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And I thought my alignment was off from the factory!

Audi 5cyl would be pretty sweet…….

Problem solved! Took it in to my local dealer, the alignment had been WAY off factory spec. Now that it’s aligned, it’s like a different car! The only problem that I have is that they set front camber to around .45 degrees negative per side, rather than .8 degrees negative. I hope I don’t get...

Wish I knew what the “tweaked damper settings and wheel alignment “ changes were.

I had an ‘04 STi with a similar build and same performance at the strip. Great car, uncatchable on a back road.

A V6 made from half of the Cosworth V12 in the T.50? Heaven.

With a proper launch (I’ll advised), that would seem to put the car in the low 12s with an even higher trap speed! Nice!

Perhaps a dealer certified reflash to raise the redline to 7,200 and power a bit. I can dream too!

A small engine that is acts as a generator to feed the electric motors?! Fail.

I get flashed frequently with my low beams on (though I agree that they don’t cast far enough for me). A quick flash of the blow-torch high beams and they realize.

I can scare people in my pedestrian commuter 🤣. Agreed, most people have NO idea what even a basic car is capable of when the driver understands how to properly load the tires through a corner.

I’ve got the tour setup, so no issues here 👍🏻

Has anyone tried changing the front toe setting to a slight toe-in versus the slight toe-out (with the Goodyears)? I really don’t like the toe-out feeling when I drive it, it’s way too darty for me and I just don’t trust the car AT ALL. The 992 Carrera S with the same Goodyears, at roughly the...

The current V6 won’t pass the newer EU regs which require Lambda=1 across the entire rev range. An entirely new engine is required.

Yes, a non-turbo version of the engine that they supply to McLaren would be great. Who could supply the transmission? The other question would be if the kept the motor transversely mounted, or would they change the rear subframe to mount it longitudinally?

Maybe GMA would be interested in acquiring a piece of Lotus…

Well, if nobody bought new, there would be no used cars to buy.

I accidentally found out the root cause after the dealer found no issues. My reverse gate pull-lever would stick into the up position. If I didn’t notice that it was up, second gear became a phantom gear that could get the lever stuck, resulting in the issue originally described. Now that I’m...

Limited run of Type 66

I built mine with my daughter 😊

Looks just like my old 997! Arctic silver with lobster claw wheels 😃. Surprised at how similarly sized they are, they even weigh just about the same.

I have no issues with smoothness, but I do have the “on cam feel from 6-7k rpm. The engine feels like it could keep producing good power over 7k, shame the limit hits right there.

Im guessing that he’s reading the tire pressures on the dash after driving enough to heat the tires up.

I agree. There’s so much traffic in my area and the police are so heavy-handed that more acceleration would go to waste.

Same here!

Agreed. I’ve spent a lifetime admiring the beautiful cars of others. I find that most people, especially “car” people, are very respectful. Unfortunately, when you park in public, it only takes one jerk who thinks they can molest your car to ruin your day (week, month, rest of ownership).

The hood on the STi is aluminum and easy to dent. The two dents were suspiciously positioned as if someone leaned back against the car for a photo and pushed down on their hands. Car was less than two weeks old at the time. 🤬

As Doug mentions in the video- parking is a challenge. Such a challenge for me, in fact, that it has so far been a Point A to Point A car for me- I will not park it anywhere. I had an STi when it first came out in the US and had my doors scratched and hood dented by people “checking out” my car...

Drove home 250 miles yesterday, had a Civic whip in and out of traffic at high speed behind me and run up to my bumper at more than 100mph. The other driver hung so close to the rear of my car that I couldn’t see his grill, all the while his passenger had his phone out filming my car. I moved to...

Heading to pick my Emira back up today. The mechanic was able to get the car into all six gears just by pumping the clutch and working the lever (harder than I would have, I’m sure). He has no idea why it wouldn’t go into 1, 2 and reverse, but did witness it when it arrived. They looked through...

I had a Corky Bell designed Lysholm supercharger kits that I installed on my NA Miata in the 90’s. That car was quick!

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed with his decision. I was inspired by his Emira purchase, and I’m saddened that he’s sold the car already. Oh well.

Not much of an update: The Lotus dealer can’t find anything wrong with the transmission or linkage as it now works fine for them (it’s been there three weeks with them pulling it in and out daily. Short of pulling the transmission itself, they don’t know why it had acted up. Meanwhile, they’ve...

I’m sure there are members that are out of break-in and have taken on the Autobahn and can report their top speed. With the Emira’s power I’d imagine it would take a very long stretch of road to hit V max.

I did- looks great! A couple of very small bubbles, but driving in the sun erased those, now it’s uniform.

I’ve found the yellow trunk warning light a couple of times, but I hadn’t been in the trunk. Turns out (in my case) that the key fob buttons push so easily that I’d activated it inadvertently when sitting into the driver’s seat and the key was in my pocket. I’ve also accidentally unlocked my...

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