Unmutual
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- '22 AGT
1800 mile road trip from west of Seattle to Cupertino and back over 5 days. Handling and powertrain are superb--the car is a joy to drive long distances. Range is, frankly, disappointing. I averaged 3 miles/kWh for the trip, which is identical to my lifetime average over 3600 miles. Lots of elevation changes going over the Oregon/California mountain passes on I-5, of course, but even on the long flat stretches I was not getting much more than 3, generally driving around 70. 19" wheels, albeit with Pirelli Sottozero snow tires (snowed on the passes the day before we left), so some loss is attributable to the tires. Experienced the usual UX/infotainment issues. Lost all sound a half-hour into the trip, fixed by a Bobby reset. Lost the side view mirror cameras and Highway Assist, fixed by a valet card reset. Lost SiriusXm entirely--not fixed. CarPlay generally worked well but crapped out as we were getting close to Portland in heavy traffic. The phone showed it was connected to the car but CarPlay simply wouldn't come back on. We had lunch while charging and I turned the phone off and on, and CarPlay was working again once we got back in the car. Electrify America. Oy. Mostly OK but the station in Grants Pass, Oregon was a disaster. On the phone with EA for 45 minutes trying to get the thing to work. He rebooted the station to no avail, and kept suggesting that I move to another charger that was already occupied by a BMW that was having similar problems. I eventually got the original charger to work, but the cord was so short that I couldn't park in the designated space and had to park in front of another charger. This was fine for a few minutes, but a couple of other cars showed up and were understandably unhappy that they couldn't charge. I cut the charging session short. I had similar short-cord problems at a couple of other places. Fortunately, the new chargers EA is installing have much longer cords so I suspect this particular issue will be going away relatively quickly.
Now, what is it with some Lucid drivers? I came across my first Lucid (Zenith Red) already charging and we pulled in next to them, smiling. No reaction at all. I plugged in and walked in front of their car on the way to get something to eat, waved and smiled. No reaction from either the driver or her male companion in the passenger seat. My wife did the same and got no reaction. Weird. When I finally saw a Lucid on the road near Los Altos in the Bay area, the driver literally cut me off as I was proceeding down the highway and he flew across three lanes to exit. Quantum gray. Missed me by three feet. Thanks, buddy. We did encounter one other Lucid as it pulled up to charge next to us, and the young man was very friendly and excited about the car. Pretty much made up for the two negative encounters.
I took my wife's sister and her husband, daughters, and son-in-law for a spin in Portola Valley and may have inspired one or two future purchases. Note that Sprint mode works very well even with snow tires.
So, the car is wonderful to drive. Just need to expect a real-world range of under 350 miles and be very patient with the UX/infotainment systems.
Now, what is it with some Lucid drivers? I came across my first Lucid (Zenith Red) already charging and we pulled in next to them, smiling. No reaction at all. I plugged in and walked in front of their car on the way to get something to eat, waved and smiled. No reaction from either the driver or her male companion in the passenger seat. My wife did the same and got no reaction. Weird. When I finally saw a Lucid on the road near Los Altos in the Bay area, the driver literally cut me off as I was proceeding down the highway and he flew across three lanes to exit. Quantum gray. Missed me by three feet. Thanks, buddy. We did encounter one other Lucid as it pulled up to charge next to us, and the young man was very friendly and excited about the car. Pretty much made up for the two negative encounters.
I took my wife's sister and her husband, daughters, and son-in-law for a spin in Portola Valley and may have inspired one or two future purchases. Note that Sprint mode works very well even with snow tires.
So, the car is wonderful to drive. Just need to expect a real-world range of under 350 miles and be very patient with the UX/infotainment systems.