Thanks for the welcome, Good to hear its still going well at 125k miles.
I bought this model Lotus new 20 years ago and have recently acquired this pristine one (now the children have grown up).
On paper the Lotus is sub 5 seconds to 60 but in reality the R feels so much faster in almost every way (not round corners perhaps !) but in every other way it is far more fun the drive.
I think its down to 20 years of progress.
In the garage over the past years have been other great cars including M3, M3 CSL, M6, Renault Williams, Caterham R500 to name a few but the RCZ (and now especially the R) seems to trump them all . It is such a great car when all things considered. (looks, speed, rarity, value for money)
My wife didn't really like the hdi but is a big fan now of the R....i think its the colour that does it.