What did you do to your Emira today?

[EspritGuy]

Washed and went for a spin to dry off. At the wharf, encountered a pack of mean looking Subarus, quickly made a U-turn, snapped a photo, and left
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Remember when ship spotting (for Emira cargo) and dock scoping was a thing?
'Soon,' he mutters. Soon.....

 

[GrahamClark_60-68]

Washed and went for a spin to dry off. At the wharf, encountered a pack of mean looking Subarus, quickly made a U-turn, snapped a photo, and left
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Sinister!

 

[robrmon]

Drove it lots! Montauk lighthouse, NY

 

[RoryBellows]

Well this wasnt today but I picked up my car from tint and ppf on Saturday.

Its a full wrap of stek dynoshield plus stek windshield. Its also tinted with 15% llumar irx on the doors to match factory privacy and 50% on the windshield. Time to get some miles.

 

[AK16]

Drove it lots! Montauk lighthouse, NY

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[MB_Emira]

Went on a roadtrip yesterday and ended up on a road that is way too narrow. The Devil's staircase in Wales. It was a great adventure though!

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Learning to tame the car's understeer/oversteer. This car has a very hard time breaking grip unless you're at speed. But once you're there, it wants to rotate quickly. Still trying to figure it out.

 

[chirowolf]

Learning to tame the car's understeer/oversteer. This car has a very hard time breaking grip unless you're at speed. But once you're there, it wants to rotate quickly. Still trying to figure it out.

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When the first Emira’s were making the rounds, I had the opportunity to test drive a yellow one.
The salesman rode along, and during a spirited onramp approach, the back end started to come out a bit unexpectedly.
The salesman was repeatedly saying for me to brake! which made me laugh.
After we got onto the highway, I told him that “you never lift”
I don’t think he had any idea what I was talking about

 

[Beachbum]

Went on a roadtrip yesterday and ended up on a road that is way too narrow. The Devil's staircase in Wales. It was a great adventure though!
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Nice area, lovely road, great colour

 

[KAR120C]

So true. I love the silver on my Nimbus, but don't wash it very much. Between the bugs and dust, it gets rough after a few drives. I wish I'd gone black to just to cover my sins. I just touched it with a wet rag to see how bad it was.

Pretty bad.

Last fall I powder coated my wheels to a darker charcoal-ish color that I've used before on other cars. I always laugh because I call the color "brake dust".

This morning I was adjusting pressure before a drive and thought about how clean they "look". Here is essentially the same picture of the front wheel with about 300 miles of back roads. I used a wet rag in the same place to wipe off the dust.

This is a pic of the whole wheel before wiping the dust.

Really no comparison.

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Last fall I powder coated my wheels to a darker charcoal-ish color that I've used before on other cars. I always laugh because I call the color "brake dust".

This morning I was adjusting pressure before a drive and thought about how clean they "look". Here is essentially the same picture of the front wheel with about 300 miles of back roads. I used a wet rag in the same place to wipe off the dust.

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This is a pic of the whole wheel before wiping the dust.

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Really no comparison.

Love the color

 

[EspritGuy]

Last fall I powder coated my wheels to a darker charcoal-ish color that I've used before on other cars. I always laugh because I call the color "brake dust".

This morning I was adjusting pressure before a drive and thought about how clean they "look". Here is essentially the same picture of the front wheel with about 300 miles of back roads. I used a wet rag in the same place to wipe off the dust.

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This is a pic of the whole wheel before wiping the dust.

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Really no comparison.

Nice rims.
I get about the same hue by leaving brake and road dust on my gloss black ones. Yet, yours are great.

 

[KAR120C]

Nice rims.
I get about the same hue by leaving brake and road dust on my gloss black ones. Yet, yours are great.

Yeah, over the years my interest in keeping a car perfectly clean has waned. Nimbus with the new wheel color is a match made in dirty car heaven!

 

[seriously]

Learning to tame the car's understeer/oversteer. This car has a very hard time breaking grip unless you're at speed. But once you're there, it wants to rotate quickly. Still trying to figure it out.

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Nice save there. Btw, I think you are describing pretty much every mid-engine car. Setup for grip, a little more difficult to control oversteer vs. front engine, rear wheel drive where the oversteer is easier to induce and also control.

With the stock tire stagger, I imagine it is quite difficult to break rear traction without actively trying to do it or overdriving. I haven't done it yet.

edit: I have broken rear traction late at night coming out of a corner with very cold tires. they have no traction when cold.