Finally got one!
Discussion
So here it is my new (to me) Evora S IPS
So far loving it; few quirks to get used to but the drive and the sound are amazing IPS is better than I hoped and gives the car a split personality which is great round town, and amazing when you press the sports button on an open bit of road.
Big thanks to Sumison who I bought the car from (lovely chap) and big thanks to lotus Silverstone who went above and beyond to help me out
So far loving it; few quirks to get used to but the drive and the sound are amazing IPS is better than I hoped and gives the car a split personality which is great round town, and amazing when you press the sports button on an open bit of road.
Big thanks to Sumison who I bought the car from (lovely chap) and big thanks to lotus Silverstone who went above and beyond to help me out
Forgot to say. The car is very familiar with pistonheads...
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/general/driven-lo...
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/general/driven-lo...
So a week in and really enjoying it but not getting to drive it as much as I would like. Horrible weather!
Quirks that bug me so far (very minor):
- Indicator stalk is a really long way from the steering wheel
- The accelerator and brake pedal are way too close together. I might have to make an adjustment of some sort. Maybe it's an IPS thing as the brake pedal is massive
- Sunvisor is completely pointless (sunglasses essential)
- Radio isn't the most intuitive to use
Things I love:
- the noise, oh the noise!
- it's fast, properly fast
- blips on the downshift in sport mode, so addictive
- so much grip
I got round to washing it this week too, quite a lot of tar on the paint so it needs a lot more attention than I had to give it. Still looks good though ...
Quirks that bug me so far (very minor):
- Indicator stalk is a really long way from the steering wheel
- The accelerator and brake pedal are way too close together. I might have to make an adjustment of some sort. Maybe it's an IPS thing as the brake pedal is massive
- Sunvisor is completely pointless (sunglasses essential)
- Radio isn't the most intuitive to use
Things I love:
- the noise, oh the noise!
- it's fast, properly fast
- blips on the downshift in sport mode, so addictive
- so much grip
I got round to washing it this week too, quite a lot of tar on the paint so it needs a lot more attention than I had to give it. Still looks good though ...
No tips but offers do get passed through to the owners I believe. Bear in mind that Silverstone obviously take a chunk of the sale which will limit how much any owner will likely budge on price but a lot of evora aren't selling quickly at the moment so there are deals to be had.
What I can tell you is the guys at silverstone are excellent, very helpful, friendly yet professional. Completely recommended by me.
What I can tell you is the guys at silverstone are excellent, very helpful, friendly yet professional. Completely recommended by me.
John_LCR said:
I was tempted by this one...currently looking for an S IPS model that is not black or grey, was just not sold on this colour - but it does look better in your pictures.
Looks a great car, enjoy.
Thanks. It does look much better in the metal (plastic?) Than in photos.get yourself one. You won't be disappointed. Looks a great car, enjoy.
Don't be put off by the early reviews on the IPS which slated it. It works really nicely and the software has had a lot of updates since it was launched.
Sure it's not the purists choice but it's very good
A few more tweaks today. The gas struts for the boot have been noted as "weak" at the last couple of services but still held the boot up. Well with the colder weather they finally gave up the ghost. Cue broom handle prop.
So I ordered a new pair from SGS. Slightly different design but well rated elsewhere. Not massively cheap at £50 for the pair.
Easy enough to change. Seem to do the job. I was expecting the boot lid to go up on its own at about halfway but it just holds at whatever position you put it at. Fine by me.
Also need to address the common issue of a scruffy chimney.
It is just there to pipe heat away from the exhaust manifold so it's not super critical but it was torn and held together with tape. It drew my eye every time I opened the boot and looked awful.
I took it off and gave it a quick spray with some matte black paint and put it back on. Sadly it is only paper and coils and it ripped as it went back on.
Anyone recommend a replacement??
So I ordered a new pair from SGS. Slightly different design but well rated elsewhere. Not massively cheap at £50 for the pair.
Easy enough to change. Seem to do the job. I was expecting the boot lid to go up on its own at about halfway but it just holds at whatever position you put it at. Fine by me.
Also need to address the common issue of a scruffy chimney.
It is just there to pipe heat away from the exhaust manifold so it's not super critical but it was torn and held together with tape. It drew my eye every time I opened the boot and looked awful.
I took it off and gave it a quick spray with some matte black paint and put it back on. Sadly it is only paper and coils and it ripped as it went back on.
Anyone recommend a replacement??
djmoore said:
The pipe is easy to replace, even I managed it at the weekend, a 10 minute job. It’s component 16 in the screenshot (part no. A132S0081F), c.£12 as a previous poster mentioned. You’ll need a replacement cable tie, other parts can be reused from the existing pipe.
Awesome thanks. New part ordered 
Quick update as a bit of history for myself and anyone else interested.
Chimney pipe now replaced. Looks much better!
Also I previously mentioned I was struggling with the pedals being too close together.
Well with it being winter and me wanting to wear normal shoes, and there completely not being a need to heel and toe in an auto I got busy with a file. Much better! Just took the pointy bit off the corner which made so much more space.
Other quirks this month. I managed to slam my keys in the boot whilst out and about. So had to go rummaging for the emergency release which thankfully worked.
And the passenger seat got stuck on its runners... I had the seat tilted forward and then slid it all the way back. It then got jammed against the rear bulkhead (just under the rear seats) to the point I couldn't put the seat back up right. And the rail mechanism was totally jammed. After a while fiddling around and a bit of panicking a long screwdriver and a good hard whack on the mechanism moved it enough to get it sliding again! Phew.
Also note winter wheels now on! Team dynamics 18s front and back. I was expecting it to improve ride quality but interestingly not that much difference
I quite like the all black wheels...
Chimney pipe now replaced. Looks much better!
Also I previously mentioned I was struggling with the pedals being too close together.
Well with it being winter and me wanting to wear normal shoes, and there completely not being a need to heel and toe in an auto I got busy with a file. Much better! Just took the pointy bit off the corner which made so much more space.
Other quirks this month. I managed to slam my keys in the boot whilst out and about. So had to go rummaging for the emergency release which thankfully worked.
And the passenger seat got stuck on its runners... I had the seat tilted forward and then slid it all the way back. It then got jammed against the rear bulkhead (just under the rear seats) to the point I couldn't put the seat back up right. And the rail mechanism was totally jammed. After a while fiddling around and a bit of panicking a long screwdriver and a good hard whack on the mechanism moved it enough to get it sliding again! Phew.
Also note winter wheels now on! Team dynamics 18s front and back. I was expecting it to improve ride quality but interestingly not that much difference
I quite like the all black wheels...
CTE said:
Yes looks really good with the lack wheels, but then it looked really good with the diamond cut wheels!!??
Thanks CTE, don't fear the diamond cuts have only gone away for the winter!Need to look into getting them refurbished actually as they are starting to look a bit scruffy...
Just had the car professionally detailed by
http://www.smartcleanvaleting.co.uk/ who are based in Cambridgeshire but cover a good chunk of the south east. Super impressed and Ben the owner knows his way around a lotus.
Has really made the colour pop now the swirls are removed. Looks more orange now and the mettalic flake is a lot more vibrant.
Can't stop peaking out the window to have a look!!
(Any dull bits you can see is the factory fit PPF which looks pretty tired now)
http://www.smartcleanvaleting.co.uk/ who are based in Cambridgeshire but cover a good chunk of the south east. Super impressed and Ben the owner knows his way around a lotus.
Has really made the colour pop now the swirls are removed. Looks more orange now and the mettalic flake is a lot more vibrant.
Can't stop peaking out the window to have a look!!
(Any dull bits you can see is the factory fit PPF which looks pretty tired now)
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