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I am talking about real driving here on real UK roads. I am not talking about boasting about 550bhp down the boozer and where a manufacturer thinks 20" rims and a set of 1000lb springs = good handling. I am talking about performance you can genuinely use, making hugely enjoyable and rapid progress on crud english roads, indulging in an endless of stream of beautifully filtered feel and above all being in something that looks and feels special and different to just about every other car out there, and yes that includes all those ugly ferraris and 997's and those awful rebadged audis and spammed up cack handed family saloons which wear an M on the back.
Evora. If we are talking about a car to use in the real world then its one of the best i've driven and suffice to say ive driven a few things in my time. If you're even remotely interested, go and try one.
Evora. If we are talking about a car to use in the real world then its one of the best i've driven and suffice to say ive driven a few things in my time. If you're even remotely interested, go and try one.
And with that off my chest ... I'm currently working in Norwich so see a few around. Not sure I like the looks from all angles (subjective anyway) but they look very relaxed when cruising on the A11 and certainly hustle across the back roads near the factory in a suitably Lotus fashion.
adycav said:
Are you getting one Rich?
I think i will do at some point but only when they bottom out or at least lose a fair chunk more. I haven lost anything more than about 500 quid or so on a motor for many many years now and have made a profit on many. Not about to change that either so an evora at 40k aint for me sadly. Wish i could justify losing 10k the moment you sign the v5 but i cant.
I think they'll drop to at least 25k and probably below 20k, before they start to plateau. BLGuy77 said:
Is this the same Evora with a crap gear change and bits that fall off randomly,oh an a w
ky Toyota minibus engine that needs a blower to make it half quick?
The gearchange was fine on this one. Like everything you get used to it and no car is perfect. Yes the engine is no gt3 but it feels quick, pulls very nicely and does have a note of sorts. You buy a lotus for the chassis, the feel, the agility, useability, looks and specialness. You cant have everything, you do know that dont you ? You wont get your steering feel in an nsx, you b road suppleness in a GTR, your reliability in an F car, your rarity in a porsche, your tactility in a bmw, your involvement in a gallardo, your continent crossing abaility in a caterham etc... every car is a compromise of sorts. But remember this:ky Toyota minibus engine that needs a blower to make it half quick?WHAT YOU FEEL CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPERIENCE
And the quality of what you feel in an evora has few peers.
jackal said:
The gearchange was fine on this one. Like everything you get used to it and no car is perfect. Yes the engine is no gt3 but it feels quick, pulls very nicely and does have a note of sorts. You buy a lotus for the chassis, the feel, the agility, useability, looks and specialness. You cant have everything, you do know that dont you ? You wont get your steering feel in an nsx, you b road suppleness in a GTR, your reliability in an F car, your rarity in a porsche, your tactility in a bmw, your involvement in a gallardo, your continent crossing abaility in a caterham etc... every car is a compromise of sorts. But remember this:
WHAT YOU FEEL CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPERIENCE
And the quality of what you feel in an evora has few peers.
Sounds like a load of old cobblers to me,are you sure you were not Just in a recalcitrant mood towards more common German sport cars that will ultimately be superior ownership propositions?WHAT YOU FEEL CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPERIENCE
And the quality of what you feel in an evora has few peers.
I bought mine after trying just about every other 'rival'. I almost test drove it as a last resort before buying something I wasn't all that keen on. Thankfully once I tried it, I knew it was for me. Everyone else that has driven it have had nothing but praise for it.. It's also nice driving something so rare, not seen another yet!
jackal said:
I am talking about real driving here on real UK roads. I am not talking about boasting about 550bhp down the boozer and where a manufacturer thinks 20" rims and a set of 1000lb springs = good handling. I am talking about performance you can genuinely use, making hugely enjoyable and rapid progress on crud english roads, indulging in an endless of stream of beautifully filtered feel and above all being in something that looks and feels special and different to just about every other car out there, and yes that includes all those ugly ferraris and 997's and those awful rebadged audis and spammed up cack handed family saloons which wear an M on the back.
Evora. If we are talking about a car to use in the real world then its one of the best i've driven and suffice to say ive driven a few things in my time. If you're even remotely interested, go and try one.
With all due respect, how can you make a fair comparison, even to yourself, when you openly admit to such bias "ugly ferraris", "ugly 997's", "awful rebadged audis", "spammed up cack handed family saloons which wear an M on the back"?Evora. If we are talking about a car to use in the real world then its one of the best i've driven and suffice to say ive driven a few things in my time. If you're even remotely interested, go and try one.
I do see where you are coming from, an MX-5 falls into the same category, as does a Boxster (grin).
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