Any Evora near Chester Le Street?
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How do, Bit of a long shot here.
Thinking of buying an Evora S but i'd like to confirm that it will actually get on my drive. Moved house in August last year to a house with a nice big double garage but one thing i didn't think of checking was the slope up of the path to the down slope of the drive to the garage. My lowered S2000 manages it if i drive on to it at an angle but will bottom out if i try straight on.
I had a look at the nearest Lotus dealer but i think the salemans thought i was just a window shopper and wouldn't let me take an S out just a standard version but the "boss" would be driving, unless i was going to be buying one. They didn't have an S in my prefered colours so it was a no go there.
So is there anybody with one any where near Chester Le Street that wouldn't mind coming over and seeing if they will get on to the drive?
TIA
Thinking of buying an Evora S but i'd like to confirm that it will actually get on my drive. Moved house in August last year to a house with a nice big double garage but one thing i didn't think of checking was the slope up of the path to the down slope of the drive to the garage. My lowered S2000 manages it if i drive on to it at an angle but will bottom out if i try straight on.
I had a look at the nearest Lotus dealer but i think the salemans thought i was just a window shopper and wouldn't let me take an S out just a standard version but the "boss" would be driving, unless i was going to be buying one. They didn't have an S in my prefered colours so it was a no go there.
So is there anybody with one any where near Chester Le Street that wouldn't mind coming over and seeing if they will get on to the drive?
TIA
Why not Hire one http://www.elementsupercars.co.uk/lotus_sports_car...
ade73 said:
Because i'd rather make sure it can get on to my drive and therefore in to the garage before i test drove one.
So if a dealer thought you were a window shopper...... only a thought...but if you won't hire one and the local dealer won't drive to your house why should an owner risk bottoming their car out ? 
I wouldn't let them bottom out, i'd watch it to see if it was going to and tell them to stop if it looked like it would. 
The dealer would only let me take a car out if i was seriously looking at buying it, they didnt have an S in the prefered colours i wanted so there was no point in trying to persude him otherwise.
I thought i'd ask in here as an off chance, Guess the S2000 and Aston forum are a lot friendlier.
The dealer would only let me take a car out if i was seriously looking at buying it, they didnt have an S in the prefered colours i wanted so there was no point in trying to persude him otherwise.
I thought i'd ask in here as an off chance, Guess the S2000 and Aston forum are a lot friendlier.
ade73 said:
I wouldn't let them bottom out, i'd watch it to see if it was going to and tell them to stop if it looked like it would.
The dealer would only let me take a car out if i was seriously looking at buying it, they didnt have an S in the prefered colours i wanted so there was no point in trying to persude him otherwise.
I thought i'd ask in here as an off chance, Guess the S2000 and Aston forum are a lot friendlier.
For me its not about being friendly its about if a guy or girl is serious, you've been to a dealer if you said this is the price this is the colour and I will buy one I suspect the dealer would oblige but a random posting gone midnight saying your local dealer has turned you down doesn't bode well..... but if you serious and talk with the dealer I suspect he would help and why not join seloc and ask there for a local club.....and here is another link http://www.clublotus.co.uk/clubregions.aspxThe dealer would only let me take a car out if i was seriously looking at buying it, they didnt have an S in the prefered colours i wanted so there was no point in trying to persude him otherwise.
I thought i'd ask in here as an off chance, Guess the S2000 and Aston forum are a lot friendlier.
Toaster said:
For me its not about being friendly its about if a guy or girl is serious, you've been to a dealer if you said this is the price this is the colour and I will buy one I suspect the dealer would oblige but a random posting gone midnight saying your local dealer has turned you down doesn't bode well..... but if you serious and talk with the dealer I suspect he would help and why not join seloc and ask there for a local club.....and here is another link http://www.clublotus.co.uk/clubregions.aspx
Dealer was told the price limit and the 2 colours i was interested in, they didn't have these colours in stock, i asked about taking a different colour out and the salesman said the boss would be the only one driving after he got back from lunch and they only do test drives if a person is looking at buying that car. Im sorry if im looking at spending 45-50k on a car i want to be the one driving.
Maybe it is just this salesman/dealers but it left me unimpressed so far.
Re steep drives, I'm not sure if it helps but mine has got a bit of an incline on it. Before I bought the Evora I had a Europa S which happily went up and down my drive. The ground clearance is pretty good I think - see photos. Catching the kerb stones at the end of parking bays in motorway services and some car parks sometimes pose more of a threat to the underneath of the front bumper.
By the way I did come across an independent garage with an Evora that I was serious about buying and they wouldn't let me test drive it, to the extent they'd blocked it in at their showroom. I did get to test drive a high mileage Evora at JCT600 this time two years ago when I started looking at buying an Evora but was making my mind up on psec and budget. Also, the dealership I bought mine from had no problem with letting me go off on my own for any hour (mind you I did buy the car!). I think you just might have had some bad luck with the sales person.
By the way I did come across an independent garage with an Evora that I was serious about buying and they wouldn't let me test drive it, to the extent they'd blocked it in at their showroom. I did get to test drive a high mileage Evora at JCT600 this time two years ago when I started looking at buying an Evora but was making my mind up on psec and budget. Also, the dealership I bought mine from had no problem with letting me go off on my own for any hour (mind you I did buy the car!). I think you just might have had some bad luck with the sales person.
Edited by EuropaSman on Monday 6th April 23:24
Hi Ade 
My N/A Evora certainly does have less clearance than my standard S2000 did, but it is very difficult to confirm specifics.
I generally don't have any issues with speedbumps near where I live, nor my garage (small front lip) or folks' drive (dip at entrance) but there are occasions where it has rubbed a little on the underside on bumpy roads or sharper crests when the Honda was fine. There are certainly a few s2kjocks type roads that I would not tackle in it because of this.
How much lower over the standard Honda is yours?
For approach angles, as well as general ride height the key would be the distance from the front of the front wheels to the front edge of the bumper - I can try to measure that if you like and you could compare to your S2000?
I'm a bit too far to away to try it in your garage unfortunately.
Euan
My N/A Evora certainly does have less clearance than my standard S2000 did, but it is very difficult to confirm specifics.
I generally don't have any issues with speedbumps near where I live, nor my garage (small front lip) or folks' drive (dip at entrance) but there are occasions where it has rubbed a little on the underside on bumpy roads or sharper crests when the Honda was fine. There are certainly a few s2kjocks type roads that I would not tackle in it because of this.
How much lower over the standard Honda is yours?
For approach angles, as well as general ride height the key would be the distance from the front of the front wheels to the front edge of the bumper - I can try to measure that if you like and you could compare to your S2000?
I'm a bit too far to away to try it in your garage unfortunately.
Euan
Hey Euan 
Long time fella.
My S2000 is lowered on Eibachs about 25-30mm, its fine on speed bumps in the village i live and the ones that are a big block on each lane i can straddle over them no problems at all.
But on the Jock hoon i did with Beardie, Oss and Doug it got a fair bit of arch liner rubbing on the front wheels, where as Beardie following said he would prepare for the bump/bottoming out that we just had but he never got.
Long time fella. My S2000 is lowered on Eibachs about 25-30mm, its fine on speed bumps in the village i live and the ones that are a big block on each lane i can straddle over them no problems at all.
But on the Jock hoon i did with Beardie, Oss and Doug it got a fair bit of arch liner rubbing on the front wheels, where as Beardie following said he would prepare for the bump/bottoming out that we just had but he never got.
I can't think the Evora is any lower than my S2000 would gave been minus 2.5mm, but its difficult to say.
I do sometimes visit family where the drive is steep down onto the main road and like you need to drive up and down at an angle which I never had issue with on the Honda.
I take it redoing part of the drive is not an option?
I do sometimes visit family where the drive is steep down onto the main road and like you need to drive up and down at an angle which I never had issue with on the Honda.
I take it redoing part of the drive is not an option?
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