Recent content by Sandalwood

That's a nice spec. How close is the interior red to the shade of the calipers? (Our Hethel Yellow is miles different from the caliper/logo yellow, so typically we don't get the yellow calipers.)

I would guess an interior or caliper color. The piping is customizable, but I had mine also done in yellow (same as my logo and my car).

I would hope everyone knows that, but...You're right, probably best to tell people. The takeaway was supposed to be "100 octane is really common, and leaded. Just not for cars." No cats on airplanes, baby. Just pipes out the side.

...Unless you frequent an airport. Our 100LL is still leaded. Not that you want it, I'm just saying leaded gas is still the only thing used in general aviation. (Edit: And it's relatively cheap at $5-6/gallon.)

Yeah, at 1001 miles after break-in, I went straight to Track so I could finally hear the exhaust song. I dipped in, revs climbed quickly, and then -- WHAM!! Complete brick wall. I was surprised after my Elise, and many other cars I have raced. It was weird, alarming, and now keeps me from...

The couple of decades I spent racing autocross on Hoosiers have spoiled me for normal street tires. However, since my Lotus is a weekend car for mountain roads, I'll stick with the LTS-spec for the aforementioned reasons unless I start playing around with adjustable suspension, etc. I don't see...

I drove through Cookeville during my intense 1000-miles-in-3-days break-in drive. :) If you're ever around Chattanooga, drop me a line!

Great stuff! I am less motivated to install one than I am with my carbon-loving direct-injected cars. However, since I intend to own my car for many years, I would appreciate the other longevity benefits of preventing oil contamination into the intake and potentially reducing knock from...

I'm interested and live in Chattanooga. I'd like to find a picture of what they look like on the car. Is that the 2025 wheel? I have only seen the V-spoke.

Agreed that the quality is very good. Maybe not LVMH perfect, but definitely as nice as the Autodromo bag Infiniti sent with my wife's Q60 Red Sport 400 Launch Edition. We love the bags.

The wife and I were thinking of taking the Emira on a road trip to the Land Between the Lakes. If we do, we'll message you to meet up!

Oddly, my car has mysteriously stopped doing this (I'm at about 4500 miles). One of the most reliable places the sensor would have a mystery activation was the major intersection just down from my house. It would activate every time. But I do not recall it having gone off in the last 500 miles...

That may be why they increased the treadwear a bit on the LTS version of the tire. My Elise was a Sport suspension and shipped with Advans that lasted about nine minutes...But you are correct that more normal tires lasted quite a while on a car that light and with limited torque.

Yes, Robert lives in Lookout Valley, and he mentioned today that he met you at the O'Reilly. I'm in East Brainerd, so I am more likely to be found around Apison or Suck Creek doing my mischief. Looking forward to our Emira takeover! 😄