{"id":92022,"date":"2026-01-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/?p=92022"},"modified":"2026-11-06T13:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:25:02","slug":"seloc-editorial-what-an-emira-owner-learns-after-the-novelty-wears-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/seloc-editorial-what-an-emira-owner-learns-after-the-novelty-wears-off\/","title":{"rendered":"What an Emira owner learns after the novelty wears off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What will you still care about six months into owning an Emira? Try a supermarket car park, a queue of traffic and a stretch of dual carriageway. Put a weekend bag in the boot. If you always drive with a passenger, bring them. Those are better ways to find out whether you\u2019ll reach for the keys on an ordinary Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/91\/Lotus_EMIRA_%28type_131%29_front.jpg\" alt=\"Lotus Emira\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><figcaption>Lotus Emira. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lotus_EMIRA_%28type_131%29_front.jpg\">Tokumeigakarinoaoshima \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Owner discussions are useful for making a list of things to try. They don\u2019t tell you how common a fault is or whether a particular car has it. Check the history and try the exact engine, gearbox and chassis you\u2019re considering.<\/p>\n<p>And leave a little time for a road you enjoy. It\u2019s a sports car. It still has to make you want the long way home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A longer test drive can tell you more than a year\u2019s worth of other people\u2019s impressions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[935,936],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ownership","category-seloc-editorial-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92084,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92022\/revisions\/92084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f.seloc.club\/w691\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}