Discounted stock Emiras...

[Greshamst]

Had the engine management light come on recently.

O2 sensor faults, possibly from a low battery or from a short distance drive that didn’t let them get up to required temperature.

That’ll teach me, last time I offer to pick the missus up from the train station, and I’ll have to make sure I take hour long drives on B-roads every week from now on…

Cleared the codes and they haven’t come back, so fingers crossed.

Currently on a tour of the north incorporating the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales. It’s a wonderful car, I’ve never felt so confident going into corners as in this Emira.

[JustinCredible]

Honeywell said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202504020...

Interesting. Full PPF plus wheels in gold. Low miles.

That is really nice, the gold on blue is giving me Subaru Impreza vibes (but in a good way!)

[cayman-black]

JustinCredible said:

Honeywell said:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202504020...

Interesting. Full PPF plus wheels in gold. Low miles.

That is really nice, the gold on blue is giving me Subaru Impreza vibes (but in a good way!)

I do like that!

[Greshamst]

Had a great time up in the Derbyshire and Yorkshire dales, great roads for a car like this.

I’ve learnt that it really doesn’t like short journeys. I’ve had to purchase an OBD reader as was getting various engine lights.
Some were the 02 sensors, and another time one of the coolant sensors. Seems like if you do a 5 minute journey, and the sensors don’t get up to temp then they can cause issues. It’s my daily so sometimes I have short trips to do. Cleared the engine light and it hasn’t come back.

I guess I just need to leave a bit more time and drive longer to get everything up to temp. Not a bad problem to have.

Lotus have come back to me, the replacement doors have arrived to replace the bubbling paint issue.
I’m hoping the replace the whole door unit including wing mirror, as on one of those narrow twisty northern roads someone was too far over my side and smashed my wing mirror in.

Still super happy with it, still sounds amazing, still puts a massive smile on my face. I think they are great value for money second hand.

[TVRBRZ]

Fab colour and spec. Love the black pack. Makes me realise that if you are getting the black pack you can't have a darker blue, green or grey

[Actus Reus]

I was competing at hethel in a sprint over the weekend - was surprised to see a good few 23 plate cars gathering dust and bird poo just by the side of the track. All registered so assume they arent' experience day cars. Wonder why they're there?

There were also a good few cars there wrapped up in protective covers presumably ready for delivery.

I've seen a lot of the colours now as a result, and it's Seneca Blue for me just ahead of the yellow and the solid red, though these really are terrific looking cars no matter the colour. I remain tempted by one I must admit.

[Beachbum]

Actus Reus said:

I was competing at hethel in a sprint over the weekend - was surprised to see a good few 23 plate cars gathering dust and bird poo just by the side of the track. All registered so assume they arent' experience day cars. Wonder why they're there?

There were also a good few cars there wrapped up in protective covers presumably ready for delivery.

I've seen a lot of the colours now as a result, and it's Seneca Blue for me just ahead of the yellow and the solid red, though these really are terrific looking cars no matter the colour. I remain tempted by one I must admit.

Someone allegedly flew a drone over Hethel recently and spotted numerous Emira's all wrapped up and just sat there. Supposedly around 300. I'm guessing anything going to the US will be kept back until things settle down

[Actus Reus]

There were a lot of cars wrapped up just sitting there - I couldn't tell you how many, but I must have seen at least 100 I suppose. It was the cars that had reg plates and were sat covered in muck just sat there that surprised me, though. A mix of colours, wheel and interior options just sat there. You're not meant to take photos so I didn't.
I saw a few Emira mules there too as well as a handful of the EVs that are built in China.

[John D.]

Actus Reus said:

There were a lot of cars wrapped up just sitting there - I couldn't tell you how many, but I must have seen at least 100 I suppose. It was the cars that had reg plates and were sat covered in muck just sat there that surprised me, though. A mix of colours, wheel and interior options just sat there. You're not meant to take photos so I didn't.
I saw a few Emira mules there too as well as a handful of the EVs that are built in China.

Its the next Auto100 batch awaiting delivery.

[Beachbum]

John D. said:

Its the next Auto100 batch awaiting delivery.

Rumour has it JCT600 might be getting the next batch

[highway]

The tour explained that the factory is a busy place during the day, which it certainly was during the tour I was on. Standard practice to leave cars on site which logistics collect, often out of factory hours, to begin delivery. The tariff situation may have disrupted that

[Actus Reus]

Yes I expected some new cars to be at a car factory - I think that would be true of any factory.

Two year old, registered, and seemingly uncared for, cars, was what surprised me. A million quid's worth or more of cars just sat doing nothing (and not new by any means). Maybe they're demos or something that are cleaned when needed?

I also spotted a Lynk & Co SUV there - I assume they're Geely group too? Not sure I've seen a Lynk & Co car before now.

[interstellar]

just got this from Hendy. 20k off new list so 73k new and 6.9% apr

https://www.hendy.co.uk/lotus/offers/new-car/emira...

[couzens]

interstellar said:

just got this from Hendy. 20k off new list so 73k new and 6.9% apr

https://www.hendy.co.uk/lotus/offers/new-car/emira...

Just received the same, crazy saving. Just 13k more for a new one over used!

[Jobbo]

How new is that? It says it’s a V6 First Edition and you can’t order one of those now. So it’s already built. Sitting round somewhere?

[interstellar]

Jobbo said:

How new is that? It says it’s a V6 First Edition and you can’t order one of those now. So it’s already built. Sitting round somewhere?

They will all be built in 2023 and sitting at hethal as mentioned above I expect.

[Caddyshack]

Greshamst said:

Had the engine management light come on recently.

O2 sensor faults, possibly from a low battery or from a short distance drive that didn’t let them get up to required temperature.

That’ll teach me, last time I offer to pick the missus up from the train station, and I’ll have to make sure I take hour long drives on B-roads every week from now on…

Cleared the codes and they haven’t come back, so fingers crossed.

Currently on a tour of the north incorporating the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales. It’s a wonderful car, I’ve never felt so confident going into corners as in this Emira.

The Boxster 987 I had was sensitive to lambdas, I added small spacers that moved the lambda away a little and that seemed to cure it. Some Porsche parts companies even sell super tiny cats to go between to fool them.

[Jobbo]

interstellar said:

Jobbo said:

How new is that? It says it’s a V6 First Edition and you can’t order one of those now. So it’s already built. Sitting round somewhere?

They will all be built in 2023 and sitting at hethal as mentioned above I expect.

Having looked at Hendy’s offer they appear to have two in stock to which this applies, both with the sports suspension.

[couzens]

It's in their showroom, non black pack with Alcantara interior. Shame it's a sports and not a touring.

[wevster]

Actus Reus said:

There were a lot of cars wrapped up just sitting there - I couldn't tell you how many, but I must have seen at least 100 I suppose. It was the cars that had reg plates and were sat covered in muck just sat there that surprised me, though. A mix of colours, wheel and interior options just sat there. You're not meant to take photos so I didn't.
I saw a few Emira mules there too as well as a handful of the EVs that are built in China.

I was at the sprint as well, lot of Emiras sitting around, there was a lot more last year though.