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Hey Everyone, As you may remember, I got my Eletre S just before Christmas and noticed a few issues. I have now done 3500 mile in it and am honestly glad to see that I'm not 'the only one' on here with issues. That being said, I love the car, and hopefully none of them are insurmountable. Serious issues (in my opinion): 1) Auto Brake - I agree with others, the amount of emergent warning sirens is off the charts. If I don't turn off the option in the menu, my car brakes violently even weaving in between standard urban traffic etc. Awful. Nearly MAKES me crash rather than prevent it. 2) Still nauseous from the adaptive cruise control. 60/61/60/61mph..... and repeat.... constant acceleration and breaking. horrendous to the point that I can't use it. 3)App is useless. Doesn't work half the time. Privacy setting constantly resets therefore makes location services un-usable. 4) Where the actual f*%k is Apple Car Play?? Seriously, in a 2024 car this is just NOT acceptable 5) The HUD rattle - fixed by OPD but now returning. I think it is from the rubber car area next to the windscreen, but not 1--% sure. Will have to have it looked at again. 6)Spotify constantly not working via lotus apps. 7)If I can't have Apple Car Play, wtf can't the Lotus MMI allow me to use bluetooth to use my phone to message whilst driving?? I should be able to use voice control to dictate a text, but can't...... Sat Nav often 'loses' the car.... can be seen on screen to be paddling up a river or across the roof of a house!! Range - 220 motorway miles in winter. About 250 mixed in my experience.

OK So I left it back to dealership. Good news is the awful buzz is fixed. Key fob is so much handier now. I bought extra one. £300 in case anyone wondering. Updated by a plug in update - dealer has no idea what it was for and I can't see any notable differences as yet? Still no Apple CarPlay. Things that I have noticed: RANGE - I am starting on 100% in 4-5 degrees heat. Travel mainly 75-80mph, except for odd 10 mins of 60ish in traffic. Do 100 miles using 'Tour' mode and I have 54% remaining on battery roughly speaking. So the range is definitely around the 200 miles mark for driving on motorway at relatively good speed and no passengers in car. Pretty crap to be fair, even with all the caveats about regen around towns/country roads/ temperature etc etc. THE WORST THING!! OK - The adaptive cruise control is HORRENDOUS!! I'm spoilt as coming from cars that have great ACC, but this thing sucks. It is nausea inducing and it badly needs sorted. So, you set the speed to say 70MPH. First, the problem is that the computer can't seem to maintain that. It constantly, and I mean constantly, speeds up to 71 and then brakes very gently to 70 again. And repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat............... It is so bad that I don't use it. Secondly, it is mental when coming upon traffic, no matter what distance you have set to allow between you and the car in front. I have been 200m behind a car in the slow lane travelling at 75 and it has braked suddenly to 60 or less!! LED Lights - No idea what's going on here, but they aint sensing any traffic coming the other way, leading to lots of cross flashing from other drivers to alert me! THE APP - Almost a month in and Lotus still can't match my car to me to the app. This is despite dealership phonecalls on repeat. Dealer has essentially said Lotus are out of their depth here and that the service is terrible. They basically have nothing set up for the possible success that this model (might) have given..... This is going to need sorted so quickly or they are goosed. Happy to answer any specific questions about the car. The potential is unreal, and all this is expected with early adoption, so I am prepared to put up with them if there are solutions in the pipeline.

🤣😂🤣😂 It might come to that. Totally understand it’s an EU driven requirement. But it’s incredibly annoying!

So - finally took delivery of Eletre S in the run up to Christmas. Just thought I'd share a few thoughts on here, hopefully interacting with fellow owners and expanding knowledge of the car at the same time! First up, I love the car. It looks class and it drives really well. Feels more sports car than SUV in my mind and that's right down to the slightly firm ride on UK streets, which I am used to anyway. The interior is lovely and so well finished. The KEF sound system, is indeed, amazing. Surround camera system is excellent and very accurate with a fantastic picture in the centre console. It is massive inside - I have three teenage girls who all say it is spacier and comfier than any previous SUV they've been in eg. Cayenne. BUT - there are a few things absolutely melting my head with it!! Firstly - The key card is the most over engineered piece of crap I have ever seen in my life. It's so easy to forget/lose. Mine came with 2 and NO FOB! This means that to open any door or the boot, I have touch the stupid card to the side pillar of the car. So annoying when you have shopping/ want to open passenger door only/boot. I have had to order fobs via the dealership, but to be honest, they should bin the stupid card and go back to a 'normal' clicker type key like all other vehicles! Speed/Lane Alert - Honestly, if there isn't a software update soon to stop this being an issue, it'll be me close to leaving the thing back! Having to go into the menu EVERY time I get in the car and turn off the Lane Assist and Speed Warning system is a complete nightmare. I don't mind the visual alerts, but the incessant beeping if you forget to do so is a real issue. HUD - I don't know if this is specific to my own car itself, or if anyone else is having this issue, but the HUD panel is squeaking 24/7 when driving. So much so that I have had to leave back to dealer to look at it today. May just be bad luck on my part, but interested to hear if anyone else has issues. Radio/Multimedia - When I get into the car the radio will not automatically come on when I set off. Again I have to use the menu. In the same vain, the car will not turn off any multimedia, even when you get out. It waits until you've presented the dreaded key card to the pillar again! Range - I have to agree with the recent Harrys Garage review. The range is nowhere near advertised. If you travel on motorway at speed limit, I am getting just over 200 miles at a push. Very disappointing. I am hopeful that the much promised updates - including Apple Car Play, which is ridiculous to not be on it already - help with a lot of the above issues. As I said, it is a lovely car and drives so well. My Taycan got a few updates in the garage over the years by Porsche, which improved its efficiency and miles range. Hopefully Lotus will do the same.