TLF Evora 'Sports Racer' Club!

[scotty435]

38 minutes ago, astirling said:

I’m part of the club. 2015 S, carbon grey/venom red. Just took my union flags off as they were faded and no longer looking the part! 

As much as I love the latest Evora, be 400, 410 and especially 430 its hard to improve of a side profile picture than this one, simply stunning even Ferrari would struggle to match that ❤️

[astirling]

48 minutes ago, Bruss said:

Stunning pic. 

Thank you. Living on the street outside the house like that means it’s not often that clean...!

[Giveitfish]

Sexy sexy pic!

[pete757]

What a lovely SR 😎

Great photo too! 

[Bibs]

Before I saw your location that pic just said Edinburgh to me, Leith in particular! Lovely :) 

[AndyHamp]

12 hours ago, astirling said:

I’m part of the club. 2015 S, carbon grey/venom red. Just took my union flags off as they were faded and no longer looking the part! 

 

Drop dead gorgeous .... and exactly the car I'm looking for 😉

[trcm]

I’d have loved a carbon grey Evora, and I missed out on a 2015 MSG by one day

So when I saw my alpine white come up for sale at Central Lotus (the last S to be registered?) I was pretty keen to say the least.

[mdavies]

Scotty, saw your photo and dashed out to check mine was still in my garage -- relief!  Marvellous photo and I'm thinking it may look so good because of the strict rectangularity of the Scottish architecture standing squarely behind it. (Yes, I'm sticking with rectangularity and squarely....)

Re prices mentioned above, I was recently speaking to an expert very well placed to know and he believes that for desirable S SR's (e.g. carbon grey, hurrah!) prices have about bottomed and the demand is such they could be on the turn.  (We were talking manuals, which seems historically to be the "Lotus norm" for the majority - I do notice a couple of ISPs on PH)  Certainly mine never hit a forecourt as I had a standing order in place.   A letter from the Lotus archivist tells me that a total of only 8 Evora S Sports Racer models in Carbon Grey were made. Perhaps some of the other 6 owners will put their hands up here. 

Edited July 7, 2018 by mdavies

[mik]

I wanted a manual 'charged SR in either carbon or white : took 5months before an appropriate car appeared.

[Bruss]

14 hours ago, mdavies said:

Scotty, saw your photo and dashed out to check mine was still in my garage -- relief!  Marvellous photo and I'm thinking it may look so good because of the strict rectangularity of the Scottish architecture standing squarely behind it. (Yes, I'm sticking with rectangularity and squarely....)

Re prices mentioned above, I was recently speaking to an expert very well placed to know and he believes that for desirable S SR's (e.g. carbon grey, hurrah!) prices have about bottomed and the demand is such they could be on the turn.  (We were talking manuals, which seems historically to be the "Lotus norm" for the majority - I do notice a couple of ISPs on PH)  Certainly mine never hit a forecourt as I had a standing order in place.   A letter from the Lotus archivist tells me that a total of only 8 Evora S Sports Racer models in Carbon Grey were made. Perhaps some of the other 6 owners will put their hands up here. 

 

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[mdavies]

Paul, I might have misunderstood your comment, but in case it means what I think, I've doubled the landmines, and a plain S is being sprayed up now to leave as a decoy outside......

[DBG]

That grey evora side profile looks fantastic. Could I ask if the car is lowered at all? 

[astirling]

Thank you! Nope - suspension is standard. 

I’ve made a few small changes - black and silver badges all round, Alcantara trimmed steering wheel, Apple CarPlay/Android Auto head unit - but mechanically standard. 

[DBG]

Looks awesome mate. Definitely sits better on its rims than mine. Mine does have the 18/19 forged rims though, so the tyres are a bit smaller. Hoping to upgrade in the coming months. Def the best looking grey evora I have seen 👍🏼

Edited July 9, 2018 by DBG

[Bravo73]

2 hours ago, DBG said:

 Def the best looking grey evora I have seen 👍🏼

Oooh. I bet @JAWS disagrees with you... 

[Bruss]

He may not be the only one.  

[Richviney]

Hi all, I joined the sports racer club today! I picked up this 2014 NA this morning and loving it so far. I have been driving an Elise S for the past 4 years but having a 3 year old and 6 year old means I need some rear seats. I guess I need to start reading all the old threads on which car seats fit the best....

I have been looking for a while and found all the info on here really useful so finally pleased to have joined the club!

cheers 

Rich

[DBG]

Haha I'm new to the forum, so mustn't have seen all the other amazing grey Evora's as yet  

[Bibs]

Congrats @Richviney 

[Bravo73]

For anyone looking for a manual NA in white:

https://www.lotusforsale.com/ads/2014-lotus-evora-sports-racer/

[trcm]

That seems strong money for an NA with average miles on it.

Edited July 10, 2018 by trcm

[Bibs]

They're not making any more of them

 

[trcm]

That is very true Bibs!

i didn't realise it was trade originally, I guess the dealer will have plopped at least £5k on top. Here's to a future classic!

[tim_marra]

Hmm, I thought the SR's were a rare beast even compared to my MY12 S. However having now studied this thread it appears the SR is in fact as common as muck 

[pete757]

4 hours ago, trcm said:

That seems strong money for an NA with average miles on it.

Actually, I reckon that is spot on. Pretty unique Evora. And £20k under the price of the 'replacement' 400!

The SR has it covered, Lotus 'ran out' the S1 in style! 😎