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Sorry, I'm adding to the peer pressure. Come on Rory!

Come on, there has to be one more guy! I need my free brake pads!

I'm just curious, how bad is the traffic at 10AM? Also, isn't GVBC thinned out by the time you get up there?

I so wish I could do this. It's one of the great classic tracks left in the world (Spa Belgium is my other dream track). I was actually out there the week after the F1 GP in 2023 and it looked like the McLaren club was out there that day. I kept thinking, if only I could do a few laps!

Well, it kinda was. I actually remember looking at these when I was a young buck right out of college (it was literally my dream car when I saw it). These were trading for roughly $31K in 1993. Take $31K and translate that to today's dollars, you are north of $70K. It was pricy then and is...

Every modern car I have owned I shoot for the first oil swap at 1k and then do oil at every 5k marker. 1st is to get any early wear out of the system and the second oil change which is only 3.5k to 4k miles later, is to get any remaining wear out. After that, oil every 5k just seems like cheap...

Appreciate the "unofficial" update @gcmak . And thank you for keeping us up to date.

FYI, this problem goes away if you go with any of the after-market exhaust options. The connection is more direct and is done via a simple coil spring that is just the right size of the notch on the valve motor. Obviously, you still need the after-market exhaust calibrated. However, after...

@Kalel Do it, you won't regret it. BTW, I've done the side by side on track and there's a clear winner, it's the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. Oops, I meant the AMG powered i4 Emira.

Here's my contribution. O.k., really @Kaz 's given he took the pics!

Now, let's get to at least 11!

I need pads as well, in.

Let us know if it works. This is basically caused by Lotus/Geely using some off the shelf fastener that obviously doesn't sit flush. It's definitely annoying, but the dealer won't do anything about out it because the solution is what Lotus elected to use. Classic case of "they all do that, sir."

Sooo not east LA. Street cred., like negative credits dude. :LOL:

I never order anything without knowing if they have it in stock yet. Unless of course they offer a discount!

I'll state the obvious, but have you added high heat thread lock/loctite to the flange bolts and padding about 5-10% on the torque spec. when you bolt it down?

East LA raised, El Sereno/Lincoln Heights/City terrace. Whereabouts you living these days?

Agreed, where it sits at the bottom on the passenger side is definitely the spot that's close both from the curvature perspective you mention and clearance to the A pillar. However, even if it doesn't lay perfectly flat here, I'd rather live with that than trimming the wiping radius coverage...

That would work too.

So I was looking at replacements as well and RainX wipers with teflon kept coming up as the "best." However, to your point, they don't make them in 23 and 25 inch. So, I went out to my car and looked where each wiper ended all along its wiping radius. I believe you can actually run 24 and 26...

I have the same product. I had PFS in Santa Ana, CA install it. They did all my other film work as well. BTW, I've done this on every sports car I have owned. Like you, all it took was one windshield replacement early on. Frankly, if you don't track or follow cars on the canyons, spirited...

Not sure you would want to drive that around the greater LA area. Unless of course you are trying to get it totaled for insurance purposes.

Agree, the downpipe is so obscenely large that the catalyst filament is really sucking up a lot of the natural noise. Frankly, all we need is an exhaust option that can still leverage the OE valve controller motor, but just flips between a larger than OE non-resonated pipe (for the closed valve...

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I don't believe this is accurate. There's a sticky somewhere that explains all of the driver modes with all the specifics. However, one of the specifics is that in sport or track, it partially opens when these modes are initiated(I believe about a 1/3 open). From there, it only remains at...

It's never 100% open at idle/startup in any mode. However, in sport and track modes it does go from partially open at start-up to fully open at a predefined rpm threshold. I personally, like the OE functionality. With that said, the partial opening in sport and track modes under the RPM...

Harry is a great resource, worked on many of my cars (Evora, Alfa 4c, Carrera T). He hasn't worked on the Emira yet, but that's only because I always use my dealer (Lotus of SD) for the first couple of years to ensure I have a good rapport with them. Also, my i4 seems to always have software...

Exactly.

@T6061 I am curious as to your personal experience with the scheduling, completeness of work, cleanliness of the car when picked up including what was left under the engine under tray (which you won't know unless you look at it afterwards and remove it), etc. I personally, did not get the warm...

This. Regular street/highway driving, maybe even a little mountain backroad driving, should be good. However, track work should be off-limit. Let's just say the price of a tire (for that matter, the price of all 4) is a better deal than the possible outcome of testing that plug on a track.

Agree, I also wish we had a flag/tag we could add to our profiles that made it obvious what variant we each have. For now, we should all try to remember to be more explicit about what engine we are referring to whenever we speak on anything that is engine specific.

A few people are going up tomorrow. BTW, GVBC is better served early AM. On a busy day (like tomorrow), you'll want to be at the base of the mountain around 7AM to be at Newcomb's by 7:30 given by 8AM it'll be a s h i t show.

That would be a typo. The V6 Auto, is in fact the slowest Emira variant made.

This. BTW, Journalists have been saying "Lotus is dead", frankly since the "90's". Personally, I'm hoping their accuracy stays consistent (i.e., wrong to date...).

this is in reference to air intake vents and the engine compartment for purposes of keeping electronics safe and large amounts of water out of the intake. The rear bumper vents get drenched in the rain. So, no worries there.

I went from a Carrera T (991.2 w/ CF buckets, PDK, Sunroof delete, Contrasting Stitch Carrera T interior) to an Emira (i4 Sport). I would tell you they are very different cars. The T was supposed to be a more raw 911 and in many ways it was, but it's still closer to a GT than a sports car...

I did this with my Alfa 4c. My Emira came with the black pack, but I agree, having the option to do either is kind of cool. One of our other forum members actually wrapped his Emira's roof with a CF wrap. So, going with the body colored roof gives you lots of options.

I ran the Cup 2R on my Carrera T. The grip increase compared to the Porsche Spec Cup 2 was noticeable. Also, they heated up fast and held up well. Biggest complaint was they picked up marbles like crazy on dirty tracks Also, the real wear rate was comparable to the Cup 2's (got about 85/90%...