marc1adrien
Emira Fan
Very cool. Summarizes what I've thought -- Osmium is a "cold" silver and Nimbus is a "warm" silver.Ray sent me this pic this morning.
Nimbus v Osmium
Mine is on the right. Picking up Wednesday.View attachment 44817
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Very cool. Summarizes what I've thought -- Osmium is a "cold" silver and Nimbus is a "warm" silver.Ray sent me this pic this morning.
Nimbus v Osmium
Mine is on the right. Picking up Wednesday.View attachment 44817
Yes mine - the dealer had 12 cars, 6 arrived Wednesday last week and the other 6 arrived on Saturday.Anyone else receive their cars or know if the cars have arrived to the dealership from the 5/13 shipment?
Hi, I know some Emira owners have issue with brake disc (missing chunk of brake pad) associated with cars sitting long before delivery. (Car arrived at Baltimore 3/29, took delivery 5/25).
Can you guys take a look at my photo and confirm if this is what it looks like. This is on my left-front brake disc but not on any other 3 brake discs.
TIA.View attachment 45064
Thread 'Low dust brake pad options'Well, I just joined the defective brake pad club!
Right side front rotor. Inside surface is fine. Car only has 400 miles on it. Closest service center (Chicago) is 400 miles away. They need to see the car in person to decide how to handle this (which I get).
Brakes are a consumable. Where do I find OEM front brake pads? The rotor is fine (I think the little chunk of brake pad would easily machine away at any brake shop). It just doesn't make sense for me to make an 800 mile round trip to address this. The rest of the brakes are fine. I'm KICKING myself that I didn't notice this when I took delivery.
Never occurred to me to check the inside-sides of the rotors. Thanks for the perspectiveWell, I just joined the defective brake pad club!
Right side front rotor. Inside surface is fine. Car only has 400 miles on it. Closest service center (Chicago) is 400 miles away. They need to see the car in person to decide how to handle this (which I get).
Brakes are a consumable. Where do I find OEM front brake pads? The rotor is fine (I think the little chunk of brake pad would easily machine away at any brake shop). It just doesn't make sense for me to make an 800 mile round trip to address this. The rest of the brakes are fine. I'm KICKING myself that I didn't notice this when I took delivery.
I ordered my Emira from Nashville. There was no markup on a new one. Those two listed are indeed used. They dont appear to be 'orphaned'. Looks like someone took delivery and then returned/sold them back. They can ask whatever they want as ridiculous as it may seem.Came across earlier today...dealership in Nashville has several Emiras available, but there appear to be a dealership markup at least on the one they have loaded the pricing information:
https://www.lotuscarsnashville.com/2024/Lotus/Emira/SCCLEKAX5RHB10645 (list price is $114,900)
https://www.lotuscarsnashville.com/2024/Lotus/Emira/SCCLEKAX7RHB10467 (contact for pricing)
My order form included a statement that if my dealership considered me to be a dealer, remarketer, or if they perceive I have the intention whether perceived or real of selling the Vehicle for a profit the dealership reserves the right at itās sole discretion to terminate the agreement and refund customer deposit and both parties will return to their pre-existing conditions. But this dealership is clearly marking up the price and due to the mileage reading they are listing both vehicles as Used.
Sorry to say, you have the brake cancer too.Hi, I know some Emira owners have issue with brake disc (missing chunk of brake pad) associated with cars sitting long before delivery. (Car arrived at Baltimore 3/29, took delivery 5/25).
Can you guys take a look at my photo and confirm if this is what it looks like. This is on my left-front brake disc but not on any other 3 brake discs.
TIA.View attachment 45064
Remember to check the back side of the rotor too. The good old reach around and feel for lumps routine.Sorry to say, you have the brake cancer too.
Is "fractured brake pad" the magic phrase I should use when talking to Lotus service department? (Don't want to get the run around from them.)Yes, this looks like the result of a fractured brake pad.
I didnāt take pictures but most of the newly delivered cars had rotars that werenāt fully round. Like at one part it was not circular like a small piece missing but smooth to the touch. Is that normal or an issue?
Thatās common in the exotic sales industry, however Iāve only really seen it done on like a Porsche GT3 RS or other ultra desirable exotic because they have a contract to not sell new cars over MSRP but with used, anything goes.I ordered my Emira from Nashville. There was no markup on a new one. Those two listed are indeed used. They dont appear to be 'orphaned'. Looks like someone took delivery and then returned/sold them back. They can ask whatever they want as ridiculous as it may seem.