather basic and crude car. I think a lot of weight could be lost by building the subframes of something lighter and stronger, light weight wheels and carbon brakes…but it all costs!

Thanks, I’ll have a look and see what he thinks.

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience of the BOE Fabrication IPS Enhancement Kit? Having upgraded the car with a TVS1900, I’m wondering it this might be a good upgrade to make. Anyone??? https://www.boefab.com/collections/evora/products/evora-ips-shift-performance-kit

I think you’ll find the difference in time is due to the gear ratios and more relevantly the fact that you can drop the clutch on a manual from much higher revs, the auto has to spool up from engine idle, so the initial launch is quicker on the manual. Having driven both, the auto, when in sport manual, shifts are much, much quicker than you ever can with the manual. ( however, this does depend on the gearbox software which was hugely improved over the life of the Evora, an early IPS is very different to the later ones ). Also, with the IPS, the more load it’s under, the quicker the shift. Regarding the DSG boxes. There was no DSG available for a transverse install that would take the torque of the blown V6, and the other consideration was that a DSG box weighs very much more than a TC auto box. As for it being old technology, a lot of manufacturers, BMW for one, are going back to the TC box because there have been so many improvement to the epicyclic gear boxes recently.

One of the IPS shift paddles on my car has started to become a bit stiff to operate. Can they be changed?

What about fitting a battery isolation switch? Or is having the alarm a necessity?

What would be the recommended product to clean the leather on the dash and seats. It’s still in good condition but I was thinking I should use something to nourish the leather as I don’t want it to dry out too much as I live in a warm climate. Any suggestions?

I guess the higher seats were to make the ingress / egress a bit easier. I much prefer the lower Ricaros of the S1.

Sadly it seems like the guys in the USA do seem to suffer from bad to non existent dealer support on occasion. I really can’t say the same here in the UK and Europe, where I have always been very happy with the attitude and service that I’ve received.

I can’t say I’ve got any problem with the IPS. When I bought my S sport racer, I went with the absolute intention of buying a manual. I was talked into trying the IPS and much prefer it as a road car. Each to their own I guess. Mine is one of the last S1’s, so presumably they had sorted the IPS box by then. I have to say I enjoy driving it and have no complaints about the operation of the gearbox in manual or auto settings, it’s as good or better as any other torque converter box that I’ve tried. Sure it’s not as quick from paddle pull to change as a DSG, but you get used to it, and it changes much faster than you ever could with a manual shift. One other thing, the difference in character of the car between Normal and Sport mode is much more noticeably on the ISP than the manual shift cars. Try Both!

The all new, all electric lotus EVage has these type of doors, doesn’t it? I guess if the hinges were made of a light weight material, Aluminium or Carbon sandwich, so they didn’t weigh as much as the doors, then they might be worth considering. I agree that love them or loath them, the scissor doors do shout supercar to many people. The down side is that your wife / girlfriend can’t slam them in your face when you p1ss her off!

That’s a really lovely colour you’ve got there…Like it!

Has any thing been found out yet as to what has caused these problems? I feel very sorry for the guys who have suffered this in Italy, but so far, I still haven’t heard that it’s a problem in other countries. Any updates would be useful for all of us..

Yes, I think that’s probably the way to go, there are a few here in the area that do the yachts.

I don’t think there are many DSG boxes available for 400+ bhp and a transversals installation. Lotus were developing their own back in the Bahar days. The development costs wouldn’t make it economically viable unless they could sell it to someone else as well.

Well done.Yes, exactly those.

Does anyone know if headrest cushions are available for the Ricaros in the S1 Evora? I was thinking of a padded cushion type arrangement that slips over the head restraint to bring the head rest nearer the head. I’m sure I’ve seen them somewhere, but not sure where it was.

I bought one new……..I really wish I hadn’t!

I should think the smart aspect of this is also a way in which electric vehicles can be taxed to make up for the shortfall in fuel tax. When I read all this I have to say I’m glad I’m an old bugger, I’ll probably be in my box before the worst of this becomes mandatory. The future doesn’t really look a very inspiring place with constant surveillance and control of the population. Amazing how we’ve all collectively walked into 1984 without a murmur.

The Alpine has a weight / stiffness advantage in its aluminium unitary construction. They have a body shell that is the chassis, whereas Lotus have a chassis and a body shell. And, its a cheap form of construction once the tooling has been designed and made. If Lotus wish to go down this road they would have to find someone to build the unitary body shell for them. Agree that they really need to have an affordable car with superior performance sooner rather than later. All car manufacturers are now chasing lightweight, it’s no longer just a Lotus thing.

In the immediate future I’d like to see the new Exige built on the Evora platform, hopefully with a longitudinal engine /transaxle install, to take over the track /sports sector of the range. The Evora, which will probably be with us for some time yet, should go back towards its original concept as a useable daily GT, not the highly focused track car it has become. One of the problems with the current Evora in my mind is that it is perhaps too focused to have a wider appeal. The 911 has appeal because the vast majority of the cars sold are non focused, standard 911’s, not the GT2 /3’s As an aside. The Geely DSG box was mentioned, is this for a transversals or longitudinal engine installation?

I recently change my original fit P-Zero’s for the 400 Michelins. Despite some on here saying they only got 2,000 miles out of a set, mine did 30,000kms. Probably because the roads in Italy have a pretty low grip surface. I find the Michelins to be a rather better tyre, giving much sharper responsiveness as others have said. I’m also glad to have moved up to the wider size as they fit the rims better than the Pirelli's and have the small curbing protection strip.