Evora market watch, for discussion and to help those searching!

[Unicorn]

Llanelli,  South Wales. 

[exeterjeep]

Ok, sort of south west then. There used to be a dealer in South Wales, but they closed suddenly about a year ago. That makes Bristol your closest dealer, and we do have a couple of lotus specialists in Devon.

[Unicorn]

Bristol would make sense,  even though I have a non lotus franchise dealer that I trust relatively local to me for servicing,  unless its essential to go to a franchise dealer or specialist. 

[exeterjeep]

Well I hope you enjoy it whenever you are able to pick it up. Is it your first Lotus.

[Unicorn]

Thanks, yes, I always wanted a Lotus but it was originally the Esprit that I desired. Only relatively recently decided on an Evora. 

[exeterjeep]

Did you get down to have a test drive of the yellow one. Any Lotus is a special car, my current one is my 10th. Later lotus models have become more reliable and are not too pricey for servicing when compared to other sports cars.

[Unicorn]

I've been in one Lotus in my life, a passenger ride with a lunatic mate in his Esprit v8, other than that I've recently sat in but not driven a 400 that was/is for sale locally, so my Lotus actual driving experience = 0.

[exeterjeep]

Sounds similar, I had never driven any lotus before I drove my first one back home from a dealer in London. I did not even drive on the 'test' drive.

Are you coming down to pick the car up or having it delivered.

[Unicorn]

I'm driving a car down to part exchange. 

[Unicorn]

2 hours ago, exeterjeep said:

Are you local to Devon, it would be good to know another Evora/owner in the area.

Llanelli South Wales. 

[jerzybondov]

1 hour ago, Unicorn said:

I'm driving a car down to part exchange. 

Congrats on the purchase - looked like an absolutely lovely example!

Given you were asking about the reasons why that car was worth the money (which is absolutely was) can I ask what your reasons were for plumping for that one over a 400, or an earlier S1?

[exeterjeep]

2 minutes ago, jerzybondov said:

can I ask what your reasons were for plumping for that one over a 400, or an earlier S1?

wanted to visit Exeter!!.

[Unicorn]

1 hour ago, jerzybondov said:

Congrats on the purchase - looked like an absolutely lovely example!

Given you were asking about the reasons why that car was worth the money (which is absolutely was) can I ask what your reasons were for plumping for that one over a 400, or an earlier S1?

Mainly I wanted to hear the opinion of more informed people than myself, 

Reason for buying it?

I'd previously looked at a local 400 and probably due to the colour combination (black on black, yellow calipers, tan interior), for a £56'000 car I wasn't blown away by it, after allowing myself to think about it I decided to set myself a budget around £40k for an S1 and rule out the 400's starting at £50k (or £53k for equivalent mileage), then the yellow one popped up and instantly ticked every box that was important to me, 

Latest model year✅

Nice low milage✅

All the packs✅

Stand out colour ✅

Being a "sports racer" was a bonus,

Yes it was £7'000 over my self imposed budget, but that was always going to happen 😅

[Bibs]

2 hours ago, Unicorn said:

lunatic mate in his Esprit v8

Rob?.

[Unicorn]

Brian 😅

[Bibs]

[paranoidandroid]

3 hours ago, Unicorn said:

Mainly I wanted to hear the opinion of more informed people than myself, 

Reason for buying it?

I'd previously looked at a local 400 and probably due to the colour combination (black on black, yellow calipers, tan interior), for a £56'000 car I wasn't blown away by it, after allowing myself to think about it I decided to set myself a budget around £40k for an S1 and rule out the 400's starting at £50k (or £53k for equivalent mileage), then the yellow one popped up and instantly ticked every box that was important to me, 

Latest model year✅

Nice low milage✅

All the packs✅

Stand out colour ✅

Being a "sports racer" was a bonus,

Yes it was £7'000 over my self imposed budget, but that was always going to happen 😅

Congratulations on the purchase, welcome to the Sports Racer club. Once you collect you’ll need to add a picture to this thread

 👍

[Unicorn]

[Barrykearley]

😍 now that’s stunning. Sat here feeling proper envious and sad I no longer own an Evora 🥲

[Techyd]

Ditto! Really miss mine - don't know where it is now, hasn't cropped up on here after it was sold a few months back

[C8RKH]

Lovely. Congratulations. Bright yellow Evora's really are a joy to see. And that's a peach (I didn't want to say "Lemon"   )

 

[Celica]

2 hours ago, Barrykearley said:

😍 now that’s stunning. Sat here feeling proper envious and sad I no longer own an Evora 🥲

Is this your old one?

[Ba55uma]

Another IPS just added on auto trader 

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202111229823109?atmobcid=soc3

[Barrykearley]

9 hours ago, Celica said:

Is this your old one?

Nope - @windymiller is the current custodian of said beast. Once he’s fed up with having to pay for a replacement clutch - I’ll be in like a vulture to buy it back.

[windymiller]

is that mine ? ive got 40k of miles in the clutch and at 1500 miles a year thats 26.6 years 🤪