My First Lotus..

[mcx]

So.. after many years of seeing LOTUS cars, a few years of driving them, exiges mostly over the last few years, I finally own one! Picked up yesterday  from Hofmann's ( great place, loads of interesting cars being worked on and prepared) , so thanks to @Pat@Hofmanns and the team there. Took the long way home and love the car.. can't wait to do some longer trips and trackdays. Here's a couple of pics.. my son took some video but am away for a few weeks so that will have to wait.

PS I think my absolute favourite thing about the car is the single wiper 

[johnpwalsh]

Brilliant choice for a first Lotus. Congrats.

 

[Barrykearley]

Love the colour 

[JayEmm]

Stunning Martin, just stunning. Get ready for a LOT of stares

[Stuno1]

Love that colour and the alcantara pack is a must for me. Looks bloomin lovely! 

[LF1]

Stunning, congratulations. That's The Lotus Colour at the moment i think - seems to suit all the cars, particularly the Evora.

[Colin G]

Agree with everything being said, stunning car. Orange is without doubt one of the best 400 colours.

[JT73]

Absolutely stunning.  Awesome colour, suits the car really well.  Great choice.

[CaptainSlow]

Excellent choise and welcome to the fold @mcx. Be prepared to find yourself driving around the countryside for no apparent reason. At least this happens to me all the time

[mcx]

Cheers guys.. yes have been finding that I'm not driving straight home 

[worldwidewebs]

Will this be a daily drive or a weekend car? Interested to know how the alcantara holds up over some good, hard use 

Congrats and enjoy 

[JayEmm]

I wonder what percentage of Evora (both S1 and 400) owners are first time Lotus owners. I bet it's relatively high.

[blindside]

Many congratulations and that is a great colour for a 400! Looks fantastic. Health to drive.

[Bravo73]

Great choice for your first Lotus. Mine was an Evora S. 

But, unfortunately, don't get your hopes up of doing many track days yet (as it stands). The static level of the exhaust (108 - 110dB) is over the limit for practically all UK trackdays. 

[99Problems]

1 hour ago, JayEmm said:

I wonder what percentage of Evora (both S1 and 400) owners are first time Lotus owners. I bet it's relatively high.

the 400 will be my first.  In the US, I'd imagine that will be the norm given the previous install base.

[Bibs]

Welcome to TLF. Orange is a great colour,  loved the one I had for a few weeks! Congrats

[CocoPops]

Lovely!

hoping to be not far behind you, mines also on order with @Pat@Hofmanns. He's a good lad!

 

[Hellers]

Looks truly stunning mcx. A stand-out and outstanding choice. Can I ask if you ever considered not having the black pack and having an orange roof and sills instead?

[ramjet]

Very nice Martin. Love the way the colour changes depending on the light.

[Evorasteve]

Superb choice. I'm really pleased I went for orange. You certainly get papped a lot.  You're going to love it. Trouble is when you pop out for a bottle of milk it's always a 50 mile round trip! Bet you can't wait to get back to play with it. 

[DanChantler]

Congrats! Stunning car. I should be joining the 400 fold on Wednesday when I chop in my current Evora NA for a nice little number at Bell and Colvill. That will be my second Lotus and the only car brand I have ever bought a second time.

[JAWS]

10 minutes ago, DanChantler said:

Congrats! Stunning car. I should be joining the 400 fold on Wednesday when I chop in my current Evora NA for a nice little number at Bell and Colvill. That will be my second Lotus and the only car brand I have ever bought a second time.

You do realise real men drive an S1 Evora?

However, when you do pick it up and finish applying your make up, bring it up so I can have a nosey?? Also, why not Essex blue?

[DanChantler]

I love the Essex blue colour but I have always had a want for a racing green car which handily B&C had (Hethel edition) on order already for their own stock. Making a few amends to the current set up (removing the stripe for one!) but hopefully will have a few pics on Wed when I am due to pick it up.

As for S1, real men use them as a warm up before they graduate to the real thing ?

[Gashead1105]

I must say that the thing I dislike most about all the lotus' I've owned and driven is the single wiper. How even a brand new one manages to be all smeary rather than actually clean the windscreen is something I just don't understand. And the appallingly weak wiper jets also hack me off.

Having said that, having driven @Gm77 (or more specifically, his wife's) Evora for quite a while yesterday, I also have to congratulate you on your purchase. It's a cracking car; great ride, tremendous noise, quick, responsive, massive fun basically. Loved it. If I could only find the space and money to have one alongside the Exige... 

[JayEmm]

@Gashead1105 the wiper is actually fine as long as it's raining hard, it's when you just want to clear a bit of crap on the screen that it's utterly dreadful.

And yeah, comedy wiper jet is silly but I expected that. A bit of Rain-X on the screen might help.