So far we've seen these completed cars sitting outside at Hethel, Japan, and Dubai ports with minimal protection. Just the white plastic tape along the edges of the bumpers and nothing on the roof. I'm not too confident US cars will be stored in a climate controlled facility, but we'll see...
Honestly think there was an agreement between Lotus USA and the dealer network that all communication would be through the dealer. Thus the email template... and some dealers communicating and others not. Highly dependent on what kind of sales person you have. IMHO a mistake.
Great!
That's the thing... there isn't any. It's all stemmed secondhand from Gator. Nothing official.
Who's your dealer? They sent emails a month ago saying that the car are delayed due to "certification." In the US, dealers are our primary form of communication.
I'm just chillin' knowing it won't be here for another 6 months
I remember and these things used to piss me off. I don't know if you remember, but I complained about all sorts of things early on as well. Remember when I asked the US Lotus rep about the 'detuned engine' and he said it 'will NOT be detuned.' Well, that ain't happening as we now know. Finding out made me upset. I was told I'd have my car in August of 2022. Then someone said September. Then we hear they can't even keep up with deliveries in the UK and so I'm told October, etc. And Lotus basically said we'll get the 2024 model year car in the beginning of 2023. I thought I'd be driving the car several times already.
I remember and these things used to piss me off. I don't know if you remember, but I complained about all sorts of things early on as well. Remember when I asked the US Lotus rep about the 'detuned engine' and he said it 'will NOT be detuned.' Well, that ain't happening as we now know. Finding out made me upset. I was told I'd have my car in August of 2022. Then someone said September. Then we hear they can't even keep up with deliveries in the UK and so I'm told October, etc. And Lotus basically said we'll get the 2024 model year car in the beginning of 2023. I thought I'd be driving the car several times already.
Post that, I sort of took a step back and asked myself: will worrying about all of this BS change anything about when I get the car? No. So why bother? I'll get the car when I get the car. The only thing in my control is whether I pull the deposit and that's not happening!
Life's too short to worry about crap I can't control. On the bright side: certain early problems have already been identified and are being addressed. Additionally, the cash for the car is sitting in my money market, earning ~5%. Lastly, gives me time to clean out my garage to fit an additional car
This may be apropos; it's British too:
I remember and these things used to piss me off. I don't know if you remember, but I complained about all sorts of things early on as well. Remember when I asked the US Lotus rep about the 'detuned engine' and he said it 'will NOT be detuned.' Well, that ain't happening as we now know. Finding out made me upset. I was told I'd have my car in August of 2022. Then someone said September. Then we hear they can't even keep up with deliveries in the UK and so I'm told October, etc. And Lotus basically said we'll get the 2024 model year car in the beginning of 2023. I thought I'd be driving the car several times already.
Post that, I sort of took a step back and asked myself: will worrying about all of this BS change anything about when I get the car? No. So why bother? I'll get the car when I get the car. The only thing in my control is whether I pull the deposit and that's not happening!
Life's too short to worry about crap I can't control. On the bright side: certain early problems have already been identified and are being addressed. Additionally, the cash for the car is sitting in my money market, earning ~5%. Lastly, gives me time to clean out my garage to fit an additional car
This may be apropos; it's British too:
.Lastly, gives me time to clean out my garage to fit an additional car
Good point, my garage is currently under construction getting remodeled. If I had my car now it would be outside like the rest.
Lotus Advanced Performance
From that yes. It was more specifically about Lotus Advanced Performance. They mentioned sport exhaust as one of the future options but, as I said above, with a short production window I don’t see them being able to do that much “customization” while simultaneously ramping up production on two vehicles.
First cars here November at earliest is my bet.Just a data point... Emirahep collected his car last week... asked for him to search for any USA spec cars. He said he did not see any while on his tour. So looks like USA production has not started. Funny how last official info said April start, but when Gators update went out they said production was starting as planned in May... just had to squeeze that extra month in there didn't they!
I was told delivery Nov - Dec in the top 5 at the dealer ship.
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