Recent content by DPB

7500+ miles since I took delivery in March, 2024. Includes road trips from NC to NH and back. Knock on wood, I’ve had zero issues and nothing but mile after mile of smiles - not to mention endless cell phone photos/videos, thumbs-ups, waves and impromptu conversations with people who wanted to...

Today I spotted not one, but TWO Emiras in the Raleigh, NC area. First a Seneca Blue (first I’ve seen in the wild) in North Raleigh area and then, about an hour later, a Hethel Yellow coming out of a shopping plaza in the Apex area (it wasn’t you @Life411). Oh, and to top it off, less than 15...

Congrats on the new Emira! I’m in Raleigh and there’s a fairly active group of Lotus enthusiasts that gets together from time to time. My Emira has been up north for the summer (it’s a blast on the New England twisties) but I’ll be driving it back to Raleigh in a couple days. Hopefully we’ll...

This past Thursday I had the pleasure of joining a local British car club for a group drive through the Monadnock region of Southwestern New Hampshire. The Emira was clearly the youngster of the bunch, but it was great seeing such a variety of cars. We were joined by an ‘05 Elise, so I wasn’t...

It was pretty far from Westwood/Norwood, so that would have been a long test drive, but maybe it was taken to a car meet/show somewhere. I only got a quick look as we were going the opposite direction, but I *thought* it had yellow calipers too.

Spotted a Dark Verdant Emira w/ black wheels this afternoon going southbound on I-93 in MA headed towards Boston! Anyone on here? It was in slow traffic caused by a red Corvette C8 on the shoulder with a state trooper. I totally did a double-take, as it’s the first Emira I have seen “in the...

I like it. It’s less about being a fighter pilot and more because it’s just another fun touch that Lotus included. It makes people smile when they see it - much like the Emira overall. No issues at all with startup process. Like others have said, it’s trivial to slide finger in from the side to...

Yes, it really is a nice stretch of road. The last time I did it was in 1985 in a 1980 Triumph TR7!

I completed the second part of my journey yesterday, driving from Asbury Park, NJ up to Southern NH. I took the Garden State Parkway up to I-287 across the Tappan Zee Bridge and up the Taconic State Parkway, which had very light traffic (on upper stretches I was totally alone). I then took Route...

I have not been keeping up with my journal, so I thought I would resume with a road trip I'm in the midst of - driving from NC to NH. I have been traveling a bit and now in NH for the summer. The Emira has been at our place in Raleigh and I have been having withdrawal symptoms, so it was time to...