New evora owner

[celticstevie]

Hi all,

After a 14 year absence from Lotus I bought an ardent red evora from murray edinburgh just before Christmas. Proper pics to follow......tell me I am not mad

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I had an Elise in 1999 brand new and kept for a year as i was working abroad and it did not get used....i always wanted another lotus and after various fast motors including 2 911 and 2 boxsters I fancied a change. Last car was a 997.1 turbo.

So far enjoying the evora, compared to porsche - slower, not as well built, notchier gear change but sublime steering and handling. The steering feels as though it is telegraphed straight from your arms, just such a go kart feel. Have had some fun over the holidays throwing around some back roads and feels quite stable in wet, not as reassured as the 997 turbo with 4wd but I found the turbo a little bit clinical and hate to say a touch boring

I had quite a few serious warranty issues with my 911 turbo and I lost confidence in it. I go out regularly on runs with the ph scotland guys and on 3 occasions over last 2 years I came home from a run on a transporter.

Planned mods for me are sports exhaust, black wheels, roof, mirrors and barge boards. My 2 wee boys love the car and have said its better than the Porsches.......it gets lots of looks

I had looked at a couple at murray and had a test drive and gave the guys my desired spec which was met.

Will probably add a daily driver as well to keep this wee car feeling special

[celticstevie]

The old porker was a bucket list car but sounded st and I was totally fed up of serious things going wrong.....and I had a real battle with porsche this year as I claimed that their mechanics over revved the car when in for service, there is a thread on my experience. Lots went wrong with it. Radiators, turbo actuators, engine mounts, spoiler failure, starter motor, leaking door seals, diff a money pit without warranty

The performance was blistering, not much could compete with it but on twisty Sunday runs with a group of mates there was always only 5 mins between the fastest and the slowest and this wee car puts a smile on my face, I was never the fastest on Sunday runs I enjoyed driving out with my dad, the porsche I got fed up with, like the feeling you got when you needed to get rid of a girl that was beautiful but just did not feel you could live with (strange)

With the porsche I kept it over serviced and spent a right few quid on it, August service, mot work and warranty was 2.4k. I spent 1.1k earlier in year on tyres. It had 50k miles and in next year I was looking at major service, new tyres all round, front brakes and pads, some paint on front end and at front arch rears, and perhaps a new clutch and flywheel - probably £6k just to keep it running in tip top condition and in warranty which paid for about £15k claims in last 2 years

In the porsche with the sport button it was just very very fast that when you booted the car you had to catch 2nd gear quickly to avoid bouncing the limiter, the evora does feel quite a bit slower on straight line and obviously torque is much weaker but it sticks to the road like st to a blanket and having less money tied up means I can get a fast daily, save a few quid more buy a 4 poster in the garage and perhaps eventually add a classic to the fleet, I really hanker after a nice well kept 993 air cooled.

[celticstevie]

The screen evora looks awesome.

I'll probably have another porsche in time, would like a nice 993 for the garage.

The turbo was great straight line, blisteringly quick. I had a lot of fun on a euro hoon to monaco but even on that i had a warranty claim in germany.

My evora is normally aspirated so quite a drop in performance from the 911.

Might have to have a look at the sports exhaust choices and the radium cai. It feels quick enough and lovely on the drive way.

[celticstevie]

I'm based on Hamilton, just down the A725 from EK, i did take the car on the backroad but very tight at the narrow bridge!. I'll pm you for a look at the set up. Many Thanks

[celticstevie]

It fits through the bridge just, with about an inch to spare either side. you have to line up very slowly and point the mirrors down to ensure the back wheels dont get scratched. There are some nice twisties on that road

[celticstevie]

You should go on the PH ecosse runs. see youtube channel 6C4gts from Barry on here. The Muirkirk is a favourite. My sister in law lives on a farm in Cronberry which means we have to take that road, sub 37 mins door to door in my old 911 turbo

[celticstevie]

So the modifications begin......

After a spin in Alex car on saturday I have booked in to MMC edinburgh next week!

Sports exhaust
2bular / 3rd cat removal
Barge Boards
Wheels painted black

I dont have enough time to get the paintshop for roof, front splitter and mirror paint!

drivers side bolster has some wear so gonna get some work on that. Anybody found a seat cover? I know Focus RS drivers with similar recaro wear problems on bolsters and they use covers to protect them

[celticstevie]

Sorry kenny, typo too quick. My dads mate alex was round on saturday with the focus rs and he had the seat covers on the recaros.

The seat retrim from livingston looks good. I've seen their work on aeroplanes and boats. Looks a lovely finish. Did you do the dashboard?