Recent content by ShootingSight

Seriously? This is a known issue? Is there a solution, or at least a known cause?

Occasionally, I'll unlock the car, and open the door, and just as I open it, there is a single 'crack' noise. Sounds like from behind the driver's seat. It sounds like a spark went through the amplifier and caused the a speaker to pop. I can't make it happen, and it does not always happen...

It's under warranty, right?

I have since solved the key attachment issue, and have offered to send people in the US two sets for $5. Key Ring

Not only keyless entry, but the trunk button is not recessed, so with the fob in my pocket, the trunk is occasionally opened, and I have to get out to re-latch it. And then the stupid small attachment point for a key ring. Still, add a V8 and a targa top, it’s a $150k car.

If you are not willing to wait, take any paperwork you have to a lawyer. There is no standard sales contract - each dealer will have their own. I put down $2,500 three years ago, when it was first announced. This was always fully refundable. I put down 10% when Lotus informed the dealer that...

Note that the 10% tariff is on the value of the car as it is offloaded from the ship - ie the cost from Lotus UK to Lotus USA. Lotus USA then marks it up to the dealer, and the dealer marks it up to the customer, but these markups come after the tariff is paid. So it is not an incremental 7.5%...

Sorry - it wasn't continuous chiming. It would chime, then go silent for 20 seconds, then chime again. That cycle was continuous. That said, I wonder if my weight was right at the limit, so with bumps it would reset and start again. I'll try with other weights.

I went shopping and put the grocery bags on the passenger seat. Car decided the passenger needed to fasten their seat belt, and started bing-bonging at me and put a picture of the car with a red passenger seat on the dash, blocking other information. I don't see any way to silence it, nor did...

When cars turn, they do not rotate about the center of the car. They rotate about a point on the line you get from projecting the rear axle out some distance, so the effect of weight on polar moment is a little more complicated than people are discussing. Also, oversteer/understeer is really a...

Enthusiasts like sports cars, and are willing to put up with poor quality - hence Emira which is fun to drive, and has a joke of an infotainment system. However there is little profit in that market. Porsche and Corvette are the only ones that are likely profitable here. The money to be made...

Well shucks. Got my bespoke Hethel yellow 2 weeks ago. Would have traded for the in-stock green right away, had I been given the option. Love the color.

There is little profit in sports cars. If you want to make money, you sell an SUV. Geeley bought Lotus so they could put a recognized high-end badge on their ev-suv line. With the decline in demand for EVs, the US tariff on Chinese EVs, the subsequent tariff on all Chinese products, the...