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- Gravity GT
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Forgetting about software bugs for a minute (Yeah, it's hard to do, I know), here are the compromises we've had to live with now owning a Gravity for 5 weeks and 1800 miles:
1) Wide "A" pillar creates front blind spots on turns. Taking narrow, curvy mountain roads every day I drive makes me more sensitive to this, but it's real. Even our Model X was better, but our old BMW X5s were far better, if only because they oriented the A pillar to have the smallest width of the cross-section facing the driver at an angle.
2) Rear center mirror doesn't have an camera-view screen option. More and more cars are including this feature, and a "Compromise Nothing" should also have it.
3) Top of doors are too high, bottom of doors are too low:
The too-high tops of the doors hurts visibility to the sides of the vehicle and we're still concerned about hitting curbs while maneuvering in parking lots.
The too-low bottoms of the doors means hitting curbs when you open them is a real issue. We've taken to having the car auto raise on Park to its highest position, which seems a OK work-around if you don't mind the car looking silly while parked, but it is a compromise.
4) Rear windows don't roll down all the way. This despite the doors having so much vertical height.
5) Rear hatch lid is both too low when open (head bumping), and is too tall so you have to back up every time you open it from the outside. A two-piece tailgate down with window up would be better on both accounts (X5 has this). That two-piece design is also great when you have bikes on the rear hitch mount.
6) No foot wave or even stand in front still for a few seconds to make the trunk open.
7) Rear hatch opens/closes too slowly.
8) Doors are not electrically operable. Not just the Model X now, other cars have doors that operate with motors and do things like auto-close when you step on the brake, or auto open on Park, or open from the keyfob.
9) No ride height rememberance. The Model X would let you geo-fence changes to ride height, which is useful if you have a steep driveway transistion at home or regularly travel some really rough roads, etc.
10) The sliding tray in the center console doesn't slide well. It's a plastic tray that slides some felt protrusions. It is hard to push/pull, but I suspect if Lucid made it slide easier, it would slide by itself during spirited driving. So, some compromise here that should be solved.
We really like our Gravity, especially compared to our Model Xs, but it's not a "Compromise Nothing" vehicle experience, even if all the software bugs were fixed.
Bonus item: Why just the one ocean meditation (or whatever it's called) for vibes? It's really cool, but there should be a half-dozen different ones.
1) Wide "A" pillar creates front blind spots on turns. Taking narrow, curvy mountain roads every day I drive makes me more sensitive to this, but it's real. Even our Model X was better, but our old BMW X5s were far better, if only because they oriented the A pillar to have the smallest width of the cross-section facing the driver at an angle.
2) Rear center mirror doesn't have an camera-view screen option. More and more cars are including this feature, and a "Compromise Nothing" should also have it.
3) Top of doors are too high, bottom of doors are too low:
The too-high tops of the doors hurts visibility to the sides of the vehicle and we're still concerned about hitting curbs while maneuvering in parking lots.
The too-low bottoms of the doors means hitting curbs when you open them is a real issue. We've taken to having the car auto raise on Park to its highest position, which seems a OK work-around if you don't mind the car looking silly while parked, but it is a compromise.
4) Rear windows don't roll down all the way. This despite the doors having so much vertical height.
5) Rear hatch lid is both too low when open (head bumping), and is too tall so you have to back up every time you open it from the outside. A two-piece tailgate down with window up would be better on both accounts (X5 has this). That two-piece design is also great when you have bikes on the rear hitch mount.
6) No foot wave or even stand in front still for a few seconds to make the trunk open.
7) Rear hatch opens/closes too slowly.
8) Doors are not electrically operable. Not just the Model X now, other cars have doors that operate with motors and do things like auto-close when you step on the brake, or auto open on Park, or open from the keyfob.
9) No ride height rememberance. The Model X would let you geo-fence changes to ride height, which is useful if you have a steep driveway transistion at home or regularly travel some really rough roads, etc.
10) The sliding tray in the center console doesn't slide well. It's a plastic tray that slides some felt protrusions. It is hard to push/pull, but I suspect if Lucid made it slide easier, it would slide by itself during spirited driving. So, some compromise here that should be solved.
We really like our Gravity, especially compared to our Model Xs, but it's not a "Compromise Nothing" vehicle experience, even if all the software bugs were fixed.
Bonus item: Why just the one ocean meditation (or whatever it's called) for vibes? It's really cool, but there should be a half-dozen different ones.
