USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[DF_Toronto]

I placed my order august 21. I haven’t received the car yet I’m actually at the factory today and tomorrow to watch it come down the assembly line. The 4500 was on the invoice I received from scotti

Incredible, enjoy! How did you manage to visit the factory with your car on the line? I heard a few ppl enquire but the dealers said they couldn’t get that info - assume you know someone or went the route of bypassing the dealer and contacting Lotus directly?

 

[Maffu313]

Back in dealer after 500k. Limp mode. Or ‘Engine Reduced Acceleration’ . Camshaft position sensor codes, O2 sensor codes, damage to leather and interior . Waiting for parts from US - new cats, cam and O2 sensors ETA at least 2 weeks after 2+ years of waiting with either no or farcical communication. Still I had those 500km of sub 4K RPM driving to enjoy.

I’ll let you draw your conclusions on this as an ‘experience’ .

My first Mosport day chasing my friends in their Porsches is now going to see me bumming a ride in their P cars.

If you want an art installation (that you can visit at the dealer) get an Emira.

If you want a viable trackable road car. Walk up the road and buy a used GT4.

damn, sorry to hear your troubles. Do you know if yours was an earlier build? Just trying to see if these are problems that may have been fixed subsequently.

I'm at about 700km now and no issues so far, also staying under the 4k rpm break-in threshold.

 

[kratedisease]

Out of boredom, I looked at Auto trader and cars.com to look to see if any used EMIRA's were listed for sale as of yet, and to my surprise I see 50 NEW Emira listed for sale starting at $97k.

Whats up with that ? Isn't everyone back logged and on a waiting list ?

how is this possible ?

 

[AMKV28]

Can anyone from Toronto (Gentry or Oakville) share their cost for PPF (partial or full), Ceramic Coating, and PDI Cost on the bill of sale?

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Out of boredom, I looked at Auto trader and cars.com to look to see if any used EMIRA's were listed for sale as of yet, and to my surprise I see 50 NEW Emira listed for sale starting at $97k.

Whats up with that ? Isn't everyone back logged and on a waiting list ?

how is this possible ?

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It’s an automated posting when dealers get cars into inventory. 99% of these are already sold

 

[scarzie]

Out of boredom, I looked at Auto trader and cars.com to look to see if any used EMIRA's were listed for sale as of yet, and to my surprise I see 50 NEW Emira listed for sale starting at $97k.

Whats up with that ? Isn't everyone back logged and on a waiting list ?

how is this possible ?

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Likely FE1s still waiting for delivery that are (mostly) spoken for. The same thing happened with a bunch of dealers when they put them in their online inventory

 

[Vampyre]

Out of boredom, I looked at Auto trader and cars.com to look to see if any used EMIRA's were listed for sale as of yet, and to my surprise I see 50 NEW Emira listed for sale starting at $97k.

Whats up with that ? Isn't everyone back logged and on a waiting list ?

how is this possible ?

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when you call they are all pre sold!
New Price is 105400

 

[kratedisease]

It’s an automated posting when dealers get cars into inventory. 99% of these are already sold

makes sense . I figured it was impossible since the "used" Emiras with a few hundred miles were listed at $117k and higher

 

[Neb]

I was quoted around $8000 cdn for freight and pdi for western Canada. $5000 for freight and $3000 for pdi.

It is pretty crazy.

I got the same from dealer out west. They would not lower.

 

[I.am.Duke]

Does anyone know when the model year will change to 2025? Not sure how relevant this will be, but since I am still waiting on delivery, am I going to take possession of a vehicle that is already a model year old?

 

[Go Kart]

My wife just got her VIN number from Las Vegas Auto Gallery… it’s in the high 2000s and does not appear on any of the manifests so far. Which is somewhat good news imo.

I’m hoping Lotus actually pulled their heads out recently and fixed some production issues before her car was built. Paint blisters, and HVAC shield/updated resistor waterproofing are my two biggest concerns.

 

[EZcheezy]

im also thinking im lucky my car wasnt built yet

 

[Go Kart]

im also thinking im lucky my car wasnt built yet

Absolutely. I don’t care about having the car delivered sooner than others. I’d rather be later down the line and possibly have a better chance of being built right.

 

[adefeatedman]

Absolutely. I don’t care about having the car delivered sooner than others. I’d rather be later down the line and possibly have a better chance of being built right.

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Speak for yourself. I have the patience of a child.

 

[whupwhup]

More Emiras arrived in NY on 4/26, only 6 for the US but 36 for Canada. Images below links to the tracking sheet where you'll find the VINs:

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Thanks for tracking these. Very much appreciated. Sadly they skipped around my VIN again. Maybe the next canadian batch.

 

[benjh1028]

My wife just got her VIN number from Las Vegas Auto Gallery… it’s in the high 2000s and does not appear on any of the manifests so far. Which is somewhat good news imo.

I’m hoping Lotus actually pulled their heads out recently and fixed some production issues before her car was built. Paint blisters, and HVAC shield/updated resistor waterproofing are my two biggest concerns.

I'm hopeful that paint blisters were an early, non-U.S. issue as there doesn't seem to be too many reports of this issue stateside.

 

[Blackthought_]

Man I was thinking of the OG Evora that has working harness issues in 2010 that took them YEARS to fix. I recall 2014s still having issues

My money is on the aftermarket support being able to step in and helping making things better. I’m not confident that lotus can step up here. They’ve had a year since launch elsewhere in the world and it was still a debacle

 

[kitkat]

I'm hopeful that paint blisters were an early, non-U.S. issue as there doesn't seem to be too many reports of this issue stateside.

Wait till next winter

 

[Go Kart]

I'm hopeful that paint blisters were an early, non-U.S. issue as there doesn't seem to be too many reports of this issue stateside.

I’m hoping the same, but the U.S. cars don’t have the mileage or time owned under their belts that UK cars do. If this problem still exists I don’t think paint blisters will show themselves on NA cars for 6-12 months after they’ve been delivered to owners.

 

[DF_Toronto]

I started a message thread on this but it doesn’t seem to let me add. Dealer PPF around 9K for full car. Edges are not wrapped and have sizeable gaps. Have found a couple good alternatives looking at 6-7 for full car and 9-10 with ceramic. Edges wrapped.

PDI & Delivery has been reported 5K.