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IMO small batteries are a big problem for sports cars (apart from weight), people take their weekend toys for long trips, track days, spirited driving and so on which they highly impacts the battery usage, it’s gonna be a nightmare the charging speed and infrastructures aren’t there yet, just...

IMO if the black badge was with a yellow background it was 10/10 for my spec (nimbus (for the silver accents in the badge), with black pack (for the black part) and yellow calipers (for wheel caps and yellow background)).

As almost everyone has said a 3rd cat delete, I’ll also look into a way to control the exhaust valve instead of it opening only at ~3K rpm. Other than that it’s hard to tell as there isn’t much to choose from just yet :)

The RS3 is a fantastic daily, I’d rank it as high as the OG M2, with the M2 being more fun but the RS3 being more of a daily, you just need to pick by what ever you prefer. Comparing to the emira if you take into account the practicality of course the RS3 is going to win as it’s faster, more...

I own the RS3 8Y, I like the car (added pic) but I would never rank it 3rd place (but I also don’t agree with most of the list, having owned some of those cars).

Maybe it’s possible because it costs almost twice as much (with options (compared to FE, not base price)) ?

Have you ever hear of a OEM upgrade like that ? it seems undoable as cars need to get smog tests and meet regulations, and letting them alter the ECU without the need to meet new emission tests seems odd, of course I will be happy and I’ll do it 100% (and if not ill do aftermarket) but never...

I get your point but you need to consider the only reason they are doing it is to mitigate the number of flippers, yeah some actual owners may be affected by it but in the end of the day they are trying to solve the issue thus making waiting times shorter (if they really do their job properly)...

Appreciate your comment, I haven’t found the time to answer everything, once I have the time I’ll get back to it :) FYI you had some fair points

Busy couple of days, just talked to my dealer and he said “the car is in production this week, as per the lotus program” and he said that “the time will be respected” meaning end of February to beginning of March delivery. So my EU car seems to not be affected, but consider I didn’t put the...

A few points, I’m not defending lotus but you are just looking for negativity period. 1. You can’t benchmark a car that costs almost twice as much as the emira (GTS), that’s nonsense period. 2. “Car of the year” reviews aren’t always “fair” as you put different car categories against each other...

Mine is also a Dec. build, I’ll ask the dealer in a couple of days if there is any update on the car, hopefully there is only good news but I’ll update as well regarding the EU market :)

beautiful spec! Almost ordered DV as well but it was an auto so my order is a manual Nimbus. When I was in Mugello circuit I saw the lotus club over there, there were 30-40 lotuses! Apparently lotus is sold really well in Italy (from what I’ve heard). Hopefully mine would arrive at Tuscany in...

Such a shame to hear this, cars are meant to be driven especially cars like that! I don’t get people who buy cars to store them, ~2 weeks ago I took my STO to Mugello circuit in Italy for its first track day (jaw dropping experience). I intend to track the emira as well as making it my daily...

I received my 992 with a defective windscreen seal (whole windscreen replacement) and it’s a WELL KNOWN issue with Porsches for years (look it up), it’s just bolt covers, my R8 arrived with a missing front emblem (the “R8”, someone stole it prob.), they are human beings, I don’t know how they...

Forgot about the wife part haha, my mother daily-ed the 992 for almost a year and she loved it in every way possible (apart from the height haha but she’s getting old) and said it’s a fantastic car for day to day use, if she doesn’t mind and you’ll drive the car often and the dynamics is less...

I can’t comment on the 718 gts itself as I haven’t driven it (but do own a boxster which I’m replacing) and the only reason I didn’t re consider the GTS or GT4 etc is the interior, it’s just too outdated imo. The 992 is amazing BUT it’s not the same as it used to be, for some people it’s spot...

Either you’re talking to someone with 0 knowledge about cars or that’s not the real reason, for example they want to get the gear knob back to examine it, which all manufacturers most of the times request from the dealers to send the faulty part back (from my experience) which is what I’d assume...

And I really hope you’ll (and everyone else) love it as much as I did, just don’t let people pull you down! In a year or two I plan to export it back to my home county and daily the emira, but the STO is NOT a daily by any means, after a 2h drive your ass is practically dead 😂 Did a non stop 4h...

So after a lot of reading I got to my turn as I’ve had my test drive today. I’ll be comparing the emira to my huracan STO as I can afford both and that’s my benchmark, the emira is crap, it lacks so much power and is cheap period! Now all jokes aside of people comparing it to 2nd hand exotics...

Exactly, also some Porsche cars do it, the panamera had it for sure, the 718 and 992 might have but I’m not certain (at least one of them did it for sure).

Now days parts are scarce and all manufacturers have issues and there’s always shippings issues, would you believe I waited 2.5-3 months for a replacement backup camera for my RS3 8Y ? Or waited 1.5 months for an oil sensor that was causing quite a big leak on my RSQ8 and just sat at the dealer...

I don’t really know the detail as I haven’t asked but I will gladly will when I’ll be there and meet their English speaker (they got only one guy lol and I’m still learning Italian), but my guess would be your third guess that the dealer didn’t offer the allocations up until not so long ago, I...

Yeah no markup, I actually put a deposit for one of them (from Italy) and next week on Friday I got a test drive. They are only for the Italian market and they stated that they will only sell and register the car for Italian citizens and only in Italy. All of their cars are supposed to come...

You are correct it’s also a problem with the new Rivians I read an article about it.

If everything will go as planned I’ll do a test drive in a week or two and I’ll give my full impression, after reading a lot of your reviews which were helpful I got one thing to say, a lot of people keep stating the car is 100K€ but the base price is more like 65-70K (for the V6) and that’s the...

I gotta give lotus some credit for putting a usb-A port in the rear view mirror just for that purpose! Thats an amazing idea and shows they’re trying to go the extra mile with the emira (had an M2, 992, 718, 8Y RS3 and more expensive cars and that’s a first for me), found it in the owners...

That’s the end goal for sure haha but no, construction actually :)

That’s not a hard question honestly haha STO all day, not as a daily thou, after 2h+ of driving it hurts in the as* lol, as a daily it’s a really hard pick between the 992 (carrera) and the R8. The RSQ8 just doesn’t do it for me, it’s an SUV, yeah it’s really practical and comfortable and FAST...

Initially I planned to switch my old M2 with the emira but someone totaled my car (she didn’t stop at a stop sign..) so I thought I’d give the 8Y RS3 a try as I needed another car (didn’t like the understeer of the prev gens) which is quite surprisingly good, also got a 718 boxster which I’m...