Evora S Help / Info

Evora S Help / Info

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philnotts

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689 posts

202 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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Hello,

I’ve just come away from Lotus after test driving a Evora S manual year 11 car. I thought the car was very good apart from the sound ( with sport button on) and the almost clumsy gear changes. Now I have been told that you can upgrade the gear linkages etc and also have a cat bypass added to the car to make it a lot better.

So has anyone had these two options done on a year 11 Evora s car and if so, did it make a big difference?

The dealer did have a year 12 car onsite and the sound of this car was a lot better to the one I test drove! Sitting in the car the gear changes felt better also and the interior was a bit nicer.

At the moment I know I can get a very good spec year 11 car un-reg with the two options above done for an excellent price. Or do I wait into next year and try and pick up a year 12 car when they have been out and prices have dropped a bit?!

Prices on the Evora S seem to be all over the place and the brand new cars do seem to lose a lot of money quickly.

Thank you
Phil

philnotts

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689 posts

202 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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justin220 said:
I would probably be tempted to hold out for the MY12. I found the difference to be substantial, unless the difference in cost is a lot!
Thank you for your replies.

Did you test drive both year models? What aspects did you find substantial to the older version?

Difference in price between them both at the moment would be about 15k i believe.

Thank you

Phil

philnotts

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689 posts

202 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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Woza said:
Sports exhaust and de-cat transferred my 2010 car.
I was told today by Lotus you couldn't get a Lotus sports exhaust for the Evora S, just the de-cat

Thank you

Phil

philnotts

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689 posts

202 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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And im guessing that LOTAC05504 is for the Evora N/A and S models? It was a S i was looking at when i asked the question.

Phil

philnotts

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689 posts

202 months

Monday 3rd December 2012
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Thank you for the reply.

Did you have the old cables in before changing them to the 2012 versions? How did they compare?

Thank you

Phil


philnotts

Original Poster:

689 posts

202 months

Monday 3rd December 2012
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Hello

Thank you again for the replies.

I have been doing a lot of research and its hard to come to a conclusion as it sounds like every car is totally different. I did try 4 Evora's at the weekend that were in the showroom and all seemed different when changing gears.

Im getting that i will save some money on the MY12 cars but its going to be a risk. Maybe waiting for the MY13 cars to come down a bit would be a better option!

Phil

philnotts

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689 posts

202 months

Tuesday 4th December 2012
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R9TUS said:
My Evora S 2+2 is up for sale at Silverstone Lotus.

Larini exhaust and decat, 2012 gear linkages, drives great!

Carbon Grey and paprika interior

All the packs.

Almost half the price of a new car!

Have a look.

Gav
Did you feel a massive improvement when you went from your old gear linkages to the 2012 ones?

Thank you

Phil