Could you post some pictures that show details of the car key ?
The ride quality but also the "chassis flow" is excellent and the whole experience is very rewarding.
. Met very nice likeminded Lotus enthusiasts from Belgium who will now help me replacing my rubber donuts on the Elan Sprint in a few weeks. 
). But I brought you guys a little bit to shorten the time until another certain video gets released (soon).
Just a GoPro 6 with a suction mount that I couldn't turn 360* so the angles are a bit odd. 
GoPro mics are also not so good for cabin sound, it has a bit of an echo chamber effect. The car sounds "better" in real life than on this video.
Sure appreciate your contributions! The car sounds great!I promised earlier that I'll take the GoPro and try to capture some noises of the Emira. Here comes the result of a very nice but far too busy roadtrip to the Eifel region.
After doing a cold start I saw that the redline depends on the engine temperature, didn't know that it had that. Cockpit showed 5000rpm only right after start but went up to the "meh" 6800 rpm after a couple minutes. Had a blast on the Autobahn to around 200km/h - car is super stable and planted, joined a beautiful E-Type on the way to the Ring and also saw him on the way back again.
The car is at around 800km now, so I still couldn't (officially) floor it. But I was much braver today than in the days last two days! Its pretty much the first real trip. I have to say, I fell a little bit more in love with her today!
Yes, the gear box _still_ has some roughness to it (even though I believe it got optimised since the Evora generation) but I have sympathy for the imperfection of it and take it as extra engagement when driving the car. Compared to Porsche, the gate is definitely more narrow and requires more precision when shifting. It also doesn't have the smoothness of the famous Honda Civic or MX-5 shift. Even my 45 year old Esprit is smoother. But the mechanical "clunk" of the shift oozes character. You won't be the fastest on the track with it, but you wouldn't be the fastest in any manual car. I am now in peace with the gearbox debate and think we should take the Emira as a visceral sportscar for the road that tries to be as useable as possible on a daily basis. Not the "best", not the "fastest" or the most high tech... but definitely fun while driving!
The attention was insane that the car got, I had a whole group of hikers with their kids asking me if they could sit in it and take selfies with it. Car spotters running after me driving away
And than there was the b-road blast. The best section didn't make it on the GoPro unfortunately (or maybe its good that there is no evidence?
Oh, and did I mention that the car got a lot louder? I have to correct myself - it might not be too far away from the Evora anymore. But definitely less drone in the cabin (which is 100% a good thing).
Disclaimer: I am not trying to be a "YouTuber" or film editor, I just had an hour to spare and always wanted to try Lumafusion on my iPad... Please don't expect a professional video.
I promised earlier that I'll take the GoPro and try to capture some noises of the Emira. Here comes the result of a very nice but far too busy roadtrip to the Eifel region.
After doing a cold start I saw that the redline depends on the engine temperature, didn't know that it had that. Cockpit showed 5000rpm only right after start but went up to the "meh" 6800 rpm after a couple minutes. Had a blast on the Autobahn to around 200km/h - car is super stable and planted, joined a beautiful E-Type on the way to the Ring and also saw him on the way back again.
The car is at around 800km now, so I still couldn't (officially) floor it. But I was much braver today than in the days last two days! Its pretty much the first real trip. I have to say, I fell a little bit more in love with her today!
Yes, the gear box _still_ has some roughness to it (even though I believe it got optimised since the Evora generation) but I have sympathy for the imperfection of it and take it as extra engagement when driving the car. Compared to Porsche, the gate is definitely more narrow and requires more precision when shifting. It also doesn't have the smoothness of the famous Honda Civic or MX-5 shift. Even my 45 year old Esprit is smoother. But the mechanical "clunk" of the shift oozes character. You won't be the fastest on the track with it, but you wouldn't be the fastest in any manual car. I am now in peace with the gearbox debate and think we should take the Emira as a visceral sportscar for the road that tries to be as useable as possible on a daily basis. Not the "best", not the "fastest" or the most high tech... but definitely fun while driving!
The attention was insane that the car got, I had a whole group of hikers with their kids asking me if they could sit in it and take selfies with it. Car spotters running after me driving away
And than there was the b-road blast. The best section didn't make it on the GoPro unfortunately (or maybe its good that there is no evidence?
Oh, and did I mention that the car got a lot louder? I have to correct myself - it might not be too far away from the Evora anymore. But definitely less drone in the cabin (which is 100% a good thing).
Disclaimer: I am not trying to be a "YouTuber" or film editor, I just had an hour to spare and always wanted to try Lumafusion on my iPad... Please don't expect a professional video.
Wow that's exactly the stuff I want to see!!! I'm sure I'm not alone here. Thanks so much for putting this together for us. Many folks would have just been gone enjoying their new Emiras and not even thinking of us poor saps that are still in line...I promised earlier that I'll take the GoPro and try to capture some noises of the Emira. Here comes the result of a very nice but far too busy roadtrip to the Eifel region.
After doing a cold start I saw that the redline depends on the engine temperature, didn't know that it had that. Cockpit showed 5000rpm only right after start but went up to the "meh" 6800 rpm after a couple minutes. Had a blast on the Autobahn to around 200km/h - car is super stable and planted, joined a beautiful E-Type on the way to the Ring and also saw him on the way back again.
The car is at around 800km now, so I still couldn't (officially) floor it. But I was much braver today than in the days last two days! Its pretty much the first real trip. I have to say, I fell a little bit more in love with her today!
Yes, the gear box _still_ has some roughness to it (even though I believe it got optimised since the Evora generation) but I have sympathy for the imperfection of it and take it as extra engagement when driving the car. Compared to Porsche, the gate is definitely more narrow and requires more precision when shifting. It also doesn't have the smoothness of the famous Honda Civic or MX-5 shift. Even my 45 year old Esprit is smoother. But the mechanical "clunk" of the shift oozes character. You won't be the fastest on the track with it, but you wouldn't be the fastest in any manual car. I am now in peace with the gearbox debate and think we should take the Emira as a visceral sportscar for the road that tries to be as useable as possible on a daily basis. Not the "best", not the "fastest" or the most high tech... but definitely fun while driving!
The attention was insane that the car got, I had a whole group of hikers with their kids asking me if they could sit in it and take selfies with it. Car spotters running after me driving away
And than there was the b-road blast. The best section didn't make it on the GoPro unfortunately (or maybe its good that there is no evidence?
Oh, and did I mention that the car got a lot louder? I have to correct myself - it might not be too far away from the Evora anymore. But definitely less drone in the cabin (which is 100% a good thing).
Disclaimer: I am not trying to be a "YouTuber" or film editor, I just had an hour to spare and always wanted to try Lumafusion on my iPad... Please don't expect a professional video.
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Nice video! Car sounds good, even with a GoPro mic. How is the visibility in the evening and at night, are the headlights good?I promised earlier that I'll take the GoPro and try to capture some noises of the Emira. Here comes the result of a very nice but far too busy roadtrip to the Eifel region.
After doing a cold start I saw that the redline depends on the engine temperature, didn't know that it had that. Cockpit showed 5000rpm only right after start but went up to the "meh" 6800 rpm after a couple minutes. Had a blast on the Autobahn to around 200km/h - car is super stable and planted, joined a beautiful E-Type on the way to the Ring and also saw him on the way back again.
The car is at around 800km now, so I still couldn't (officially) floor it. But I was much braver today than in the days last two days! Its pretty much the first real trip. I have to say, I fell a little bit more in love with her today!
Yes, the gear box _still_ has some roughness to it (even though I believe it got optimised since the Evora generation) but I have sympathy for the imperfection of it and take it as extra engagement when driving the car. Compared to Porsche, the gate is definitely more narrow and requires more precision when shifting. It also doesn't have the smoothness of the famous Honda Civic or MX-5 shift. Even my 45 year old Esprit is smoother. But the mechanical "clunk" of the shift oozes character. You won't be the fastest on the track with it, but you wouldn't be the fastest in any manual car. I am now in peace with the gearbox debate and think we should take the Emira as a visceral sportscar for the road that tries to be as useable as possible on a daily basis. Not the "best", not the "fastest" or the most high tech... but definitely fun while driving!
The attention was insane that the car got, I had a whole group of hikers with their kids asking me if they could sit in it and take selfies with it. Car spotters running after me driving away
And than there was the b-road blast. The best section didn't make it on the GoPro unfortunately (or maybe its good that there is no evidence?
Oh, and did I mention that the car got a lot louder? I have to correct myself - it might not be too far away from the Evora anymore. But definitely less drone in the cabin (which is 100% a good thing).
Disclaimer: I am not trying to be a "YouTuber" or film editor, I just had an hour to spare and always wanted to try Lumafusion on my iPad... Please don't expect a professional video.
This is lovely, thank you! And congratulations!I promised earlier that I'll take the GoPro and try to capture some noises of the Emira. Here comes the result of a very nice but far too busy roadtrip to the Eifel region.
After doing a cold start I saw that the redline depends on the engine temperature, didn't know that it had that. Cockpit showed 5000rpm only right after start but went up to the "meh" 6800 rpm after a couple minutes. Had a blast on the Autobahn to around 200km/h - car is super stable and planted, joined a beautiful E-Type on the way to the Ring and also saw him on the way back again.
The car is at around 800km now, so I still couldn't (officially) floor it. But I was much braver today than in the days last two days! Its pretty much the first real trip. I have to say, I fell a little bit more in love with her today!
Yes, the gear box _still_ has some roughness to it (even though I believe it got optimised since the Evora generation) but I have sympathy for the imperfection of it and take it as extra engagement when driving the car. Compared to Porsche, the gate is definitely more narrow and requires more precision when shifting. It also doesn't have the smoothness of the famous Honda Civic or MX-5 shift. Even my 45 year old Esprit is smoother. But the mechanical "clunk" of the shift oozes character. You won't be the fastest on the track with it, but you wouldn't be the fastest in any manual car. I am now in peace with the gearbox debate and think we should take the Emira as a visceral sportscar for the road that tries to be as useable as possible on a daily basis. Not the "best", not the "fastest" or the most high tech... but definitely fun while driving!
The attention was insane that the car got, I had a whole group of hikers with their kids asking me if they could sit in it and take selfies with it. Car spotters running after me driving away
And than there was the b-road blast. The best section didn't make it on the GoPro unfortunately (or maybe its good that there is no evidence?
Oh, and did I mention that the car got a lot louder? I have to correct myself - it might not be too far away from the Evora anymore. But definitely less drone in the cabin (which is 100% a good thing).
Disclaimer: I am not trying to be a "YouTuber" or film editor, I just had an hour to spare and always wanted to try Lumafusion on my iPad... Please don't expect a professional video.
Thank you for sharing these photos and videos of your Emira ownership experience thus far with all of us on here; it means a lot!I promised earlier that I'll take the GoPro and try to capture some noises of the Emira. Here comes the result of a very nice but far too busy roadtrip to the Eifel region.
After doing a cold start I saw that the redline depends on the engine temperature, didn't know that it had that. Cockpit showed 5000rpm only right after start but went up to the "meh" 6800 rpm after a couple minutes. Had a blast on the Autobahn to around 200km/h - car is super stable and planted, joined a beautiful E-Type on the way to the Ring and also saw him on the way back again.
The car is at around 800km now, so I still couldn't (officially) floor it. But I was much braver today than in the days last two days! Its pretty much the first real trip. I have to say, I fell a little bit more in love with her today!
Yes, the gear box _still_ has some roughness to it (even though I believe it got optimised since the Evora generation) but I have sympathy for the imperfection of it and take it as extra engagement when driving the car. Compared to Porsche, the gate is definitely more narrow and requires more precision when shifting. It also doesn't have the smoothness of the famous Honda Civic or MX-5 shift. Even my 45 year old Esprit is smoother. But the mechanical "clunk" of the shift oozes character. You won't be the fastest on the track with it, but you wouldn't be the fastest in any manual car. I am now in peace with the gearbox debate and think we should take the Emira as a visceral sportscar for the road that tries to be as useable as possible on a daily basis. Not the "best", not the "fastest" or the most high tech... but definitely fun while driving!
The attention was insane that the car got, I had a whole group of hikers with their kids asking me if they could sit in it and take selfies with it. Car spotters running after me driving away
And than there was the b-road blast. The best section didn't make it on the GoPro unfortunately (or maybe its good that there is no evidence?
Oh, and did I mention that the car got a lot louder? I have to correct myself - it might not be too far away from the Evora anymore. But definitely less drone in the cabin (which is 100% a good thing).
Disclaimer: I am not trying to be a "YouTuber" or film editor, I just had an hour to spare and always wanted to try Lumafusion on my iPad... Please don't expect a professional video.
It's great to see you enjoying the car, and for me personally it makes the long wait just a little bit easier.
100% opposite. Can't say the speeds yet as I'm running her in still. But the low end torque means that it gives a surprising early push towards the famously low rev limiter. Makes shifts at 4000rpm not feel wasted.
Makes sense since you are not pushing yet.I did a quick google what 12L per 100km is in MPG and it returned 23mpg. That may go down after run in and is surprisingly the same I have on the GT430 Sport. Thought the Emira might be a bit more fuel efficient. But that is probably reserved for the i4
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