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Maybe that is the special gift they were talking about? Free JUBU 500 upgrade covered under warranty?!?

Personally, I think it's B.S. that Lotus won't release the cars to non-CARB states. Is there really that much worry that a non-CARB Emira buyer is going to turn around and sell their Emira to a CARB-state resident within the first few days of ownership where this would actually present a...

With the massive order book at $95/$105K why on earth would they drop the price to $65K and alienate/piss off the thousands of people that pre-ordered the Emira? It's selling just fine at the ~$100K price point. They'd just be eating huge losses at that crazy low number. There's no way that...

He was driving a demo car. Mine has remained in the lot. I didn't make that very clear in my post.

Welcome aboard! I'm in Raleigh and I also ordered Harry's spec. It's in Wilmington, NC just waiting for CARB approval. BTW, my Lotus dealer GM is 6'6" and I was chatting with him the other day in person here in Raleigh during a test drive and he said he could drive the Emira across the...

Bimmer 340 bros! Mine's a little older (2018) but it's a blast and really great DD.

The v6 is mated to the Aisin torque converter automatic (I think also sourced indirectly from Toyota that comes along with the V6) whereas the DCT in the i4 is from AMG. I imagine it probably would've been a lot of work and difficult to use the 8 speed DCT with the V6 but I can't state the...

Skip to 8:45 for comments on the KEF system from someone who had it for a week:

I put a bunch of stuff in my shopping cart at your place, GRP. However, I'm finding it hard to pull the trigger until I have the Emira in my garage. I'm still not convinced the day will ever come despite it sitting in the dealer lot.

Dang you just beat me to it. This is the FIRST e-mail I've EVER received from Lotus about my car. It feels somehow official these many, many months later...

I would love to hear a quality sound comparison between Milltek, Larini, and Aerie as I'm pretty sure I'll be opting for one of those at some point. It's near impossible to compare them unless done side by side with the same recording equipment and same testing methodology (revs, drive-bys...

For me, I thought I could easily handle a stiffer suspension than the touring cars I've driven but I also didn't want to worry if I was caught in the rain or cold. Since I won't track the car much (if at all), I went Sport + F1s which I've since heard is a fantastic combo.

I went with the FE 1.0 MSRP of $95K. I was told by my agent it has to match the bill of sale price. I'm not sure if that's true for all agreed value insurers but it didn't sound like I had any choice in the matter.

Got to hang out with Shane and saw @Barcino2012 at Cars and Coffee Morrisville this morning. Test drove the Seneca Blue Emira afterwards. Was a blast! During the test drive I heard a guy walking by audibly say, "Oh look...a Lamborghini!" To which Shane and I looked at each other and laughed...

Love it! I'll be meeting up with Shane from Cape Fear tomorrow at C&C Morrisville. They're going to have 2 Emiras present! Ya'll should come out if you're near the Raleigh area!

I heard from my dealer directly that the CARB stickers are going out but CARB approval is still pending. I suspect they're sending out the stickers in anticipation of it passing so that the cars can be delivered at that time and not have to wait for something as silly as stickers floating...

I put fairly large (20mm rear and 15mm front) concentric spacers on my BMW 340i and lowered it 1.5" on H&R Sport Springs. Granted it's a totally different car but I did not notice any adverse effects. I think it feels a bit more planted actually and looks WAY more sporty and aggressive but not...

Here's a pic of my Emira awaiting pick-up: I do think the tips could use some polishing to make them look less dull but hard to tell until I see it in person. You can definitely see the internal design is still there.

Approx. $10,000 USD for their "Most Popular" option seems absurd. I'd rather just wear headphones than cough up $10K for a sound system in a sports car. EDIT: OMG I hadn't even scrolled down to see the other 4 options. The most expensive one is $86,780.67 USD. That's almost as much as the...

Just found this on YouTube today and thought it was pretty cool:

Shamless plug. Here's mine awaiting pickup (posted in Delivery thread but deserves Nimbus as well):

Being a Nimbus buyer I'm biased, but I just think Nimbus has so much more depth and contrast than Osmium. Would be interesting to see them side by side in person.

Looks so much better and it carries over the Evora style front. Well done

I like the general approach but I also think it might just be a bit 'much'. What about reducing the size of the vinyl on the side and rear by roughly 50% with the same shape/overall idea? I might be interested in something like that, especially for the rear.

I really like the wheels and MOST of the design, but the front could've used a different approach. Lots of other things I'd rather buy for $150K

@ttvetdoc was kind enough to send me a video/photo of my Emira sitting in the lot waiting for me. Come on let's get this CARB stuff done, Lotus!!!

Thanks for sending this. They're all so beautiful but seeing Nimbus in videos always makes me happy I chose it--and it was an agonizing decision like it was for many of us.

It really is. I think I'll ultimately be happy with Nimbus but if I had to pick another color I'm 95% certain it would be Atlantis.

My Nimbus (Harry Spec) Emira has arrived at Cape Fear as well. They were kind enough to send me some photos since I'm about 2.5 hours drive from the dealer. Everything appears exactly as ordered! Can't wait to go pick this baby up! It's so surreal!