Recent content by ShootingSight

Well shucks. Got my bespoke Hethel yellow 2 weeks ago. Would have traded for the in-stock green right away, had I been given the option. Love the color.

There is little profit in sports cars. If you want to make money, you sell an SUV. Geeley bought Lotus so they could put a recognized high-end badge on their ev-suv line. With the decline in demand for EVs, the US tariff on Chinese EVs, the subsequent tariff on all Chinese products, the...

Yes, it appears there are two microphone interfaces. A short press on the mic button gets you the embedded car assistant. However this is a dumb interface that only looks to a bluetooth device, so if your phone is connected via CarPlay, it does not see the phone and just tells you there is no...

I hear the Miura drives like a truck, but when I win the lottery, I'm getting one anyhow. #1 most beautiful car ever. 246 Dino #2, Jaguar XKE Roadster #3. Emira possibly #4. I ordered in October '24, and my car was on the last boat before Lotus paused US shipments. The bespoke option was...

I ordered mine in October, and didn't see that color offered. Is it new?

My thought was that Geely wants to sell Chinese EVs to the world, but that they don't have a recognized name, so they bought Lotus as the cheapest established car company out there, just to get the Lotus badge they could slap on their Chinese product. That makes it a lot easier to break into...

Based on the wiring diagram posted further up, I don’t think that wire generates the sound. I think that wire communicates engine RPM to the amp, so the amp knows what frequency to inject. By disconnecting the wire, the amp thinks the engine is stopped. Unfortunately, this means you cannot use...

The key fob for the Emira has a very small window that you cannot thread a key ring through. Any small ring that would fit will get bent. So I experimented with different sizes and combinations of rings, and came up with a paired small-large ring that both fit the fob, and also allow me to...

Wow, I get my Porsche serviced at an indie place, because I think Porsche's $165/hr service rate is too high. Thanks for the tip on checking Lotus dealer prices first. Besides, the dealer is a 90 minute drive away, unless there is something that is warranty, or absolutely needs to be done by a...

Why snip it? It looks like you just unplugged it. Or is the plug something you added?

Brilliant! Thank you, that works. Long press and the mic goes to CarPlay. Indeed, I normally keep location services turned off, because I do not like my phone tracking me. When I want to use Waze, I can even use the mic to turn location services on, and then turn it back off at my destination...

I have found voice assistant to be useless, as it does not recognize car play, only Bluetooth. When I get in, the car automatically connects to car play and if I use the microphone assistant, it simply says ‘Bluetooth device not recognized’. If I tell the car to only pair on Bluetooth, it...

I pulled the passenger seat out of the 911 to make it the daily driver dog-car. They don't get to ride in the Emira.