Peoples’ reaction to your Evora

[SteveO...]

I've given a thumbs up.  Please pass it on to the yoofs!

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Not in the Evora today, but roof down in the bright red Ferrari Mondial, I pulled in to my local Shell station to slake its voracious appetite for V Power. When I went in to pay, the guy in front collared another customer and said “I LOVE your car!”. Rather put out that I had been upstaged, I watched said gentleman return to the forecourt and climb into his Gulf liveried and stickered Citroen 2CV!

[Nathan Pitman]

Still within my first 1,000 miles of ownership but in that time I’ve had random strangers waving furiously at me with big grins on their faces, school boys shouting ‘wow look at that car’ and often come back to the car to find people just standing looking at it (some very enjoyable conversation usually then ensues). 

When you’re a fairly unassuming fellow this all takes some getting used to!

[jonnyboy]

On 08/06/2018 at 17:58, LotusLeftLotusRight said:

Not in the Evora today, but roof down in the bright red Ferrari Mondial, I pulled in to my local Shell station to slake its voracious appetite for V Power. When I went in to pay, the guy in front collared another customer and said “I LOVE your car!”. Rather put out that I had been upstaged, I watched said gentleman return to the forecourt and climb into his Gulf liveried and stickered Citroen 2CV!

I had a chap come into work today to tell me how awesome my car was really gushing over it bless him. I went in my 106 Rallye which is arguably our coolest car. 

[Loquacious Lew]

Nice girls don't usually lift their skirts as a come-on, but my Evora has a dose of naughty and likes to tease the boys!

 

Got a lot of very warm reactions from the (mostly Harley biker) crowd benefit event.  I was asked to bring the car and it ended up attracting more attention than the bikes. 

*Three of these things belong together, one of them belongs alone. (*Old Sesame Street line for those unfamiliar with American children's TV).  I'm the odd man out.   The bikes are worth a separate thread in the Bike section.  While not my style they are seriously fussed over.   They loved the car and I had a ball.  

[DaveC72]

Drove from Bury St Edmunds to home last Friday.  En route I had a McLaren slow down (yes, slow down) and give me a wave on the M25, a Nissan GT-R follow me in to the services for a "good butchers at yer car mate", a motorcyclists who I moved over to let past give me a good point and a thumbs up at the car, and a couple of lads in a BMW 2002 (which was mint) that I had to slow down for reciprocate my thumbs up.  Quite the journey.

Today I went to my local Shell to fill up to brimming before heading off to Le Mans tomorrow and saw a couple of retired couples (you know, @Bibs age) in almost identical brand-spankers Boxsters cause a few impatient faces as they held everyone up asking me about, and admiring the car.

Still makes me wonder though, as nearly all of them had a damn good look at the rear to see what the Evora actually was - or just plain asked.  Still the best kept secret nearly ten years on...

[bosshog]

4 hours ago, Loquacious Lew said:

Nice girls don't usually lift their skirts as a come-on, but my Evora has a dose of naughty and likes to tease the boys!

 

Got a lot of very warm reactions from the (mostly Harley biker) crowd benefit event.  I was asked to bring the car and it ended up attracting more attention than the bikes. 

*Three of these things belong together, one of them belongs alone. (*Old Sesame Street line for those unfamiliar with American children's TV).  I'm the odd man out.   The bikes are worth a separate thread in the Bike section.  While not my style they are seriously fussed over.   They loved the car and I had a ball.  

MSG looks amazing is strong sunlight 

[rallyesax]

21 hours ago, jonnyboy said:

I had a chap come into work today to tell me how awesome my car was really gushing over it bless him. I went in my 106 Rallye which is arguably our coolest car. 

1.3 or 1.6 ? 😋

[Loquacious Lew]

On 12/06/2018 at 16:01, bosshog said:

MSG looks amazing is strong sunlight 

We get a lot of that here and you're right.  It brightens up a lot in the sun and the metallic nature becomes quite obvious.   I think it's a bit bluer at night and not nearly as sparkly.  I think the car looks good in a lot of the colors they offer but green is traditional on a Lotus even if this isn't quite a traditional green.  I wasn't sure about the color when I bought the car.  Real happy with it now. 

[Colin P]

The difference dependent upon light is demonstrated/it is amazing how our cars look completely different in our profile pictures.

ps The roof is particularly pretty in bright sunlight 

[PaulCP]

Apologies to the young lad who lost his ice-cream in his excitement of pointing at the Evora whilst trying to attract his parent’s and sister’s attention as we drove through Llanberis 

[Escape]

I'm sure you enjoyed the Evora around Snowdonia! 😎

[Likuid]

Leaving Cars and Coffee event and some guy yelled "Its just a Camry."

Its shocking to me how many haters (in-general) come to these events. Why would you waste your time to come down to a Cars and Coffee to hate on cars? Other than that though, many great cars there. Aventador, couple of Gallardos, Ferris, 570S, bunch fo R8s, a Ford GT, plus some amazing muscle and classic cars. A couple Mazda Autozam AZ-1s were there, which is a car I have never seen before in person. Absolutely tiny.

Edited June 16, 2018 by Likuid

[Nelly]

I parked up in my local Sainsbury's car park at the start of the week.  Came out to find a late 40's guys standing at the car.  He was about to walk away so unlocked the car so the indicators caught his attention.  Had a really nice chat with the MX5 owning guy who said how much he loved the Evora and what a great looking car it is, and ended by saying how lucky I was.  I actually feel guilty and embarrassed when someone says something like that to me but made me come away feeling what a car the Evora is.

Best kept secret indeed.

 

[RichardC]

Parked by the roadside in a small town in Cumbria, I am walking along the pavement towards the car and in the opposite direction is coming a sweet little old lady with a tartan shipping trolley, probably on the way back from collecting her pension and buying some cat food. She stops at the back of the car and looks it over, then walks a bit further and admires the side, and then walks past it to turn round and have a good look at the front end. By this time I had arrived at the car too.

"I wonder who owns that? " says the little old lady to me. I was about to tell her that it was mine when she says "Some flash git, probably rolling in it. More money than sense!".

I didn't let on that it was mine, gave her a smile and let her shuffle off home.

 

[Del Lardo]

Once again on nephew care duty today and took him to Duxford, I park up a few spaced down from a family of 4 decamping from a Qashqui and the father pays the car some very kind complements, the mother replies that it's no good for the kids.

I don't think she was very happy when I opened the passenger door to allow my nephew to climb out the back whilst telling them that's it's a practical 4 seater family car 😇

[Colin P]

Had 2 mid 50 Lady Jahova’s Witnesses last week while I was cleaning the cars. Asked if they could leave an invitation, but only wanted to talk about the Evora. 

[Gadzooks]

Took the 410 on a track day with lots of other nice machinery (GT3s, Macca 570, 650, Ferrari 488 etc) and 2 people came up to me to tell me that the Lotus was the best sounding car there. One owned multiple Ferrari’s (but had brought a Megane Trophy R for the day) and the other owned Porches. It probably helped that the 410 was pushing out about 107 dB.

[ByJoveByJingle]

Moved to Arizona from Brooklyn a couple of months ago, affording me the ability to get back into an Evora after 18 months without. Now I’m 5 days into ownership of a new yellow Evora 400. Had to drive up to Phoenix (160km) today to get the A/C repaired right out of the box (sigh, Lotus and your inadequate US dealer distribution and quality). Anyway, got several thumbs ups from the pickup truck driving demographic, and the obligatory “Nice ride!” while fueling up on the way home. And yesterday I went furniture shopping and when I went inside the salespeople spent the whole time asking me about my car instead of trying to foist off their furniture on me {win, win}. Great to be back in an Evora! 

[bosshog]

On 24/06/2018 at 20:48, Gadzooks said:

Took the 410 on a track day with lots of other nice machinery (GT3s, Macca 570, 650, Ferrari 488 etc) and 2 people came up to me to tell me that the Lotus was the best sounding car there. One owned multiple Ferrari’s (but had brought a Megane Trophy R for the day) and the other owned Porches. It probably helped that the 410 was pushing out about 107 dB.

Which track was it?

[Gadzooks]

Castle Combe.  But it was a private hire so more flex on noise limits - as fewer cars

[bosshog]

1 hour ago, Gadzooks said:

Castle Combe.  But it was a private hire so more flex on noise limits - as fewer cars

Ah Thanks. Really want to get the 410 on track but can't find a track day. If anyone else knows of these sorts of events please PM me! 🙂

 

[Cdm2018]

Just had Curry’s deliver new fridge and the two guys took about 10 mins extra as they were admiring and taking a couple of photos of the Evora before beginning the delivery of my fridge.

also many questions starting with never seen these before ? Didn’t know lotus made these cars? How many seats ???

it was their last drop of the day and they said it was worth the wait ! 

[Mister_Tad]

My wife in the passenger seat hat "gold digger" shouted at her the other day. I may have wound her up about that more than a few times since 😂

[Colin P]

58 minutes ago, Mister_Tad said:

My wife in the passenger seat hat "gold digger" shouted at her the other day. I may have wound her up about that more than a few times since 😂

Sorry, but this post is WWP!