Other than the Elise and Exige, Lotus has been a disaster in terms of reliability. On the Ferrari forum a pretty wealthy collector had an Evora. He loved it, said when it ran it was the best car he had and he had a lot--F430, Ford GT, some kind of Lambo and I think an NSX. But it spent months in the shop.A $2.5M e-car from a financially challenged manufacturer that just a few years ago could be had for less money than they now want for a single car.
Beautiful car. Color me ambivalent. I drove a Lotus Evora from 2013-15, mainly to and from the shop.
It was mainly fit and finish items. Glovebox draw string snapping, the leather dash cover shrinking in the sun, etc. The nearest Lotus dealer was in Orlando, 90 minutes away. I'd no sooner get a laundry list of niggles fixed under warranty and something new would go haywire.Other than the Elise and Exige, Lotus has been a disaster in terms of reliability. On the Ferrari forum a pretty wealthy collector had an Evora. He loved it, said when it ran it was the best car he had and he had a lot--F430, Ford GT, some kind of Lambo and I think an NSX. But it spent months in the shop.
I actually had a deposit on an Elise about a year before they were released. Two things happened that made me get my deposit back. An early owner parked his car and got the lower front spoiler stuck on a parking curb. When he backed up it pulled the whole front clam off, $8k repair. Another early delivery was in a grocery store parking lot and a lady in a Navigator literally backed over the front of his car. Totaled it. Oh yeah one more, the guy getting new tires and the shop dropped his car off the lift. Another total loss. Out of the first 100 Elises many were totaled for weird reasons. I got my $ back and bought something else.
Have you had the opportunity to check out the i8?
Hey, isn't the one on the right that actor that stared in that Pixar movie with Mater?@oxrageous saw this and immediately thought of you.
Or we could make one about Squintos, Tempo's and Vega's......FFS what the hell is wrong with youwe should probably have another thread for about cars for guys that don't have short dicks.