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Those offsets are great, I'd go with them, only 1mm off.

Great idea to quickly get a set that fits. I'm like you, I got stuck trying to configure. Also, looking at the available sizing, the hub adapters have the right bolt pattern, but I wasn't able to get comfortable with the center bores on the centering rings. My data on the Emira wheels may not...

Nice dig on people still in the game. I’m pretty sure we know what we’re getting and why we’re staying in.

I talked to Gator yesterday. They have no new information. Hethel has 3 days left to get NA cars into production and meet their last promise of September builds.

In fairness to imperial: 1) I've lost far more 10mm than 3/8 sockets 2) Nobody ever wants to borrow my imperial tools

It makes me jealous to think that somewhere in the multiverse, another me is driving my freakin' Emira right now.

You'll soon learn to assume the Lotus position. It's not comfortable, but not boring either.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that some lucky contestants may yet see cars this year, but 2 weeks sounds early. I do know that Emira training for US dealer techs is scheduled, which is a very good sign that Lotus US must think we'll see them in the not too distant future.

I admire your effort, but if two years of brow-beating from other customers hasn't gotten their attention then your emails might not either.

I was poking around the Lotus merchandise pages and found this face mask. Probably not that useful anymore. HOWEVER, I believe it could be repurposed in the US as a handy screaming mask and be a big seller! I know that every so often I feel a need to scream into something over the EMIRA...

As long as the flap is actually open under load or at high rpm it should be fine. The problem occurs when you're pushing the engine and the valve stays closed. It's designed to open regardless of driving mode to prevent too much backpressure.

Was your error occurring with the flap open or closed, or both?

I think she said it was Takata.

Maybe you're onto something. I'm not sure I would approach this car!

I hope that also functions as the reflector so we don’t get the stick-on strips the Elise and Evora had.

You are correct for the light emitting markers. But the US requires reflectors that must reflect in amber, so they are going to be pretty visible as an amber strip in the headlight module or a hideous reflector probably glued to the wheel arch.

The changes you could make, as well as the timeframe for making changes was limited. I made one small change without issue.

Thanks! I feel better now. Any port in a storm...

For three days I’ve been sort of lathered up about the potential US builds. I even told my wife! Now I’ve flatlined again. I hold you responsible for this. ;) Can you please release more tiny bits of possibly-true-factory-information every few days? I think you owe it to us. 😛

Maybe one of us will be Ralphie and get that Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas after all!

Worse yet, it's empty!

Maybe it's a case of Schrodinger's Lotus. You really want to know it's condition, but in this case you can't even get the lid off the bloody box to find out.

Is this the automotive equivalent of "a watched pot never boils"?

Absolutely, I've kept cars up on mine overnight when I had a project and didn't finish until the next day. The jack is mechanically locked in place and does not rely on the hydraulics to stay raised. I've always tossed a couple of jack stands underneath when I'm under it "just in case", but...

I went over to Gator Weds. morning and got about 1.5 hours split between the 2 cars. I had driven their demo cars a couple of times before, but this gave me time to specifically walk down the list of some questions I had. Getting to drive the Sport and Touring back to back was enlightening...

I think it's both manufactured AND sold. The sales didn't take place until the car was delivered. Deposits were made over the last 3 years, but those are not actual sales.

I have high end ears. They look pretty good in my opinion. But, alas, I have low quality ears because I’ve beat the hell out of them all my life and literally have a frequency range equal to about a 1970’s shortwave radio. My crap hearing may finally play out in my favor as I will be unable to...

Does the Emira have the baffled oil pan like the Evora GT? The rubber flaps have to be replaced at 2 years, I believe. Could be one reason it seems high.

Luckily in this case, the tach is broken and he's only revving up to around 5k! Otherwise, he'd deserve to be flogged for abusing the best road model Lotus ever made.

It's good to hear they came back to life. How long did it take for them to start working again after they shut down?

I was sincerely hoping Lotus added a sensor "just because it's better than the Evora" which only has the low pressure switch. One less thing to worry about. Or one more thing to worry about. I never had oil issues on any previous Lotus so I'll just move this to the simple annoyance bucket.

It specifically said engine oil temperature. I'm going to guess it'll be one of the unspecified pids and you'd have to look at it while running and see if it "looks" like oil temperature. Then assign that to your app as oil temperature. I'm sure this will give me something to do if it...

I was just scanning the owners manual and under launch control it says oil temperature is one of the parameters it looks at before allowing a launch. So, I'm convinced it must be hiding in there somewhere...

I totally agree. I've always wished for a 50-100mph, or similar, measurement that is meaningful for real world use.

Further thoughts on this. Lotus embeds a lot of info that can only be accessed through the Lotus dealer scan tool. I wonder if they've chosen proprietary pids for this info. Kitkat, does your Emira manual happen to show the service codes or pids that the Lotus scanner can access?

That's disappointing. Did you find coolant temp?

Oil Temp and Coolant Temp are standard ODBII PIDs. So, if anyone has an OBDII scanner and an Emira, maybe they could do a quick scan to see if they are getting readings. If you can read the PIDs, then there are lots of ways to get auxiliary gauges displayed, even if it's just a simple phone...

Paying MSRP isn't dumb. Nobody is getting one less than that.

I'm sort of in the fixed income stage of life, so it's super smart for me to buy as many cars as possible now before inflation makes my money worth less!

I keep a finger on the scales so "new car" always wins. My wife says the first step to healing is to admit I have a car buying problem. I don't know what the second step is so I keep buying cars and repeating the first step. Working ok so far...