Just my take, I had Cup 2's on a few cars and they were lethal in the wet, particularly standing water, and would aquaplane at very low/cautious speeds. So, even if the ambient was warm, continuous rain would cool the tyres and scare the hell out of you.
Same experience here, be very careful on accumulation of water areas, instant aquaplaning
That's a different Michelin Cup 2. That's what we're highlighting when we talk about the Connect 240 variant of the tire, it has a wider temperature range and deeper tread depth, both of which help with rain and cold. They aren't anywhere near as safe as a traditional summer tire in those conditions, but they are way better than the older, standard Cup 2.
You generally don't want to let a soft compound tire hard freeze repeatedly. It's not the temperature itself that does the damage, it's repeated temperature cycling with the weather going up and down between freezing and warm temps. And any sport tire (on or off the car) should be returned slowly to appropriate temperatures (delay of 24h+) before driving on them.
A foam panel insulation project would probably go a long way toward making your garage more livable (and Emira-friendly) year-round. 4'x8'x2in panels of faced (moisture barrier) foam insulation are available commercially at fairly reasonable prices, like $25-30 a sheet for R-6 to R-8, which would make a huge difference in your space as long as you don't have huge air penetration elsewhere. I'm not sure how big your garage is, but you've got the better part of a year to get that all figured out if you think it's worthwhile.
Soon.
You could panel wrap the outside instead, tape the seams, and then put siding over top. Same with the roof, if you're feeling froggy.
I think there is a video somewhere of Gavan talking about the Emira during development and describing just how many iterations of the tyres they went through before they hit on the right spec...there has been a lot of thought gone into them and I am happy to stick with the Lotus stock for the life of the car.
I once disregarded this but tire tech nowadays is high science. I’m all about lotus Goodyears. Snows will be Mich of course
I hope the did the same with winter tires, I’d definitely go for winter tires with “LTS” on!
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Got it! Thank you very much! Hopefully they'll do (or have already done) the same for winter tiresThe description from Gavan is in the Smoking Tire podcast. It's covered on the suspension thread, with a link to the podcast:
Suspension: Touring and Sports options
Lotus promised us a further note on suspension choices. But as that still hasn't arrived, here's my attempt. This draws on discussions with the Lotus team, published info and some of my previous posts. The tl;dr version You've got two suspension options and one of them also has two tyre...
"Whitewall Tire Inserts" that stick on the sidewalls will give you added protection, and also give your Cup 2s the classic look !
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