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For the car that is being used properly, I'd always prioritise critically important things like tyres, brakes, all the fluids, suspension over cosmetic improvements. Understand it is just a matter of priorities.

Cross-drilled disks are not really a good choice for active real use of the car, I'd always go for slotted brake disks in any performance car (and will do so once current stock disks are done). You've been lucky with this crack, fingers crossed for the luck to continue. Worth mentioning that holes and slots are normally not really for cooling, but for removal of the gasses from the face of the brake pad under hard use

1) I use Motul 300V 5W40, would not bother with extra draining - it will all go over a few oil changes 2) I use Motul Gear300 75W90 and change it roughly annually or every 10k miles 3) Dunno, I just use OEM 4) Changed to Ferodo DS Uno and DS1.11 and they work very well so far with virtually no noise. This is race compound brake pads, so keep in mind disks wear will be faster (but not overly fast) and they may be a bit lazy when fully cold (not a big deal)

@Jcx, thank you for the kind words even for a very not clean car Standard suspension with unchanged from the factory geo. I wanted full alignment to be done last year, but it was literally impossible to make the guy running service in B&C to do the paid job (crazy, I think - one of the reasons I have no intention to service it there ever again). She's due to get new tyres (new set of PSC2 sits in the garage) and full geo sometime rather soon.

You don't need to try to be provocative with statement like "itching for a fight" - looks a bit teeny. And I do know about the way Porsche price lists and options work fairly well, no need to ask anyone. The point is that this car seems to be rather impressive in terms of performance. It is also no Porsche and no Lotus - so one does not need to care for two pages options list with a price tag of a Golf R, and basic for 2019 amenities are going to be there and functional. Looks like there isn't too much to dislike. Perhaps the dimensions can be a bit overwhelming for the UK roads, I'm personally very keen to find out.

For professionals I should have said C7. Obviously, there is no RHD version. Not sure if it makes a lot of sense to assume that factory made RHD version is going to be dramatically more expensive compared to LHD. Also I take it that irrelevance of the point on "options bringing price up" is not being disputed.

Still on my way home, will be there in about an hour and take a few shots to post here (won't be as pretty and tidy as yours )

Not every car manufacturer charges you for such a commonly used things as aircon, carpets or basic trim - Corvette does not really have much options to be paid for unless you move between the versions of the car (e.g. Stingray to Z06). I also suspect that they figured how to keep an aircon and window seals functional. You can buy current one for well under £70k in the UK now, and there is no expectation of the new model to be much more expensive.

I do, to me there is no way to tell the difference between the two size in terms of look (but then I also can't feel 2psi tyre pressure change ). If you want some specific type of pictures - I can get those tomorrow, just let me know which angle you'd like to see

I genuinely admire people who can notice 1-2psi of tyre pressure change.

Ok then, how about covering it in superglue and throwing feathers at it? For sure not destructive...

How about just setting the whole thing on fire? Just testing some alternatives...

I'm not sure how did you conclude that these "so many" aim to pick holes in "everything". Pretty much everyone commenting has bought a Lotus (I did, and I am fully fine with that decision, have no regrets and have no intentions to sell it on after covering 200mi on a B-road and a bragging session in a local pub, to then just move on to a used fancy car for a next round of this routine). This fact surely gives some indication of those "so many" seeing a positive aspect and appreciation of the cars manufactured by the company as well?

So any attempt of a basic reality check is easy to shrug off as a "pointless negativity"? That's an overly simple and somewhat disappointing way to finish the exchange when there is not much to say.

Only at low speed acceleration, where different manner of power delivery (instant and easy to moderate finely) is massively different to ICE. At high speeds everyone is playing against the same aerodynamics challenges @Giniw I actually fully agree with what you're saying - it's hard to do a proper 0-100 in a RWD car with a stick and Exige is actually not that far off even without really trying hard

How comes? Isn't it the case that for many of those cars there is people out there taking them for a spin with those little Racelogic devices in a safe locations of the airstrips? So even the keenest supporters agree that there is possibility for a 30% made up statements in there? 1,173 in my books (1,972/1,680), that may potentially be without the batteries, steering wheels and tyres, judging by the condition of a "lightest specification" Another way to see it is called "attention to detail". I wish this feature was in place for whoever was putting the doors of my Exige together - maybe that would not leak water then... But we'll, it's not £2mn as well, maybe that's why...

Only until you try to get to under 4sec 0-100 in an Exige Kind of, but then there is magic dust to gain so much on the rest of not far off powered cars later on and keep accelerating at the same pace into jets takeoff speed, I guess It's like many other things these days - don't try to think about it and ask questions, just believe

Claiming is not necessarily delivering. As it looks, they plan to be able to gain 100kmph of speed every 3s and all with huge downforce. Aha.

Surely these are not considered as "groundbreaking hypercars"? Didn't you say that Evija is lighter and with loads more downforce? How does it work if for one car it is known (or rather claimed) and for the other one it is not mentioned? Didn't they say that the number of requests made them increase the production plan? I understand it means these are all sold out? So if they sell let's say 50 of those (roughly, to match 2018 profits through a bit lower revenues with nicer margins), then they can get rid of these "poor man's cars"? Doesn't look like it if you trust what their CEO says - one incrementally new model to be shown (not mass produced) by the end of 2019. Or you think there will be a flurry of brand new models in 2020, in an industry with shortening but still at least 3-5 years development cycles?

So an overall answer is "the same, but potentially better in many aspects". Interesting to me thing is that 2018 car sales revenues as I understand must have been somewhere around up to £120mn (that's 1,700 cars at £70,000 apiece, which is already quite high) with certainly unexciting profitability. And now they are talking about £260mn revenues (130 cars at £2mn apiece) with as I understand 30-50% margins. Why would anyone bother about all of these Elise's, Exiges and Evoras if the above is true? Would it not be better to just pop out some limited edition hypercars in 50-500 batches each year and live happily?

Probably makes sense, will be interesting to read your trackday comparison of a new McLaren (which one are you going to go for?) vs an Exige

So are you guys not going to buy 488 Pista now or will just be vigilant and make sure the dealer sorts this out before collection?

Other than ~70hp more and ~50kWh less, how is this materially different from Pininfarina Battista and the likes?