Got my Emira - questions anybody?

[hml_xy]

I know many of you are eagerly waiting for news and maybe I can give a little bit back to this community of likeminded enthusiasts after all the months it has kept the waiting somewhat entertaining. 😅

While I have already posted some impressions on my introduction thread, maybe I can provide pictures or infos about the car that many of you have been waiting for.

Stuff I didn't hear about before spending the first day with the car:

* There are driver profiles in the entertainment system and you can lock them with a PIN code. They seem to remember car settings like mirror positions, infotainment screen setup and so on.

* The scorpion tracker seems to have a proximity alarm when the car is locked (at least something beeped when I leaned close to the locked car).

* The cupholders have ambient light in them. 🧐

* The engine / supercharger is more noticeable on the "RHD" driver seat (my passenger seat). One might say the car sounds better on the right side 😅

* The boot lid makes a squeaking noise when opening(?!) from some plastic flexing inside the engine bay.

* You can mute the audio by swiping down on the steering wheel audio controls and unmute by swiping up.

* Lotus has no official run-in period / after sales service anymore. First service in one year or 16000km.

* The sport suspension is 1cm lower than the tour setup, even though Lotus stated the drive height is the same. It definitely is not!

If you want to know any more details - let me know 🙂

 

[frazzer]

The sport suspension is 1cm lower than the tour setup

and on that bombshell its time to say goodnight

 

[CoryC]

I know many of you are eagerly waiting for news and maybe I can give a little bit back to this community of likeminded enthusiasts after all the months it has kept the waiting somewhat entertaining. 😅

While I have already posted some impressions on my introduction thread, maybe I can provide pictures or infos about the car that many of you have been waiting for.

Stuff I didn't hear about before spending the first day with the car:

* There are driver profiles in the entertainment system and you can lock them with a PIN code. They seem to remember car settings like mirror positions, infotainment screen setup and so on.

* The scorpion tracker seems to have a proximity alarm when the car is locked (at least something beeped when I leaned close to the locked car).

* The cupholders have ambient light in them. 🧐

* The engine / supercharger is more noticeable on the "RHD" driver seat (my passenger seat). One might say the car sounds better on the right side 😅

* The boot lid makes a squeaking noise when opening(?!) from some plastic flexing inside the engine bay.

* You can mute the audio by swiping down on the steering wheel audio controls and unmute by swiping up.

* Lotus has no official run-in period / after sales service anymore. First service in one year or 16000km.

* The sport suspension is 1cm lower than the tour setup, even though Lotus stated the drive height is the same. It definitely is not!

If you want to know any more details - let me know 🙂

Thank you for this! Congratulations... many of us, myself included are very jealous. (Early depositer from the US here...)

Did you get the sport suspension? Do you plan to daily the car? I'm assuming manual transmission, right?

Overall early opinion... are you happy?

 

[deadcruiser]

* Lotus has no official run-in period / after sales service anymore. First service in one year or 16000km.
🙂

Great to hear, now I don't have to worry about getting my service done immediately after driving the car back from the dealer.

 

[Lotustoronto]

and on that bombshell its time to say goodnight

where is @emiraspain when you need him... the ride height controversy king!

I know many of you are eagerly waiting for news and maybe I can give a little bit back to this community of likeminded enthusiasts after all the months it has kept the waiting somewhat entertaining. 😅

While I have already posted some impressions on my introduction thread, maybe I can provide pictures or infos about the car that many of you have been waiting for.

Stuff I didn't hear about before spending the first day with the car:

* There are driver profiles in the entertainment system and you can lock them with a PIN code. They seem to remember car settings like mirror positions, infotainment screen setup and so on.

* The scorpion tracker seems to have a proximity alarm when the car is locked (at least something beeped when I leaned close to the locked car).

* The cupholders have ambient light in them. 🧐

* The engine / supercharger is more noticeable on the "RHD" driver seat (my passenger seat). One might say the car sounds better on the right side 😅

* The boot lid makes a squeaking noise when opening(?!) from some plastic flexing inside the engine bay.

* You can mute the audio by swiping down on the steering wheel audio controls and unmute by swiping up.

* Lotus has no official run-in period / after sales service anymore. First service in one year or 16000km.

* The sport suspension is 1cm lower than the tour setup, even though Lotus stated the drive height is the same. It definitely is not!

If you want to know any more details - let me know 🙂

Did you measure the difference between tour and sport? How can this be confirmed?

 

[kitkat]

* The sport suspension is 1cm lower than the tour setup, even though Lotus stated the drive height is the same. It definitely is not!

Well this place is about to burn down to the ground.

 

[hml_xy]

@CoryC Thanks! Yes, very much so!
I got tour suspension because I want to use the car more than the Evora GT430 which always felt a bit too dialed in for my preference. Initial feeling - very happy! Yes, the car is a manual. Some more details about this already on the introduction thread

@Lotustoronto I had my car (on tour suspension) standing next to the other cars at the dealer which are all on sport suspension. I measured the gap between wheel arch and tire and it's about 1cm more on my car than all the sport suspension cars at the dealer.

Not a biggy for me personally, it looks good to me since I prefer the usability over the sportiness.

 

[CoryC]

@CoryC Thanks! Yes, very much so!
I got tour suspension because I want to use the car more than the Evora GT430 which always felt a bit too dialed in for my preference. Initial feeling - very happy! Yes, the car is a manual. Some more details about this already on the introduction thread

@Lotustoronto I had my car (on tour suspension) standing next to the other cars at the dealer which are all on sport suspension. I measured the gap between wheel arch and tire and it's about 1cm more on my car than all the sport suspension cars at the dealer.

Not a biggy for me personally, it looks good to me since I prefer the usability over the sportiness.

I definitely plan to daily drive mine... went touring just the same, so thats why I asked. Super happy for you! I'm assuming you see a noticeable difference over the GT?

(Also, please link your intro post/thread; I apologize if I'm asking things you've already mentioned!)

 

[hml_xy]

I see that this ride height thing is a controversial topic. I didn't take photos of me comparing the height but I took these at the dealer.

Blue car and yellow car with red calipers are customer cars on sport suspension:

This is my car on tour suspension. The difference is hard to tell on the picture. But it definitely exists, even if its not much.

And here is the complete sideprofile of mine, I think it could be lower but it doesnt look too high in my opinion:

 

[kitkat]

Well this place is about to burn down to the ground.

Quoting myself to add some thoughts I had earlier this year about the spring rates.

Lotus Emira Track Experience

I've never had an instructor at Hethel trying to get me to go slower, in fact always the opposite. For obvious reasons they have to stay in the car with you. There are track days on the Hethel circuit where you can drive your own car solo. During my sessions last week the instructor demoed...

www.emiraforum.com

We also know the spring rates from harry's garage video are indeed shorter now AND progressive spring rates for both touring and sport springs which throws a whole different monkey wrench into this.

Sort of backs up the 10mm difference.

 

[emiraspain]

where is @emiraspain when you need him... the ride height controversy king!


Did you measure the difference between tour and sport? How can this be confirmed?

he's in bed... and we've been there, done that...... I am sure there is a difference, but it could be human error..or it could be it will settle down....or it could be Lotus telling porky pies.....
I've not had the best of days and when I got home after padel, one of my damn dog had chewed my damn new slipper to top it all off.....
Its a good job shes got cute puppy dog eyes, otherwise I'd have made her eat it instead of her food....

good night

 

[hml_xy]

(Also, please link your intro post/thread; I apologize if I'm asking things you've already mentioned!)

Long standing reader, now member from Germany

Hello everybody, my name is Heiner and I´m from Germany. Some may know me from TLF already :). I´ve been lurking around this forum pretty much since the beginning but now feel that I finally had to register. Too many times already I thought I´d like to jump in on a thread and leave my 2 cents...

www.emiraforum.com

 

[emiraspain]

I see that this ride height thing is a controversial topic. I didn't take photos of me comparing the height but I took these at the dealer.

Blue car and yellow car with red calipers are customer cars on sport suspension:

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This is my car on tour suspension. The difference is hard to tell on the picture. But it definitely exists, even if its not much.
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And here is the complete sideprofile of mine, I think it could be lower but it doesnt look too high in my opinion:

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If it were any lower, you wouldnt even need to raise your foot to get into it, you would just slide...
looks great.... looks LOW...

 

[kitkat]

Question @hml_xy are you mechanically inclined? Could you find out if there are any markings on the wheels that indicate the offset of the front and rear wheels?

Wanting to get some real specs on the wheels!

 

[virtualmacho]

Could you find out if there are any markings on the wheels that indicate the offset of the front and rear wheels?

There wasn't be anything visible from the side of the car, as the markings seem to be on the inside of the wheels. A mirror and flashlight could help...

 

[lion shf]

Can you imagine this as an only car, daily driver and cross country [usa] tourer?

 

[idleuser]

When you get the chance, what's the offset and width of the wheel?

 

[Pegasi]

* The sport suspension is 1cm lower than the tour setup

I knew it!

 

[haaaake]

* Lotus has no official run-in period / after sales service anymore. First service in one year or 16000km.

There is quite literally a "Running-in" section of the handbook. As well as extremely detailed service intervals.

https://www.lotuscars.com/download.php?file=128440&key=fee48a8a25c3337c594c96c8a24748c6&disposition=inline

 

[hml_xy]

There is quite literally a "Running-in" section of the handbook. As well as extremely detailed service intervals.

https://www.lotuscars.com/download.php?file=128440&key=fee48a8a25c3337c594c96c8a24748c6&disposition=inline

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What I was refering to is that (at least thats how it was done in Germany) you had to bring the car back to the dealer for a first, free service after I believe 1500km (?). Part of this service was that your driving profile was read from the ECU and this data was send back to Lotus, who were reserving the right to reject warranty claims in case the run in wasn't done properly.

@idleuser I'll measure the wheels later today, offset I have to figure out how to measure.