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Old 05-11-2021, 01:45 PM
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A new Lotus..........

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In 1993 when I was 50 years old I bought my 1st sports car, a 1990 Lotus Esprit Turbo SE with 15.000 mls on the odo......
I immediately did fell in love with this Lotus and the love remained all those 28 years.....
Last week, (I hope to become 78 years old in June), I bought and picked up the last new available Lotus Evora in the Netherlands and left my Esprit in good hands with the Lotus importer.

It is a Lotus Evora GT 410 Sport IPS with a 3,5 ltr. V-6 cil. 416 PS engine, Aisin (Toyota) automatic gear box + flippers, "Edelbrock" compressor + cooler, front/rear wheels 19/20", Michelin 2 cup tires, 4 pot AP Racing brake calipers, 3 piece cross drilled brake discs, Bilstein dampers and Eibach springs, further cpl. alcantara interior and a lot of weight saving carbon parts


It was rather difficult to say goodbye and I felt a little sad to leave her.
Keeping was no option as I have in my garage room for only one car (and a 1975 Honda Goldwing GL1000 K1 motorbike) while I own 2 more cars (daily drivers).........
When saying goodbye and handing her over I kissed her farewell on the roof and thanked her for all the nice years together.

I am very happy with this super-Lotus and thankful that I can afford it myself.





























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beautiful cars, congrats. ive been looking into an elise for a while now
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Congratulations on the car!

I considered a used Evora S when I was shopping cars last year, but decided not to pull the trigger due to difficulty to service and repair should anything other than engine(having a Camry engine is nice in that regard) goes wrong, and I heard the manual trans isn't the greatest to drive. Beautiful car though, and it definitely took me a while to finally convince myself not to buy one.

Maybe another day...
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Very nice! Fun story, congrats on the purchase. I like the wheels a lot. Thanks for sharing
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Took my 2021 Lotus Evora GT 410 Sport out for a ride along the curvy river dikes in the Netherlands......
Took a picture on a parking lot.
i am crazy with my new Evora GT.....only 3 cars present in the Netherlands...mine is nr. 3


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Wow that's a great car ! very beautiful




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