Delivery Friday - First UK Emira Delivery

[Bibs]

There are similar smart ass folks on facebook too! 

 

[Redwing]

This afternoon I had the pleasure/privilege of viewing @Abgreenbank's Emira. First of all, a big thanks to Ab for the okay,  and a big thanks to Duncan at Autoshine, for allowing me to outstay my welcome!

I believe that you can never compare pictures/videos etc to 'eyes on' experience.  The Emira, in the flesh,  is far more stunning than the images I have so far seen.  Exterior wise,  it is totally solid. The paintwork is flawless. Fair enough,  it was sat in it's booth, awaiting it's PPE, with full LED lighting,  so I can't fairly make any comment on the DV paint colour, suffice to say, that, with tan interior, which, in the booth lighting, looked nowhere near the orange portrayed in Ab's pics, is an absolute classic combination.  The only point I would make, is that the PPF, as supplied on the car, could, at best, be described as adequate, and should be augmented or replaced asap as Ab has wisely chosen to do.

The interior fit and finish far exceeds anything that Lotus has previously achieved.  In all, I am totally impressed, and will be putting a deposit down for an i4 on Monday.  I know that will entail a 2-3 year wait, but I don't mind.  I've never been an early adopter for anything, and I have never made a major purchase, based on paper, pictures and promises.  Which leads me to the sad situation that I know a lot of you guys out there are in.  Fair play to Ab, as I said before,  you lucky, lucky man.  But, for those who committed a long time ago, I hope you get an apology, or, at least, some sort of an explanation from Lotus as to why they got this so horribly wrong for some of their most loyal/dedicated customers.  But, when you do get your Emira,  I'm sure the massive grins will outweigh the grief.👍

[Abgreenbank]

Is this the reason for delays?

its just arrived in the mail

[EmiraSi]

1 hour ago, Abgreenbank said:

Is this the reason for delays?

its just arrived in the mail

I don't work in automotive, but an educated guess based on my engineering background; the Certificate of Conformity (CofC) is a Lotus document to certify that a particular item (in this case your car) has been built in accordance with a particular design standard. The design standard will have separately been qualified, tested and certified to have been fit for purpose. I believe it would be the design standard that is submitted for the "Type approval" that Lotus have been rumoured to have been waiting for.

I would say the CofC itself is unlikely to be the cause of any delays.

What is probably the more interesting piece of information on the CofC is the entry under line 0.11; "Conforms in all respects....". That reference appears to be to the "Type approval" and was approved on the 3rd August 2022.

You'd have to ask Lotus how much of the 2 month between receiving type approval and manufacturing your car is down to a paperwork exercise and how much is down to parts shortages or other delays.

[390ja]

8 hours ago, Abgreenbank said:

Is this the reason for delays?

its just arrived in the mail

 

I received a similar one a little while after taking delivery of my 390 exige. It took forever for my reg document to arrive though. I chased Dvla after a month or so and they told me I shouldn’t be driving the car without it. I was already due the running in service!!

[TomE]

12 hours ago, Abgreenbank said:

Is this the reason for delays?

its just arrived in the mail

Unlikely it’s a factor in the delays.  It gives some pointers on timings leading up to delivery.

Manufacturers are now legally required to provide you with a CoC, which you’d need if you wanted to export the car and register it outside the UK.  Previously you’d have to apply for one if you wanted one.  Or a buyer in (say) France would have to apply for one when they bought the car before they could register it locally.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/certificate-of-conformity-for-new-vehicles

[Jcx]

I heard somewhere that getting Euro Conformity before getting UK Conformity was a must.  So... yes, getting the EU Conformity may have been the reason for delay of cars in UK.

[Abgreenbank]

Manuals arrived in mail from BCA today, included PDI form which was completed 12th oct

[JimH]

Wow - 2 weeks between PDI and delivery? Hopefully that will speed up as they hone the process and they'll now have boxes of print manuals "in stock" to send out with the cars as well.

I hope my manual pouch has red stitch (unlikely I know....) ! 

 

[Bibs]

 

[Abgreenbank]

53 minutes ago, Bibs said:

 

Nice car😀

[gregs24]

On 02/11/2022 at 23:23, TomE said:

Unlikely it’s a factor in the delays.  It gives some pointers on timings leading up to delivery.

Manufacturers are now legally required to provide you with a CoC, which you’d need if you wanted to export the car and register it outside the UK.  Previously you’d have to apply for one if you wanted one.  Or a buyer in (say) France would have to apply for one when they bought the car before they could register it locally.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/certificate-of-conformity-for-new-vehicles

Yes and that includes selling to Northern Ireland.

[exeterjeep]

See Central Lotus say that they have had the first delivery/collection at a UK dealer - on their FB. https://www.facebook.com/centrallotusnottingham

[Murdock]

On 10/11/2022 at 06:39, exeterjeep said:

See Central Lotus say that they have had the first delivery/collection at a UK dealer - on their FB. https://www.facebook.com/centrallotusnottingham

And now for sale at £105k lol

[exeterjeep]

21 minutes ago, Murdock said:

And now for sale at £105k lol

Can't see on ph or AT - where is it listed so we can keep an eye on it...

[Graham Ridgway]

On 06/11/2022 at 15:24, Abgreenbank said:

Nice car😀

 "orange peel" in the paint?? 😲

[gregs24]

Impossible to tell from that picture

[Graham Ridgway]

It was the comment from the vid

[Abgreenbank]

Should be finished soon...

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFHXRMPG/

Edited November 22, 2022 by Abgreenbank

[Rambo]

That doesn't look very thorough 😲

 

What about the drying off?

[Bibs]

You need to google how PPF is applied!

It's a special liquid they use and the amount used is astronomical! It evaporates through the film but is essential to make sure the film is easy to get into place, I believe it's called 'slip mix'. 

[Rambo]

Oh right. I thought the clip was just a couple of blokes washing the Emira 🤔

[Abgreenbank]

I think a more comprehensive video of the whole process will be shown on youtube, soon….

 

[Abgreenbank]

The car is getting the newish windscreen protection film, anyone have experience of this?

[Bibs]

Never heard of it but I'll see what my pals who run an Xpel outfit think of it if they've fitted some.