Thanks. I don't know if it was dedication. I needed to get back for a beach week and when I was informed the car was ready, it was just the best option I could figure out.
Here in Canada, Hagerty force my 18 year old from occasional driver on one our two cars to a primary driver on my collector car, a $9000 incremental premium on a 32 year old car with a value of $20k. I’m not happy with hagerty. I thought collector or not daily driven cars would get us around these silly rules. I will have to cancel my deposit on the Lotus and give up my dream until my kids are 25 and have their own policy.
Can't you open two policies?
Most states in my experience will charge you sales tax on a vehicle if you move within the first 6 months of ownership. You can get around this if you keep the initial state's registration for 6 months, so all you have to pay is registration in the new state. That's a risk because you're typically required to update your plates long before that legally speaking, unless you're military. It gets complicated because the laws vary with each state, but most will only charge you the difference in tax. WA and CA have similar sales tax rates, WA probably a little more since they don't have income tax, especially if you're moving near Seattle/Bellevue. It's around 10.2% if I remember correctly.
I don't know if you have this option in Canada, but if your collector car isn't being driven, you can sometimes get a car insured for storage but not to be driven. My elderly dad did that with his Mercedes since he wasn't driving it any longer. This was in Indiana. And it's just an email to the insurance broker to switch it to a road-going coverage when needed.
Surely there are ways around this? Maybe put the keys in a biometric safe and document it for them? That's an insane amount of money.
There is a great thread about proper break-in procedures that I reviewed and suggest you do also: https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/proper-engine-break-in.3052/#post-137200
I think it's normal. Mine does, sometimes worse than others. I either flip it to track to up the idle, or just give it a tiny bit of throttle. At 1k, there is 0 vibration.
tan. Its a little more orange than I anticipated, but it works really well with the silver.
Yes it's normal. When you turn on the AC the engine is now driving the compressor too which adds load to the engine. It's like you walking along carrying a 25 lb bag and suddenly somebody drops another 25 lb bag on top of it. As soon as you're moving the vibration will stop.
My guess is has firmer engine mounts than the Camry.
Depends on the car and the engine. On small displacement engines that don't have tons of torque, you're more likely to feel the vibration when the AC compressor is engaged, but only if you're sitting still at idle. The Emira has surprisingly good AC, which mean's they didn't put a cheap low capacity system in it.
Thank you. I had read that thread, was just curious about your actual experience applying it over such a long distance. I’ll probably meander the B-roads most of the way.
Just take an exit ramp every ten to fifteen minutes and then get right back on the highway.
I don't think that would follow the spirit of a break-in. The point is to spend an equal amount of time at all engine speeds below 4k rpm. Doing what you described would still have you sitting at near constant rpm 99% of the drive. How much of this really makes any difference is anyone's guess (maybe it's all negligible), but if I'm making the effort to do a break-in, might as well do it as proper I can.
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