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Pleased Lotus are still the enthusiasts choice if you want something really special. Shame that still means they don't sell quite like they should :mrgreen: Any other colours you'd consider Jobbo? There were not many colour choices initially - I’d go for the dark grey but I’m not so keen on the ver...

IanF wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:22 pm @Jobbo are you going to try the Emira i4? Think it would be an interesting comparison

No, really not interested in that version. It feels like the basis for a future hybrid version while the V6 makes a nice noise and has a lovely supercharger whine/howl when you clog it.

I think we have a winner, despite the Emira forums doing their very best to make me think it's a clown car which everything falls off

MikeHunt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:22 pm I imagine that the 'room to improve' is meant differently to how Im reading it

Exactly what I thought - 93% is good but 99% would be better still

Today was the Emira test drive. At Lotus Birmingham, which is actually the Rybrook Rolls Royce/McLaren dealer in Hockley Heath. A nice civilised place to get to and well within my stamping ground so I know the roads around it well. I must thank those of you who suggested driving it because I really ...

That's an excellent choice - should be fun for him as well as reliable and has Top Gear cred.

I remember how much my Elise depreciated in 3 years. It would now be worth close to its new RRP. V6 manual Emiras must surely be desirable when all new cars are EVs? And they don’t actually make very many so surely they’ll be valuable in future? Or are they simply not special enough… I’ll find out t...

Surely the Golf just applied the auto parking brake which you could manually release?

Do you wear your watch while asleep? I take mine off every night so just sticking the Apple Watch on the charger by the bed is quite natural.

Oh FFS - from this week's Autocar:

The cheekiest example of geo targeted advertising is you have location always on for an app like uber. They track your location 24/7 and sell your data to retailers, they check that location data to see if you spent any time in a store and if you have they’ll start targeting you for marketing. Ther...

That doesn't sound too bad - I had a Mondeo from Enterprise once when my 545i was in for a service.

JonMad wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:39 am

integrale_evo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:17 pm Less weight but higher centre of gravity.

Fold the rear seats flat to compensate

Rear seats definitely folded.IMG_0150.jpeg

Glad you posted that - wasn't it quite an effort to get the backrest re-fitted last year?

Beany wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:22 pm Obviously, not being an old fogey, and having the body of a 21 year old, I don't need to think about these things that much - so mis-spelling it is acceptable.

A 21 year old St Bernard dog?

JonMad wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:04 pm

Is that a slick tyre or a very worn one? Anyway, if you don't need the guard for the Autosolo then you'll shave off a few tenths with the weight reduction.

They could have called it the MiPo (Milan-Poland) or the MiTy (Milan-Tychy).

That's rather lovely - the description he gave you does not do it justice.

Definitely a good value option - I’m not sure if the facelift 957 was hobbled with silver as standard but it looked abysmal.

Nah, mine has the black trim, it’s either anodised or coated, not sure, but it’s certainly not an “edition”. Probably a very expensive option :lol: I don't recall there being a 'Black Edition' Cayenne either (or any Porsche to be honest). I think manufacturers realised that they were losing sales t...

That’s Cayenne Turbo has black trim round the windows - isn’t that quite rare?

My S6 is a black edition. Until the 2023 models the black editions came with chrome Audi rings. They finally went for black rings for mine. I quite like them.