Emira vs Blackwing

[NJemira85]

I've had 2 5v BlackWings, sold my last one for an Audi R8 V10+. The Audi was badass looking and so much faster feeling than the Blackwing. Not very comfortable and cushy for a 6'4" guy though.

Just traded the Audi for a 24 V6 Emira manual and it's so different. Stock Emira was a letdown when I test drove it back a few years ago, so I cancelled my order. This Emira is modified a bit with more power, better looks, and importantly, Tillet bucket seats. I fit much better, the power is much improved, and it's gorgeous

I miss the Blackwing for the torque, amazing shifter, and comfort for cruising. I miss the Audi for V10 sounds and insane power. I love the Lotus for uniqueness, beauty, direct-feel, and fun. Think if I can convince my wife to trade her model Y for a Rivian R2 next year we will be good. That will be a more comfortable cruising car for road trips and I can have my impractical sports car for fun little drives.

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It’s important to note that Nic is straight fire at ai art.

Coincidentally, i also cross shopped 5bw manual (with precision pack) vs emira. I wanted both and will have both but my wife somehow finagled a corvette.

The manual in the blackwing is orders of magnitude better, and of course it makes 680hp and pulls 1.13 on a skidpad. It’s basically god in sedan form.

But the emira has 3 fundamental advantages which cannot be modded into a 5bw:

1) weight
2) hydraulic steering
3) sex

I can add tons of power (once warranty expires) Nitron coilovers, monoballs, tranny mounts, short shifter and @kitkat eggplug supershifty, etc etc to fix emira problems.

I too had a 4bw and it’s glorious little sport sedan

 

[Gprodigy]

Completely different cars, they would be better in tandem with the Emira as a weekend car. I agree with everyone else, the Emira gets significantly more aggressive once broken in.

 

[me73]

When my 2015 Porsche Macan S aged out in 2022, I was very interested in getting back in a manual trans car and was smitten with the Emira.

What do you mean by "aged out"?

 

[JimV]

What do you mean by "aged out"?

I loved my 8 years with the Macan S. It was basically the due anything car and still always fun to drive. As happy and capable around town as on a long freeway trip. Even though it was an SUV, much of the Porsche DNA is still there: solid, quality, reliable, incredible to drive. But when I had to decide to stick with the practicality of an SUV vs getting back in a manual closer to the ground, the Porsche needed about $10k-$13k of work: brakes, tires, major maintenance, broken trunk switch, loose roof liner. It was hard justifying putting that much money in it, even though I only had about 25k miles. Now, if I had waited to get the GTS instead of the S -- maybe different ending.

 

[me73]

I loved my 8 years with the Macan S. It was basically the due anything car and still always fun to drive. As happy and capable around town as on a long freeway trip. Even though it was an SUV, much of the Porsche DNA is still there: solid, quality, reliable, incredible to drive. But when I had to decide to stick with the practicality of an SUV vs getting back in a manual closer to the ground, the Porsche needed about $10k-$13k of work: brakes, tires, major maintenance, broken trunk switch, loose roof liner. It was hard justifying putting that much money in it, even though I only had about 25k miles. Now, if I had waited to get the GTS instead of the S -- maybe different ending.

At only 25k miles it needed $13k of work? Ouch. This is and the clinical nature of their driving experience are reasons that I shy away from German cars for general use. They're significantly more expensive to maintain than cars from any other country, save maybe the Italians.