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jamesbilluk
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Well, I ended up buying the Blue one, the general condition is very good, with a good service history, its recently (2019) had over 3k spent on various things, including a new AC compressor. I had a checklist I took with me. The only thing that isn't working is the passenger window drop and rise, as you open and close the door. The window mechanism works fine though. The gear change is lovely, rifle bolt like, no problems going in to 2nd! 

 

Considering the miles, and being white  the interior is in great condition. A nice bonus is, that it does have the Janspeed Lotus sports exhaust, that sounds fantastic, and even managed to return 35mpg on the motorway.The one thing that has amazed me, is how well the car rides, bettwe than my other halfs Astra, not one rattle from the dashboard, or from the suspension, infact, the i8 had more rattles from the dash! 

Looking forward to many more miles, and will just have to sort out the window..  

 

Here are some pics, clean when I left, and dirty when I got home.. 

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    7 minutes ago, LotusLeftLotusRight said:

    Well done! Window could just need resetting. There’s a guide on here somewhere.

    Thank you:) Will take a look. The one press window down seems to work ok. 

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    8 minutes ago, Bibs said:

    Nice one, well done :thumbsup:

     

    Thank you! Will take a look. 

    I'll have to study the Alpine Radio instructions, as it seems incomprehensible! It would be nice one day to have a DAB installed, or android auto. 

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    Looks lovely, a great looking car.

     

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    15 minutes ago, C8RKH said:

    Looks lovely, a great looking car.

     

    Thank you :) Certainly had a few looks on the motorway! 

    12 minutes ago, Cdm2018 said:

    Looks fab I love interior 

    as for alpine HU I personally swap out for apple CarPlay unit but if your not too bothered concentrate on other things 

    know what your doing this Xmas break  hope weather stays mild ? 

    Thank you! As soon as I saw the interior I loved it, 

    Will take a look at that head unit, I must admit, with the exhaust, I can barely hear it anyway.. 

    Very much hope it stops raining for a bit.. Take it on my favourite road. 

     

    9 minutes ago, trcm said:

    Beautiful!

    Especially with the oyster interior. I'd have loved that in mine.

    Thank you :)

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    18 minutes ago, TdM said:

    Lovely car! Tip from someone who has had Oyster leather before; Don't wear brand new blue jeans in there!

    Ah, thank you! Will make sure. Luckily all my jeans are quite well worn now.. 

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    10 minutes ago, jamesbilluk said:

    Ah, thank you! Will make sure. Luckily all my jeans are quite well worn now.. 

    oh if you have young ones don’t forget juice spills or chocolate etc lol 

    good thing about leather you can give it protection and easy to wipe clean if you can straight away 

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    Very nice. One of my absolute favourite colour combinations on the S1 cars. 

    Window reset procedure is the usual. Wind it down and keep holding the button down for a few seconds. Wind it up and again keep button held for sure few seconds. Job done. 

    Blessed with the competence to be a slave to the incapable.

    Currently without a Lotus, Evora 400 Hethel Edition in Racing Green with Red leather and 2010 Evora N/A in Laser Blue and 1983 Lotus Excel LC Narrow body in Ice Blue all sadly gone.

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    58 minutes ago, Colin P said:

    Very nice. One of my absolute favourite colour combinations on the S1 cars. 

    Window reset procedure is the usual. Wind it down and keep holding the button down for a few seconds. Wind it up and again keep button held for sure few seconds. Job done. 

    Thank you Colin, 

    Liking the colour more and more, even in the dark, it seems to look good. 

    Have given the window procedure a try, I don't seem to get the click when holding it down.

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    Congrats, looks good.   Tip for cleaning the oyster leather, try Autoglym Interior Shampoo.  Works a treat to remove the inevitable marking from your jeans.

    Was this the one that had a new clutch recently?    Does look great in the blue, quite unusual and very striking.

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    55 minutes ago, Daveb99 said:

    Congrats, looks good.   Tip for cleaning the oyster leather, try Autoglym Interior Shampoo.  Works a treat to remove the inevitable marking from your jeans.

    Was this the one that had a new clutch recently?    Does look great in the blue, quite unusual and very striking.

    Thank you! 

    Ah, I shall get some purchased. If its not raining tomorrow, I'm going to have a good clean of the inside. 

    Not sure, regarding the clutch, there's no mention in the history, so will see what happens. 

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    46 minutes ago, Barrykearley said:

    Well done chap - a fab colour as well 🥳

    Thank you :)

    14 minutes ago, LOTUSMAN33 said:

    What a beauty, well done James you must be over the moon 😎

    Dave :) 

    Thanks Dave :)

    Thrilled with it! 

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    1 hour ago, cdco said:

    Well done James lovely looking motor.. The Alpine unit lasted one trip out in mine and jumped from about 5th job on the list to first.. Enjoy

    Thank you :)

    it does seem quite a complicated unit! 

    what did you replace the Alpine with? 

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    I replaced my already upgraded unit with a pioneer apple car play dvd as I have a young one who likes to watch a movie on the school run as it’s a 30-45 min journey 

    changed the sub/amp and add a wee soundproof but left the main door speakers as money got tight ! 

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    2 hours ago, Cdm2018 said:

    I replaced my already upgraded unit with a pioneer apple car play dvd as I have a young one who likes to watch a movie on the school run as it’s a 30-45 min journey 

    changed the sub/amp and add a wee soundproof but left the main door speakers as money got tight ! 

    Sounds good! May be a job for the future. Would be nice to get DAB fitted as well, as I do enjoy 5 live.

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    Hmm, its now decided overnight that it doesn't want the drivers window to drop when opening! 

    On a good note, after all the rain we had, there's not one wet patch on any carpet, which is good:) 

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