I'm in - the buyers thread

[Concept24]

I am still 100% in. However, based on the delays, I am looking for something else. My GT4 deposit was cancelled because Porsche stopped producing them. I learned the Dark Horse Mustang will be a limited run so I might not get that either. Struggling to find something else I want. Are there two other people that want to go in 1/3 for a 300K GT4 RS? I see a few on Autotrader.

EDIT: I am looking for something else until the Emira arrives.

I'd much rather get a McLaren 570S or 570 GT for far less money....but that's me.

 

[action_turtle]

I think its a lottery either way, as I understand it it still leaves the factory for its pdi the goes back for collection

Christ... I’ll probably just go and get it. One less thing to go wrong. Delivery truck blowing up, storage garage flooding, some tree falling over… I don’t know, leaves on a train track somewhere. Lol.

 

[Pugwash]

Currently your options are collect from dealer, home delivery or for an additional £195 collect from factory. All cars go to Upper Heyford / BCA for their PDI and are distributed from there. Even those for factory collection. However I understand that BCA are moving from Upper Heyford as their lease has run out and will be using another facility they have near Derby to do the PDI.
I don’t think you can collect it direct from BCA.

 

[action_turtle]

Currently your options are collect from dealer, home delivery or for an additional £195 collect from factory. All cars go to Upper Heyford / BCA for their PDI and are distributed from there. Even those for factory collection. However I understand that BCA are moving from Upper Heyford as their lease has run out and will be using another facility they have near Derby to do the PDI.
I don’t think you can collect it direct from BCA.

Interesting. So if they still use Heyford it's not that far away from Bristol. Getting them to deliver I guess is the quickest then. Rather get it from the dealer so I can drive it a bit on the way home. WFH, so it will be sat on driveway for a week else lol

 

[Evotion]

1250 miles and still nothing wrong with the car.

 

[Citizen]

You are clearly a vip car like Harry’s

 

[BeHappy]

1250 miles and still nothing wrong with the car.

Whoosh you’ve quickly done them so foot to the metal and even bigger

 

[Evotion]

You are clearly a vip car like Harry’s

Ha, starting to think that maybe I am.. I mean nothing has even fallen off!

 

[Nellie]

No I did not make a selection so when agreeing payment process they said not to worry as they would agree either at the final payment stage.

So my Lotus new car experience keeps getting worse!!

I was wondering what the next step was as the finance had been approved and I had not heard back from Lotus so I chased them, it now turns out that my order has not yet been confirmed and the checkout program appears to not be working for me to do so

Spoke with Lotus Customer Care twice today and still no further forward.

This is the worst new car purchasing experience I have ever put myself through, at this rate I think this will be my first and last direct Lotus purchase.

Was told they would call back within the hour, that was 2 hours ago.

 

[Magicman]

So my Lotus new car experience keeps getting worse!!

I was wondering what the next step was as the finance had been approved and I had not heard back from Lotus so I chased them, it now turns out that my order has not yet been confirmed and the checkout program appears to not be working for me to do so

Spoke with Lotus Customer Care twice today and still no further forward.

This is the worst new car purchasing experience I have ever put myself through, at this rate I think this will be my first and last direct Lotus purchase.

Was told they would call back within the hour, that was 2 hours ago.

It's crazy, I checked out last Tuesday night, finance approved we'd morning.
Got called today at 10am to arrange collection next Monday, by 2pm I'd payed the balance and returned finance docs, 4pm they called to say all sorted and ready to collect Monday.

How on earth can it be so different??

 

[Porter]

It's crazy, I checked out last Tuesday night, finance approved we'd morning.
Got called today at 10am to arrange collection next Monday, by 2pm I'd payed the balance and returned finance docs, 4pm they called to say all sorted and ready to collect Monday.

How on earth can it be so different??

"Checkout program appears to not be working" can mean a lot of different things.

 

[Nellie]

It's crazy, I checked out last Tuesday night, finance approved we'd morning.
Got called today at 10am to arrange collection next Monday, by 2pm I'd payed the balance and returned finance docs, 4pm they called to say all sorted and ready to collect Monday.

How on earth can it be so different??

It truly is crazy, I really don't understand why it so hard to buy this car from Lotus

I thought I was passed the wait and was on a path to finally getting the car, but the wait just got longer it would appear

 

[JasonR]

I’m 100% in now. Just wish Lotus would sort their customer service out! Car should be in production this month but haven’t heard anything else!

 

[Porter]

I’m 100% in now. Just wish Lotus would sort their customer service out! Car should be in production this month but haven’t heard anything else!

Don't they have a status page online for the active order folks now? They mentioned it in one of the emails.

 

[Magicman]

I’m 100% in now. Just wish Lotus would sort their customer service out! Car should be in production this month but haven’t heard anything else!

If its any consolation I was Feb build, heard nothing until 21st jut picking it up next Monday so occasionally things can move fast at Lotus

 

[JasonR]

If its any consolation I was Feb build, heard nothing until 21st jut picking it up next Monday so occasionally things can move fast at Lotus

I’ll keep my fingers crossed then!

 

[JasonR]

Don't they have a status page online for the active order folks now? They mentioned it in one of the emails.

I believe this is only for builds after a certain date which mine doesn’t fall into

 

[Porter]

I believe this is only for builds after a certain date which mine doesn’t fall into

Ask if you can be a beta tester, lol. I bet the internal team would love some actual user test feedback.

 

[VL3X]

I believe this is only for builds after a certain date which mine doesn’t fall into

Last I heard, the MyLotus site would be active for April builds forward. Which in Lotus talk means April 2024.

 

[JasonR]

So hadn't heard anything from Lotus since the price increase email stating mine hadn’t increased so gave them a call as my car is due for production this month. It was confirmed it’s this month and I should get my checkout email in a week or 2 with delivery shortly after in April. So assuming they’ve now picked up the pace with cars going our after production now. Looking forward to taking delivery at the factory!