That's false. On the day I took possession the dealer had me run through all the modes with him, as he should to verify I know what they do. Now if you are jet setting in track or sport thats another thing.

 

Mode has ZERO affect on motor. Its how you use it......a proper run in should run car thru its revs, just NOTHING sustained. I always considered adding 1K every couple hundred miles as fine. Bouncing off the rev limiter, not so much. Even on my rebuild when I asked they said DRIVE it, just don't don't balls to the wall day 1. So I drove it home 90 miles from dealer. Drove it around a few days, drove it 240 miles to WGI. Took it easy first few sessions as I settled back in, adjusted shifter cables etc. By that afternoon, she went back to work. probably had 500 miles on her by then...time to make sure the rings are fully seated. It appears they are as nervous about those damn precats as anything else. Cars revved hard at dealers have been known to blow out those stupid pre cats............that is the achilles heel of the Toyo motor.. If I go Emira, I won't wait forever to go headers this time as I strongly suspect that failure was a major contributor to my engine issues.

 

Mode CAN absolutely have an affect on the motor if the throttle map is tied to the mode (and it usually is). A sport mode will likely allow higher throttle opening at low revs, so restricting you to Tour provides a little insurance that break-in is gentle. Do I think this should be necessary? Nope. Just disagreeing with the statement that mode has no affect on the engine when sport mode gives more aggressive throttle mapping.

 

Throttle opening is still respective to your foot. Instead of 50% throttle at 50% foot, you get 50% throttle at 25% foot. I stand by my statement, and its about sustained revvs...Its a fuckin Toyo motor!!!

 

 

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Exactly could. Tranlated, no need to use sport mode as you should not be using WOT yet. Independent of modeIf WOT occurs at 60-75% in sport mode, and you can have just as much fun using 60-75% of the pedal travel in normal, why bother...THey now know there are some parts that need time...I fully predict its the pre cats!!!

besides, ECU will tell them all they need to know, peak, transients etc...Never let them do one................at least i didn't have to back in 2014. Joys of having it shipped from CA to CT

 

"could" lol

 

Maybe if you drive km instead of miles it more restrictive?

 

How the heck could one manual not have the “do not use sport or track mode” and this manual not mention it!? Bizarre. The manual I had saved to my favorites did not have “do not use sport/track”

 

That's false. On the day I took possession the dealer had me run through all the modes with him, as he should to verify I know what they do. Now if you are jet setting in track or sport thats another thing.

"could" lol

Not lol worthy. That use of “could” gives Lotus a lot of latitude. You can bet the use of “could” was thoroughly vetted by Lotus’ legal team to give Lotus leverage.

 

I think you are giving Lotus to much credit here. But it is in their best interest to deny, deny, deny.

 

The computer should know how many miles the car has gone and adjust everything as needed . That sprint was dropped in development.

 

Lotus using Agile versus Waterfall?

 

There was a big debate about this subject in the Emira group where dealers 'could' void the warranty if you fail to adhere to their break in procedure. Of course, they are a bit flexible on this matter.

While I don’t think dealers would go as far as voiding it because they want the consumer base to grow (unless they’re complete assholes), it's not really worth the risk of them having something to use against you, so you're better off just driving it in touring mode.

Literally, one week of daily driving; it’s not going to kill you to jeopardize your entire factory warranty. The ECU logs every single parameter, including engine speed, throttle, modes, temperature, and etc., during this break in, so the dealer can see everything.

 

Could is CYA for warranty issues giving them wide latitude with those couple of paragraphs. "Don't forget to idle your engine for a couple of minutes after a high speed run before turning off" could be auto denial of coverage for many......lol

 

Luckily I read this. Thank you

 

STUPID!!! NOT WORTH THE EFFORT BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE THE STATS ON CARS THAT GO FULL SONG AT 500 V 1000 MILES............................... bueller, bueller

btw void warranty for motor but a cracked dash....they'd be in for a battle............

 

Lol, redlines Emira during break in period at 600 miles and car goes into limp mode. Sorry for him he didn't know, probably like a lot of owners. Who knows maybe he got a press car. Lot of unknowns here.

 

Funny, we were in sport mode yesterday on a zero mile car............................just drove it with respect, no redlines!!! Just another fool looking for views

 

My salesman told me on this past Wednesday, when I finally took delivery of my emira, that lotus no longer require 1000 mile break in. I’m still going to break in the engine properly but, I was startled by this and have been looking for info online to back up his claim. Any one else been told this?

 

He truly did. Weird right? I’m calling him after the 4th to discuss further. Will post what I find

He truly did. Weird right? I’m calling him after the 4th to discuss further. Will post what I find

That would be great. It's just a little insurance on top of the warranty in case they or another dealer deny you the warranty work due to improper break in procedures. I'm sure they're aware and somewhat flexible about it because they know most of their customers can't resist toggling that sport button for 1000 miles. It's bound to happen lol.

 

I'd love to see in writing where use of sport cancels your warranty. They run a dump at 100miles looking for sustained high rpm use. That is all they care about. It isn't even good for a motor to troll for a 1000 miles. For 40years, I have always added some rpms every 100 miles. By 500 miles they have always seen a full tach, just nothing sustained. In simple English, this means run it thru a few gears...have some fun. They are most concerned about the folks that pull out of the showroom and beat the crap out of it. Why does everybody get so OCD about thus. It's a Toyota motor built to last 300000 miles, not some hyper motor.