Dealer Demo cars in Europe and UK

[digilotus]

Good point! That would actually work nicely down in the port below the shifter and shouldn't get bumped.

Actually the port below the shifter is power only. The data ports are within the glovebox.

 

[emiraspain]

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From the German Lotus Forum........

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Germany and France were always traditionally Lotus's largest markets.........in the EU, but France has committed sports car suicide with its taxes, so its down to Germany and Belgium now, and perhaps Italy .... Holland is also applying 20k tax on an Alpine......

 

[virtualmacho]

Good point! That would actually work nicely down in the port below the shifter and shouldn't get bumped.

p.134 of the manual says that one is for charging only, and thus not connected to the infotainment system.

 

[VL3X]

p.134 of the manual says that one is for charging only, and thus not connected to the infotainment system.View attachment 8848

Eh, not a big deal. Thanks for confirming though. I'll likely be listening to that supercharger most of the time anyway. On roadtrips I can just stream music.

 

[Rudolph]

Germany and France were always traditionally Lotus's largest markets.........in the EU, but France has committed sports car suicide with its taxes, so its down to Germany and Belgium now, and perhaps Italy .... Holland is also applying 20k tax on an Alpine......

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Tax paid for my '21 Evora GT 410 IPS.....

Bruto BPM (TAX)
€ 44.270,- (nett)

Catalogusprijs
€ 182.500,- (gross)
€ 157.033,- (nett)

 

[emiraspain]

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Tax paid for my '21 Evora GT 410 IPS.....

Bruto BPM (TAX)
€ 44.270 (nett)

Catalogusprijs
€ 182.500 (gross)
€ 157.033 (nett)

Yes I guess the evora contaminates a good bit more than the 4 cyl Alpine, which a local dutch friend walked away from buying yesterday after seeing the tax.
criminal..... they already tax your earnings, the company you work for or own, the food you eat, the petrol and insurance on the car, the roads..... it goes on and on.....

 

[Balboa]

Looks great to me... It'll lower a bit after a few weeks of driving.

No it won't

 

[Magicman]

No it won't

Why won't it? In my experience it's normally the case, although it won't be huge.

 

[VL3X]

No it won't

I've installed aftermarket springs, struts, or coilovers on a dozen vehicles over the years and they all settle a bit after driving. Here's a good article on why this happens.

 

[ADC]

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Tax paid for my '21 Evora GT 410 IPS.....

Bruto BPM (TAX)
€ 44.270 (nett)

Catalogusprijs
€ 182.500 (gross)
€ 157.033 (nett)

That's not so bad. 44 euros in tax.

*whisper whisper*

Wait, decimal points mean what in Europe?!

*faint*

 

[ADC]

Actually the port below the shifter is power only. The data ports are within the glovebox.

I'm not going to naysay, as I don't have the handbook... er... handy, but is there also a port in the centre armrest cubby? I could have sworn there was one in there. Bummer that the port under the shifter isn't data... totally would have made sense to use that to support wired CarPlay / Android Auto.

 

[VL3X]

I'm not going to naysay, as I don't have the handbook... er... handy, but is there also a port in the centre armrest cubby? I could have sworn there was one in there. Bummer that the port under the shifter isn't data... totally would have made sense to use that to support wired CarPlay / Android Auto.

Yeah there is a USB and USB C port in the center console. I just figured a flash drive sticking out in there was a bad idea if other stuff is in there too. Seems like. It'd easily get knocked out. It'd probably be fine though.

 

[NicolasB]

I have heard more than once Airplay /Android auto is wireless on this car.

 

[Mctaff]

I have heard more than once Airplay /Android auto is wireless on this car.

Airplay is a wireless protocol so you’d hope so!!

 

[NicolasB]

Airplay is a wireless protocol so you’d hope so!!

Yeah yeah

 

[Lotustoronto]

p.134 of the manual says that one is for charging only, and thus not connected to the infotainment system.View attachment 8848

perhaps the usb in the arm rest connects to infotainment? or will it be wireless connect only?

 

[BeHappy]

Spoken to dealer today and they not expecting demo until sometime in October but he did say we’d all be getting an email within next 10 days from Lotus inviting us for a test drive. The gift that keeps on giving …..

 

[Lotustoronto]

Spoken to dealer today and they not expecting demo until sometime in October but he did say we’d all be getting an email within next 10 days from Lotus inviting us for a test drive. The gift that keeps on giving …..

Next 10 days... that sounds pretty soon....

 

[Lots_Of_Trouble]

Spoken to dealer today and they not expecting demo until sometime in October but he did say we’d all be getting an email within next 10 days from Lotus inviting us for a test drive. The gift that keeps on giving …..

If they use the word "Soon", they can shove that email up their exhaust pipe...

 

[Forlorn]

Spoken to dealer today and they not expecting demo until sometime in October but he did say we’d all be getting an email within next 10 days from Lotus inviting us for a test drive. The gift that keeps on giving …..

I’ve spoken to my dealer today, he is expecting a demo in October, he confirmed colour and its manual. I asked if it’s sport or tourer and he didn’t know. I’m in the North East so bit of a trip for me at 56miles, but August demo has gone to October. But as I have been relegated to 2023 car, with no idea when in 2023 as LCS don’t have a schedule, the excitement and anticipation has been lost, so has the entire 2022 driving season as I sold my Evora400 this time last year.