Now "Happy Lotus Owner"...

[Barrykearley]

I’d love to do exactly that with my Vivaro @PaulCP 

its 2 years old now and needs a new engine - already had a gearbox rebuild

[Turbo911]

13 hours ago, C8RKH said:

You say another day has gone by and still no news. Well, today is a Saturday and I doubt the people in the office at Lotus work a Saturday,

Yeah I agree but the dealership was open..

[C8RKH]

Lol....   

[Turbo911]

Had conformation from dealer today that the warrenty had been rejected due to modifications to the car and that i had over reved the engine due to a missed downghange 😫,

Lotus have looked after me ....

 

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Edited September 17, 2018 by Turbo911
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[Barrykearley]

What a result - Lotus stepped upto the plate brilliantly there 👍👍

Best change the thread title @Bibs to “Lotus are brilliant”

[PaulLF1]

I would have only modded the car outside the warranty period if at all.

And why did you mod it before your first track day?

Why not try out the car as is on the track, and if there had been any problems, Lotus would have had to look into it for you and  you would have most likely been covered under the warranty.

Now you have a fight on your hands.......!!

[W31SSN]

Sorry to hear about your issues.  Our Exige 350 gearbox did exactly the same thing on our first trackday ever at Bedford.  There were quite a few other Lotus guys there who all had a poke around, but our track day finished after 3 laps.  Lotus sent a tech up and agreed to fit a brand new gearbox under warranty.  The car had not been altered in any way though.

[Turbo911]

apologies i must bring this up to date, I have reached a agreement with lotus and i,m happy with the result,😎

1 hour ago, PaulLF1 said:

I would have only modded the car outside the warranty period if at all.

And why did you mod it before your first track day?

Why not try out the car as is on the track, and if there had been any problems, Lotus would have had to look into it for you and  you would have most likely been covered under the warranty.

Now you have a fight on your hands.......!!

I modded as i knew through experiance the brakes wouldnt be up to it and the nitron shocks are IMO a must have as for the blipper i cant heel and toe due to a back injury so either go with this or just slam it down and hope for the best, not long and i will be back on track again woohoo.....  

[C8RKH]

1 hour ago, Turbo911 said:

apologies i must bring this up to date, I have reached a agreement with lotus and i,m happy with the result,😎

Really pleased for you @Turbo911 and glad it has all worked out well. I really could not see how an auto blipper would invalidate the warranty for a gearbox UNLESS it had caused an over rev which can be checked through the ECU.

When you get the chance can you report back on the experiences with the auto blipper. I can't heel & toe and am too old to start learning now so would be interested in this for my 410.  Thanks.

[KennyN]

That's a result, I'm glad to hear that Lotus stepped up.  Hopefully, it will be fixed quickly.

[Turbo911]

29 minutes ago, C8RKH said:

Really pleased for you @Turbo911 and glad it has all worked out well. I really could not see how an auto blipper would invalidate the warranty for a gearbox UNLESS it had caused an over rev which can be checked through the ECU.

When you get the chance can you report back on the experiences with the auto blipper. I can't heel & toe and am too old to start learning now so would be interested in this for my 410.  Thanks.

IMO, the blipper oh the dreaded blipper, Fab bit of kit i had it installed by a specialist and its easy peasy to set up and it works superbly i dont use it on the road much as there is no need unles you were realy pushing on if i bought a new manual lotus would i buy another yes I would you never know but lotus might introduce one on its manual cup cars in the futre like on the gt3 porkas.........