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I’ll have to try that and see. It’s been mostly highway and city for me thus far so not a lot of heat going through them. I was super easy on my brakes for the first 400 miles. Around 400 I was having some spirited fun under 4k rpm on a twisty road in southern OH, and the road had a sharp turn...

Wow I just checked and you’re right. They’ve been in there all along. Thank you!

You guys got fobs? I ordered the Scorpion but there were no fobs at delivery. I was told that Scorpion would reach out to me after. Does that match the experience of others?

I think this car is in the conversation with the most beautiful cars of all time. It may not have the same drama as today’s supers or hypers, but every angle is perfect and I can’t think of another car in the post 40 years I’ve felt that way about. As for whether it is super, I think this car...

How does everyone feel about their brakes? Is the overall sensation that the brakes are great? My car feels under-braked. Which is very surprising. The cars I drove at the academy in Hethel had amazing brakes, and while I suspect they may have had upgraded pads it feels weird to go from the...

I've driven 1200 miles on goodyears with sport. It's firm but not harsh. A little bouncy on rough surface streets and porpoises a bit on some concrete highways. All as expected. Happy with the choice.

My local Lotus dealer quoted $360 for the 1,000 mile oil change. I also called a highly trusted local indie euro shop and they quoted me... $380 lol (and they said they'd need it all day). I may end up doing it myself. Just need to buy some ramps.

Quick pit stop

Just finished a 1,000 miles ride home and the car is mostly perfect. I have the clunk on full steering lock. I brought it back to Gator and inquired about it, and Owen in service was amazing. Immediately put the car on the lift and confirmed the clunk is the spring moving in its housing, lotus...

NIMBUS

Does not feel real. Pictures do not do this spec justice. I am in love with it. The idea behind the spec was “gentleman’s racer”. A classy valet color with race car trimmings. i think it pulls it off. It’s mean, in a sophisticated way. Anyway, some things I’ve noticed now that I’ve lived...

The OBD port has constant power so that’ll be fine for a parking mode. A decent camera should have voltage monitoring to shut itself off before the battery goes flat. You could also look at something like an OwlCam which will also use OBD and includes a native parking mode with cloud upload and...

Yeah you may want to get in there. I left my Jeep’s hard top in the backyard one summer. Found a similar nest around one of the fiberglass holes and an ungodly smell. Blasted a hose into the holes and muck and dirt flowed out for 20 minutes straight, along with (long dead) mice. Ended up being...

Yep! That’s mine…

Hmmm. This guy out here saying that Lotus told him the V6 was being discontinued and is already sold out. Huge if true. (and he has doubled down in comments) Anyone know anyone at Hethel who can confirm?

We have similar taste in music.

That’s a feature. It’s there to remind you it’s a hand-assembled car. With that said, were any of those 3 cars that you inspected on the Gator floor Nimbus no BP with black wheels and yellow calipers? 😅

Congrats! I enjoyed this read. I can relate to life and priorities changing dramatically in the 3 years since deposits were first placed, and have definitely toiled over similar questions. I also share your krypton dreams.

I was notified when my car arrived to the dealer

Thank you. I had read that thread, was just curious about your actual experience applying it over such a long distance. I’ll probably meander the B-roads most of the way.

What was your method? My drive home next week will be about 1,000 miles. I can take my time, was going to meander the B-roads but curious what highway methods you stuck to.

You're a stronger man than I to resist the urge to detour to the Dragon etc. on the way down. Are you near Kure Beach?

I’m not sure if this counts, because it was stolen in 2022. But it was my only car, and Emira will be the follow up. However when I placed a deposit in 2021, my life was very different. I had a 2 door Wrangler, ND Miata and Model 3 Performance. I was trying to transition to a garage of a...

Looks good to me. Are you going to re-add the LOTUS branding?

Following. I wanted to go with Hagerty but I don't have a daily.

I've started to dive into this. My last vehicle was stolen, so I want to get this right. I've been spoiled in the past. I really, really miss Tesla Sentry Mode. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the industry and after having it, I want it on every car ever. 5 years ago I bought an Owl...

Damn fine spec. I chose exactly this but black wheels originally. I ended up changing mine away from red but this shows me I would have been happy either way.

Hard to simulate those, but you could help the car rotate with a sharper alignment that dials out some understeer. That may need upgraded adjustable control arms. These are popular mods on Elige, but I'm not sure anyone is offering for Emira yet. Still not sure this will make the car point in a...

Could also be Porsche Torque Vectoring. The 911, if equipped, will apply light brake pressure to the inside rear wheel to help corner rotation. I'd guess you're feeling that, 4 wheel steering, or both.

Does the 911 have 4-wheel steering?

There Very similar shapes and ergonomics. The flat dash with pronounced trapezoidal binnacle, “infotainment” and shifter are placed very similarly in the eye line with the same reach, similar bolstering and center stitching in the seats. Emira is actually a little closer to the 308, which has...

Agree 100%. The similarities extend to the interior also