Recent content by SJones

I’m a very long term lotus owner, the Emira is my sixth. Based on my experience with the cars and my 2024 Emira, a relative and a close friend also each bought one. I am now telling all inquires about purchasing one to avoid it at all costs. While a few of the Emiras have been trouble free...

A picture on my bedroom wall when I was 15

We own a 2024 V6 manual, as do close friends whom live nearby. A northern state dwelling relative recently visited our Florida home to compare our Emira driving experience vs. the C8 he was considering buying. After comparing both drives he bought a new I4 First Edition, wanting the auto gearbox...

We did the traditional yellow stripe on our verdant green, it makes the car

Fast and faster

Bummer

Have Cup2s, black wheels, 1500 miles no chips. This may be simply a factor where the car is operated, generally smooth, gravel free roads in Florida. I also early on installed front stone guards as I only covered front of car with Expel. Originally used carbon fiber ones from England but didn’t...

In I would really like to hear from those who have had bubbles on their rear fenders- where did they occur? Randomly scattered or in a line like the doors?

I decided to contact Lotus directly to find out what actions had been taken regarding this problem. Here is the intell I received. “ Modified Doors have been fitted at production since 14-06-2023. The way to identify if there are the later spec doors is to check the primer on the inside of the...

All the panels made by Teijin

I originally hoped that the early cars were going to have the most problems with this issue, but seeing problems all through the manufacturing dates ( with the most recent having the least amount of exposure time) I am now concluding that the trigger is the environment the car lives in rather...

According to their website, Teijin Automotive Technologies only makes the doors, rear fenders and rear hatch on the Emira. The material of the rear bumper is probably something else. From the photos it certainly looks like the base material is degraded and moisture has compromised the finish

So I was at our local dealer having ( what else) warranty issues delt with. I mentioned to the service manager and salesman that I had never had a hard copy of the actual warranty given to me among the sales documents and owners manuals. I had been told at the time that warranty info was online...