OV9

Explosive Newt wrote: Thu May 28, 2026 8:51 pm Tesla wall charger, at 3 years of age, seems to have packed up. £475 for a new one. Debating getting an electrician out for a look first to see if there is anything fixable vs just buying a new one.

Explosive Newt wrote: Thu May 28, 2026 8:51 pm Tesla wall charger, at 3 years of age, seems to have packed up. £475 for a new one. Debating getting an electrician out for a look first to see if there is anything fixable vs just buying a new one.

jamcg wrote: Thu May 28, 2026 9:42 pm

Explosive Newt wrote: Thu May 28, 2026 8:51 pm Tesla wall charger, at 3 years of age, seems to have packed up. £475 for a new one. Debating getting an electrician out for a look first to see if there is anything fixable vs just buying a new one.

What’s it doing? Google suggests a couple of issues might be an electrician needed

1. Blinking Red Lights (Hardware or Installation Faults)One Blink: Ground fault. Have an electrician check for proper earth grounding.Two Blinks: High temperature at the terminal block. Power down the unit and check if the terminals are properly torqued (often loosened by heat).Four Blinks: Internet/Wi-Fi connection issue. Ensure your local network is online and that you haven't recently changed your Wi-Fi password without updating the charger.Six Blinks: Communication error. Unplug the cable, wait a few seconds, and plug it firmly back into the vehicle port.

Rich B wrote: Sun May 31, 2026 1:03 pm I had some moaning rear brakes on the van and a look showed some big lips on the edges of the discs (i only had an MOT last month and no mention).

i ordered some new brembo discs from euro carparts (i already had some pads) for £75 each and got a nice 30% discount (so i ordered some £115 front discs too). £260 for 4 discs delivered the next day.

Pretty easy job really, i have a piston winder set so i could do the rears which need turning and pushing because they have the handbrake on them. The only tricky bit was undoing the caliper bolts - but a bit of leverage using the van weight got them undone.

Matty wrote: Sun May 31, 2026 1:29 pm £110 for OEM Brembo stuff (off eBay in the end, cheaper than AutoDoc)

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Sat May 30, 2026 10:34 pm

Anyway, blasted as much crap out as I could, and put it all back together with the new old wing.

Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 9:36 am I've had mixed experiences with autodoc. Exceptional range of parts, but usually quite slow to arrive.

By far my fave is Carparts in Motion via ebay:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/carpartsinmotion

If you wait until the end of the month they invariably have a 15% or 20% promo code which makes them pretty much unbeatable.

mik wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 11:22 am I've never tended to flip cars quickly, but I’ve never held on to any other vehicle for anything like this length of time. I’m not really sure if that is testament to the Evora’s many virtues, or a reflection of the fact that - whilst there are many other cars out there which carry appeal - there are few alternative options that tick all of my boxes? Probably an element of both.

Matty wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 11:37 am
Still find it interesting to see owners of 400/410's go back to S1's.....or saying in some way they preferred them. Faster/Harder isn't always better, it seems.

mik wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 11:22 am I would have posted this as an update to my Evora "new car" thread, but - as that's not on this forum - the fleet update will need to do.

Accepting this is no biggy to many on the forum, I’ve now owned the Evora for <subdued drum roll> 10 years. It has therefore become my first ever DECADER. Is that even a word? Pixies song?

I'm the second owner – got it just after it’s 2nd birthday with just under 10k miles on the clock. Now approaching 48k miles.

I've never tended to flip cars quickly, but I’ve never held on to any other vehicle for anything like this length of time. I’m not really sure if that is testament to the Evora’s many virtues, or a reflection of the fact that - whilst there are many other cars out there which carry appeal - there are few alternative options that tick all of my boxes? Probably an element of both.

I celebrated with some new (genuine Lotus) floor mats to lift the interior a little. Not exactly cheap for two little bits of carpet, but not outstandingly stoopid at £120). <blows party trumpet thing>

mik wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 11:47 am

Matty wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 11:37 am
Still find it interesting to see owners of 400/410's go back to S1's.....or saying in some way they preferred them. Faster/Harder isn't always better, it seems.

Yeah - @RobYob probably has some insights on that.

Later 4xx cars didn't receive as warm a response from the motoring press either. A bit faster and a bit more focussed, but losing some of the delicacy of the S1's.

mik wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 11:22 am Accepting this is no biggy to many on the forum, I’ve now owned the Evora for <subdued drum roll> 10 years. It has therefore become my first ever DECADER. Is that even a word? Pixies song?

GG. wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 12:12 pm

mik wrote: Tue Jun 02, 2026 11:22 am I would have posted this as an update to my Evora "new car" thread, but - as that's not on this forum - the fleet update will need to do.

Accepting this is no biggy to many on the forum, I’ve now owned the Evora for <subdued drum roll> 10 years. It has therefore become my first ever DECADER. Is that even a word? Pixies song?

I'm the second owner – got it just after it’s 2nd birthday with just under 10k miles on the clock. Now approaching 48k miles.

I've never tended to flip cars quickly, but I’ve never held on to any other vehicle for anything like this length of time. I’m not really sure if that is testament to the Evora’s many virtues, or a reflection of the fact that - whilst there are many other cars out there which carry appeal - there are few alternative options that tick all of my boxes? Probably an element of both.

I celebrated with some new (genuine Lotus) floor mats to lift the interior a little. Not exactly cheap for two little bits of carpet, but not outstandingly stoopid at £120). <blows party trumpet thing>

Very cool - 911 has just hit 3 this month and RR will be 5 years in my ownership in December year.

I had the 997 about 5 years as well so that's probably the record so far. I don't think many other cars I've had have exceeded 3, so 10 years is really some good going in my opinion!