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There are three or four guarded switches in the aircraft I fly (PC-24), all hinged at the top and have to be held up to use. I think the start switch in the Emira is purely a styling exercise. I have two other cars in the garage both of which have the start button in the centre console and no...

Try the workaround outlined above.

I'm indifferent to it. Don't feel strongly either way, but what I would have liked is to be able to spec the colour. I would have chosen black or maybe yellow. That surround is quite literally the only red thing on my car so it seems a bit out of place.

Here’s the workaround Lotus gave me while they find a proper solution. I’ve found it works around 80% of the time. Get in the car and without touching the brake or clutch, push and hold the start button for around 10 seconds. This turns the ignition on. Wait a few seconds Foot on the brake...

I’m sure you’re exaggerating, but it’s obviously wise in both aircraft and expensive cars to make sure all is warmed up properly before you give it the beans :oops:

Haha! Yes it is. I did the test. Results entirely predictable. I set the cruise control to 48kmh (30mph) in 6th gear. The engine was literally doing 1000rpm on the dot. I then floored it and hit the stopwatch, noting the elapsed time as I passed 80kmh (50mph). Did this routine three times and...

You guys seem to be forgetting that the Emira has to be geared for 180mph+. In 6th at 30mph it’s barely ticking over. Using this test to compare it to poxy little crap boxes that top out at 120 is meaningless. Tell you what, I’ll jump in my car now and do this test. I bet it’ll be closer to...

Who cares? It’s a meaningless test. I mean, what kind of clown floors their car in 6th gear doing 30mph?

Thanks for that. It is interesting that Lotus is blaming the fuel. Frankly I don’t buy it. I’ve tried every type of 98 available here in Oz and still have the same problem. Remember this is after not having the issue at all in the first 2000km. (My default fuel, however, is BP98 which is...

I always have Bluetooth and wifi turned on on my phone (iPhone 14 Pro) and CarPlay connects and works fine. Nearly 5000km in the car and have had no issues with CarPlay except an occasional drop out which always re-connects within a minute or so.

I did and use it regularly, but I don’t think it has a lithium option.

I’ve raised this question among some friends who should be able to supply an answer. However I feel we should accept this on face value for now. The dyno shop has no skin in the game - they didn’t supply or fit the intake. Why would they fudge the numbers? This is also in line with what...

Great question and some excellent responses. Exactly what a forum should be for. My initial reaction to the OP was to think that anyone who is coming from a brutal straight line car is probably going to be disappointed with an Emira and therefore may as well steer clear. But that reaction...

This is all excellent information, thank you to the OP. This may be a dumb question but I’ll ask anyway: What would happen if you put in the Eventuri and did the 3rd cat delete and got a resulting, say, 20hp improvement overall, and then installed the Jubu 440 upgrade? Are these things...

You’d have to be extraordinarily gullible to think that there aren’t more “clicks” to be had on a review where something dramatic happens compared to “everything was fine”. These drivetrains have been around for literally decades, and in previous iterations have handled more hp. How many...

Pathetic click bait. The lengths these losers will go to for views is embarrassing.

Correct. I was told to run 29/32 cold on the Goodyears.

Didn’t help that there were three different “cars” trying to be presented as one. If that rubbish is the best that AI can come up with we don’t have much to worry about.

What a load of crap that was.

I wouldn’t read too much into that. My status says Emira fan but I’ve owned mine for over a year. Status sounds like something people have on social media, and there are few things I hate more than social media.

Probably. I ordered one of these through the dealer last year without asking what the price was (idiot!). They called when it arrived then casually announced it was more than AU$1000… I’ve been too scared to even take it out of the bag. 😂

Spot on. I would also question the suggestion that he sold his car because of the behind the scenes dramas at Lotus. What’s that got to do with anything? If that was an issue do you think he would have bought a McLaren? The chaos in that place makes Lotus look like a picture of serenity. I...

I got a reply from antigravity suggesting that their ATX30-HD battery would work in the Emira and is available in Australia. It’s even smaller than the one you guys have installed and would shave off around 34.5 lb compared to the original battery. It is 48Ah, but is only 970 cranking amps...

That’s interesting, thanks. I’m pleasantly surprised that the dealer was happy to install the parts, presumably with no effect on the warranty (unlike what I’m reading about other exhaust installations). I take it you mean the “high flow dry media drop in” air filter? Again I take it there is...

G’day David I’m not interested in a valve controller but I am interested in the 3rd cat delete. Can you confirm which one you installed and that there are no issues for us in Oz re warranty if we fit this? Cheers

Me too. Probably best I don‘t say what I really think or I’ll be banned. BMW did pretty much the same thing a generation or two ago where they changed the bonnet line on the 3/4 series and it got a lot of similar drama filled reaction. And at the time, I agreed. It was a poor change. But...

I appreciate the tip, but I very rarely listen to music in the car. If I have anything on it’s just the radio. And the problem is that the radio comes on every time I start the car, regardless of whether I had the volume turned down to zero when I previously turned the car off. I just don’t...

Yep. We just picked up a new T-Roc this morning for my wife and as of the ‘24 builds they have gone back to real buttons. The demo that we drove a couple of weeks ago had haptic (which I despise) even though it was a MY24 (But ‘23 build). The dealer explained that they’d had so many complaints...

I’ll have a look, thanks. But it’s pretty bloody stupid that it doesn’t remember the previous setting. All my other cars do. If I stop the car for two minutes to put fuel in why would I want the stereo on a different setting when I get back in? Ridiculous.

I very rarely listen to the sound system and find it very annoying that I have to turn it down to zero every time I start the car. Why doesn’t it remember that I had the volume on zero when I turned the car off? It doesn’t come on very loud - just loud enough to hear that it’s on - but it...

Why? As per the post above, I am more than a little sceptical about any info coming “from the dealer”. In fact I’d call BS on any sentence that Includes “the dealer said…” There is no reason why Lotus wouldn’t put out a Final Edition V6 with more power and less weight. They will charge a...

Agreed. I thought you meant you can’t turn off parking brake assist. You hold on a hill by knowing how to drive a manual car. Anyone who can’t move off from a standing start on a hill without rolling back into the car behind them should stick to an auto.

You can definitely turn that off. In fact, that’s the first thing I’d suggest for those struggling with the hill start issue. Honestly I think the car would be better without this feature at all. If you’re going to drive a manual car, learn how to take off when you’re on a hill. It’s not that...

I would bet money that there will be a higher power V6 version before the end. Probably a limited edition. Lighter, more power, and significantly more money.

Auto is not the same as DCT.

That’s a good time, and entirely because of the gearshift. If you watch that YouTube vid where they drag race the V6 and it does it in 4.1 seconds, they clearly say that the gearchange costs half a second. So in terms of real performance (ie. how they actually accelerate) they are both sub 4...

My car has been perfect aside from the cold start issue. It’s back at the dealer now to try to rectify this (again). It’s a minor annoyance, but it is a little odd that Lotus seem to be struggling to find the cause of the problem. Apparently it’s a very common fault - the dealer said that even...

That’s excellent, but also extremely annoying as it doesn’t seem we can get these batteries in Australia. If we could I’d order one tomorrow.

Agreed. I took mine out for a nice drive yesterday through the Adelaide hills and Barossa valley. This car is properly quick. I’m coming out of a Ferrari (admittedly an old one, but I’ve driven several of the new ones too) and the Emira lacks absolutely nothing in real world driving on public...

I‘m mainly interested in weight saving, not sound changing (unless it sounds like an old school F1 car, but must be able to be turned on or off at will). I think the stock sound is fine, to be honest. I’d be very happy to keep the existing sound but save a significant amount of weight, and...