I have owned my Spyder for about 14 months. It wasn't until last night that after a drive i put the car in park and exited the car with a huge smile. (I smile each time I get to drive my Lotus) I just had the car serviced on Monday at 28,000 miles which included Spark Plugs. My car was previously lowered however, I did not like the ride. (I hated the handling in Stock form as well) It didn't handle well, and when hitting the smallest of road imperfections, it slammed inside the cabin of the vehicle.
I told the mechanic of the crappy ride and he did an adjustment and now the thing handles like a dream! it is still lowered, but I can drive over road imperfections without worrying of bottoming out/blowing something . I took a spirted drive last night and the car just felt perfect around curves. the car is just pumping out tremendous power, I love the wheelspin between shifts. It may be overkill, but I plan on replacing the Spark Plugs every 15k, instead of 30k.
I had seriously considered selling my Spyder over the past 2 months. I have test driven the BMW M Roadster (too small, stick only) and recently the Audi S4 Cabrio....fast, but in a plain vanilla way. Right now, I now understand why others have commented how they look forward to driving their vehicles everyday.
I told the mechanic of the crappy ride and he did an adjustment and now the thing handles like a dream! it is still lowered, but I can drive over road imperfections without worrying of bottoming out/blowing something . I took a spirted drive last night and the car just felt perfect around curves. the car is just pumping out tremendous power, I love the wheelspin between shifts. It may be overkill, but I plan on replacing the Spark Plugs every 15k, instead of 30k.
I had seriously considered selling my Spyder over the past 2 months. I have test driven the BMW M Roadster (too small, stick only) and recently the Audi S4 Cabrio....fast, but in a plain vanilla way. Right now, I now understand why others have commented how they look forward to driving their vehicles everyday.