A110S Orange and Black … to S or to GT

[mrCraigyC]

Having been infected the A110 magic I’m already thinking about ordering a new one, primarily for CarPlay, microfibre steering wheel and dash and a little more power.

I’d love to hear some honest views on the S over the normal/GT chassis in terms of how it is on British roads, is it too twitchy, is it too hard? I’m also thinking I prefer to have heated seats which limits me to a GT … but I do love the new diamond cut S wheels.

Also anyone managed to find the black roof option on the UK configuration?

[mrCraigyC]

s111dpc said:

I have an S and came from a trio of Lotus models so I don’t find the ride too harsh but it is firm and and came be fidgety on our roads at times. That said I have asked SWMBO’d if it’s too stiff and she Saugus it’s fine so that’s good enough for me But in all seriousness if you’re used to a comfy ride the GT might be a better option and then if it’s too soft add the Life110 springs.

Thanks - very helpful, I’ve come from a 718 GT4 so maybe OK, think I need to go and drive one

[mrCraigyC]

Gyroo said:

I’m UK based and have ordered an orange and black S. I had to sit down with the dealer and go through the uk price list, not the configurator. In addition to the black roof other things I ordered that aren’t in the configurator were: orange seatbelts, black headlamp ‘boomerang’ inserts, illuminated door sills, dash watch mount. There’s other stuff in there too like the cup2 tyres.

https://www.alpinecars.com/en/alpine-documents/

Thank you … very helpful and like the sound of orange seatbelts too! This could an expensive exercise!

[mrCraigyC]

Sold the manual GT4 for a profit (plus it was becoming a little irritating with speed bumps), bought a Mini JCW for the winter whilst I waited for a PDK GT4 allocation, hat ed it so wondered what to buy. Watched many YouTube reviews, went and test drove one, loved it, bought one! Now thinking of ditching the GT4 PDK deposit for another A110. Love the size, ride, great noise for a 4 pot and it turns many more heads than the GT4! It’s quite unique.