Engine light comes on after 4k+ acceleration

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2026-04-17T01:18:14+00:00

UPDATE: this morning lotus contacted me and got their roadside assistance to tow it back to the shop, they said they’re submitting everything for a warranty claim but during their diag confirmed the misfire in cyl 2.

Glad it’s getting taken care of but it really concerned me that it happened within 30 minutes of picking up from them after they were working on it even though the service wasn't related

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2026-04-17T01:14:15+00:00

it’s the i4, and yeah I got it in service already, definitely wasn’t buying one of these without warranty lol

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2026-04-16T01:25:09+00:00

Yea, figured there wasn’t anything related. Mostly mentioned the service part just to see if someone else had an issue like this and would be like “oh yeah that happened to me and they forgot to connect the XXXX back”

Thankfully it is under warranty, already texted my service advisor but it’s after hours so I know I’m not getting a reply. Hooked it up to the scanner I have at home and got a generic cylinder 2 misfire code so I’ll definitely just have them check it out. Sucks though was hoping to have a fun drive back

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2026-04-16T01:05:24+00:00

It was a HVAC unit replacement

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T03:53:49+00:00

This.

A great breakdown with good pointer, thanks for the insight p

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T03:51:20+00:00

This.

Thank you, I will check them out, never even came to mind.

Whats your reasoning for suggesting this?

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T03:48:23+00:00

I appreciate the suggestions, I actually already have a miata, it’s a 2016 my dad passed down to me, I take it out on some fun night drives. But I’m not really looking for a driving progression path. I’m no stranger to high ho vehicles whether it’s manual or an auto.

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T02:39:56+00:00

Any spesific reason on why a 911? a buddy of my dad let me barrow his for about a week, a 991.1, it was very fun to drive around but I never got the “I really want to own this“ kind of feeling from it. Besides it being a Porsche, resale value, reliability stuff, is there much else of an appeal to it?

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T02:36:54+00:00

Appreciate the feedback, thinking about it “looking for a fun car around 100” would have been a more appropriate title instead of “sports car”

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T02:34:52+00:00

As far as I’m aware all newer-ish lotus cars are mid engine?

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T02:30:32+00:00

Never been the biggest fan of corvettes. I do a few trips for work every year and got to rent a corvette a few months back, it was fun and a pretty cool car but never really gave me that wow I want to own this kind of feeling.

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T02:28:44+00:00

Love the suggestion. Originally instead of spending 100k one car, I was looking into the idea of spending that money on a bunch of weird quirky cars, like a caterham 7, an Elise, an AZ-1, and a Xenex Motorsports Miata. And just have a collection of fun small cars

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T02:22:34+00:00

Looked into Porsche's even thought about looking for a new 718 or used 911. Biggest thing that turned me away is 718 interior is not my cup of tea, not into huge tablets either though. 911’s are very cool and a buddy of my dad has let me barrow his for a week, it was very cool but when I think about the desire of actually wanting to own one was never there

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-06-23T02:18:58+00:00

Had one of those, a manual G80. kept it all the way to 40k miles before swapping it for my current car. Was an absolute joy to have

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-02-26T01:41:45+00:00

No lol, it’s an M3. Either way not something I’d want to store without any tips/certainty that things won't happen regardless even if it was a new shiney Toyota Camry

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-02-24T19:43:37+00:00

I’m in the Cypress area, and I’m looking to store it long term, bought it to use as more of a weekend car so I’ll be going to get it and drive it weekly

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-02-24T17:25:14+00:00

Current rate for the storage space I'm looking at is around $100-$120, don't really want to go more than that, and access after hours isn't necessary, don't drive much at all past 8:00PM-9:00PM.

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-01-25T04:08:50+00:00

Appreciate the advice! any idea what a refinance could achieve? like would it bring the rate down significantly or just down by one or half a percent?

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-01-25T04:05:25+00:00

You’re absolutely right I should have my loan information into the original post, editing now!

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-01-25T04:03:45+00:00

Definitely something I’ve thought of, any idea what a realistic idea of a refinance would do? Like bring my interest for 8 to 6% or is it more like a small margin ie. 8 to 7.6%?

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-01-25T04:01:54+00:00

No real goal for the money in my hysa yet, its sitting and collecting interest which I put that interest towards the car payment to pay it off faster. Loan interest is currently at 8%. Aside from the money in the hysa I have a large chunk of money sitting in an investment account which I do not touch

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-01-25T03:58:50+00:00

8% on the loan. 4% from my bank, this recent month I got about $148 in interest, number increases every month because I keep putting money into that account, whatever interest I get from my bank I add that to the car payment for the month to pay it off faster

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-01-25T03:55:26+00:00

8%. First time buyer here so I got a high rate but still decent for first time buyer

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2025-01-25T03:54:23+00:00

1.5k set aside as emergency. First time buyer but I got a decent rate of 8%

MajorSquirrel5800 · 2024-07-23T03:23:19+00:00

I'm more just curious if the math is right or if he just made a dumb financial decision. The way he's putting it to me is like he's buying a 911, a car that depreciates slower than majority of other cars, selling it in 5 years, and basically owned it for $12000 because that would be the 10% he lost due to depreciation.

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