DF_Toronto
Emira Fanatic
I have my test drive on Wednesday. I’m still very undecided on the suspension and tire setup which the test drive may help with. I think it’s a no brainer to go touring and Goodyear if it’s a daily driver, and sport and cup 2 if you have a few cars and it’s a track toy. Myself which I’m sure like many others will have the Emira as a second car in a manual in a busy city that will take it out primarily on weekends outside of rush hour traffic. May or may not take it on the track on occasion but do want the best version of the car for a spirited Sunday drive. Bad weather or rush hour, there’s my Mercedes cabriolet which will likely get replaced with an electric SUV (have early Eletre deposit).
So my question is if I did go with the sport and cup 2….on the rare couple scenarios would it be a problem to take it out if I have the itch to drive it:
1) nice summer evening to a restaurant through city roads with forecast that it may be pouring on the drive home.
2) gorgeous blue sky Sunday morning in the winter with clear dry roads and temperature in the -5 to +5 degrees Celsius range.
I’ll emphasize that likely 95% of the time this is a second car to be used primarily on nice summer days. But you never know with a car like this when the itch may strike to take it out in those scenarios - would you need to worry about safety and therefore not be able to use it and wish you’d gone with a more practical setup? Or would the feel and performance of the 95% usage outweigh the discipline to never take it out with the possibility of bad weather?
*edit - obviously sport suspension with Goodyear would alleviate potential safety issues, but not sure how well that combo works for those who’ve driven the car in that config vs just getting the touring with Goodyear.
Moderator edit: copied from another thread and edited to start new thread about tyre/tire choices.
So my question is if I did go with the sport and cup 2….on the rare couple scenarios would it be a problem to take it out if I have the itch to drive it:
1) nice summer evening to a restaurant through city roads with forecast that it may be pouring on the drive home.
2) gorgeous blue sky Sunday morning in the winter with clear dry roads and temperature in the -5 to +5 degrees Celsius range.
I’ll emphasize that likely 95% of the time this is a second car to be used primarily on nice summer days. But you never know with a car like this when the itch may strike to take it out in those scenarios - would you need to worry about safety and therefore not be able to use it and wish you’d gone with a more practical setup? Or would the feel and performance of the 95% usage outweigh the discipline to never take it out with the possibility of bad weather?
*edit - obviously sport suspension with Goodyear would alleviate potential safety issues, but not sure how well that combo works for those who’ve driven the car in that config vs just getting the touring with Goodyear.
Moderator edit: copied from another thread and edited to start new thread about tyre/tire choices.
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