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I’m willing them on!!

picked up my R8 this afternoon :D still discussing my refund with lotus :confused:

I can understand the confusion!!

I foresee a rocky road ahead. Switching to R8 fanboy mode.

Yes I remember his post! They seem ok so far 😆 I may come crying back here after a few weeks begging to be accepted 🤣

Sounds good. Always good to get a balanced view 😃 I imagine the R8 forum will have its share of defensive people who cry into their Audi branded comfort blanket though, so beware!

FYI for all those moaning that us lot are still here posting … I’ve joined an R8 forum! 😄

No just the standard… plus out of my price range and honestly the thing is fucking ferocious… can’t imagine needing more power!

Well I’m buying an r8!!! Omg it’s a monster!

Great I’ll ring them on Monday. In the meantime driving the amg gt this morning and R8 this afternoon!

My email came the day after… but have now realised the credit card account is closed so I’m looking forward to some trouble!

and then again, the aston I drove before xmas at 87k is now 83k - which is definitely them trying to meet end of year targets and keep stuff moving in the quiet period

its like a radioactive dog turd!

I;ll use that as leverage if they mess me about then!

I've just realised I've closed the credit card on which I paid my deposits :( Did those arguing with Lotus BS about this get anywhere with their refunds?

conversely porsche are raising their [second hand] prices. I had my eye on a 991 @ 75k. It was then 77k post xmas and within 12 hours of me enquiring is now 79k. recession anyone? any customers need milking?

lmfao!! so in summary you no longer want to ride the Emira because it needs more cylinders and feedback?

I want to throw it around twisty b-roads. I got traffic, speed bumps and motorway 🤷‍♀️ modding might give me more of what I want, but for 80k I can just buy another car that does what I want instead anyway... don't let me get accused of being all negative... didn't do it for me but glad it...

yeah but try doing that on the Bristol test route!! edit: I also want all the things you described above... it didn't provide them for me. I do not want to be entertained, I want to feel at one with the car and enter a flow state

is BSDM some kind of dyslexic perv thing?

The theatre is about setting and performance. I found the setting a bit meh - externally of course it’s total wow but you don’t see that once insude… then the seats not great (for me), pedal position odd, horrid plastic buttons on steering, and a little sparse And performance - aural drama...

dangerous back to back comparison - I did it with a new shape (similarly priced ) Vantage and that pretty much did it for me. in retrospect I've realised I'm more GT than sports car...

Me too. With a heavy heart after the first 6 months of real excitement, and driven by an underwhelming test drive, with the nail in the coffin being Lotus approach to customers in general, and lack of parts to fix delivered customer cars... I'm really out this time, and have emailed to cancel...

It is an acquired taste!

I just thought you were trying to out bullshit each other 😄

ok, cheaper than my old vantage then... sounds reasonable

what were the running costs like? yearly service or every 2? any common / major issues?

just arranging a test drive in this …. And this….

a "bad snow storm" in england is about 2cm of snow... the world stops for 3 days then back to normal

thursday is d-day for me I believe

scott hardy custard car... I think it started at 105k(?) is now down to 90k! I really don't get how these aren't selling if there's now a 30 month waiting list as someone suggested on another thread...

Decided to test drive one of these! Poss not the R though. I sold my old shape Vantage just before the emira launch and was wondering what to do when the emira popped up!

the bigger issue for me is they can't supply replacements!

Oh… I thought you had an auto respond setup using chat gpt 😄

The brake pad issue is on the issues thread https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/emira-issues-from-final-production-cars.2190/post-74506

Yes the brake pad issue is pushing me towards out again. That’s unacceptably poor. I’ve got a few days left to do the checkout and may just toss a coin next week!!