Recent content by MattG

I have a possibly related question...is it normal for the temperature to fluctuate as it's warming up? Mine gets to 184 or so, then it seems a thermostat opens and the temperature drops to 174 before stabilizing and climbing back up. This repeats a few times until, presumably, the coolant is...

Same here, insufficient interest

My dealer recently told me the indicator error will require a new wiring harness, which is not yet available.

The iPhone can work for regular texting, not just emergency access, though I'm not sure if this is limited to just your emergency contacts. Receiving replies is a manual process though, you need to be pointing the phone at the satellite. It works, but is not as convenient as a Garmin InReach...

I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with! I had a SonicFury on my (former) Elise and loved it.

I owned an Elise for 20 years before getting my I4 Emira...it's an under-appreciated gem of a powertrain that gets dinged for no good reason. If people really want an engaging driver's car, get an Elise or Exige. Opt for an Emira and you're already sacrificing driving engagement for modern...

Thanks, I'll reach out to them!

I considered the v2, but the number of wires in that harness concerned me...each of those crimps is a new failure mode being introduced to that harness and I didn't know what a break in the other wires' connections would result in. At least with v1, any failure is limited to the operation of...

I recently hit the 1,000 mile mark on my car, so I installed a Milltek valve controller (gen 1). After the car warmed up, the check engine light illuminated, and a later diagnostic revealed codes P13C2, P246B, and P1439. After a couple days in the garage I cleared the codes and went for...

How many miles until these issues typically develop?

Aside from the US' China EV tariffs, the problem with a Lotus EV is they were trying to go too far upmarket too quickly. They tried to be Porsche before building up the brand enough. I wonder if they could just focus on selling simpler, FUN cars (EV included) and not focus as much on luxury...

My guess was that it was for while the vehicle was in transit, that it's in a special mode to conserve battery power or whatever, and that the dealer should have removed it? The drop glass function was working fine on my car so I removed that sticker.

As I read it, the two parts of Lotus are being recombined...the UK-based portion focusing on sports cars and engineering consulting, and the China-based portion focusing on EVs - but it seems to be that China-based portion that is in control of it all now. I'd expect the China side of the...

From the press release: 'Pursuant to the agreement, the Company will issue new shares valued at $10 per share in consideration of Geely and Etika’s transfer of Lotus UK shares. Lotus UK is valued at 1.15 multiples revenue plus cash minus debt of LGIL, based on LGIL’s audited consolidated...

Pretty sure the new tariffs announced today are ALL supplemental tariffs...so the car tariff would be 35% if that's the case. And the scotch tariff...I think Trump's previous 25% tariff on scotch, from 2019, is still in effect?