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Yay! It’s great to see you taking delivery today! Now there are at least 2 Emiras in Raleigh! We’ll have to meet up soon and compare notes! 🙂

No, this one was pretty much fuly blacked out and had a wing on the back. He came up from behind, slowed down to check it out and then went past with his arm out the window with a "thumbs up".

Oh yeah - I almost forgot! Done!

So within hours of getting our Emira home, my wife and I have our first story. If this is any indication of Lotus ownership, this is going to be a fun ride. We realized we had hardly eaten anything all day and decided to take the Emira on it's first outing. We went to a nearby Capital Grille...

Picked up from Lotus Charlotte 3/7/2024! (See my journal post for more details)

Well yesterday, March 7, "SOON" finally arrived for me! With the CARB hurdle finally cleared it was time to pick up my Emira and bring it home! My wife and I took the train down from Raleigh to Charlotte the night before. We hadn't ridden the NC trains before and thought it would be fun and make...

Given I had only taken possession an hour earlier I was driving pretty defensively anyhow! It’s definitely low and you need to watch out for the giant pickup trucks and SUVs, but I didn’t feel overly nervous. The main thing for me was the cars that zoomed up and then slowed down in my blind...

Another delivery today! I picked mine up from Charlotte this morning. The most exciting, painless and smooth car purchase I have ever made. Daniel and the team at Lotus Charlotte are top notch - down to earth and super easy to work with. No funny business - car price, $895 dealer fee, less...

First thing Thursday morning for me down in Charlotte. I can't believe this is finally happening! :D Looking forward to meeting up with you, @K_Squared, @Xroyalnavy and the others I met down in Wilmington last year!

Vivid Red V6 manual transmission Upper black pack Gloss black wheels Yellow calipers Black Napa leather interior Leather steering wheel Tour chassis w/ Goodyear F1

Hi, my name is Dan and it’s been 2 hours since I last checked this forum. The first step is admitting you have a problem…

Man, I step away from this forum for a day and you all have mentally “gone to plaid”! I think the waiting delirium has fully set in! Thank goodness for this forum. 😀

It's been fun reading this thread and the lively debate and different viewpoints. It's a welcome distraction from hitting the refresh button on the USA/Canada Delivery Thread like a lab rat addicted to cocaine. I fall into the camp that the supercar designation is a matter of perspective and...

Here’s a Vivid Red outside in the sun for comparison. I know some will immediately think Ferrari, but like others here said, just pick the color that makes you happy no matter what others think it is.

For what it’s worth, I had never driven a RHD car in my life and had only driven a manual once in the past 25 years (a transit van in Italy) before I did the Driving Experience at Hethel. It was awkward to be sure, but I had an absolute blast in the Emira on track. For me the hard part was not...

I thought I would start my Emira Journal with my first in-person encounter with my Vivid Red FE2.0 as it sits at Lotus Charlotte awaiting final CARB approval. My wife and I made the trek down from Raleigh on a sunny Saturday to finally see our car in the flesh. It was also our first time meeting...

Finally made the trek from Raleigh to Charlotte to visit my Vivid Red Emira on a beautiful Saturday morning. It's always surprising to me how different experiencing this car in person is from seeing it in pictures. It is small but has such a striking presence. I have the full-on "baby Ferrari"...

Congrats on the new baby! So we did get some good news in January after all!

We have this thing here in the states called CARB emissions certification... If you want to know more, see the last few hundred pages ot the USA/Canada Delivery thread. :)