If you sold your EMIRA what’s next?

[hellasf1]

Just for fun. If you sold your EMIRA and bought another vehicle what would it be? (Around the same price or less than the EMIRA)

 

[hellasf1]

I never got my Emira - canceled my order as soon as I saw the (horrible, to me) digital interior. I now have a manual 2017 Aston Martin V8 Vantage S and it's all the superb, tactile, analog sports car I could ever want, and it sounds sublime. I have an Elise SC and a Ferrari 488 too, but I love my Aston, and drive it daily.

Yea I still prefer tactile too like the Bugatti Tourbillon!

 

[hellasf1]

As for the Emira, more power and less weight can be added, and for a lot less than a Ferrari or a new edition Emira. The less weight part can be added in phases, depending on how far you want to go, and what or if you're willing to sacrifice any comfort.

I'm not interested in making the car less comfortable to be in, but after next month mine will still be just over 100 lbs lighter than stock, with half of that reduction being unsprung rotating weight. Next up will be a Komo 430 tune if and when they bring it to the U.S. with decent support.

The weight to power ratio of the V6 FE stock is 8.17 lbs/hp. Depending on what Komo can deliver, my goal is to get mine down to 7.00 lbs/hp. Right now it's at 7.64. Getting it down to 7.00 should put me comfortably down in the 2's for 0-60 times, which will make it go much more like it looks. For a base starting point mod-wise, the V6 FE is really a pretty spectacular starting point.

The JUBU is available at the 440.

 

[seriously]

Honestly from a drivers perspective I think all the cars mentioned are downgrades. That said there are many reasons to own a special car. Maybe it’s owning a brand, an icon, a classic, or something expensive. In that regard many other options.

If you’re looking for the best drivers car I think you stick with the emira and save up for a used practical car. There are SO many good options for good practical cars. Would be a shame to compromise the prize for the practical. That said the best 911 you can afford is probably the best single car option that does all these things at a pretty high level.

 

[benjh1028]

I apologize for being overzealous.

Dominated, overshadowed, outshined or vanquished would have been a more appropriate way of phrasing the Emira's triumph over the 911.

We clearly didn’t read the same article.