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[FlyNavy01]

Ah that makes sense. Have you heard any ETA?

Late 2024 or Early 2025 was the guidance given from Lotus USA I believe. Sounds like they're starting to build them now or very shortly.

I just bought a Seneca Blue with black pack as well. It will be here next week. I live in St Aug. See you around!

Mine is on the way from Washington state as of yesterday. Should be here next week as well, I'm near Nocatee.

 

[WindJunkie]

Mine is on the way from Washington state as of yesterday. Should be here next week as well, I'm near Nocatee.

Very good, what color did you get? I live off 210 in North St Aug by St Johns Parkway, perhaps we could coordinate a photo shoot sometime!

 

[WindJunkie]

Please DM me of you are interested in having your car at Xineerjng test fitted for one of their autoblip downshift module once it is available for the Emira. I can get you in touch with Max there….they are just outside of Orlando….

Blip Module

Downshift Rev Matching for ANY H-Pattern Transmissions. OEM Plug-and-Play, Easy Setup, Motorsport Grade Wiring

www.xineering.com

I'm happy to see this is being developed for the Emira. Coming from the Civic Type R platform, the lack of rev match is one of my biggest complaints about the Emira. I can't understand why Lotus didn't implement a switch to turn on/off auto rev match. I will be looking into this once I get mine next week and get it broken in

 

[R35_J]

For those of you who have already received your car from Orlando, how much notice did you have when your car was on the way? I'm supposed to have an April build so wondering if I'm getting my vin soon.

 

[FlyNavy01]

Very good, what color did you get? I live off 210 in North St Aug by St Johns Parkway, perhaps we could coordinate a photo shoot sometime!

For sure! I got Nimbus Grey over tan interior, silver wheels and yellow calipers.

 

[DaaS]

For those of you who have already received your car from Orlando, how much notice did you have when your car was on the way? I'm supposed to have an April build so wondering if I'm getting my vin soon.

I knew my car was already at the port waiting for the CARB approval. Then one day I received a call that my car was ready for pick up.

 

[R35_J]

I knew my car was already at the port waiting for the CARB approval. Then one day I received a call that my car was ready for pick up.

I guess I meant anyone that wasn't in the shipment waiting CARB approval. I placed my deposit January 2022. Just spoke to my salesperson today and my car is already on a ship . Wait is almost over!

 

[emira0427]

Greeting from Orlando.

Got my Emira last weekend and it has been a blast so far, waiting to get PPF so I can drive more, especially during this love bug season I don’t want to go around too much and ruin the paint.

Hope to meet other fellow central Florida owners one day.

Besides PPF on the full car, I also have Milltek valve controller and GRP 3rd cat delete coming in soon.

 

[Gprodigy]

I guess I meant anyone that wasn't in the shipment waiting CARB approval. I placed my deposit January 2022. Just spoke to my salesperson today and my car is already on a ship . Wait is almost over!

Did you have to call them to find out if your car was on a ship? Or did they coincidentally contact you same time you were asking ?

Greeting from Orlando.

Got my Emira last weekend and it has been a blast so far, waiting to get PPF so I can drive more, especially during this love bug season I don’t want to go around too much and ruin the paint.

Hope to meet other fellow central Florida owners one day.

Besides PPF on the full car, I also have Milltek valve controller and GRP 3rd cat delete coming in soon.

Same spec coming soon.

Who are you taking your car to, to install the upgrades? I'm curious if Lotus orlando will install the cat and controller. Some dealerships up north have for their customers.

 

[WindJunkie]

For sure! I got Nimbus Grey over tan interior, silver wheels and yellow calipers.

I just noticed in your signature,
Track: 2025 Ariel Atom 4 [build submitted]

I've GOT to see this once you have it. I can't tell you how bad I wanted to get an Aerial Atom 4, even over the Emira, but with a paranoid wife and two young kids, I had to stay tame with the Emira

 

[FlyNavy01]

I just noticed in your signature,
Track: 2025 Ariel Atom 4 [build submitted]

I've GOT to see this once you have it. I can't tell you how bad I wanted to get an Aerial Atom 4, even over the Emira, but with a paranoid wife and two young kids, I had to stay tame with the Emira

Yes I've been lusting after one for years but could never justify the cost or general insanity. Decided life is short and finally submit a build allocation with a 30% deposit last month! They're quoting 18-24 months for delivery due to a backlog of orders. Let's hope it doesn't take as long as the Emira. I must have some weird attraction to cars that take forever to arrive... I'll absolutely give rides when it gets here though. Specced it with the full carbon aero package too, I can't wait.

 

[R35_J]

Did you have to call them to find out if your car was on a ship? Or did they coincidentally contact you same time you were asking ?

Same spec coming soon.

Who are you taking your car to, to install the upgrades? I'm curious if Lotus orlando will install the cat and controller. Some dealerships up north have for their customers.

I ended up calling yesterday. He said he would call me back later this week with my vin.

 

[emira0427]

Did you have to call them to find out if your car was on a ship? Or did they coincidentally contact you same time you were asking ?

Same spec coming soon.

Who are you taking your car to, to install the upgrades? I'm curious if Lotus orlando will install the cat and controller. Some dealerships up north have for their customers.

I was planning on doing it myself, I have done similar mods before but it might be difficult without a lift or jack. I will probably call around and see if Lotus Orlando can do it or ask my cousins tuning shop to do it for me (Precision Sport Industries, they do more BMW and Porsche)

 

[SJones]

In Orlando here... have deposit down but having trouble convincing the wife on the V6 FE price. We may wait for the base model V6 to come out.....just wish we had official pricing. Dealer wants to me decide.

In Celebration, put deposit down , ultimately wanted a VG with tan interior, sport suspension yellow calipers. Three weeks later dealer calls, they got one in that matched my specs, the fellow that ordered it backed out of the deal ( same as what happed on our 2005 Elise). They were going down the list of depositors - so far nobody wanted it so I was up to bat. Was expecting a lead time of at least a year, after much soul searching parted with our pristine Jag F type R coupe and took the bait. Car had some paint issues- one was factory flaw and the other was transportation damage that lotus refused to warranty. Orlando Lotus stepped up and said “ don’t worry, we’ll handle it” and they did. I had my Elise and Jag serviced there during my our entire owner ship period and they always treated me and the cars great. Highly recommend.

 

[marcnotmark]

Sarasota/Bradenton here. Has anyone gotten a delivery from Naples? I deposited in Dec 2021, submitted my build and additional deposit in Aug 2023, and received a "final build" sheet for an FE-2 that included a VIN in January 2024. Now I'm just waiting for the actual car, or at least word about its whereabouts. No info is coming from the dealer, so I was curious what other Naples patrons might know.

 

[FlyNavy01]

Sarasota/Bradenton here. Has anyone gotten a delivery from Naples? I deposited in Dec 2021, submitted my build and additional deposit in Aug 2023, and received a "final build" sheet for an FE-2 that included a VIN in January 2024. Now I'm just waiting for the actual car, or at least word about its whereabouts. No info is coming from the dealer, so I was curious what other Naples patrons might know.

Welcome! You can search your VIN and see when it arrived in the US using Nova's spreadsheet if it helps >>> US Shipment VIN Tracking Sheet <<<

 

[marcnotmark]

Welcome! You can search your VIN and see when it arrived in the US using Nova's spreadsheet if it helps >>> US Shipment VIN Tracking Sheet <<<

Yay! Thank you for that link. I found mine way back on the 12/29/23 tab. OK, so now I know it's arrived - more than four month's ago. What does that mean?

 

[Gprodigy]

I saw an Electre driving around I4 yesterday. Indianna plate

 

[crestima]

Hi Guys,
Here in Coral Gables, Miami. I've Been a member of the forum for some time, but just came across this thread now.
2 1/2 years on waiting list with $2.5k deposit, and I haven't even been called yet to spec/order my car. My local dealer says it will happen now in June, but I'm not holding my breath. Fortunately, I have other cars in my household so I don't need the Emira, but I suspect like everyone here, I WANT it. Admitedly however, I'm getting increasingly discouraged by the excessive waiting time and my initial ownership excitement is wearing off. Still, but barely, hanging in there.
I'm not sure, but I get the distinct impression that, because Miami exotic car dealers sell volumes of so many top brands, and often represent several in a single dealership, they just don't give much importance or priority to the historically low volume and lower priced brands such as Lotus and inversely, Lotus gives them relatively small allocations.

 

[R35_J]

Hi Guys,
Here in Coral Gables, Miami. I've Been a member of the forum for some time, but just came across this thread now.
2 1/2 years on waiting list with $2.5k deposit, and I haven't even been called yet to spec/order my car. My local dealer says it will happen now in June, but I'm not holding my breath. Fortunately, I have other cars in my household so I don't need the Emira, but I suspect like everyone here, I WANT it. Admitedly however, I'm getting increasingly discouraged by the excessive waiting time and my initial ownership excitement is wearing off. Still, but barely, hanging in there.
I'm not sure, but I get the distinct impression that, because Miami exotic car dealers sell volumes of so many top brands, and often represent several in a single dealership, they just don't give much importance or priority to the historically low volume and lower priced brands such as Lotus and inversely, Lotus gives them relatively small allocations.

I live in Fort Lauderdale and this is exactly why I didn't go with a dealer down here. There's no reason you shouldn't have already placed your order. Sounds like they forgot about you or just don't care.