Japan - Emira Ownership (エミーラ納車とその後)

[Sailor]

Hey everyone! New Emira owner here in Tokyo. Picked up my Emira (Seneca Blue V6 MT) from Harajuku earlier this year, and I’m already past 3,000 km!

Loving the car so far and excited to be part of the community!

 

[virtualmacho]

Hey everyone! New Emira owner here in Tokyo. Picked up my Emira (Seneca Blue V6 MT) from Harajuku earlier this year, and I’m already past 3,000 km!

Loving the car so far and excited to be part of the community!

Welcome @Sailor ! I know it's short notice, but we're meeting at the Revival Cafe on Jun. 22 (sun) --- you are more than welcome to join !
see dedicated thread ==> Japan - Revival Cafe at Miura / リバイバルカフェ＠三浦市 (神奈川県)

 

[Sailor]

Sounds fun! I might be able to join—my Emira is currently at the dealer for its first 3-month check, so I’ll need to confirm when I can get it back.

 

[virtualmacho]

Sounds fun! I might be able to join—my Emira is currently at the dealer for its first 3-month check, so I’ll need to confirm when I can get it back.

Did you get your car back? I plan to be at 石川台 around 14:00 today.

 

[Sailor]

Did you get your car back? I plan to be at 石川台 around 14:00 today.

No I haven’t got my Emira back…

 

[Sailor]

They mentioned it should be ready sometime this weekend, so it can be either Saturday or Sunday… btw, my Emira is in 石川台 at this moment.

 

[virtualmacho]

Met up with @Tokion at our favorite cafe.

 

[virtualmacho]

うーむ...

Yokohama AD09 (F:約6万円、R:約8万円) を持ち込んで35万円ぐらいか...

 

[Beachbum]

Met up with @Tokion at our favorite cafe.View attachment 66224

ooooh Biscoff

 

[khiro]

ooooh Biscoff

Made by Lotus.

 

[virtualmacho]

Yokohama AD09 (F:約6万円、R:約8万円) を持ち込んで35万円ぐらいか...

街乗りユース中心なので、今回は AD09 を入れてみよう！これが1-2年持ってくれれば次はディーラーで Cup 2 LTS に戻るかも。交換作業はディーラーに持ち込まずに (予約も取りにくいし) タイヤメーカー直営店で交換してもらうことにしました。ホイールを丁寧に扱ってくれること、古いバランスウェイトをキレイに剝がしてくれることを強く希望します。

I will try on the AD09s at a local tire shop, and maybe return to the Cup 2 LTS rubber in a year or two.

 

[Beachbum]

街乗りユース中心なので、今回は AD09 を入れてみよう！これが1-2年持ってくれれば次はディーラーで Cup 2 LTS に戻るかも。交換作業はディーラーに持ち込まずに (予約も取りにくいし) タイヤメーカー直営店で交換してもらうことにしました。ホイールを丁寧に扱ってくれること、古いバランスウェイトをキレイに剝がしてくれることを強く希望します。

I will try on the AD09s at a local tire shop, and maybe return to the Cup 2 LTS rubber in a year or two.

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Would love to hear how they perform. Been using Yokohama tyres for years and if they prove to be viable for the Emira, would happily go back to using them again

 

[virtualmacho]

Would love to hear how they perform. Been using Yokohama tyres for years and if they prove to be viable for the Emira, would happily go back to using them again

I made this very intentional choice based on the usage of the Cup 2 LTS tires for the past year and a half that I've had the car.
Not sure if I will be able to provide the kind of feedback you are looking for. The car is for grocery runs, cruising around the city, a few 500+ km trips and maybe a total of 2 hours of track time during the expected 1 to 1.5 year life of the rubber. I will be looking for wet handling and longevity more than cornering performance and number of heat cycles.

Having said that, they should be more than OK.

 

[Beachbum]

I made this very intentional choice based on the usage of the Cup 2 LTS tires for the past year and a half that I've had the car.
Not sure if I will be able to provide the kind of feedback you are looking for. The car is for grocery runs, cruising around the city, a few 500+ km trips and maybe a total of 2 hours of track time during the expected 1 to 1.5 year life of the rubber. I will be looking for wet handling and longevity more than cornering performance and number of heat cycles.

Having said that, they should be more than OK.

Sounds like we both drive the car very similarly. Although mine will only ever see a track from the side lines.
Best my car can hope for is some spirited driving on UK country roads, which wont exactly be high speed