Japan - Shipping and Delivery (輸送中エミーラ目撃情報)

[ino]

Most the place I asked is about 1M JPY ish… not sure if it’s worth it though ..

My friend told me that he did PPF all over the Exige cup (without roof), and it did cost around 600 thousand yen =60万円 for easy reading.
Emira has roof, so it may cost around 1M as you wrote.
If so, bad news.
I’ll choose to protect front-end and a bit of sides only.

 

[Tokion]

Yes, but depends on the cost.
If the cost is way too high, I will wrap it up in white.

I’ll get some Christmas wrapping ready and hope my I4 will appear in time for Santa to carry it along

 

[ino]

I’ll get some Christmas wrapping ready and hope my I4 will appear in time for Santa to carry it along

I am pretty sure that, he will bring you some presents with drifting!

 

[Tokion]

I am pretty sure that, he will bring you some presents with drifting!

Yeah! I saw that heart-warming video already. But thanks

 

[Tokion]

Here is one PPF provider in Tokyo with a good website (I have not been in contact with them yet), prices and other info. Would be nice if others who have experience with this company (or others like them) could post a “review”.

https://smart-auto.co.jp/contact/protectionfilm/
株式会社スマートオート
〒136-0074　東京都江東区東砂7-10-14
TEL : 03-6666-2544
MAIL : info@smart-auto.co.jp

 

[virtualmacho]

(reposted in correct thread)
Status in Daikoku: No change from last week. The lone Seneca Blue car is still on the lot. What is it waiting for? Is there a showroom that hasn't completed renovation work (to comply with the new Lotus CI standards)?
さみしそう。

 

[Tokion]

(reposted in correct thread)
Status in Daikoku: No change from last week. The lone Seneca Blue car is still on the lot. What is it waiting for? Is there a showroom that hasn't completed renovation work (to comply with the new Lotus CI standards)?
さみしそう。
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Cars that remains there can be regarded as “bonded”, and this will continue as long as the homologation process continues. This will of course also involve hands on work on this particular car in order to become compliant. However I assume that this work will be done by LCI after the car is released to their service workshop. I agree that it is curious that all the other Emiras have “evaporated”, while this “lonely one” is sitting behind

 

[virtualmacho]

I noticed that several car carriers had docked into Daikoku today. One of them, the Martorell had left Portbury UK on Mar. 04 (I know, not Southampton, but the same country so pretty much the same thing from where I am) so with high hopes I dropped by.
同じ英国だから大差ないだろう、という認識。

No new Emiras today. Looks like it was carrying heavy yellow (not Hethel Yellow) machinery.
運んでいたのは重機かな。

 

[eriegz]

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I noticed that several car carriers had docked into Daikoku today. One of them, the Martorell had left Portbury UK on Mar. 04 (I know, not Southampton, but the same country so pretty much the same thing from where I am) so with high hopes I dropped by.
同じ英国だから大差ないだろう、という認識。

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No new Emiras today. Looks like it was carrying heavy yellow (not Hethel Yellow) machinery.
運んでいたのは重機かな。

Why am I so invested in the saga of this lonely blue Emira?

Parked by itself in the middle of a giant lot, all alone...

 

[Tokion]

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I noticed that several car carriers had docked into Daikoku today. One of them, the Martorell had left Portbury UK on Mar. 04 (I know, not Southampton, but the same country so pretty much the same thing from where I am) so with high hopes I dropped by.
同じ英国だから大差ないだろう、という認識。

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No new Emiras today. Looks like it was carrying heavy yellow (not Hethel Yellow) machinery.
運んでいたのは重機かな。

These are needed to dig the winding road for all the upcoming Emiras

 

[virtualmacho]

Why am I so invested in the saga of this lonely blue Emira?

Parked by itself in the middle of a giant lot, all alone...

Same here. Even though I have ordered a different color Emira, I feel an emotional bond with this particular car...

 

[ino]

Only lonely Emira in Daikoku.
I don’t know when this movie was taken, but anyways, nothing has changed in long time.

 

[ino]

At least three more Emiras has arrived. (One is the lost child of the first arrivals)

 

[digilotus]

Three more Emiras has arrived. (One is the lost child of the first arrivals)

@ino is our resident Japanese sleuth!

 

[virtualmacho]

Three more Emiras has arrived. (One is the lost child of the first arrivals)

Thanks for the update! At least 3 more arrivals + "Lonely Blue". Still more than 200 to go until mine...
今日は風が強いですね！居残りブルーの他に少なくとも3台の新規入港ってことですね。まだまだ時間がかかりそうです。

 

[ino]

Thanks for the update! At least 3 more arrivals + "Lonely Blue". Still more than 200 to go until mine...
今日は風が強いですね！居残りブルーの他に少なくとも3台の新規入港ってことですね。まだまだ時間がかかりそうです。

I was thinking your order number is almost fastest in Japan! Hope your DV will come to Japan and will deliver soon. (In the original meaning.)

Heard from a dealer; the shipping is not in order by order number, so your Emira might come faster than others…

 

[Tokion]

Three more Emiras has arrived. (One is the lost child of the first arrivals)

You also now see these appearing at Lotus dealers across Japan (since about April 22) as “exhibition cars”. Apparently none of them are registered for road/steet use. The red with upper and lower black-pack is in Fukuoka etc.

What I would like to hear (except the approved exhaust loudness) is whether the Emira V6 now has type approval for Japan, or if this is still pending (and in this case： WHEN can we expect them to be allowed to drive on Japanese streets/roads?)

 

[forest]

You also now see these appearing at Lotus dealers across Japan (since about April 22) as “exhibition cars”. Apparently none of them are registered for road/steet use. The red with upper and lower black-pack is in Fukuoka etc.

What I would like to hear (except the approved exhaust loudness) is whether the Emira V6 now has type approval for Japan, or if this is still pending (and in this case： WHEN can we expect them to be allowed to drive on Japanese streets/roads?)

It is currently awaiting approval.
While awaiting approval, they will be stored in the warehouse, but I assume they will be on display at the dealership since the warehouse is overflowing.
I think the parts will probably be ready for approval around May 20.
All vehicles on display at each dealer will be finished on or about May 20.
I believe that the cars will be returned to Tokyo on May 20, replaced with new parts, approved, and then delivered to all over Japan.
The dealer also said that the delivery will start from the end of May or June.
I was told that my Emira has already arrived in Japan.

現在は承認待ちです。
承認待ちの間は倉庫に保管されますが倉庫が溢れるのでディーラーで展示されているのだろうと思います。
恐らく5月20日くらいに承認の為のパーツが揃うのだろうと思います。
各ディーラーで展示されている車両は全て20日くらいで終了します。
5月20日くらいに一旦東京に戻されてパーツを取り換えて承認された後、再度全国に納車されると思います。
ディーラーの人も5月末から6月くらいから納車が始まると言っていました。
尚、私のエミーラは既に日本に到着していると言われました。

 

[Tokion]

It is currently awaiting approval.
While awaiting approval, they will be stored in the warehouse, but I assume they will be on display at the dealership since the warehouse is overflowing.
I think the parts will probably be ready for approval around May 20.
All vehicles on display at each dealer will be finished on or about May 20.
I believe that the cars will be returned to Tokyo on May 20, replaced with new parts, approved, and then delivered to all over Japan.
The dealer also said that the delivery will start from the end of May or June.
I was told that my Emira has already arrived in Japan.

現在は承認待ちです。
承認待ちの間は倉庫に保管されますが倉庫が溢れるのでディーラーで展示されているのだろうと思います。
恐らく5月20日くらいに承認の為のパーツが揃うのだろうと思います。
各ディーラーで展示されている車両は全て20日くらいで終了します。
5月20日くらいに一旦東京に戻されてパーツを取り換えて承認された後、再度全国に納車されると思います。
ディーラーの人も5月末から6月くらいから納車が始まると言っていました。
尚、私のエミーラは既に日本に到着していると言われました。

Thanks for great information ‘forest’

Exactly as I have anticipated and hinted. But it is great to get this confirmed by someone who seems to have ‘inside information’.

Would be cool to know what those ‘parts’ are (I guess they have to do with catalyzer and silencer), but I will not push my luck

 

[Tokion]

I was told that my Emira has already arrived in Japan.

尚、私のエミーラは既に日本に到着していると言われました。

forest-さんのエミーラは日本に到着していることおめでとうございます

Congratulations to you, forest, that your Emira has already arrived in Japan.

(I shall be really happy to see it after you receive it and can drive it around, - if you also live in Tokyo or Kanto-area)