USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[kohubone]

Took delivery of my Emira today from Galpin Lotus. Awesome feeling. I was on the waitlist for about 2 years, and am pretty surprised I have it, it seems I'm relatively early to get one in the US. Thanks to this forum and everyone in here for providing some help and entertainment during the wait. If anyone has questions about the purchase experience, dealer stuff, etc, feel free to ask!

Also, surprisingly got given a Lotus jacket as a gift from Galpin. Honestly, pretty impressed. It's super high quality, not like much of the other random Lotus merch.

Terrible photos for now, will get some better ones.

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Congrats! pretty awesome gift. Which ship was your on? 4/6 or 4/20?

 

[allenyao09]

Is it possible to start the US-spec Emira in track mode? Thought I remember reading on here that you can start in track mode by first holding the mode select for 5 seconds or something like that.

Should be able to do this by some coding, but I'm not sure how. With Bimmercode, I can choose which mode my GR Supra starts with. I would assume the same can be done on an Emira.

 

[GrahamClark_60-68]

But even so the carb state cars were still sitting around just as long, but at Hethel instead of Baltimore, Michigan, or dealerships.

Yep, that's what I'm gleaning from this. So carb state car or not, those that were built prior to carb approval were sitting around somewhere on either side of the pond.

 

[kitkat]

But even so the carb state cars were still sitting around just as long, but at Hethel instead of Baltimore, Michigan, or dealerships.

I don't think that's actually the case -- when I had seen the spreadsheet for the first 25 V6 FE 1.0 Manuals at my dealer until late January 2024 at my dealership only 4 of them had been produced, the rest were all locked configuration status but not yet built.

 

[NoFear99]

After 2.9 years and 620 pages on this thread, I am pleased to announce that my Emira has arrived. Pick up later this week. See you all in the problems thread.

I could not have said better !

 

[V8Dave]

I've had a deposit order accepted, so that's a start! Has anyone recently done the same and gotten any kind of delivery window?

 

[ameeriklane]

Yea, I feel like the deck was shuffled, so to say. It's probably a little overwhelming trying to sort them all out for different dealers. There are cars at the back of the lot that belong to earlier depositors, I bet. Not ideal.

I know basically nothing about how ports work, but Baltimore is the #1 ro-ro port in the US, and its experienced auto handling companies at the port (Wallenius Willhelmsen in the case of Lotus) are used to handling much higher volumes from other manufacturers. I'd guess they are quite skilled at handling these challenges. But who knows... not my area of expertise at all!

 

[Balboa]

I am FE 1.0, same boat arrived on March 26. My dealer does not have any updates regarding my car. I saw a DV Emira with silver wheel last week in the showroom, and the vin is one digit smaller than mine . It could be mine...

That sucks - I feel for all the 1.0s that dont have their cars yet. Travesty.

 

[FlyNavy01]

Finally in the garage after a 7 day trip from Bellevue to Jacksonville (plus 30 months waiting prior to that). I forgot how much fun a home delivery can be. Feels great! My VIN is in 2400's, so I do think it was just luck of the draw when getting picked up at the port a month ago. If you're stuck anxiously waiting, I'm sure your time will come very soon. I wasn't even given a VIN until a day after my car arrived at the dealer with no warning. Added the first modification within the first 20 minutes

 

[neiru37]

3rd week of waiting since my California dealer (Boardwalk Lotus) started getting cars delivered.

FE 1.0 July 2021 deposit, 25th in line at the dealer, and still no car

I applied for a loan ~2 weeks back from the excitement of the first few cars, thinking mine was going to be there soon given my place in line. Turns out that wasn't the best move.

Got a few more days before that loan application expires and I'll have to apply for another loan and have a hard credit pull made to my credit history

Lotus please please please let it be soon!

 

[robrmon]

That sucks - I feel for all the 1.0s that dont have their cars yet. Travesty.

Yesterday was my three year deposit anniversary and no car. It’s somewhere in Baltimore, right at the back 😬🔫😭

 

[@Life411]

Here's an update on tracking actual Emira deliveries to customers. We have 49 entries so far. This represents about 25 dealers, so too much data for a chart. Here's the summary though. You can find this in the Summary tab of the sheet (link in my signature). Congrats to the folks who've recently taken delivery...hope you'll take a minute to complete the form. Enjoy your rides!

 

[DF_Toronto]

3rd week of waiting since my California dealer (Boardwalk Lotus) started getting cars delivered.

FE 1.0 July 2021 deposit, 25th in line at the dealer, and still no car

I applied for a loan ~2 weeks back from the excitement of the first few cars, thinking mine was going to be there soon given my place in line. Turns out that wasn't the best move.

Got a few more days before that loan application expires and I'll have to apply for another loan and have a hard credit pull made to my credit history

Lotus please please please let it be soon!

I feel your pain! I waited until finally getting my VIN to lease a 2nd parking space for the Emira (not wanting to risk lack of availability when it arrives or far away from the spot I own). I’ll end up having sunk at least $600 on an empty parking space before it arrives lol.

 

[Eagle7]

Finally in the garage after a 7 day trip from Bellevue to Jacksonville (plus 30 months waiting prior to that). I forgot how much fun a home delivery can be. Feels great! My VIN is in 2400's, so I do think it was just luck of the draw when getting picked up at the port a month ago. If you're stuck anxiously waiting, I'm sure your time will come very soon. I wasn't even given a VIN until a day after my car arrived at the dealer with no warning. Added the first modification within the first 20 minutes

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Congrats man! I think it's the same guy that delivered mine, and the same truck lol.

 

[FlyNavy01]

Congrats man! I think it's the same guy that delivered mine, and the same truck lol.

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Thanks! It is, haha that's funny, he did a great job. About to go find some mid-day empty roads to knock out more break-in miles before working overnight tonight. Feels like Christmas morning as a kid.

 

[Syzygy]

Been lurking here. Took my delivery from lotus of North Jersey this past Saturday. Deposit 5/22.

Cars been working great no issues so far. AC and brakes seem fine. A couple of tiny bubbles on ppf which they assured me should fade.

I did notice one very weird issue. There's a neon green sticker at the bottom of my shifter linkage area that shouldn't be there that I didn't notice until I got home you can actually see it in the pictures. Otherwise it has been a dream.

 

[R35_J]

I've been trying to figure out which ship my car is on and also refreshing the Google Doc to see if my vin pops up. Going crazy, I know it should be getting here soon. This last month seems like a harder wait than the past 30 months lol.

 

[VL3X]

Been lurking here. Took my delivery from lotus of North Jersey this past Saturday. Deposit 5/22.

Cars been working great no issues so far. AC and brakes seem fine. A couple of tiny bubbles on ppf which they assured me should fade.

I did notice one very weird issue. There's a neon green sticker at the bottom of my shifter linkage area that shouldn't be there that I didn't notice until I got home you can actually see it in the pictures. Otherwise it has been a dream.

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Lotus of North Jersey has been doing a lot of deliveries lately! My buddy just got his Saturday.

 

[GrahamClark_60-68]

Been lurking here. Took my delivery from lotus of North Jersey this past Saturday. Deposit 5/22.

Cars been working great no issues so far. AC and brakes seem fine. A couple of tiny bubbles on ppf which they assured me should fade.

I did notice one very weird issue. There's a neon green sticker at the bottom of my shifter linkage area that shouldn't be there that I didn't notice until I got home you can actually see it in the pictures. Otherwise it has been a dream.

Nice, congrats! May be a "rare" spec! No upper black pack (my choice in Seneca) and black leather, rather than alcantara. I approve! (even though I chose tan leather!). Looking forward to hearing about your driving adventures!.

 

[nfollin]

Just got my call from Bellevue, the car (and 5 others who should be getting calls soon) are on the way.