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I also suspect that the newest generation of premium tires are being engineered for EVs that are usually much heavier than their ICE counterparts. For example, there are versions of the Cadillac Escalade IQ that weigh 3,000 pounds more than the heaviest Gravity, and tire manufacturers have to...

I'm not sure. The Pirelli PZ5 summer tires that Lucid mounts on the large wheels happen to have the load ratings Lucid gave you. But the Michelin Primacy A/S that Lucid mounts on the Gravity with the mid-size wheels has a front load rating of 108, not the 109 the service team told you was...

Here's the link -- but have your heart pills handy. The rears are $1,360.91 each...

I, too, found the rear motors layout, the battery cooling, and the choice of rear-wheel drive interesting. But everything else about the car turned me off. And, having swapped out the awful yoke in our Model S Plaid for a steering wheel, there is no way I would get near that even more extreme...

I don't generally feel that way about other automotive companies. But a company owned by Elon Musk is a special case in my book.

Musk quotes regarding the Roadster: “safety is not the main goal” "if safety is your number one goal, do not buy the Roadster" "[Tesla will] aspire not to kill anyone in this car". And then there was this nugget from "TechCrunch": “Every usable void in the car is packed with Carbon Fiber...

After buying back Jason Fenske's Lucid Air after a year of software issues (some self-induced), Lucid gave him a loaner Gravity to use through the end of 2026 until the Rivian R2 he ordered was delivered. Unfortunately, that Gravity, too, was plagued with many of the software gremlins we early...

Nope, haven't done any audio upgrades in our Lucids. I think the Surreal Sound Pro audio systems are quite good as they are. I have installed radar/laser detectors In all of them, however.

I'm sure there is. We've had both an Air and a Gravity totaled in accidents, and both times the cars went to salvage outfits. Unfortunately, the insurance company did not tell me which ones.

You've got me there. It was in the post about the warranty terms.

That list of exclusions includes many items that a manufacturer's extended warranty would usually cover -- and they don't typically have deductibles. Reading through it, I almost wondered what would be covered. And even with 3 cars in our 2-person household, we exceed 8,000 miles a year in...

It's now a very different service world from early days at Lucid. We got our first Lucid in December 2021, and I was astonished at the promptness of getting parts and service. The mobile tech network, in particular, was phenomenal . . . much like Tesla's was when I bought our first Tesla in...

I almost wish the car never had massage seats. It’s easier to sell a car that never had the feature than to have to disclose a failed feature to a buyer, as it will just feed concerns about reliability. I also wish I had not asked the price to repair. If a buyer were to ask, now that I know...

I’ve been asking Lucid about an extended warranty since I first bought the car in late 2021. The answer, even as late as last week, has always been, “we’re looking at it”. And I just got the estimate today to deal with the failed massage function in the driver seat which began just a couple of...

I had decided not to do the chip upgrade on our 2022 Air, but I've become so pleased with the UX 3.0 in our Gravities (now that most of the software bugs have finally been rooted out) that I'm now thinking I'll proceed to upgrade the Air. But I wonder . . . will it fix the intermittent failure...