My MY11 Evora S; the next chapter(s).

[boothy]

I'd be more interested to hear the car being driven away under load, I have tried to find some good exhaust videos but you tube is full of pointless revving the nuts off it videos.

Cars always sound far better under load yet very few people actually seem to video it for some reason.

 

[JayEmm]

Probably because it involves either having someone to film for you, or leaving a camera by the side of the road

Very, very few videos online really convey the sound of certain cars. The 400 in particular sounds way more vicious than some of the online videos.

[Bravo73]

16 hours ago, boothy said:

I'd be more interested to hear the car being driven away under load, I have tried to find some good exhaust videos but you tube is full of pointless revving the nuts off it videos.

Cars always sound far better under load yet very few people actually seem to video it for some reason.

 

Your wish is my command. 

Komotec.mp4

[adfer]

Sounds great to me. Will probably sound even better after a few miles.

[boothy]

5 hours ago, Bravo73 said:

 

Your wish is my command. 

Komotec.mp4

 Good man

[Bravo73]

The next stage. Replaced L with R:

 

I was going to wait until the car went to Motorsports for it's service next week but it turned out to be a pretty straight forward DIY job. I've not taken the car out yet so I can't report back on any improvements.

However, when I had the air filter lid out, I noticed that there is a secondary filter of some sort attached to the lid:

There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to remove (or change) it because the fittings/plastic rivets around the edge have been melted to secure it. However, to my layman eyes, it looks like it will still be very restrictive to the airflow. Has anybody (who has fitted a K&N panel filter) been brave enough to remove this second filter? (I've tried a google search but it doesn't seem to throw up any relevant links. If you've got a link to somebody who has tried it, please share it here).

[CocoPops]

I fitted same k&n to mine last week.

dealer wanted £57+vat to fit it, on top of service price!

didnt notice the extra filter though, so can't comment.

[Bravo73]

Mine cost me £38 from an eBay seller. Plus a few minutes of my time. 

[CocoPops]

Yeh, mine was £38 too...

It was the £68 fitting charge that really got me! So hence I fitted it myself, like you in just a few minutes. Especially when they are already charging for a service.

[C8RKH]

To be honest that fitting cost whilst doing a service anyway is just one great big mickey take and I'd have thrown a tantrum on the showroom floor that any self respecting three year old would have been proud of. I'd then inform the dealer that hell would freeze over before they got to see my car again if that was their attitude, and take all my future business elsewhere.

I'm a drama queen - I know, I know, but then when you wear red suede Puma Speedkats..........

[Bibs]

You'd think these dealers have to pay for buildings, rates, staff, insurances, marketing, specialist equipment and all sorts for the amount they charge!

 

[CocoPops]

2 minutes ago, Bibs said:

You'd think these dealers have to pay for buildings, rates, staff, insurances, marketing, specialist equipment and all sorts for the amount they charge!

 

I get what you're saying @Bibs

But £68 to fit an air filter? When I'm already paying over £400 for a service? (Down from £647 first quoted)
It galls a little, that's for sure.

[Bibs]

Perhaps the person who quoted you that didn't know what an easy job it is? Did you ask how long they expected it to take?

[C8RKH]

Or perhaps they were just "at it"!

I have no problem paying a fair price for a fair job at all and recognise that dealers are there to make a profit, they are not charities.

But given as part of the service they need to access the filter anyway (or should) this additional charge was just outrageous in my humble opinion - the tantrum is still ongoing and my legs are in the air still!

The best dealers make a profit surely because they look after customers, who return time and time again, because they feel they get good service and value. Not Ripped OFF!

 

 

[JayEmm]

I have found with dealers - including main dealers for premium German marques - are willing to negotiate, but it tends to be before they get the car. With older cars particularly.

If I become a member of the Lotus family I am going to be on the hunt for a local and reliable Lotus dealer, for servicing. Got a bit of choice it seems.

[Bravo73]

You're in Suffolk so you've got Hangar111 nearby. Hunt concluded. 

[Barrykearley]

Hanger111 helped me out sorting my Ecu - great folks

[JayEmm]

Very true, very true. I need to pay these guys a visit sometime, my other half used to live all of five minutes away from them

[Stuno1]

I'll be using hanger111 for all my lotus needs ?

[JayEmm]

Which bit of Essex are you in Stuno?

[EuropaSman]

I just Googled "Lotus evora labour times" and found this link to download a copy of the labour times document - freely available on the interweb!

http://49210a70594045aae060-9ee7f563068e7bbd2f9eb533a1de6b33.r31.cf3.rackcdn.com/60239_1385977404_Labour_Time_Schedule_Evora_B132T0328D.pdf

and another for the Evora 400 as well

http://vsic.lotuscars.com/system/files/documents/Labour%20Time%20Guide%20Evora%20400%20A132T0328D400.pdf

0.4 hours to change an air filter apparently.

Edited March 16, 2016 by EuropaSman
I have the typing skills of a bonobo - typos again!

[Bravo73]

5 minutes ago, EuropaSman said:

0.4 hours to change an air filter.

Which is about how long it took me (an untrained monkey) to do it.

[Hangar 111]

Thanks folks.

James, feel free to pop in some time - hopefully when the workshop is all clean and tidy

Dave

[Stuno1]

13 hours ago, JayEmm said:

Which bit of Essex are you in Stuno?

I am in Chelmsford fella.

[JayEmm]

On 3/17/2016 at 09:37, Stuno1 said:

I am in Chelmsford fella.

We'll have to meet up when I am "with Lotus". @GM77 and co have already been offered by a local pub landlord to have a Lotus meet at his pub near Colchester