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I definitely use seat covers after any sweat inducing activity. I think it’s well worth the precaution.

The 400 wtq is pretty impressive. Must feel a bit more wild on throttle.

if you get ice grey definitely do ceramic coat on the interior. It works. I had pretty much the same color interior on my Audi and with ceramic coat had no issues keeping the interior clean. Everything wipes off, no color transfer.

Don’t worry too much. Backing up onto those racing ramps is pretty difficult to do since you don’t want to give too much power but need to move the car. You’ll get better at it!

Nothing. I would have added colored seat belts 😁

Same guess. Were you slipping the clutch a lot?

You could always go with the dial up modem sound, but the windows XP is much nicer.

I would go replacement if you still love the car. Many of us have had no substantial issues.

Interesting. I didn’t realize the position of the engine relative to the rear axel was fixed. I assumed you could move the engine forward without moving the rear axel but that they didn’t to save engineering costs. Sounds like there is an engineering constraint.

Yeah I would have preferred moving the engine forward and increasing the size of the trunk. Better weight distribution. Probably lose some storage space overall. But now that I know how hot the trunk gets it is actually useful to have some storage in the cabin.

For the truly paranoid you can roll the windows down after a wash so any remaining moisture has plenty of room to escape.

It's just about if you want to keep your car pristine. If you want to keep it forever and keep in best condition possible, PPF makes sense. You should try to get all edges covered, not just for looks for the durability, less likely to start peeling off. If you're only planning on keeping the car...

It's SO strange how this decision point is almost identical to the Cayman. Turbo 4 vs. Flat 6. The turbo 4 is faster and easily tunable. The flat 6 sounds MUCH better and is more "pure". Nearly the same situation. I think the Lotus situation has less negatives for the i4 because it has the...

you definitely can't rush the OEM shifter. The throw is too long and notchy so it's difficult to rev match quickly. It's a more deliberate shift. When driving fast I felt like throttle was on, then off to shift, then back on the throttle once in gear. With the short shifter I can really stay on...

@MAX FPS reasonable take. I've had the short shifter for such a long time now, that I almost forgot what the OEM felt like. I remember OEM felt positive, bolt action slotting into gear. But it was long. It was a positive clunk clunk into gear, clunk clunk into the next gear. Not totally...

New challenge unlocked. Map 5 vs Map pride. Ok I’ll stop now. 🤐

It’s not complicated. It’s a pain in the ass.

Is it… manual?

My car does this and I suspect the same as you. If they want to test it properly it can’t just be testing the door panel by itself. That doesn’t replicate the conditions properly. They should leave a car outside parked at different angles then pour water on it and let it sit overnight...

Back then they had warranties too.

It’s still an approximation for weight distribution as measured by weight over the wheels. When the car is in motion the polar moment of inertia is most important to how the car feels when it turns. I don’t think there is really a machine to measure this. This is more than front or rear wheel...

Last three cars are some of favorite designs. Mr2, bac mono, rx7, wow. The rx7 was my childhood dream car. So sexy. Had small little door handle, cool rear taillights, glass covered dials, so many cool design choices.

Pretty proud @David s No worries your emira is accepted here.

If I got the i4 I would definitely look for something that accentuates the boost blow off valve sound. It may be juvenile but that’s the fun part about turbos to me.

The GT4 has a really nice all motor sound. But yes the emira sounds great. He needs 3rd car delete asap.

The GTO and the gullwing are SO sexy. Somehow curvaceous and taut at the same time. Knockouts.

The main benefit of the controller is being able to go full open from idle. Both sport and track modes go from partial open to full open at different points and have more aggressive off throttle sound. It’s fantastic on full tilt. I personally am very happy with the OEM function. If you must...

He did the run in oil change, filter swap and 3rd car delete for my emira. So he’s worked on at least one!

Good to hear no nvh. I wonder if that holds up over time.

Why did this become a manual vs auto convo? I thought it was auto vs auto/dct. Anyways, all the variants have merit in my eyes. I’d imagine the dct i4 experience is much more similar to a Porsche where speed is so easy and smooth. I could find ways to make that entertaining no problem.

There are so many cars that are beautiful because they are iconic. The list is too long. From a pure design perspective I have always admired the F355, the La Ferrari, NSX Type R and the underrated Ford GT. Interestingly I find elements of these cars present in the emira. To be honest I can’t...

I went to A1 automotive in San Gabriel and had a good experience. Harry is a lotus guy and does a lot of work in evoras. They are not a lotus specialist shop but he is as an Elise owner himself. What were the bad reviews about lotus oc? I went to get warranty check on minor questions and they...

I literally never thought that was possible. For a few pumps maybe, but I was going from nearly flat. That's way too many pumps for me!

While cheaper would have been preferable, it still feels reasonable compared to the competition. While the Cayman is superior in so many ways, it is simply not an exotic car. When people look at the Cayman, they see a solid Porsche. When they see an Emira they see a less solid exotic (kind of...