Emira Wheel Gap Discussion

[digilotus]

Thank you! I’m sure you are just swell sorry if I hurt your feelings.
This is my R8 wheel gap. It handles superb and rides great.

I don't see any wheel gap! But those panel gaps on the other hand...

 

[Green]

I don't see any wheel gap! But those panel gaps on the other hand...

You should start a thread to obsess over panel gaps. The Emira will probably be worse from the factory

 

[MCS]

Fair point. I just note the irony that every attendee of the factory tour gets the big speech about how every body panel is laser-checked multiple times for sub-mm accuracy, and yet the ride height seems to vary wildly between different examples, with hand-wave explanations of "this is still preproduction". Precision should apply across the entire build, and does for other manufacturers at this price point.

If you visit McLaren they’ll bang on about how they ensure quality is excellent and how they check every car and we know what some of their cars are like

 

[Green]

Since we want to talk about body panels. I sure hope my Emira rear fender body panel does not look like this!

 

[Daz]

Thank you! I’m sure you are just swell sorry if I hurt your feelings.
This is my R8 wheel gap. It handles superb and rides great.

Don’t worry, you haven’t hurt my feelings it’s just that you’re very anal about a few MMs of wheel gap. Bigger things in life to worry about but if it makes you happy then carry on

 

[Green]

Don’t worry, you haven’t hurt my feelings it’s just that you’re very anal about a few MMs of wheel gap. Bigger things in life to worry about but if it makes you happy then carry on

If you are not concerned about wheel gap why are you posting in the wheel gap thread

 

[Green]

Blimey, I’m starting to feel like I’m being’groomed’ , can you stop messaging me? FYI I’m not a 12 year old girl

I do not even know what that means. I guess simple things amuse simple minds!

 

[freefall_junkie]

I do not even know what that means. I guess simple things amuse simple minds!

Simple Minds? No need to bring Scotland's greatest export into it

 

[s2kmunpo]

It is very easy to find a picture to fit your narrative . I guarantee they do talk about suspension and ride height. You just found a angle to fit your opinion
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So I provide a real photo of a car that shows it has wheel gap and you provide a stock photo similar to what lotus has on their website that shows zero wheel gap? Checks out lol

Anyways, here is the same real car from a more top down angle like yours....still wheel gap. And a few more examples for good measure. Point is, it's fairly common. Would I prefer all sports cars have the gap of a Porsche GT or Ford GT? Absolutely. But most don't.

 

[Daz]

So I provide a real photo of a car that shows it has wheel gap and you provide a stock photo similar to what lotus has on their website that shows zero wheel gap? Checks out lol

Anyways, here is the same real car from a more top down angle like yours....still wheel gap. And a few more examples for good measure. Point is, it's fairly common. Would I prefer all sports cars have the gap of a Porsche GT or Ford GT? Absolutely. But most don't.
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Don’t get into a discussion with him, you’ll never hear the end of it ps. that corvette is an ugly beast

 

[Green]

Don’t get into a discussion with him, you’ll never hear the end of it ps. that corvette is an ugly beast

Agreed the simple minded people like you should stick together.

 

[Daz]

Agreed the simple minded people like you should stick together.

Stop now please, you’re starting to look churlish

 

[Green]

Stop now please, you’re starting to look churlish

Pot meet kettle

 

[Bilbao-Emira]

Stop now please, you’re starting to look churlish

how about PEACE to close the gap!

#ForTheGapClosed

 

[ADC]

how about PEACE to close the gap!

#ForTheGapClosed

This counts as an official vote for lowering...

 

[switchlanez]

Since we want to talk about body panels. I sure hope my Emira rear fender body panel does not look like this!
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At least there's consistency in assembly.

 

[Green]

Al least there's consistency in assembly.

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Ok I was joking thinking not final production cars. Now you have me a little concerned fingers crossed on final production cars.

 

[Eagle7]

That was something Matt himself pointed out to people in Australia and said it would be fixed.

 

[EF_Guest234]

This is an interesting point I haven’t really seen discussed. Why are there so many LHD cars doing the rounds - so much so that some press cars are LHD?

I’d understand if they were production cars and the intent was to keep as many cars for customers but these aren’t.

Thoughts?

I did the factory heritage tour this week. I understand 85% of the production run will go to countries outside of UK. the line was still doing pre-production cars working out the processes, but they did have the first 30 or so Production Car chassis staged at the start of the line with the majority left hand drive.

 

[ADC]

At least there's consistency in assembly.

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Do you know how much effort it takes to get that misalignment millimetre-perfect on every vehicle down the line!? Ingrateful sods...