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Another Wattbike user I see, what a great place to have it as well.

I had the front plate on my Tesla fall off for real and it was a real pain parking later that day as the parking ANPR system let me in a car park but I could not pay at the machine and it would not let me out.

Thats interesting. I am Aug 23 production currently so I guess that puts me in the first 75 as well. Not sure I feel I have had constantly moving dates. First proper date I got was Nov build and Dec deliver (2022) then it moved to "sometime in 2023" with a confirmation date of August 23 two...

Emira X5 Nomad

I really enjoyed Harry's piece today and they align well with my test drive from last week although much less variation of route and time in the car obviously. It seemed to me that it was all about the feel on the roads, the B&C car had similar miles on it - around 3k I think and revved freely...

Agreed. I last drove a manual 8 years ago and jumped in to the Emira yesterday with no major issues. I tried rushing a 2-3 upchange and miss judged it, once; but no more. It’s a lovely easy access beautiful sports car

Aha, it’s yours! I was there yesterday for my test drive and was admiring it. Mentioned it in my test drive review as well. Lovely spec.

I popped down to B&C today for my test drive accompanied by Antonia who greeted me with "you will be doing all the driving today" which was nice as I had heard some were driven for 10 mins first. It would be my first ever Lotus experience, would it be my last? First impressions or technically...

How was it. I am visiting B&C tomorrow (Wed 14th) and am concerned about the weather.

Let's hope this was not a Ratner moment

Ain't nothing under $200k that will match the Tesla M3P acceleration anyway so forget that idea. Not much over $200k that will either. (I am an M3P owner as well) My advice is do both. You won't get an Emira for 6-9 months at best, buy the AM run it for the 6-9 months, keep the deposit and when...

I understood your running in oil change comment - although I am unclear this is needed or specified these days with modern cars and oils being much better - my comment was more general as I have always wondered about the number of oil change places.

I have noticed during around a 100 trips to the USA over the past 30 years, that Americans have really keen interest in oil changes. You have more Jiffy Lube (other brands are available) than McDonalds. They are everywhere, quite apart from presumably regular car workshops and dealerships that...

Nah, their future lies in the Eletre and it's ilk. The Emira is a bit of fluff, pretty and desirable but ultimately not that important other than maintaining the Lotus sporting credentials.

I doubt it, one of them at least seemed very suspicious. I note his posts seemed to have disappeared - moderated?

I am no expert as I have only recently started looking at them but lots of different reasons I think. They are still building the brand compared with Ferrari/Lambo etc, early cars had a lot of reliability issues, some paint bubbling reports and not all covered by warranty. The second hand...

I got the email but no change, stayed at August 23 but also been tempted by McLaren 540/570. watching vids, reading forums and thinking of a test drive. Big step up in running costs though and no doubt insurance as well. Ext Warranty £3k - £5k annually paint issues, service costs.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?postcode=pe284ae&make=McLaren&model=570S&price-to=100000&include-delivery-option=on&advertising-location=at_cars&page=1...

I was speculating to myself today that maybe part of the reasons for the longer delay to the i4 is that Lotus will actually release the 400bhp version in the UK once the main tranche of FE v6's have been delivered??? Probably just wishful thinking

Oh I get the point, you are down on the i4 and modern emission regs muffling turbo 4's. Meh, I don't care. the i4 will be the Emira to have, the turbo engine will give the torque rush that the V6 is missing, far more potential for tuning, better emissions, lower tax and probably better...

4 cylinders can sound epic

bassy - Jah Wobble "Becoming more like God"

Try searching for problem Ferrari/McLaren/Lambo/etc. on you tube you will find very quickly the purchase price has very little to do with problem incidence.

No idea but they certainly design them. I would guess they outsource the foundry but much of the experimental stuff would be machined single cylinder stuff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_PLC

Then you would be wrong 🤪 Ricardo are a very experienced engine and transmission designer and builder for decades. My company has been a supplier to Ricardo for years. They are a very clever organisation and work with many other engine constructors in an advisory capacity.

Nope, they use Ricardo https://ricardo.com/services/engines

Wow, just logged back in and I am enemy number one all of a sudden. I got the email and survival instinct kicked in, gotta book a drive. I am still excited about the car unlike many it seems and the car is more than just its engine so I want to drive it but equally don’t want to be a dick. If...

Thanks Tom, touring is just the ticket. The rest I don't care much about

Has anyone heard the specs of the car at Bell & Colvill. Just realised I booked it blind and can't see the spec anywhere. I did ping them a message to their website but the robot or whoever was online did not know.

I read it as priority booking dedicated for deposit holders up until the 21st Nov, after that they open up to the great unwashed!

I am July 8th i4 and got the email, booked for Dec 14th Bell and Colvill

@Eagle7 thanks for following up this with KEF. I am a big audio fan and build my own speakers and hifi components etc. While not a big listener in cars strangely I do appreciate a decent sound there. It is a horrible environment to get true HiFi and have tried many times over the years. The only...

Hmmmm, Peter Hooks midtastic bass, not sure that qualifies either. Great tune tho.

There was no rich bass in the 80’s all twang and thump scooped sound and I was a bass player gigging in the 80’s. Think Club Tropicana with Dion Estus famous intro

@TomE my original build date was Nov 22 delivery Dec

Actually I am happy (ish) about the email. It smacks of realism rather than the previous next week, no the week after, sorry no maybe next month nonsense we have been receiving. This is a toy for me, I didn’t have one before just a work Tesla M3P and a M235i daily so nothing to sell and only...

Just got my lotus email. Deposit 8th July 21 new delivery date August 23 with a promise of monthly updates and a test drive soon LOL.

My dream car was always a P911 and in some way it kind of still is. The Emira stopped me in my tracks and rather than a £50k used C4s switched to the new car and justified the extra £20k or so. I have done the config game with the T but it comes out at £110 which is too rich for me but I keep...

Sorry didn’t mean to teach you to suck eggs LOL Interesting article on its history https://iglcstorage.blob.core.windows.net/papers/attachment-6aa12588-08a1-4f6b-8f82-4f51a463df98.pdf

Nope, it's an industry time measure for how often you complete a car (or anything actually) so when the line is in full speed a new car will be produced every takt time period; so 22 - 17 minutes for the Emira. This drives the speed of each station as each station must not exceed the takt time...