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I still don’t understand how that _ever_ made sense.

Seriously! Though it looks like the engine itself is holding up much better than the frame and suspension castings. Maybe Toyota applies some coating?

Cross-posted from FB: (stock Emira system)

Cool! How did you work around the LOTUS badging on the rear?

The C8 is an amazing bang for the buck, and seems to look better in motion. If not for that rear end...

Yes please.

Variety is the spice of life! I'm happy that you love it. Looking forward to seeing what other wraps and finishes people do while we in the US wait, and wait, and wait... :P

Understanding that it's totally subjective, but I think it looked better before. Looks well-protected though!

Styling only a 7, tying the Nissan Z? Doug should get his eyes checked. (though maybe he just hates the black pack and finds it cliche, as I do)

I took a stab at simulating an Emira in Soul Red:

I just was staring at a Soul Red CX-5 the other day. What a color! I wish magma had that much depth. It's in the ballpark but I think Mazda still wins.

"Tell me you haven't read the past few pages without telling me..."

I put a minimum of 2 AirTags into each car. Pack of 4 at Costco is $99 (when they're in stock, which is rare).

For $10k they better be!

GT4 for $144k CAD is a smoking deal at current exchange rates. Buy a truckload!

The stages of Emira: excitement, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, anger, bargaining, depression, anger, bargaining, depression, bargaining, depression, bargaining, depression, depression, depression, depression...

Much appreciated @GatorMotorsport . I can't say I'm thrilled with the idea of cars sitting at the port for months before delivery.

So far they've told me to pound sand. Will update if that changes.

No price hike, grandfathered in. For now. But Lotus has yet to keep a promise, so who knows.

Yes, though I suspect we could come to some arrangement if I was interested in buying something else off the lot.

Just got the confirmation from Bellevue of the latest delay. They're blaming the EPA this time and saying North American deliveries are now "unlikely to commence until October 2023 at the earliest". (one wonders what the EPA has to do with Canadian deliveries, but I digress) Lotus never...

Looks fantastic. I'm just imagining it now with yellow seatbelts and a yellow TDC marker on the steering wheel.

I am very close to switching from "enthusiastic early depositor, brand evangelist" to "I will never deal with this company again in any form, and will advise my friends likewise". Still on the fence but just barely.

I think it's a little ironic that they mentioned how Lotus has the car unrealistically slammed in the configurator and media images, but then they did the same thing on the static cover shot for the video. ;) (or maybe that was a subtle joke directed at Lotus)

If you're going to slap a bunch of vinyl on the roof, there's really only one option: (try not to think of Austin Powers theme)

I don't have a quick way to separate out the uprights, but this is in the right direction. Personally I'd leave it alone, I love the roof in body color.

Whoops! Thanks for telling me - should now be fixed. Though I wouldn't put much hope in running it under a virtual system on Mac, it requires a real-time hardware raytracing video card. (e.g. NVidia RTX 30-series) But let me know if it works!

Yeah I gave it a shot (even flushing $99 down the drain to join Apple's dev program - f$@% those bastards) but no joy. Maybe I should have written it in Unity.

Note: I've got an updated version (the link is always in my signature), it's now running on UE5.1.0 in raytrace mode, the shadows are way better. (particularly the hood cutouts)

I used one of those for my C5 a while back, I went on forwards. The trick was to build up some wood blocks under the front wheels so the overhang would clear the trailer. The straps still go over the tires so it can’t move. Might be able to do the same trick if loading backwards.

Soon.

I figured he puts it in neutral and hops out, then pushes it into place. :P

See page 15: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841024/000110465923008575/tm234838d1_ex99-2.htm Eletre expected sales 40-50k/yr? Seriously?

Manual, of course. They aren't making many more of them.

Speaking of brakes, if possible, could you measure the min clearance from the front calipers to the wheel barrel? I'm curious how much space there is to go to a smaller diameter wheel.