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Interesting! Maybe she means delivery to dealers. I do think it's 50/50 likelihood that some are already on the ocean. We've been hearing chatter about Automatic V6 production and past experience shows that many of these chatters turn out to be true. Fingers crossed that cars will start...

Nope, sorry...

I don't think anyone is flat out claiming that they are rejecting these dyno results. As it happens, intake/exhaust mods are typically associated with rather modest gains, gains which are usually within the margin of error from one dyno pull to the next. So it's normal for people to raise...

Yea, I would go for the whole set of whatever you end up making. LHD. Special feature request: * The boot liner can have a couple of slit cut into them so that I can run two 1-inch wide Velcro straps to tie down the hazard triangle. * A liner for the shelf behind the seats so I can put my...

More US cars arrived in Baltimore on 7/8/2024. Lotus seems to be using Hoegh with some regularity in addition to ACL. Still just manual FE cars.

Did you ask specifically about the NA market? Because deliveries for the auto has most certainly not commenced here.

This is that one car that sailed over on a solo trip? How big of a VIP are you to pull that off?

You do not want to drive around with the valve fully closed. IMO this should not be an option on the valve controller for Emira. Just because it's there doesn't mean it should be used.

What would you put down as the supercar feel? Something technical like raw performance, or something less nailed down like presence or sense of occasion? The NSX was my childhood dream car. I still remember reading about the design effort in Car and Driver and telling others in high school...

I don't think many would volunteer that info publicly due to warranty concerns.

Hope everyone had a great Canada Day and/or 4th of July celebration. The colonies have received some Emira shipments to mark these occasions. All of these are still 2024 manual FE cars, it seems.

Nothing new as of now, sorry…

I just did some driving to test this specific phenomenon. I see what others mean, the hot air from the radiator follows the curve of the car and washes over the side windows. The vent air also becomes much warmer than ambient. I did this in muggy 85 degree weather and it was not objectionable. I...

🤣🤣🤣 I am laughing at the dealer, not you.

Oh I see. I guess I have not tried that extensively. I usually leave the AC on even with the windows open.

I've been driving with the windows down quite a bit recently, especially in the morning when the air is cool and crisp. I did not get the sense that the car gets hot at all. This was at local speeds, though - 30-45mph. Are those who are experiencing hot flashes doing so at high way speeds?

I really doubt that. Lotus had 1.2 million in sales for 2022, essentially sold maybe 10-20 cars? I don't know. They sold 2600 Emiras in 2023, and current production numbers for 2024 model year is at about 4000 - some of which were sold in 2023. So I'd say that the total number of Emiras built to...

Yea, with ceramic coating, it works really well. There are short nozzles sold for popular electric leaf blowers to make this task easier. I 3D printed one for mine.

There is a dyno graph for the Evora with the delete pipe, but I think this also included intake mods: https://www.gregsraceparts.com/products/grp-evora-400-410-decat-race-exhaust-pipe

CQuartz UK 3.0 is a DIY product, most shops probably would not install it as they would want something more durable with a 5-10 year life span. I think CQuartz UK 3.0 is officially only 2-3 years? Power washer are generally fairly gentle to the paint if you use it correctly. Don't use anything...

I am at 1600 miles after about 2 months.

Heck yea. I am dailying mine and it's great!!! I have been on a couple of 300-400 mile drives and it's definitely road trip-able. Just stay away from the cruise control during break in.

Luckily I don't have that problem in the DC area and Orlando. Too many other fancy cars around.

Really looking forward to your Dyno runs @Eagle7!

Hmmm, looks like they actually remove quite a bit of parts and the cover/mat is pretty large in size.

Congratulations! What did you expect to see under the car? It's all covered with panels. If you want to check for loose screws, you can kind of just eye them by kneeling down and peeking under the car.

Runs to check on my wheels... Edit: No chips so far, knock on wood. But I may be missing small ones under that thick pillowy blanket of brake dust.

Gentle reminder that Lotus was already planning on producing EVs in Hethel.

Oh, I thought this more advanced version of CarPlay is more of a whole OS rather than just added on functionality. If it is an OS that replaces Android Auto then it's a bad move. Because Apple does not play well with others and have demonstrated that they don't really care about open...

Lol, given it's Apple, a company would be foolish to do this.

Can you share the EO here? People would like to see. Haha.

Have they? I thought the previous announcement on this said they would be 2025s. Has there been any other official announcements? I don't trust what the dealers say.

They are going to be 2025 cars right? So we'd likely see all production completed for 2024 manuals before *any* automatics start showing up. My guess would be the second half of this year... which is coming up soon... Of course, nothing stops Lotus from doing the CARB approval for the...

Nope, none so far... I have not kept up with CARB approvals either... which is needed before the Automatics can be sold - although they can certainly ship the non-CARB State cars here first like they did with the manuals.

New shipment of US cars arrived on 6/23:

I don't think it's about performance, though. He says he drives his Testarossa more, because it's a more exotic/dramatic experience (I'm paraphrasing). The other cars he says he likes to drive are his very old Rolls, and very old Elan. So I don't believe raw performance is the driver for him...