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Maybe, time will tell. I am starting to think that I am out of kilter with the majority (nothing new there I suppose) but all this talk of electric, luxury, etc and I can't help but feel we are going

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Lotus staff got free hot drinks vending machines back in August, was a very welcome move and much appreciated from the people who work there. Sometimes the little things can make a big difference 👍

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Selling 6 cars instead of 5 in China would be a 20% increase. There really is nothing to celebrate at this moment in time beyond Lotus's survival but hopefully it will start to make some kind of sense

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Just seen a small suv with a small rear wing gt3 style. Anyone know of such a vehicle on the market. Just wondered because it was heading towards the Hethel road.

It was on trade plates so may be nothing to get excited about.

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Matt Windle  said the SUV was the size of a Porsche Cayenne which is quite large so probably not related

edit: followed by a small SUV - That must be  a long way off?

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No photos? Was there no badges on the car. I’m glad I don’t live near Hethel.....I’d be camped out at the entrance to Potash Lane!!😂

Get that camera on standby for next time😉📸

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5 hours ago, chipp said:

Had my lunch in a local layby just to get a pic.

Didn't see the green one but got these.

Lynk & Co

 

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If this is the future we’re doomed! Thankfully I don’t personally believe for 1 minute it is. We all know  (for know...se hope!🙏) that the Lotus SUV, will be a much more elegant, radical looking machine. Could this vehicle be a mule though?.......looks incredibly bland in every way!🥱
Thanks for giving up your lunch though.......good work👏🏻👏🏻 Lotus Emira pics next week please......😉

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That is an 01 SUV  by the look of it front engine ICE so not much of a mule for Lotus as it would not help setting up the ICE of type 131 but as a Geely brand Lynk & Co might enjoy some suspension tuning  from Lotus prior to Lynk & Co vehicles launch in the UK and broadly speaking in the EU.

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21 minutes ago, Bibs said:

https://what3words.com/news/automotive/lotus-announces-what3words-navigation-in-all-cars-from-2022/

Must make it easier to find you if you have broken down.

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30 minutes ago, Bibs said:

https://what3words.com/news/automotive/lotus-announces-what3words-navigation-in-all-cars-from-2022/

Interesting that Alpine, a long term headunit supplier to lotus is a key investor in What3words.

It's a shame you could not "bid" for your own square - I'd love my front door step to be in the "WTF" three word square and would have "paid" for that. Think they missed a trick there to be honest.

Also, other similarly appropriate 3 words would be:

Bloke Fat Big

Burgers Eat Less

Pie and pint

Chardonnay or Merlot

No Muppets Here

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🤔 I guess I'm late to the what3words party. It's not necessarily intuitive. Still perhaps simpler than putting in some coordinates or an address and easier for voice control, but someone still has to pick it and tell you what it is for you to enter and find. I would not have before thought of Hethel's doorstep to be hotspots.punters.race but of course will now.  Just chalk my doorstep up to old.f@rts.club  😵

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See, at £50 a pop to "name your square" what3words could be swimming in cash!

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Currently being investigated as apparently it uses plurals which can be miles apart. So what.three.words and what.three.word both exist but at different locations. A mountain rescue recently got sent to a location miles away. In the end they used GPS on the phone to locate the casualties.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56901363

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Problem is with homophones - words which are pronounced the same but have different spellings. Plurals are also difficult to distinguish when in stressful situations. The simple solution would be not to use plurals or homophones but I guess then there wouldn't be enough words?

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The problem is going from the spoken word to the written word. Problems mentioned above by @oneshot and also a lot of people have problems with spelling, others have problem with typing.

It's not so much a problem if you are in a situation where you can copy and paste.

It's the same problem with easting and northing co-ordinates on the current national grid reference system.

Some people might find 52.883970, -3.620175 easier than discombobulation.antidisestablishmentarianism. supercalifragilisticexpeealidotiouis

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2 hours ago, Bibs said:

@oneshot, GIGO - Can't blame the tech for misuse. 

More Lotus news...

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/radford-revived-coachbuilder-partners-lotus-first-model

I'm placing a bet that the first car will be called "Robert".

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1 hour ago, mg4lotus said:

supercalifragilisticexpeealidotiouis

Liz and I had a budgie that could say that. I still have a recording of it. I'll have to find it. He was a great talker once he started. We used to put him on the kitchen bench with a stainless screw. He used to push it around with his beak. Because of the head, it would roll round in circles. He used to chase it round for ages.

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