New Owner in SoCal

[mike1121]

Hello all,

After 3 Teslas, a Land Rover Lemon, and a BMW X5 we finally made the move to a Gravity Grand Touring. Lease deals were fantastic and it's the perfect vehicle for us. I pick up tomorrow. Process has been very smooth so far. I did an overnight test drive on 3.5.1, no issues. Excited to join the owners club and would love to meet up with other owners/ ev enthusiasts in Socal. I think we are the first Gravity owners in the Easy Valley (IE). I have not seen another one, I hope to see more!

Mike

 

[L-Dude]

The Land Rover Lemon--is that a new model??

Welcome! Glad to add your EV expertise to the forum

 

[mike1121]

Thank you! They all come with a fresh squeezed lemonade from the dealer.
Thrilled to join all of you. My wife and I roadtrip extensively in our EV's so we are excited to get the Gravity out on the road. Feels good to be free from the Tesla ecosystem.

 

[arrowtotem]

Hello all,

After 3 Teslas, a Land Rover Lemon, and a BMW X5 we finally made the move to a Gravity Grand Touring. Lease deals were fantastic and it's the perfect vehicle for us. I pick up tomorrow. Process has been very smooth so far. I did an overnight test drive on 3.5.1, no issues. Excited to join the owners club and would love to meet up with other owners/ ev enthusiasts in Socal. I think we are the first Gravity owners in the Easy Valley (IE). I have not seen another one, I hope to see more!

Mike 2048 6x6

The 3.6 update seems to have made a real difference, especially with the frunk issue. It’ll be interesting to hear how the Gravity GT performs on longer trips around Southern California.

 

[mike1121]

The 3.6 update seems to have made a real difference, especially with the frunk issue. It’ll be interesting to hear how the Gravity GT performs on longer trips around Southern California.

So far so good! We have taken it up to the central coast, and several quick trips down to San Diego. Charging was flawless, DD was great. Pet mode works good. No issues!

If anything, the only issue is we have put 6k miles on it in 2 months. LOL. Going to blast through that lease mileage. Oh well.

 

[doubletwist]

If anything, the only issue is we have put 6k miles on it in 2 months. LOL. Going to blast through that lease mileage. Oh well.

This is one of my biggest concerns with this car. It's just way to nice and fun to drive!

I'm on a 39 month, 12k mi/yr lease. I work from home, and yet in 17 months I'm already over 25k miles, and that's with already avoiding some drives I really wanted to do.

At this rate I'm going to be 18k mi over. It'll cost me $4600 and I'll have already blown through the warranty mileage. Yipes!

The only thing that might save me is if I win the CCan Action Fund raffle today! <fingers crossed>

 

[mike1121]

I figure I saved enough with the lease incentives to eat the mileage, whatever it ends up being. I get a car to enjoy it!
Fingers crossed for you!

 

[Lycra]

If you guys run so high on the milage wouldn't it be better to have purchased the car?

 

[doubletwist]

If you guys run so high on the milage wouldn't it be better to have purchased the car?

Maybe. Though part of why I leased was to avoid having a luxury car out of warranty after a recent bad/expensive experience with BMW.

Also because of the rapid advancement of EV tech, I may not want to keep this car. I've already. I've already decided I don't want to keep it mainly because of the Pureluxe seats tear too easily.

 

[mike1121]

If you guys run so high on the milage wouldn't it be better to have purchased the car?

I don’t know if Lucid will exist when my lease runs out or what the value of these vehicles will be then. This is an easy way to have no risk. I give the vehicle back to Lucid or BofA in 3 years and it’s not my problem.

I also think the technology will advance quickly by then. Better batteries, faster charging, DD pro may be door to door? I went down this road with my Tesla’s. This way I can have the best and newest tech.

Biggest reason though was to avoid the risk of owning a vehicle from a defunct company. And I say this as a shareholder and big fan.

 

[mike1121]

Maybe. Though part of why I leased was to avoid having a luxury car out of warranty after a recent bad/expensive experience with BMW.

Also because of the rapid advancement of EV tech, I may not want to keep this car. I've already. I've already decided I don't want to keep it mainly because of the Pureluxe seats tear too easily.

I feel that BMW pain. Never again

 

[doubletwist]

I feel that BMW pain. Never again

Yeah, bastards lied (dealership) and screwed me over. Ended up costing me about $15k all told, just to end up with no vehicle and that was the cheapest option.

 

[mike1121]

Sounds about right. Went down this route with my Land Rover also. Two brands I will stay away from. Ditched the 2026 X5 to move to our Gravity. I’m done with dealerships.

 

[doubletwist]

The only thing that might save me is if I win the CCan Action Fund raffle today! <fingers crossed>

I'm sorry to report that I did not win anything in the raffle so I guess I'll be eating several grand worth of mileage overage in a little more than a year and a half.