TLF Evora Sport 410 Club

[Dan E]

18 hours ago, philnotts said:

After owning and selling my Essex Blue GT410 Sport and missing the car, I jump ship and bought this 410 Sport! Hopefully delivery this week coming!

Not sure whether or not to remove the side decals and rear 410 Sport sticker. Apart this this, no other plans for the car, just enjoy the handling and sound!!

Thank you for the forum members who have helped me during this process.

that is lovely, personally i would bin the stripes its where they end at the back of the door that looks wrong to me and the decal is too big, absolutely stunning colour 

[Gadzooks]

I took the stripes off mine as grey stripes on green didn’t work.  However I think the black on grey works a treat

[scotty435]

On 02/02/2024 at 16:50, philnotts said:

After owning and selling my Essex Blue GT410 Sport and missing the car, I jump ship and bought this 410 Sport! Hopefully delivery this week coming!

Not sure whether or not to remove the side decals and rear 410 Sport sticker. Apart this this, no other plans for the car, just enjoy the handling and sound!!

Thank you for the forum members who have helped me during this process.

Congratulations Phil that looks amazing, hopefully see you and the car on a MLOC run soon, the colour is fantastic, would be interesting how many left the factory in that colour combination. As for your question on the decals, never been a fan always thought the looked they looked like Halfords aftermarket stickers. To be honest they look ok against the grey paint and on limited run car buyers will want to purchase a car as close to OEM in the future.

[philnotts]

11 hours ago, scotty435 said:

Congratulations Phil that looks amazing, hopefully see you and the car on a MLOC run soon, the colour is fantastic, would be interesting how many left the factory in that colour combination. As for your question on the decals, never been a fan always thought the looked they looked like Halfords aftermarket stickers. To be honest they look ok against the grey paint and on limited run car buyers will want to purchase a car as close to OEM in the future.

Hello Scott,

Nice to hear from you and yes will have to join in the fun again on the MLOC runs, even though i only made 1 in my GT410 Sport! Hopefully more in the 410 Sport! The Scotland trip sounds good later on in the year.

I saw you took the very nice Exige from Central Lotus, i was looking around that the other week! Is it a potential purchase?

[C8RKH]

13 hours ago, scotty435 said:

To be honest they look ok against the grey paint and on limited run car buyers will want to purchase a car as close to OEM in the future.

You can actually buy a set of the stickers from Lotus - not that expensive. So if you do take them off, buy the set from Lotus and leasve them in the wrapping. That way the new owner can decide if they want to put them on or not.

As decals, they will start to wear around the stripe edges as you clean and polish etc.

[scotty435]

3 hours ago, philnotts said:

Hello Scott,

Nice to hear from you and yes will have to join in the fun again on the MLOC runs, even though i only made 1 in my GT410 Sport! Hopefully more in the 410 Sport! The Scotland trip sounds good later on in the year.

I saw you took the very nice Exige from Central Lotus, i was looking around that the other week! Is it a potential purchase?

Yes Phil it was definitely a potential  purchase always had a soft spot for the Type 25 430. But after driving the car you forgot how raw this lotus platform can be and decided that my old bones could not take the punishment anymore lol.

 

[C8RKH]

I got the VX220 out yesterday, first time in a year. Started first time! What a car.

These old bones may have a slight twinge today, but by christ did the rawness, suppleness and handling of 260bhp in a little silver plastic shit box put one hell of a smile on my face.

I bet that exige with 430 horses would have been stupendous. Scintillating. Titillating. Orgasmic!  Hahaha.....

That bicycle reflector on the door! So Lotus. Just bonkers superb.

[philnotts]

1 hour ago, scotty435 said:

Yes Phil it was definitely a potential  purchase always had a soft spot for the Type 25 430. But after driving the car you forgot how raw this lotus platform can be and decided that my old bones could not take the punishment anymore lol.

Haha, that is funny as I nearly test drove the fire red Exige 410 they have on SOR but when i sat in it, i thought this isn't going to work, so the 410 Sport was purchased!

 

[philnotts]

....nearly home time!

[philnotts]

....and we are done! Amazing results from the detailers using Xpel PPF and Gtechniq coatings on the car.

Decided to go decal naked for the time being but I do have the complete decal pack just in case.

Edited March 26 by philnotts

[AD Fox]

So, after an 18 month hiatus, I’m exceedingly pleased to say that I have returned to the Sport 410 Club!

I left to try the Porsche Cayman world in 2022 as a more cost effective alternative at the time, gave it a fair shake for over a year, but having lived with a Sport 410 prior, I found that Porsche experience comparatively subdued and uninspiring. Gone were the incessant urges to get up and grab the keys for an impromptu spin, the feverish excitement of an approaching tunnel, the buzz from just sitting in traffic, knowing that you are at the command of one of the finest road-going creations on the planet. Certain Porsche models can of course deliver on some of these aspects, but even as an occupant of a 991 GT3 Touring, I thought; its impressive, but missing something.

I can say that the Cayman was a very good car that ticked all of the right sports car boxes as it went about its business, but it inevitably skips many of those “Wrong Boxes” that pander to: “The Inner Lunatic”.
 
Is it wrong to sacrifice visibility to have light-weight carbon fibre rear quarter windows?

> Yes, but who cares about what’s behind you anyway!

Is it wrong to have to turn a key and push a start button?

> Yes, but how “McLaren F1” is that!

Is it wrong to have a factory exhaust system so loud that Heathrow tells you to keep it down? 🙉

> Definitely yes, but I can’t live without it!

Is it wrong to have a mono-wiper?

> No! That’s always the right choice!

These are the kind of thrills that I’ve always aspired to experience in a car, The Sport 410 feels like a modern interpretation of a car built in the early 2000’s, which was my favourite automotive era. Where I spent most days fawning over F430s, Superleggeras, Ford GTs and Carrera GTs sliding around the Top Gear test track. The Sport 410 incredibly delivers a comparable experience without the unimaginable financial barriers to entry. Also…close the valve, turn up the heating, switch on the Apple CarPlay, and enable the cruise control and it turns into a fast, efficient and compliant long distance tourer, which many of those mentioned above cannot do.

And what a car to come back to, the 2nd of the 2 UK Grand Prix Edition cars. Car #3 of 18 produced worldwide. Undervalued in my opinion for what it is, but I’ll take that as my gain. I’m incredibly impressed with the design, as it does a great job of celebrating Team Lotus’ 13 Formula 1 World titles, while still being a cohesive and attractive JPS rendition inside and out. Harking back as well to the 1978 S2 Esprit World Championship Commemorative Edition.

I’m also a big aviation buff, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to nab a "Grand Prix" plate reminiscent to the Registration on Colin’s Black and Gold Cessna 414 Chancellor: “G-PRIX”.

It’s safe to say this blinged-up, carbon-clad, so and so doesnt quite fly under the proverbial radar (pun intended) 😄. The “Puff Daddy”, “Liberace” comparisons from my pals are already inbound as we speak 😄, fortunately it sounds and performs like a Rockstar to match the looks!

Special thanks to my good friend @jep who introduced me to the Lotus world many years ago with his brilliant 340R no less. The bug has definitely bitten!

Though I have had to invest in some extra locking wheel nuts as I don’t quite trust him around these Gold Spinners 😅.

 

Avanti.

 

[philnotts]

Very nice and welcome back! I think I looked at this car before buying my Sport 410!

[jep]

You have learnt well, my young apprentice; the force is strong within you. 

🙂

[C8RKH]

Welcome back. I have thought about leaving but just can't!

The force may be strong with you, but remember, never take your helmet off. "This is the way".

[Gadzooks]

Having bought my car new I sold it and then 18 months later bought the exact same car back again as I couldn’t find anything I liked more.  I even tried a Boxster GTS around Silverstone and although a great car it didn’t have the theatre and smiles per mile that the 410 has

[Rancid]

This time next week I should be back in a Lotus and a member of the Sport 410 club 😀

It’s been almost 7 years since my 3rd and last Lotus (Exige 350) drove off with its new owner.

Lots of cars have come and gone in between, but the lure of another Lotus was too great.

Not sure about the decals if I’m honest, but I think after 7 years on the car they may not be the easiest to get off and the paint underneath possibly slightly different shade now?

And the radio - would like to change to a DAB system.

 

Edited April 14 by Rancid

[philnotts]

Welcome!

Did you buy the Sport 410 from Lotus Nottingham? I use them for my servicing for my Sport 410.

Highly recommend https://www.deep-shine.co.uk/ if you want your car correctly detailing. They removed my decals no issue.

Also check out https://www.midlandslotus.co.uk/forum/forum/6-events/ for local drives outs.

Cheers,

Phil

 

[Rancid]

Cheers Phil

Yes I bought that one 😀

I’ve used Central since they opened when I had both my last two Exiges as I’m also in Notts.

Always had good service from them and even though neither of my other cars were bought from them, they were always good with warranty issues and servicing - first Exige needed a new clutch under warranty and they organised the whole thing including arranging the then Lotus field engineer to look at it.

Need to find my log in for MLOC too…

[philnotts]

Very nice, it looked nice when i saw it in the showroom!

If you have any good driving routes around Nottinghamshire or surrounding areas, please pm them through!!

[philnotts]

Are there any local or none local Sport 410 owners attending the monthly LDC meet in Derbyshire on the 21st April? - 

https://www.lotusdriversclub.org.uk/areas/derbyshire?fbclid=IwAR0le04uQPPP5uLehMRk6cpF83PWw_Zee2EvdtggfxsozVNBqK4AC3rdQdk_aem_AftyIStL7_lyvjTsdTFDoPbYTHogd8O5Sne62989QaN7OzindFOwU7JSw5SpljFXHqqhP7qDsQDWlqbRO1B-Pft8

Edited April 16 by philnotts

[Rancid]

Home..

[philnotts]

Very nice!

Are you planning on going to meet tomorrow?

[Rancid]

I coach kids rugby on Sunday mornings until 12pm so I wouldn’t make it, unless it’s in the afternoon?

[philnotts]

Ok i see. I think it starts at 10am but unsure when everyone leaves.

[philnotts]

Nice little meet at the Great British Car Journey last Sunday.

 

Edited April 24 by philnotts