Hello! New Evora owner on the west coast of Scotland

[Pupil1]

Hi everyone,

I've been wanting a lotus for years but always talked myself out of it, until around a month ago, and I'm now annoyed it took so long!😆

I bought a 2010 Evora, it really had to be the evora, I only have the one car so need the "practicality" of it. I've liked them since they came out and now they're coming into my buget and it's fantastic.

Probably sacrilege to some but the fact it can take me, fianceé, dog and bike across the country, and then have a sports car for the weekend is everything. Most of the time it's a weekend warrior, either cycling or using work vehicles during the week.

I'll be searching the forum and picking peoples brains a fair ammount, 1st job is to find the end of the cable that releases the front hatch as it's not on the handle anymore!?

Hope to see some of you soon, I can't make the meet on the 6th but want to get to a meet soon.

Here's a pic from the 1st trip, that hopefully doesn't get too much hate for dog and seasucker😬🙈

[Escape]

Welcome to TLF!

Lovely car and great to see she's being used. That's the best way to enjoy them, they weren't built to just sit in a garage. 😉

Greetz,

Filip

[Bibs]

Welcome! Great choice of Evora, all the best ones were built in 2010

@TomE has some great pics of his car with some very special 2 wheeled passengers on the roof! 

[C8RKH]

@Pupil1 welcome!  I'm near the East Coast in rural Perthshire.

Great looking Evora and wish you many happy adventures with it. They really are stunning automobiles, and surprisingly, very practical, as you are proving.

[TomE]

Welcome!  Congratulations on joining a very exclusive club, not just of Evora owners but of bike-carrying Evora owners 😀

[Barrykearley]

Welcome - and yes Dogs absolutely love Evoras 

[Pupil1]

Thanks for the welcome 😁

@TomEI'm not sure if i'm more jelous of how clean your car is or the bike, some machine there on some machine!

Glad to see I'm not the only one lobbing bikes and dogs on and in lotus...

Sorted the front hatch problem, a replacement lever and some uncomfortable positions and it's opening again.

Now to look at some leaks, and maybe if the washers can be more spraying/powerful, it's possible they're ok after being topped up though.

[JamieF]

Welcome! Another Lotus in the best habitat, Scotland....

[C8RKH]

Not so good for the many mild steel brackets and holders though.

[JamieF]

The spoiler ones for me, I’m needing them redone again. 

[Markindevon]

On 24/09/2024 at 19:08, Pupil1 said:

Now to look at some leaks, and maybe if the washers can be more spraying/powerful, it's possible they're ok after being topped up though.

I found that it's very easy to drop the front hatch onto the pipe - having it stuck in the latch does slow the flow!

and welcome, 2010's definitely a good year!

Edited Friday at 10:55 by Markindevon

[C8RKH]

Wait, the Evora has a front hatch that people open? Wow. Haven't opened mine in ten years of ownership over 2 Evoras.

[OakMan]

Welcome to the group. 

Nice colour too, is that the new Lotus Sport Roof Spoiler attached ? 

Plus the car has a Sub Woofer 🤩

👍

[tim_marra]

Lovely looking Evora, enjoy 

[Rambo]

On 18/10/2024 at 12:32, C8RKH said:

Wait, the Evora has a front hatch that people open? Wow. Haven't opened mine in ten years of ownership over 2 Evoras.

So, you've never added washer fluid or changed the brake fluid in 10 years? 😮

That's seriously worrying 🤔

[C8RKH]

Nope. I have a man called Craig, in Edinburgh, who has done that for me every year.

I usually wash my windscreen by hand so rarely need to use the washers.

[Pupil1]

Thanks for the welcome everyone 😁

Fixed the handle, a bit fiddly but easy fix. The washer spray isn't great but I guess they're all like that, so turns out I'll be washing it by hand too!

I'm hoping a lot of the mild steel has been replaced with stainless, I know the mudguard have, time will tell, I'm on the coast so it'll happen quick!

Do people go for underseal? I've had it on other cars but wasn't sure if needed so much with aluminium, although I think it's steel at the back?

[mik]

4 hours ago, Pupil1 said:

The washer spray isn't great but I guess they're all like that, so turns out I'll be washing it by hand too!

You can fit the “fan” nozzle from a focus instead, but if you imagine that producing an arc pattern - the top of the arc hits the edge of the hatch we are discussing rather than making it onto the screen, so it’s not perfect.

i took mine off again and refitted the OEM nozzles, added in a y-pipe and put another 4-nozzle spray head on my wiper arm. Works well, and is pretty much invisible unless you are specifically looking for it.

Like this kinda thing, but mine is a little different (had it on about 7 years now)

(edit - I still have my fan nozzle If you want to try it out? I won’t be refitting it)

Edited Sunday at 18:32 by mik

[C8RKH]

I did the retrofit of the nozzle in the wiper blade on my VX220 so the spray comes out of the wiper right onto yhe window.

Only downside is that when sun c@nt is right up your arse you can't spray his screen to annoy him!

[Al]

Hi Piers, good choice and welcome to the Forum.  Sorry I've missed this for a full month it seems!  You are also from a lovely part of the world as well (well apart from the midges) and which part are you from as so vast.  Lots of lovely Lotus roads.  

We have a Scottish section you have probably seen over in the regional sub section.  LEGS.  If you want added to our WhatsApp group PM me your mobile and I'll get you added.  That way you will hear what is happening for most things Lotus in Scotland.  Look forward to hearing from you.