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[TomE]

Running-in procedure has been covered here:

Running in procedure

Yes, it is entirely state dependent. One thing to remember, servicing an EV is a completely different animal than an ICE vehicle. There are a lot of things the mobile service cannot do with Tesla. You have to bring it into one of their centers for any major work / issues. I imagine that list...

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[emiraspain]

If you like I will pick yours up. Ruin it in. Take for service and then drive it to Barcelona?

I will consider this at the same time as your offer to "bed in" my new colombian girlfriend and to find the new limit on my centurian, black, tungsten, moon dust.... Amex card

 

[emiraspain]

he is just jealous that @emiraspain is in the Famous batch.

I am the most famous bxtch there is

 

[Scruff111S]

he is just jealous that @emiraspain is in the Famous batch.

Yes, it is only famous or high profile people getting cars at the moment, in sharp contrast to US LOT enthusiasts, early deposit holders, who keep getting put back/delayed to make way for said people.

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

Yes, it is only famous or high profile people getting cars at the moment, in sharp contrast to US LOT enthusiasts, early deposit holders, who keep getting put back/delayed to make way for said people.

That's our destiny, but then our cars will be newer and faster !

 

[Scruff111S]

That's our destiny, but then our cars will be newer and faster !

Not sure about faster. Although, i wonder how much work is involved to get from 400bhp to 430bhp?

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

Not sure about faster. Although, i wonder how much work is involved to get from 400bhp to 430bhp?

should be almost copy/paste from Evora 430?

 

[Leonard]

I will consider this at the same time as your offer to "bed in" my new colombian girlfriend and to find the new limit on my centurian, black, tungsten, moon dust.... Amex card

Damn u am I that obvious!? That was my next move

 

[Leonard]

he is just jealous that @emiraspain is in the Famous batch.

Me to! I'm just greedy. And I can play the percentages and run my car in old school wise and Italian tune @Emiraspains from the off.
Plus I hear he does good orange juice and cheesecake, so worth the road trip to Spain 100%

 

[EspritGuy]

Ahh I forgot, but I think its probably been mentioned somewhere, although I had the doubt.
THERE is NO running in service, something other Lotus's have had in the past....
So the idea of running the engine in and getting the small bits of metal out etc is simply not necessary according to Lotus themselves, confirmed via CS and they confirmed it with who ever they confirmed it with. Yes, run in x00 miles generally less than 4500 (not all the time), but then no oil change and drive it like you have another 15 of them in the garage....

Is this not covered in the Owners Manual? That should be the definitive answer. OM is posted online with the Lotus Configurator site I believe.

 

[donskibeat]

Is this not covered in the Owners Manual? That should be the definitive answer. OM is posted online with the Lotus Configurator site I believe.

Yes it is, as per TomE response a few posts above

 

[emiraspain]

so no service... .

 

[Leonard]

so no service... .

Sympathy. That's all you need. And no constant revs

 

[BeHappy]

I just scheduled my test drive for next Friday at Lotus of Boston. I will be driving my R8 to the test drive so I can do a back to back comparison. Should be interesting test. Excited to see car in person and drive my first Lotus.

Hi after reading Nicolas detailed review -be interested to see what you think Mr Green which R8 do you have ?

 

[spice]

Just had my call , now projected Dec build Jan delivery , with the caution that this is not guaranteed, hopefully I will get a car by Spring 23 , I should at least get a good test drive in the meantime

 

[Scruff111S]

Just had my call , now projected Dec build Jan delivery , with the caution that this is not guaranteed, hopefully I will get a car by Spring 23 , I should at least get a good test drive in the meantime

Yes, it all seems to depend on if a rich or high profile person puts an order in in the meantime. As they will take priority. That is when we get pushed back. I say this as these people have put deposits down way after many on this forum, are now seeing their cars in production.

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

Yes, it all seems to depend on if a rich or high profile person puts an order in in the meantime. As they will take priority. That is when we get pushed back. I say this as these people have put deposits down way after many on this forum, are now seeing their cars in production.

Wait a minute, I am rich and high profile, and every time I call the dealer I get pushed back one or two months, and now 2023 without date.
Where do I complain?

I am rich and high profile (NOT REALLY)

 

[Yachtie]

Thanks both, I guess I just need the call now to start the process. My initial deposit was Thursday of Goodwood 2021 so i would hope it won't be too long. But to be honest if Lotus delayed delivery until March I wouldn't be too worried as I doubt it would get used much during the winter!

Has anybody in the UK had a confirmed delivery date yet?.

 

[Scruff111S]

Thanks both, I guess I just need the call now to start the process. My initial deposit was Thursday of Goodwood 2021 so i would hope it won't be too long. But to be honest if Lotus delayed delivery until March I wouldn't be too worried as I doubt it would get used much during the winter!

Has anybody in the UK had a confirmed delivery date yet?.

Yes, in some ways all the delays are getting somewhat annoying. But as with you, even if I got my car tomorrow, it will be in hibernation in the garage till March/April. For reference, my first deposit was 5th October 2019, so it has been a bit of a wait.

 

[TomE]

I've moved posts about the Checkout/Delivery process to the other thread:

UK deposit to order checkout process

Hi. I hadn’t realised we had to confirm our choices for insurance products and paint protection in order to progress the order to the next stage. 👍🏼

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