Nooooo! It's hard to get an objective view of what's going on with Lotus when reading the stuff on here, so I was hoping that your trip would be able to provide some positive balance, but...
Reading this is probably the final nail in the coffin for my Emira journey. Despite being a huge Lotus...
Make sure you sit in the drivers seat though - get an initial feel for seat, pedals etc. And if you have a quiet, straight bit of road you can always just do a couple of clunky gear changes to get to third and play a bit... even if it's only for a few hundred yards.
I'm 6'4", 200lbs. The space in the cabin was ok and I'm sure with a bit of playing around with the seats I would be able to find a comfortable position. The seats could be a bit lower but that wouldn't deter me. BUT... the reason I didn't put a deposit down was the position of the headrest. It's...