First V12 Manual Swap in Canada!

[HannibalSmith]

Such an odd car in Canada. Is this one of those that is now eligible for import?

[Johnnymac]

Yeah, I love the car, and I love that I've gotten to experience it, but with the Lotus Carlton bucket list car joining the fleet, something had to go and I'm sort of thinning the herd. The LC won't be surviving past its lease expiration next year either.

LC not making it past the lease... is this because it's worth so much so you want to flip it or is it just not good enough to keep longer term?  You probably already having a buyer, if I had the money I would be putting a bid in but I'm tapped out until 2026/27 on cars.

[Oliver]

Such an odd car in Canada. Is this one of those that is now eligible for import?

They've been eligible for import for nearly 20 years.

[TheHire]

Yeah, I love the car, and I love that I've gotten to experience it, but with the Lotus Carlton bucket list car joining the fleet, something had to go and I'm sort of thinning the herd. The LC won't be surviving past its lease expiration next year either.

LC not making it past the lease... is this because it's worth so much so you want to flip it or is it just not good enough to keep longer term?  You probably already having a buyer, if I had the money I would be putting a bid in but I'm tapped out until 2026/27 on cars.

Genuinely just don't have the justification to keep such an expensive car as a literal winter daily. I've been fortunate to enjoy it since 2023, and still have about a year left on it, but my commute is 15 minutes each way, on a long straight road, and I only really drive that car mid-November to mid-March, as long as there's salt on the ground. I have my trusty '09 LS460 for that and it's also better for the daycare drop once that becomes a thing.