[Need recommendation for detailer near Oxford ?]

Trip down the A34?

I highly recommend Nick @ DetailMyCar, he's done several of my new cars and the same for JamesGray (buyer of your old White Evora)

[GFWilliams Purple, Slightly Modified, Exige V6]

Intrigued to see the airflow / dirt spray down the doors with the front wing vents.

[Mark Vinnels Life Celebration - Cars required in Axminster, 6th March]

Have shared to vx220 owners.

[What made you happy today?]

One for @C8RKH

Multi use…

[What made you happy today?]

Please turn up in an Oooooodi just to keep @C8RKHhappy.

[What made you happy today?]

Yep, can’t wait! Really looking forward to it.

I’ve got family on the island too.

[maximum flip out screen size]

I fitted the Evo64DAB.

didn’t disconnect any battery terminals.

fitted fine.

[GFWilliams Purple, Slightly Modified, Exige V6]

Funky! Interested to see how they perform!

[Final Edition Elise Cup 250]

6 hours ago, Slow Yank said:

MUCH BETTER! I wish this would have come as an option. I actually ordered a set of aftermarket wheels in anthracite for my Isotope car as I think it's the perfect match - even better on yours with the carbon aero.

Did you paint the wheels that came with the car, or order a spare set and have those painted?

I had a set of the wheels (non Lotus ones) from my Sport220, so when I sold the 220 I kept them and had them repowder coated in anthracite in readiness.

[Final Edition Elise Cup 250]

God knows I hate a black hole! Silver, better yet Anthracite all the way 😂

[Final Edition Elise Cup 250]

Changed my shoes…

[Helmet - Track & Road events]

£5 head? £5 helmet.

Paint is purely vanity, nothing more

I have an Arai GP6, I tried other brands, but Arai seem to suit my head shape more. You need to try the different brands really.

I had mine painted by ImageDesignCustom in Isotope Green to match my Cup250FE, with CocoPops monkey applied to the rear, based on my old design.

[Question about the Elise Cup pre 2018 spoiler, are the arrowsheads sold separately somewhere?]

@Jasonf@ Aerie Performance is having the smaller endplates made in Carbon.

The smaller ones are shared between Cup 250 and Exige 410, so fit both.

I've got a set on order to go with my carbon spoiler.

[AiM MX2E Elise/Exige specific dash]

Yep. Can’t get the dash to recognise camera.

[Aerie Performance]

Can also vouch for Jason @ Aerie. Have bought a few carbon pieces now.

[Elise 240 Final Edition]

Yeh should be.

modern ones have thick lining in place as well so probably helps with warmth and quiet.

[Elise 240 Final Edition]

Nope, vx one was different.

vx had no lining and the adjusters were at the edges of the cable. The Elise one has adjusters in middle of cable.

[Elise 240 Final Edition]

2 minutes ago, jimichanga said:

Anything to the rumour that the quality of the  soft tops is not what it was?

Mine appears to be the same as my 2018 soft top.

[Elise 240 Final Edition]

8 minutes ago, Trebor_UK said:

Got my Certificate of Provenance through too. Number 41 of 59. 1 of only 2 in solid red and the only one fully solid red (the other had the black pack).

... still waiting for the soft top though 

And yet your car was delivered before mine? My soft top was delivered last week.

 

[410 Sport Lithium battery dead]

Helped me out this morning!

was shuffling the 250 around yesterday and clearly left keys in ignition and switched on…

Cue call from Vodafone Automotive at 4:49 as they’d received a “battery flat or removed alert” from tracker.

Went to check, sure enough battery flat, googled reset procedure and this thread came up with Andy’s pic of the “the button”. Job done!!

[AiM MX2E Elise/Exige specific dash]

Lotus123

[Future of Lotus]

Trust me, I want to love Lotus more than most.

2 vx220 (as well you know, yes Vauxhall, but more Lotus than other Lotus badged cars), 2 Evora (NA and 400) and now onto my second Elise (Sport220 and now Cup250FE).

Have lotus learned and changed? No. Are they making people feel special? No.

if it wasn’t for the love of the brand, I’m sure I’d have given up by now. I discussed buying the last of the Elise run within a week of my late wife passing, that’s why it’s important to me. They know that, it’s no secret.

They mucked us about with #silvergate (interior) and inordinately high option prices (painted spoiler instead of black? £600. Painted spoiler end plates, instead of black? £600. Colour stitch? £600) and then they mucked us about with soft tops. I was promised they were to be sent out in delivery date order… imagine the frustration when cars were being delivered before Christmas with soft tops and yet still no news on mine!?

Seriously, Lotus you have to change. For everyone’s sake, not least your own.

[Future of Lotus]

I fully agree Andy…

my brand new Cup250 was supplied in September, delivered August.

it had no soft top, that arrived today. No apology, just a soft top in a box with some bubble wrap.

That didn’t order/pay for a hard top got given one free “to get the car out of the factory” those of us that did order a hardtop? Nothing.

acceptable to supply a £60k+ car with bits missing? Imagine how that would go down with Porsche owners

Oh and I paid my £2k the day after the big Emira launch… have I got any further with it? nope, still waiting for i4 information. Am I feeling warm and fuzzy about my Elise? Am I feeling warm and fuzzy about an Emira order? Also no.

 

[Future of Lotus]

I'm not sure they know...

[Final Edition Elise Cup 250]

3 minutes ago, Slow Yank said:

No PPF?

And I agree, that colour looks great.

It had ppf before ceramic coat.