All the discussions about older cars have been fun to read.
I have an admission to make...In my 50+ years (not all of them driving years of course) I have never owned a new car. We currently have a 2007 Honda Odyssey minivan with about 170k miles and a 2010 Toyota Prius with around 200k miles. The minivan has been great for Boy Scout trips (my son earned his Eagle a few years ago), for family road trips and moving kids in and out of college dorm rooms. Since we own a 120-year-old home on Capitol, the minivan has made many trips to Home Depot, Lowes, etc.
Owning a new car has not been a priority. If we can swing it (two kids in college still), getting a new Air Pure will be a big (and fun!) adjustment. Anyway, you can say that my wife and I will be "new" to owning a new car!
I'm not new to EVs as my mother-in-law has a 2018 Model 3, with about 58k miles. I love driving that car when she lets me! Speaking of her Model 3, I love having blind spot cameras. They are practical and a great safety feature. One example comes from having so many dedicated bike lanes around DC. When I have a make a right turn and cross a bike lane, the rear-facing camera makes it so much easier to see bike riders and pesky electric scooters. Her Model 3 has lane-centering and other features which I sometimes use on the highway, but my wife never does.
I'm sharing this about her Model 3 because I would love to get Dream Drive Pro, but the cost is prohibitive, especially when added on to an already expensive (for us) new car. I like the idea of DDP for a number of reasons, but I would really be satisfied just having blind spot cameras on the Pure.
I'm very excited to think about owning a Pure (sometime next year...??). I actually had the opportunity to test drive a GT a month ago. At first, I did not want to accept the invitation to drive a car so far above the Pure as it would spoil me. However, I could not resist the temptation and was really glad I got to drive a Lucid Air. I now have a better sense of the Air, and I did not need Depends when I floored it! I love watching videos about the Air and other EVs as well as reading many articles on battery tech, new EV models from other manufactures, etc. Driving an Air myself was a game changer!
Onward as Lucid says!