Recent content by John_Matrix

In the UK at least, the Emira is unlikely to find itself on the list of cars stolen to order by professional thieves. There are a long list of cars that are on that list so, as a UK owner, I really wouldn’t bother with this at all. If i owned a fast 4 door Audi, Golf, Defender or modern Lexus...

I thought exports to the US of anything would be killed stone dead due to tariffs? Or has Donny T had another chance of heart?

Hethel make one car now. It’s a big facility for one car. There is simply no way they are going to invest in more petrol powered models with the ban looming. It’s arguably too late. Best we can hope for is a glass roof on the current car and maybe a Cup version based on the i4. I think on the...

Goodwood.

Pal has these in his Cayman. Looks dreadful. Standard looks significantly better than this garish mess.

I’ve got this exact issue. Except it switches on the audio if I am on a call stood next to the car. Even when car is off.

Wonder how many people have that without actually noticing?

The only car I’ve actually seen with the issue had paint that looked like a bad respray- orange peel effect. That apparently being the precursor to micro blistering.

Maybe. Made sense to me. More so than ‘primer’. He manages after sales at a dealer and was matter of fact about it.

Service manager dealership.

Lower part of the ‘splitter’

Nope.

So, it looks like the issue with the paint is not the same as the issue that used to cause blistering on the Elise/Exige. That was result of panels being painted whilst not entirely dry. The issue here seems to be result of a metal strip fitted to the inner door skin. Water is getting trapped...