Reliability for long road trip?

[bengal]

I've got a long road trip coming up from Vancouver BC to Portland and back, roughly 800 miles or so. How has everyone's reliability been so far, any commonly seen critical issues? Trying to not break down in the middle of nowhere .

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

I drove my car 1,600 miles from the dealership across the US with only 1 issue (intermittent failure to start)

 

[oldf**t]

I've got a long road trip coming up from Vancouver BC to Portland and back, roughly 800 miles or so. How has everyone's reliability been so far, any commonly seen critical issues? Trying to not break down in the middle of nowhere .

My wife and I just got back from a 4000 mile, 14 day road trip which included a 5 day 1000 mile time/speed/distance rally - no issues whatsoever.

 

[netsinah]

Car is meant to be driven so I’d “go for it”. Perhaps easy for me to say, since I’ve had no problems with mine. But if you’re the same, that should give you some confidence. Just figure out the location of nearby Lotus dealers ahead of time and make sure you’ve got a flat repair kit to go along with your supplied compressor, gunk and tow hook.

 

[Eagle7]

I've got a long road trip coming up from Vancouver BC to Portland and back, roughly 800 miles or so. How has everyone's reliability been so far, any commonly seen critical issues? Trying to not break down in the middle of nowhere .

I drove just over 700 miles round-trip to Salt Lake City and back, no problems. Car ran great. There's a Lotus dealer (Park Place Lotus) in Bellevue, Washington (near Seattle) in case you run into any issues.

 

[T6061]

6750 miles since May 17 delivery...two issues, neither of which impacted driving the car (small paint bubble on the front bumper and a snapped trim tab on the driver seat controls panel - both fixed by the dealer under warranty. Temps stabilize at 200 degrees no matter the outside temp. Literally drive it every day.