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Not hugely dissimilar from my rule of thumb - my brain aligns gears (at cruising speed) to the common speed limits over here: 20 -> 2nd gear 30 -> 3rd gear 40 -> 4th gear etc This simple mental mapping is nice and easy IMO. Basically I just aim for not being a noisy berk around town, and not...

Just fitted an interesting option for those in the UK. The price was just too good for me not to give it a try! Predator SureStart, 40Ah, 1200 CCA, 6.9kg... 200 quid 🤩 After a bit of research, and some direct questions on suitability to the helpful mob at JustBatteries.co.uk, I sourced mine...

Possibly a little unfair. "Months" being since they first appeared on the forum on June 6th (50 days ago), and then their car had a tantrum and had to go back to Lotus, IIRC. I'm definitely keeping my ear to the ground waiting for news on VF's developments, but I don't get the feeling we'll be...

I would have spec'd the base wheels, because I fully intended to (and did) go aftermarket immediately anyway. Possibly would have skipped the KEF sound system too (I barely ever listen to it).

So... any chance you're going to get into the replacement door game, Steve? Show 'em how it's done! 😁 (only half kidding here)

Nice collection of insights. Fairly jealous of that colour too 👍 One thing I find very convenient about not having keyless entry is that scrotes can't gain access just by waving a magic wand near your front door in the middle of the night 😁

I'm escalated to a 90% sure, sans reluctant passenger.

I'm a flimsy "maybe" at the moment. Might have to bring a slightly unwilling passenger with me :)

I can't recall if you keep yours garaged, but 3 years of latency is a bit of a worry. I genuinely hope this doesn't continue to bite people who think they dodged this bullet, especially as they come out of warranty. EDIT: just caught up on the other thread, where you say you keep it outside...

Beyond just protecting against rocks etc, the biggest thing that sold me on PPF (all over) was the self-healing. I can get away with washing it like a lazy caveman, and any fine scratches/swirls just magically disappear with some sunshine or warm water. I've not found the seams to be as...

Heh. I don't even know what to suggest for availability further out, because I have to surrender my car for replacement doors and panels at some point soon (warranty has been green-lit). 🥲 Whatever other people land on, I'll make an effort to come if I still have the car with me.

Yep, postponement is fine by me. Life has conspired against me for this weekend anyway... bloody life. :shakefist:

Another one from those nice guys, with interesting insights into doing longer trips with these cars.

I think the biggest pro tip for any luggage (regardless of whether you are cramming it into the Emira) is to avoid casters and look for rollers. They just take up space and catch on every bloody thing (or get snapped off by rogue baggage handlers). And don't even get me started on cobbled streets!!

For what it's worth, there should be plenty of places that will happily print this kind of thing and mail it to you. All you generally have to do is upload an STL file to them and they give you a price quote (often without humans in the loop). That's what I've done for printed parts so far -...

Not sure you can infer "someone in their garage" from a suggestion to have aftermarket moulds and panels made. As much as I wish that were true, I'm not sure we've seen any proof of this consistently being the case. Total crapshoot.

Have you seen these that Kitkat whipped up? https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/kitkats-emira.4821/page-10#post-167345

... the supplier who makes them with the internal consistency of Aero bars, contributing heavily to the whole mess? Pass.

Yeah, or something like this (though I'm in the dark as to what the cost to actually have the panels produced would be 🤷‍♂️) https://www.surfacescan.co.uk/rare-car-parts/

More like "I bought an Emira, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" 😅

I feel like you're just being ungrateful for the extra effort they went to to add lightness inside the panels. Just a shame it tries to escape.

We could always just change the venue, head to Lotus Colchester and form an angry mob outside <pitchfork>

These vents go into the wheel arches. If you can't direct water into the wheel arch (on the tyre, no less) then we're really... hosed 😎 🔥

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but .... pressure washer?

100% this. I ordered mine with the roof body-coloured, fully intending to wrap it with black PPF so it would be reversible if I didn't like it, plus I wanted black emblems/lettering but silver tailpipe finishers. Going "DIY" was cheaper than the factory black pack, and I got a) something that...

Well I can't say I had that on my bingo card 🤨

wow...

Oh right... of course 🤦‍♂️ It is an odd capability TBH. Maybe it was intended for OTA updates, but just didn't get built out. Weird.

Where do you plug in the Pringles can though...? My guess is it is there for wireless Android Auto / Apple Carplay.

If it were me, I'd be inclined to get the updates first (I also had zero issues, but had all updates applied at my recent service). They tend to solve more problems than they cause. That said, I was also a bit twitchy about the idea of going in with a perfectly working car and leaving with a...

If you are looking at water/meth, a nice custom-moulded tank that could be tucked right into the right-hand end of the boot trunk (opposite side to the battery) would be pretty slick. Please and thankyou 🙏 :)

Maybe a dumb question, but how tall does this stand compared to the stock lid? Still low enough to make no difference in rearward vision? Also, without derailing the topic (but still feels relevant given you brought up heat soak), have you guys had experience in water/meth injection, and is...

Always pleasant to watch a video from these guys

You know what would be super awesome... a supercharger lid that extended further to the left to make the engine look centred under the glass. Yes, this would soothe my OCD enough that I would pay good money for such a thing 😅

Not sure what is going with the mirrors, but the seams / relief cuts near the vents (and the buttresses on the rear hatch too I'd wager) are a bit of a bummer with the Xpel template. I have the same, but I haven't found them too noticeable when the car is clean. By all accounts, this is a bit...

I think they are just midbass fill, not full range, so what you're describing sounds right.

Bell and Colvill online store is usually a good shout First item on the "front emblem" list https://parts.bellandcolvill.co.uk/deroure?qs=1&preview=1&make=1&model=60&groupid=14021