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Thanks, I’ll have a check. I test drove touring, but was so long ago I forget what it felt like. My car feels stiff, but then, south Bristol roads are horrific tbf

Just looked at mine, its straight. Definitely shouldn't look like yours. How can you check which suspension you have? My belts are twisted, booked it in, and they will sort that out in a few weeks. Odd bug to have!

I think it's a decent setup tbh. Better than my E-Class I had. Wireless car play is laggy though, not tried wired. I put connection issues down to the iPhone, Bluetooth is crappy on all my Apple devices; Keyboards, trackpads, AirPod Pros ect ect. So having to manually connect the Bluetooth is...

Definitely needs sorting. Mine is okay from what I can tell. However, opening the boot when wet is starting to annoy me. Water either goes in the boot or all over the engine. I know you have to open it slightly to let it drain, but it's never 100%. Going to the gym in the morning and I'm...

Looks great! How many track days have you done, in other cars? I have never done one, but looking to track my Emira, any tips? Guys here said do some form of lesson first which sounds sensible. Was thinking of doing the Lotus day.

Yes. lol

Damn. Not sure what to suggest. I have never gone outside of the manufacturer finance deals. Be hard to get a personal loan for this amount I assume. You can’t be the only one, hold out as long as you can, someone here might have ideas!! 🤞🏾

Somewhere in the emails/paperwork/notices they stated that you need to get loans from banks who could pay a named account and not a dealership. I didn’t risk it and went direct to Lotus. Seems strange though, not like Lotus is a new company.

Fair point. Yeah who knows, they seem to be doing a lot of strange things with this release

They will make a decent amount of builds and ship them all in one go, I guess.

400+bhp. I thought that was what people wanted to do, make it faster than the V6?

Comms held no punches lol. Tick that V6 box!

On the factory tour, they said they had to work around the installation for cooling. So the rear frame is completely different for the i4 to help mount all the cooling and fit the engine in. Rear frame is lighter for that reason. i4's have no visible engine as it's all crammed in and not great...

The very early builds had issues, but latest are fine. You will get the odd small issue as it’s hand made, but nothing shocking so far

I have an auto, comes as standard. Don’t think you have it on manuals

If you dropout then you should go to the back of the line, and accept the price at the time of rejoining. Else you will have lots of people dropping in and out and making a mess (even more of a mess) of the production line. Why would you drop out and then rejoin anyways?

I got a few loud pops in sport mode via the auto blip downshift. Rare though, they are usually more mild. Sounds great though, so no complaints lol

At least this is fair, they are not just picking a random set of customers to shaft, they are giving a date to lock in the price. I was told during my handover to expect more price increases. Honestly, people holding out for base editions are going to feel very sore when a basic Emira will...

I took a look at the black one over the weekend. Was okay, not really my thing on the styling. I was with 3 mates, and 1 of them said it looked great, so seems to be an acquired taste lol

Interesting at £200,000 probably lol.

Yeah it’s a Big slope. I’ll park it differently and see what happens. Good idea, cheers

Was a month or two. I rang and added ceramic and paint insurance, immediately, but I doubt that changed the speed of anything. Also, when talking to the credit guys I decided I didn't need either, as the insurance didn't cover what I wanted, and the ceramic seemed to have mixed reviews from...

Yeah, but on the flip side, it would be nice if the driver side also didnt need to drain lol

Also, it may be a lot faster than you expect once you get the call to complete. I did the confirmation, credit agreement, deposits and collection all in around a week. You might get lucky.

Quick update... So checked both drainage holes, and both were clear, same little slant in each one etc. So now I'm concerned as to why only one side drains. Must have some kind of duff seal on the driver's side. I know this is not a mechanic support forum, so apologies, but does anyone have an...

Love to drive that! lol. For some reason, i thought they were using the i4, just a rumor it seems

cheers guys. i'll check the passenger door then, see why its not draining! lol

I have a strange issue. But not sure if it's supposed to be a feature... When raining overnight, for example, I open the driver's side door, and water pours out of an opening in the bottom of the door. This doesn't happen on the passenger side. Is this a drainage system of some kind, or an...

My auto self identified as manual last week and told me hill assist was broken lol. The warning has never come back, thankfully.

Thought I’d ask this here to save a thread. My tracker seems to only ping randomly. As in, it’s only shown at my house once since its activation. It’s accurate, I have definitely been to the locations I see on the map, but it’s never where I actually turn the engine off. Is it busted?

Sounds great. Do they have an instructional video on how to install it, or a manual i can view before purchacing?

I don’t think you can remove it. All I4s I seen Wednesday had the sensor

Yeah no harm in trying. As I wanted/got an auto, I just held out for my build. They only started making the UK V6 autos, so waiting would just increase my finance costs even more. and also have a chance of not getting the exact spec I wanted. Something else people are going to be annoyed...

Seen loads being made at the factory Wednesday. A few were being moved around, they sounded as to be expected tbh. Like an A-Class AMG. Might sound better at speeds though, but idling/low speed the V6 sounds a lot better. The only one moving at pace was on the test track and it was silent...

I said the same thing, still had to pay the hike. They moved me / delayed me into the hike window! That video never happened in the eyes of Lotus, they do not care about it at all. They say they are happy to give your build slot money back. Is what it is, big business. At this point, everyone...

To follow on from my above comment, I just found this screen grab whilst sorting out my 'Lotus' folder. I took it after giving my original "deposit". After reading it again, I guess I/we shouldn't really have any complaints about what the original payments were for, or about price changes. It...

Sorry, I’m probably not being clear, not enough coffee! They are expecting prices increases across the board. So, in my case the £6k hike we know about, but further increases should be expected. Nothing official, just mentioning what was bounced around during my collection Wednesday. Also...

Chatting to the guys on my collection and all the prices are going up. The example they gave me was that my car as a base edition will end up costing around £3k more than what i paid. So a V6 Auto, black pack and all the extras etc should cost around £93k. This will flow into i4s too. Expect...

It’s not bad. Better to be had though