Mac Sinclair

Hi I’m new to Evora ownership which is great (the car itself) apart from I live in a remote corner of Cumbria so rather than having to waste half a day traipsing into that rare thing, a Lotus dealer, I wondered whether I could get a proper diagnostic scanner that can read all the codes for the Engine and ABS systems so I can either fix them myself or get a local specialist WRC garage to sort it. My local specialist garage fixes £250k rally cars but his expensive diagnostic kit but can’t see many of the Lotus codes. The car is a low mileage IPS model showing a ABS light. I’ve alread swapped out the brake switch on Lotus Silverstone’s advice. many thanks in advance Marcus PS. As a general thought it seems to me that Lotus have made smart choices using Toyota and other reliable standard parts, so considering the thin support network it would be helpful and good for the business looking at the big picture if they made the cars easy to repair by any competent garage. No doubt some are put off Lotus ownership by the thin support, a kind of chicken and egg situation. Silverstone who sold me the car are great, but too far away, but did bemoan the licensing cost of the diagnostic kit. I was supposed to be getting the car checked out at Carlisle Lotus this morning but they rang me to cancel at the last minute this morning as there sole technician is off.

Thanks for the advice. I’ve since talked to Lotus Silverstone who suspect the same and are going to send me the part next week so I can get it installed locally. It’s a 10hr round trip to Silverstone as I’m near Loweswater in the western Lake District I’m trying to avoid going into Carlisle to get the codes read if I can help it.

Just bought a 60 Reg Evora IPS from Lotus Silverstone which is great, except the car was sat for a while and has had new disks and pads. the ABS and traction control lights have come on after about 600 miles (mostly long slow trips so the pads are still not fully bedded in yet) Any views, want to avoid going back to Lotus as they’re 5 hours away. Loving the car, view this as teething issues. Have access to excellent local specialist who maintains WRX rally cars, but can’t read all Lotus error codes with his system All advice / ideas much appreciated