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That is such BS. I have never heard of a fee for refund on a deposit.

Now that’s just silly to me.

Still haven’t heard back from dealer. It’s not hard to simply say “let me check with Lotus and get back to you.” Yet I got nothing. Lol I’ll give it another week until next Wednesday. If no reply by then, I’ll send a follow up text and email (two different people) requesting a refund.

+1 if it had an automatic top, I’d be all over it. Love the looks of those humps. Just feels weird to be maniacally operating a top for a $120k+ car.

I pinged the sales guys asking whether deferring means down the line or back of the line. Haven’t heard back yet. If they come back with the latter, I’m canceling. Would rather get the car with next model year for the bugs to be worked out, especially since I didn’t make FE batch anyway.

Almost want to email dealer now to cancel out of solidarity and wave the fist at Lotus at this point. Haha it’s just one negative experience after another.

Boardwalk Lotus told me that I can defer order down the line if I would like to do a proper test drive when they receive demos in March. I didn’t make the FE batch so this will be a base V6. I don’t have confidence in demos arriving by then, and I feel that pushing it down the line could mean...

Aren’t the manufacturing plant and HQ both located in Hethel? In the various videos, the operation room oversees the assembly line. If a customer inquires about their car’s build status, is it not possible to run downstairs and see where it’s at? I don’t understand how so many automakers can...

I’m leaning towards a 991.2 or a 981 Cayman GTS. We’ll see how things shake out this year.

Reading these experiences from others doesn’t bode well for me or Lotus. It irritates me on how bad they can be. Oh the frustration that is to come.

Sound is a huge thing for me as I enjoy listening to music while driving. At $110K price tag, the car better have a good sound system. Heck, the Acura RDX at $40-45K has an amazing 360* system. For me personally, that’s a great selling point. I don’t want to be listening to the engine noise...

Never heard of these guys before this thread. Who dey?!

So basically by that point, I won’t see the car until 2024 if I do decide to spec it out after test drive. Hmm not sure if the car is enough to wait that long. I’ll make a decision in the next few weeks.

I missed the FE batch. From talking to folks at the last driving event, they mentioned demos arriving in March. I’m not sure if that’s still on schedule or delayed further.

I’m going back and forth on whether to cancel now, or wait until March/April for a proper test drive and decide then. The car looks amazing, but the last 10-15 minutes quick drive didn’t do anything for me. Struggling to justify the purchase. I also don’t like having shitty CS so a bit more...

Merry Christmas everyone!! Santa will deliver your presents soon.

Someone said this has been going on for a while, they are absolutely right. Over the last 3-5 years, car loan amounts have gone up a lot! People stretching to buy cars they can’t really afford. Lots of loans are in danger of default: student loans, car loans, homes, etc.

Waiting for a call on the Daytona. :)

I pay 1,600 for my Macan S with Geico. It will cost an additional $2K to add an Emira (5K miles a year); $3,600 for both cars. Seems high. Will check them out along with other one’s recommended here.

I’m leaning towards canceling as well. We’ll see in the next few months but more likely than not that I’ll be canceling.

If FE V6 is 2024, what does that mean for base V6?

Dr.D: between the Porsches you have (or have had), which one(s) was more fun to drive and comparable to the Emira? As to the price, I agree. This was something I mentioned and feared a while back: if the Emira was phenomenal and outperforms cars in its league, then it is a great buy at $110K...

Or you can have both. I actually think the 718 looks good and is a very nice package overall.

Be that as it may, the 718 is a better driving car vs 911.

Why is Porsche?

Honestly, it was too short a test drive to pay attention to anything else. Perhaps that was the goal to still get orders coming in. Looking back, I should have spent more time sitting in the car. It was one tested after another, but prior to me driving, others got to spend about 15-20 minutes...

The first part of inner roads were fine. The part of 101 that we drove on was newly paved so it was firm but compliant and smooth. I didn’t notice the skittishness of sport suspension until we came back on inner roads. It was basically backtracking the same way we came. I think it was because I...

All 718 GT4s I see on cargurus.com are $130-150K. Quite a bit more than FE Emira.

This was in 2019 so before the 4.0 came out. It was the 2.5L engine with PDK. The car was incredibly balanced.

I test drove it at Boardwalk Lotus today at 4 PM. Hethel yellow with black pack, sport suspension, Michelin Cup 2, and manual transmission. The pedals were close together but I didn’t have any problems. That was one of the easiest manual transmission I have driven. Did not miss shift or...

So where are all the reviews/thoughts from these US tour test drives?

So that’s part if my annoyance originally. Didn’t see the email until 2.5 hours later and all weekend slots were booked. I live quite a distance away from Redwood City (not 3 hours far but still an hour+ with traffic). It’s silly to expect folks to drive so far for 15 minutes with the car on a...

Sorry to hear. The right thing to do was go down the list in order of deposit placed. It’s frustrating when something is promised one way and is done another. Then again, pretty much in line with how things have been since last year. Anyway, I suggest calling Boardwalk anyway and see.

I was a bit surprised by this as I was told a while back that the FE folks and a close-to-FE deposits will get be contacted for a test drive. When I saw the email, I realized that it went out to ALL depositors. That’s why Saturday and Sunday are booked up. Kyle was able to slot me in for a...

Not blaming you Tom. You have been great and very valuable for the forum. I think a lot of us are just frustrated with Lotus.

too funny. I saw this thread yesterday and couldn’t help but think “maybe the video will be coming ‘soon.’” But I had hope that it will be released. And then saw the note this morning. Lol we keep putting faith in Lotus and they keep letting us down. The comms issues are just silly at this...

thanks for sharing NicolasB. I fear that I will feel the same as you after the test drive. Will test drive it anyway to see for myself. Based on your feedback, it seems that all our reservations about the car are true: mainly a very good looking car without the performance.

Wow huge congratulations!!

Could be Harry’s Garage personnel. Lol

Contacted local Lotus dealer and was suggested to come test drive an Evora GT for feel. Is it even worth it considering it’s not an Emira?