USA/Canada Delivery Thread

Was given a VIN today... the end is near. Doesn't come up in any search besides Lotus website just yet... so assuming still at Hethel. If anyone comes up with another way to search, please share. Also, do we know if the last 4 is accurate production number? Thanks!!
I received a VIN today. I can see it on this NHTSA website. https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/decoder/Decoder

My salesperson thought that it was on a boat but was not sure. He said that the order for the car is shown as "processed" and sent an inquiry if that meant processed and ready to get on a boat or processed at the incoming port.

I'm in the Midwest and would prefer to have a few months to sell my M2 and get through a few more months of "now we have winter" here if possible but I'll also deal with getting it sooner if that's the case.

Anyone here have an idea of what "order processed" means at this stage?
 
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I received a VIN today. I can see it on this NHTSA website. https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/decoder/Decoder

My salesperson thought that it was on a boat but was not sure. He said that the order for the car is shown as "processed" and sent an inquiry if that meant processed and ready to get on a boat or processed at the incoming port.

I'm in the Midwest and would prefer to have a few months to sell my M2 and get through a few more months of "now we have winter" here if possible but I'll also deal with getting it sooner if that's the case.

Anyone here have an idea of what "order processed" means at this stage?
I am guessing the cars are already produced. The CARB state cars are either still in UK or are still on a boat. My vote is for UK. My best guess is 4 weeks for east coast CARB states and 6 weeks for west coast. Everyone else is in the middle.
 
went to Lotus of Austin again to take more pictures. I ended up measuring the sport vs touring suspension and the sport is definitely slightly lower
Big if true. Are we talking millimeters?
 
Big if true. Are we talking millimeters?
yeah well maybe "measure" is a strong word i used my phone and hand. its millimeters worth of a difference but large enough to visually notice i think
 
yeah well maybe "measure" is a strong word i used my phone and hand. its millimeters worth of a difference but large enough to visually notice i think
Now this is interesting, It could be a simple as different heights of the tires.
 
Finally got a VIN! It decodes as model year 2024, which is good. My salesman said it's either at port, or on it's way to port, and that's all he could find out. At least I know it's built. Now comes the waiting to find out when it's going to be at the dealer's. I suspect that's still several weeks away at least.
 
Finally got a VIN! It decodes as model year 2024, which is good. My salesman said it's either at port, or on it's way to port, and that's all he could find out. At least I know it's built. Now comes the waiting to find out when it's going to be at the dealer's. I suspect that's still several weeks away at least.
What’s the advantage of MY 2024 vs 2025?
 
went to Lotus of Austin again to take more pictures. I ended up measuring the sport vs touring suspension and the sport is definitely slightly lower
I think they do settle a bit over the first few hundred miles, so I wouldn't stress about it. All the photos of UK Emiras show that the wheel gap looks fine once they're broken in.
 
perhaps, it was F1 vs cup2. all i can so for sure is there was visually less wheel gap on the sport+cup2 car
I looked up both tires specs. If they were accurate, they were very close in overall diameter, so it doesn't seem to be the tires.

if there was less wheel gap, maybe it's something else, or one has settled more than the other? I ordered the Touring suspension in part because I had read eons ago that the approach angle was slightly higher than Sport, and I need to navigate a very steep ramp to my garage. It would be good to confirm if there actually is a difference.
 
Do we have any way to access this spreadsheet, other than a dealership? It's been total crickets from my dealer. I think he is too busy selling Mazdas.
No sorry I only saw the spreadsheet printed out. It has names of people so that’s on the more sensitive side.
 
Carb if true!!! Hoping to hear some good news Tuesday. All GOV is off Monday, unless they are working overtime on this which I highly doubt it.
 

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