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Also found this on Amazon for $10 instead of $25, and it comes with multiple crush washers. Also stainless, also M12 x 1.25mm, also niobium magnet. https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Stainless-Infiniti-Replaces-90341-12012/dp/B0F8J4WWJS/ref=sr_1_4

There are options out there for plug/patches, essentially patches that have a plug molded in to them that are the best option, but get applied from the inside, but there are also options (never tried it myself) that are a plug with a button head, that can be inserted from the outside via a...

It seems that stupid little compartment forward of the shifter is for a phone. It is slim enough I can't get my hand all the way in, so if you put something small in there, you need to pull the rubber tray to be able to reach it, but for just the phone it works. Someone also 3D printed a piece...

Tariff is levied on the value of the car on the dock, which is the price Lotus UK sells it to Lotus US, plus shipping. This is less than dealer cost, as Lotus US add a margin.

Definitely sharper than air pressure. My first impression was some sort of static electric charge that gets grounded through the amp when I open the door. It's the kind of thing I would expect a serious car company to address if it is a known issue. But I guess if you are teetering on...

Seriously? This is a known issue? Is there a solution, or at least a known cause?

Occasionally, I'll unlock the car, and open the door, and just as I open it, there is a single 'crack' noise. Sounds like from behind the driver's seat. It sounds like a spark went through the amplifier and caused a speaker to pop. I can't make it happen, and it does not always happen...

It's under warranty, right?

I have since solved the key attachment issue, and have offered to send people in the US two sets for $5. Key Ring

Not only keyless entry, but the trunk button is not recessed, so with the fob in my pocket, the trunk is occasionally opened, and I have to get out to re-latch it. And then the stupid small attachment point for a key ring. Still, add a V8 and a targa top, it’s a $150k car.

If you are not willing to wait, take any paperwork you have to a lawyer. There is no standard sales contract - each dealer will have their own. I put down $2,500 three years ago, when it was first announced. This was always fully refundable. I put down 10% when Lotus informed the dealer that...

Note that the 10% tariff is on the value of the car as it is offloaded from the ship - ie the cost from Lotus UK to Lotus USA. Lotus USA then marks it up to the dealer, and the dealer marks it up to the customer, but these markups come after the tariff is paid. So it is not an incremental 7.5%...

Sorry - it wasn't continuous chiming. It would chime, then go silent for 20 seconds, then chime again. That cycle was continuous. That said, I wonder if my weight was right at the limit, so with bumps it would reset and start again. I'll try with other weights.

I went shopping and put the grocery bags on the passenger seat. Car decided the passenger needed to fasten their seat belt, and started bing-bonging at me and put a picture of the car with a red passenger seat on the dash, blocking other information. I don't see any way to silence it, nor did...

When cars turn, they do not rotate about the center of the car. They rotate about a point on the line you get from projecting the rear axle out some distance, so the effect of weight on polar moment is a little more complicated than people are discussing. Also, oversteer/understeer is really a...

Enthusiasts like sports cars, and are willing to put up with poor quality - hence Emira which is fun to drive, and has a joke of an infotainment system. However there is little profit in that market. Porsche and Corvette are the only ones that are likely profitable here. The money to be made...

Well shucks. Got my bespoke Hethel yellow 2 weeks ago. Would have traded for the in-stock green right away, had I been given the option. Love the color.

There is little profit in sports cars. If you want to make money, you sell an SUV. Geeley bought Lotus so they could put a recognized high-end badge on their ev-suv line. With the decline in demand for EVs, the US tariff on Chinese EVs, the subsequent tariff on all Chinese products, the...

Yes, it appears there are two microphone interfaces. A short press on the mic button gets you the embedded car assistant. However this is a dumb interface that only looks to a bluetooth device, so if your phone is connected via CarPlay, it does not see the phone and just tells you there is no...

I hear the Miura drives like a truck, but when I win the lottery, I'm getting one anyhow. #1 most beautiful car ever. 246 Dino #2, Jaguar XKE Roadster #3. Emira possibly #4. I ordered in October '24, and my car was on the last boat before Lotus paused US shipments. The bespoke option was...

I ordered mine in October, and didn't see that color offered. Is it new?

My thought was that Geely wants to sell Chinese EVs to the world, but that they don't have a recognized name, so they bought Lotus as the cheapest established car company out there, just to get the Lotus badge they could slap on their Chinese product. That makes it a lot easier to break into...

Based on the wiring diagram posted further up, I don’t think that wire generates the sound. I think that wire communicates engine RPM to the amp, so the amp knows what frequency to inject. By disconnecting the wire, the amp thinks the engine is stopped. Unfortunately, this means you cannot use...

The key fob for the Emira has a very small window that you cannot thread a key ring through. Any small ring that would fit will get bent. So I experimented with different sizes and combinations of rings, and came up with a paired small-large ring that both fit the fob, and also allow me to...

Wow, I get my Porsche serviced at an indie place, because I think Porsche's $165/hr service rate is too high. Thanks for the tip on checking Lotus dealer prices first. Besides, the dealer is a 90 minute drive away, unless there is something that is warranty, or absolutely needs to be done by a...

Why snip it? It looks like you just unplugged it. Or is the plug something you added?

Brilliant! Thank you, that works. Long press and the mic goes to CarPlay. Indeed, I normally keep location services turned off, because I do not like my phone tracking me. When I want to use Waze, I can even use the mic to turn location services on, and then turn it back off at my destination...

I have found voice assistant to be useless, as it does not recognize car play, only Bluetooth. When I get in, the car automatically connects to car play and if I use the microphone assistant, it simply says ‘Bluetooth device not recognized’. If I tell the car to only pair on Bluetooth, it...

I pulled the passenger seat out of the 911 to make it the daily driver dog-car. They don't get to ride in the Emira.

LOL. I'm late to the conversation, I just found this thread because I was looking to see if others thought the FM Radio feature on the car was as bad as I thought it was. Holy cow! Going through screen after screen, one half is showing favorites, the other side of the screen is showing what it...

So maybe my problem and my solution are unrelated - just coincidence. Still not normal that the parking brake engaged in traffic.

As with any law, you get one or two smart people writing it, but you get 1,000,000 people trying to figure a way around it, and eventually odds are that someone will, then everyone copies. Car dealers have a 'holdback'. There is MSRP, then there is 'Dealer Cost' that is printed on the receipt...

The mic button on the steering wheel seems only able to work with phones connected via bluetooth. If I connect via Apple Car Play and try to use the voice assistant, it says bluetooth device not detected.

Obviously there has to be a wire that feeds the RPM to the module. Just cut or unplug that wire. If the module thinks the engine is doing zero RPM, it should not produce output, right?

I question this. It looks more like a car dealer trying to move inventory. I have not heard anything official from Lotus, never mind that the dealer sent this before the actual tariffs were announced.