If you had £30000 to spend on a Lotus

[Kathryn]

Do they do them in purple though ? Could be a deal breaker

They do indeed...
http://hofmanns.co.uk/cars/lotus-evora-gt410-sport/ It’s not me that’s left the deposit (and a bit over £30000 too!)

There’s this one too, although I prefer the GT410 Sport.

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[wayne]

Paper clip and Elan scan, via Geoff's cable work great on the Elan. which is why it's a keeper for me

Lotus has seemed to have all scanners locked out of reading the codes, other than using their own software.

Are you sure? I would say it's probably illegal, isn't it? (I mean, as for the basic/standard stuff, not the lotus specific info).
Is it not a standard OBD plug? (apparently it is https://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f170/e ... ery-97580/ but they don't talk about the software)
Isn't there a CEL flash code with a wire to ground somewhere? What a shame :/

So unfortunately the Evora will be going up for sale shortly. Currently I'm looking for a Gallardo to replace it.

I was about to say it was a pity but on the other hand, a Gallardo is probably not a bad car either

I can read and reset the normal codes for the engine with my scanner but any of the EOBD codes like air bag, etc seem to be a total mystery. I drove around for 2 years with the air bag light on as my battery went flat whilst on holiday. Luckily someone on Lotus talk figured out that a Foxwell ABS Airbag scanner will reset the code if you list it as a Daewoo, but will not tell you the reason for the fault.

I have a friend here that has a high end scanner that works on a lot of high end sports cars and he said that his computer can read just about any cars except the Evora. I contacted Lotus in the UK, who put me in touch with the Lotus dealer in Abu Dhabi and they recommended taking it to a Mercedes dealer that have the Bosch KTS system? apparently this would work.
Unfortunately the Merc dealer here will not work on any cars that are not a Mercedes.

We used to have a Lotus dealer for a few years and my Evora is the only one they ever sold in Bahrain. I asked them to fix the Air con and had to give them the Lotus service and repair manual of how to do it ????

If I was back in the UK that purple 410 looks high on the list

Would love the purple McLarren that passed through the airport here a few weeks ago,but way out of my price range.

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[Giniw]

It's probably a bit hard to find the Lotus Software at a ... err ... fair price but I suspect the Mercedes one could be much easiier to find? If I were you I would have a look!

[daveiow]

Just did a little research on the Bank of England inflation calculater
If you bought a new Elan in 1991 for £24000 it’s the equivalent of £50000 now
The same car in 2001 at ten years old for £15000 would be £24000 now.
So an Evora (a slightly bigger model) for circa £30000 is not far out

[Fredjohn]

I had and I did.

A 2010 Evora 276hp manual, all the options, only 18,000 on clock. Like Phil I'm wondering if the clutch will give way, so far so good I'm at 23,000 now.

Would love to swap for a 400 IPS, but with front discs at £1646 a pair more than my existing model I may hold off!!

Still got the M100: they make a great pair.