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That’s disappointing. It’s literally a sticker and badge job. They couldn’t be bothered to even match the colors. Dark Verdant green on the Emira is nothing like the BRG Type 25. The other cars aren’t any better. Disappointing.

It might be made available to a potential customer that’s ready to walk if it’s not provided.

Ok, now that I typed that, I wouldn’t want a terribly abused car.

That stinks. On the one hand, I would be weary. I would want a complete, upfront explanation about the miles. If the answer were honest and satisfactory, bucks off the sticker, full PPF with warranty, and once ALL issues are 100% fixed, I’d think I’d be alright. It is a new car with a...

I have come to this realization with my 2006 Mustang GT. The stock mufflers sound pretty dang good. No drone, no rasp, and fairly loud at WOT. When my car was new, I had multiple people ask what exhaust I had on it. Everyone looked surprised when I said completely stock. Bonus, there was...

We just need someone to do recording- studio quality samples or before and after of all the major brands and combinations! Somebody get on that. And make it available for free… These cars just sound sooo good with a 3rd cat delete and valve controller. Added bonus, it doesn’t seem that...

This one reminds me of photos in EVO I spent hours looking at when I was a teenager. I enjoyed reading the articles, as they were written very differently than US auto journalism. Let me try my hand: "Treadwell says the Emira's the ticket when the road gets technical. I'm inclined to agree...

You might ask one of our great sponsors that sell 3rd cat deletes exactly what happens when the 3rd cat is removed. My understanding is that does not throw any error codes and is unmonitored.

I can’t imagine there’s any perceivable difference between the sounds of various 3rd cat deletes. They all accomplish the same thing with nearly identically dimensions.

This car sounds soooooo good with just the 3rd cat delete and valve controller. It would have to sound an order of magnitude better to make Larini or any other exhaust worth it for me, and I just don’t see that happening. I think the stock muffler/resonator/whatever has a pretty aggressive...

I think if tried lifting your car with a jack there you’d need a new front bumper.

What have you not had done that you’re concerned about?

Just having my car back in my possession, running. I had a massive electrical failure in September that required a 200+ mile round trip flatbed tow to the dealer and back. The car was gone for about a month. I missed it. Very inconvenient, but Lotus USA customer service and the Earth...

The lack of a full size spare in modern cars stinks, but then again on a car like ours with unidirectional, different size tires front to rear, I guess it wouldn’t help much to have a spare anyway. I am going to get a plug kit and learn how to do my own roadside repair, just incase this...

No federal law prevents repair of a Z rated tire. The tech either had no idea what he was talking about, didn’t want to repair the tire and needed an excuse, or thought he could sell me a new tire. No matter the motive, he was wrong.

I guess I'll find out when I replace the tire. Hopefully the sealant won't be that big of a deal. I felt the trade off/potential mess was worth it. I didn't want to have a blow out on the way home on the highway.

It should be pretty easy to shame your son to do a set in white leather. I mean, you gave him his last name. Just point to the name on the seats and remind him where it all started!

Excellent link. This might be worth printing and keeping in your car incase you get a flat and need to show a shop that is honestly leery of attempting a repair on an unfamiliar tire.

I had a flat this weekend on a road trip. I just posted a super long-winded sotry about it under the title" Beware Tire Repair, or How to Deflate an Anniversary" To answer your directly, there is nothing "custom" about these tires. They are production line items from Michelin and Goodyear...

A little background... In 2021, my wife and I traveled to Sedona, Arizona to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary trip. We rented a 2020 Evora GT through Turo for that trip, and were gobsmacked. The car was fantastic, unlike any I had driven before. The mountain roads around Sedona were the...

Granted, I did actually rent an Evora GT for a 4 day period back in November 2021. Apart from that actual experience, I like to reference my dream as a legitimate experience. It's kind of like Val Kilmer who (I'm paraphrasing here) once argued that as a method actor, he could more accurately...

If old-style Road & Track magazine were still in print, this would be one of the greatest “PS” ever printed.

That seems like a reasonable solution.

1) It will probably not look that different in isolation. But park a car with fender flush wheels next to stock, and the fender flush wheels look “better” in my opinion. No experience with Emira, but based on my experience with aftermarket wheels on my Mustang, and before/after photos of Emiras...

They seems to be well made and fit my feet well. I am a fan.

Just to be on the safe side, and make sure my recommendation was reasonable, I took my car for a 45 minute Sunday afternoon drive, with lots of heel and toe and throttle blips. The I can vouch for the Xero HFS II. It’s kind of like recommending a candy to my kids during Halloween. I have to...

Xero barefoot “running” shoes are my favorite for driving.

When my warranty runs out, I’d love to have $50k to give to JUBU to do a DeMan style engine and driveline build on my Emira.

I think the car would feel wild with 500 hp/400 lb-ft. I’m not sure it would be better though.

Sometimes I look at Evora GTs for sale on BaT, remember when I rented one for 4 days, and think I should have gotten one of those instead of my Emira. The zanier, less coherent styling, cooler colors, and cheaper-feeling-but-more-unique-and-racecar interior, have an attraction of their own...

Motorsport Green! Why couldn’t they make an Emira in Motorsport Green?!?!

Exactly.

One area the Evora obliterates the Emira- paint color choices. I don't think most of the color choices on the Emira really get it quite right. They have too many "sophisticated" colors and not enough wild and crazy ones.

I thought you wanted a groove in the seat. It's like breaking in a new baseball glove to fit your hand and your hand alone. You can point to that groove and say, there, that's MY groove! I worked long and hard to make that! Am I alone here?

Thank you for your thoughts!

If they did that, they wouldn’t have a new edition to sell once the enthusiasm for the first cars wore off.

It's like making a more cohesive package for less money with maybe 5% compromise wasn't enough! That said, I'd love to have an Evora GT parked next to my Emira in my garage.

One of the "fixes" that they made in the Emira was throttle response. There's been a little discussion of that, but it hasn't been given the full attention it should have. The varying throttle response in the Evora is a big detractor in my opinion. Although I don't have personal experience with...

Let me clarify- call and ask the service manager "hypothetically" and then act accordingly.

You could always call and ask the service manager first... I feel like I know what the answer would be, but it might be worth the ask if the guy is cool.