USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[Eagle7]

I don't know if this is a record, but I picked up my Emira Friday and drove 868 miles within the first 24 hours...all flawless! Almost knocked out the entire break-in period. Don't worry, I researched and followed proper break-in process, so what would normally be a 12-hour trip actually took 14 hours.

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Now THAT'S dedication lol. I've had mine just over 2 weeks and I only have 276 miles on it because our weather here as been totally wacky. I refuse to drive my car in the rain or when it's wet outside; at least at this point. I don't want gray road grime all over it. Today it's clear skies and sunny, so I'm going out for a drive.

Congrats man!

 

[@Life411]

Now THAT'S dedication lol. I've had mine just over 2 weeks and I only have 276 miles on it because our weather here as been totally wacky. I refuse to drive my car in the rain or when it's wet outside; at least at this point. I don't want gray road grime all over it. Today it's clear skies and sunny, so I'm going out for a drive.

Congrats man!

Thanks. I don't know if it was dedication. I needed to get back for a beach week and when I was informed the car was ready, it was just the best option I could figure out.

Gave it a quick wash today to get rid of the road grime...there was plenty after 868 miles! I could not have asked for better driving weather though. Not too hot, not too cold, not too sunny, only a light rain the last hour of the drive...even less construction than I'm used to the past few years.

 

[Moparman]

Try Hegarty and leave 18 yr old off the policy?

Here in Canada, Hagerty force my 18 year old from occasional driver on one our two cars to a primary driver on my collector car, a $9000 incremental premium on a 32 year old car with a value of $20k. I’m not happy with hagerty. I thought collector or not daily driven cars would get us around these silly rules. I will have to cancel my deposit on the Lotus and give up my dream until my kids are 25 and have their own policy.

 

[Time2Fly]

Here in Canada, Hagerty force my 18 year old from occasional driver on one our two cars to a primary driver on my collector car, a $9000 incremental premium on a 32 year old car with a value of $20k. I’m not happy with hagerty. I thought collector or not daily driven cars would get us around these silly rules. I will have to cancel my deposit on the Lotus and give up my dream until my kids are 25 and have their own policy.

Can't you open two policies?

 

[neiru37]

This is going to be incredibly specific, but has anyone experienced buying a new car then moving to a new state in 1-2 months?

My current research tells me I need to pay sales tax and registration on the state I take delivery on (CA) then I have to pay use tax and registration on the state I'm moving to (WA). Does that seem about right? Anything I'm missing?

 

[FlyNavy01]

This is going to be incredibly specific, but has anyone experienced buying a new car then moving to a new state in 1-2 months?

My current research tells me I need to pay sales tax and registration on the state I take delivery on (CA) then I have to pay use tax and registration on the state I'm moving to (WA). Does that seem about right? Anything I'm missing?

Most states in my experience will charge you sales tax on a vehicle if you move within the first 6 months of ownership. You can get around this if you keep the initial state's registration for 6 months, so all you have to pay is registration in the new state. That's a risk because you're typically required to update your plates long before that legally speaking, unless you're military. It gets complicated because the laws vary with each state, but most will only charge you the difference in tax. WA and CA have similar sales tax rates, WA probably a little more since they don't have income tax, especially if you're moving near Seattle/Bellevue. It's around 10.2% if I remember correctly.

 

[@Life411]

Here in Canada, Hagerty force my 18 year old from occasional driver on one our two cars to a primary driver on my collector car, a $9000 incremental premium on a 32 year old car with a value of $20k. I’m not happy with hagerty. I thought collector or not daily driven cars would get us around these silly rules. I will have to cancel my deposit on the Lotus and give up my dream until my kids are 25 and have their own policy.

I don't know if you have this option in Canada, but if your collector car isn't being driven, you can sometimes get a car insured for storage but not to be driven. My elderly dad did that with his Mercedes since he wasn't driving it any longer. This was in Indiana. And it's just an email to the insurance broker to switch it to a road-going coverage when needed.

Hope you can sort it out. If not, that's a real shame that bureaucracy is stymying your dream of owning an Emira.

 

[Porter]

Here in Canada, Hagerty force my 18 year old from occasional driver on one our two cars to a primary driver on my collector car, a $9000 incremental premium on a 32 year old car with a value of $20k. I’m not happy with hagerty. I thought collector or not daily driven cars would get us around these silly rules. I will have to cancel my deposit on the Lotus and give up my dream until my kids are 25 and have their own policy.

Surely there are ways around this? Maybe put the keys in a biometric safe and document it for them? That's an insane amount of money.

 

[GetawayDriving]

I don't know if this is a record, but I picked up my Emira Friday and drove 868 miles within the first 24 hours...all flawless! Almost knocked out the entire break-in period. Don't worry, I researched and followed proper break-in process, so what would normally be a 12-hour trip actually took 14 hours.

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What was your method? My drive home next week will be about 1,000 miles. I can take my time, was going to meander the B-roads but curious what highway methods you stuck to.

 

[@Life411]

What was your method? My drive home next week will be about 1,000 miles. I can take my time, was going to meander the B-roads but curious what highway methods you stuck to.

There is a great thread about proper break-in procedures that I reviewed and suggest you do also: https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/proper-engine-break-in.3052/#post-137200

Then it boils down to basically this. Keep it under 4,000 RPM and in Tour mode. Vary RPM regularly...in other words don't set it at a constant speed on cruise for two hours. This meant alternating highway speed and shifting between 4th, 5th and 6th gears every 10 or 15 minutes at minimum. Often there was enough traffic that I was driving manually and so things varied naturally.

Hope this helps and good luck! Sounds like you'll have a more enjoyable drive than I did. Unfortunately, due to other commitments and when my car arrived, I didn't have that luxury.

 

[Jincook]

Can someone tell me if this is normal?

My car vibrates more when I turn the AC on at complete stop. It bothers me to the point where I do not want to turn the AC even when it's close to 90 in socal.

 

[KAR120C]

Can someone tell me if this is normal?

My car vibrates more when I turn the AC on at complete stop. It bothers me to the point where I do not want to turn the AC even when it's close to 90 in socal.

I think it's normal. Mine does, sometimes worse than others. I either flip it to track to up the idle, or just give it a tiny bit of throttle. At 1k, there is 0 vibration.

 

[I.am.Duke]

Awesome spec! What color is your interior?

tan. Its a little more orange than I anticipated, but it works really well with the silver.

 

[Eagle7]

Can someone tell me if this is normal?

My car vibrates more when I turn the AC on at complete stop. It bothers me to the point where I do not want to turn the AC even when it's close to 90 in socal.

Yes it's normal. When you turn on the AC the engine is now driving the compressor too which adds load to the engine. It's like you walking along carrying a 25 lb bag and suddenly somebody drops another 25 lb bag on top of it. As soon as you're moving the vibration will stop.

 

[drjazzsk]

So turning on AC vibrates car? In what world is that normal? I have literally never felt that in any vehicle. Any other “normal” things the car has that most cars don’t? LOL! The car is absolutely beautiful but some of these issues people are pointing out are concerning. I must seriously consider the extended warranty.

 

[KAR120C]

So turning on AC vibrates car? In what world is that normal? I have literally never felt that in any vehicle. Any other “normal” things the car has that most cars don’t? LOL! The car is absolutely beautiful but some of these issues people are pointing out are concerning. I must seriously consider the extended warranty.

My guess is has firmer engine mounts than the Camry.

 

[Eagle7]

So turning on AC vibrates car? In what world is that normal? I have literally never felt that in any vehicle. Any other “normal” things the car has that most cars don’t? LOL! The car is absolutely beautiful but some of these issues people are pointing out are concerning. I must seriously consider the extended warranty.

Depends on the car and the engine. On small displacement engines that don't have tons of torque, you're more likely to feel the vibration when the AC compressor is engaged, but only if you're sitting still at idle. The Emira has surprisingly good AC, which mean's they didn't put a cheap low capacity system in it.

It used to be that American cars had these fantastic refrigeration units in their cars, and European cars had weak to moderate AC because of the difference in the torque of American V8's vs the smaller 4's and 6's of European cars. There's not so much of a difference now. The AC units today are much more efficient than they used to be, and cars have more power and torque than they used to. It's not a huge difference, but I can feel and slightly hear the change in idle sound when I turn on the AC. Once the car's moving, you don't notice a thing.

 

[Time2Fly]

I wonder why they don't just program it to I'll the idle fifty rpm or whatever is needed. They do it with airplanes, why not cars?

 

[GetawayDriving]

There is a great thread about proper break-in procedures that I reviewed and suggest you do also: https://www.emiraforum.com/threads/proper-engine-break-in.3052/#post-137200

Then it boils down to basically this. Keep it under 4,000 RPM and in Tour mode. Vary RPM regularly...in other words don't set it at a constant speed on cruise for two hours. This meant alternating highway speed and shifting between 4th, 5th and 6th gears every 10 or 15 minutes at minimum. Often there was enough traffic that I was driving manually and so things varied naturally.

Hope this helps and good luck! Sounds like you'll have a more enjoyable drive than I did. Unfortunately, due to other commitments and when my car arrived, I didn't have that luxury.

Thank you. I had read that thread, was just curious about your actual experience applying it over such a long distance. I’ll probably meander the B-roads most of the way.

 

[Time2Fly]

Thank you. I had read that thread, was just curious about your actual experience applying it over such a long distance. I’ll probably meander the B-roads most of the way.

Just take an exit ramp every ten to fifteen minutes and then get right back on the highway.