📓 Journals 19 Months 12 Days later

[KJD]

As per the thread title, it’s finally here.

Pre-reveal deposit on 23 June 2021.

All good so far. 80 miles in.

Yes, the seatbelts are twisted.

 

[Nick in Sydney]

Looks sensational!

 

[Green]

Stunning! That blue really pops. It must look like a spaceship cruising down those quaint streets.

 

[Leonard]

Congratulations

 

[JasonR]

Congrats. Looks awesome, definitely the best colour but im biased . Shocking they still haven’t sorted the seatbelt issue out yet

 

[KJD]

Congrats. Looks awesome, definitely the best colour but im biased . Shocking they still haven’t sorted the seatbelt issue out yet

It’s not an issue at all. Don’t believe the internet.
The belt actually sits more naturally across the shoulder with that twist.
Just looks a bit wrong when you‘re not wearing it.

 

[KJD]

The nice people at Lotus even left me a spare screw.

Rolling around in the trinket tray.

At least I hope it’s “spare”.

 

[KJD]

I’ve also found “A New Thing”.

There’s a secret hole in the phone tray to feed your usb cable down to the socket.

 

[KJD]

And you can change the main speedometer to km/h.

Just change the units in the settings. This is so obvious it must be a new firmware thing as I’m sure people said they tried this before.

And the tyre pressures can be in PSI, which suits me better. Hadn’t seen that in any pictures before.

 

[Pegasi]

My goodness this spec makes my heart race. Keep working hard Lotus, my money is not going anywhere. When I look KJD's car I simply say, a NEW supercar for less than <100K. Period.

 

[Rollie]

Congrats! Stunning configuration!
Wish you many big (s) miles

 

[freefall_junkie]

Congratulations. Awesome spec

 

[KJD]

It’s not an issue at all. Don’t believe the internet.
The belt actually sits more naturally across the shoulder with that twist.
Just looks a bit wrong when you‘re not wearing it.

Just going to disagree with myself here.
Been for a drive and the belt sits awkwardly on the shoulder.
Must have had the wrong shoulder on yesterday.
I’ll be straightening out the twist tomorrow.

 

[KJD]

Congratulations. Awesome spec

Wonder why you say that?

 

[~el~jefe~]

so awesome. i hope all aligns for me and i also get one in Blue

 

[Eagle7]

Just going to disagree with myself here.
Been for a drive and the belt sits awkwardly on the shoulder.
Must have had the wrong shoulder on yesterday.
I’ll be straightening out the twist tomorrow.

If you're thinking of doing it yourself, I would recommend you not, as Lotus was going to void someone's warranty simply for changing out the shift knob. Let your dealer do it so there won't be any warranty issues.

 

[KJD]

If you're thinking of doing it yourself, I would recommend you not, as Lotus was going to void someone's warranty simply for changing out the shift knob. Let your dealer do it so there won't be any warranty issues.

YMMV

 

[Superman]

The nice people at Lotus even left me a spare screw.

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Rolling around in the trinket tray.

At least I hope it’s “spare”.

OMG, I had a 'spare' screw for a new Q7 a few years back, it was embedded in the front right tyre (had dealer fitted mudflaps), resulted in a slow puncture, TPMS warning on the first motorway trip and a new tyre fitted by them a couple of days later... Fingers crossed for you this really is 'spare'!

 

[Superman]

And you can change the main speedometer to km/h.

Just change the units in the settings. This is so obvious it must be a new firmware thing as I’m sure people said they tried this before.

And the tyre pressures can be in PSI, which suits me better. Hadn’t seen that in any pictures before.

Little things, I love that you can change the TPMS to PSI, as I prefer working in PSI.

 

[Eagle7]

YMMV

Yes but the benefit of having the dealer do it, is it's logged and creates a paper trail if there are further issues down the road.