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After a year of ownership, I have noticed that if reverse out of my garage and angle the car at a 45 degree to the garage door when I press the Homelink button, there is less chance of interference with the Lidar causing the garage door to not fully close. Basically what I'm saying is there is...

Also has happened to us. Service tech told me that they're on at least the second design to make the handles more robust.

I ran the power cord and the rear camera cord along the middle bar on the roof. You don't see the smaller rear camera cord at all and you only see the bigger power cord for a few inches. That's because there isn't room to tuck both cords along that strip of plastic molding. Once you get to...

Today I installed the BlackVue DR590X-2CH camera. I have another BlackVue for my other car so I went with the same brand. To my surprise, the power cord (I did not hardwire it but it came with a hardwire kit) reaches all the way to the trunk to the 12v outlet.

I did the LiveKey and it works well. What works even better now that we have CarPlay is connecting Siri with LiveKey. https://livekey.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4420815939213-Apple-Shortcut-Control

So I went back to the Irvine Spectrum again the other day, about 20% SOC and preconditioned. Started charging immediately without any issues and got as high as 179kw. Good to know that EA and Lucid have been working on getting the authorizations on the newer machine working more dependably.

I used the following instructions to integrate LiveKey with Shortcuts in the iPhone. Now you can use Siri in Apple CarPlay in the car to open or close the garage. I find it easier than saying "Hey Alexa", just press the button on the steering wheel...

Did you need to buy a HomeKit adaptor like this one? https://www.amazon.com/LiftMaster-MYQ-819LMB-Home-Bridge/dp/B075RQVSY7/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3D05FQUXL6XHA&keywords=myq+homekit+bridge&qid=1680145814&sprefix=myq+home%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840

I agree with the suggestion to use LiveKey and MyQ. Now my routine is to pull out of the garage, point my car away from the garage, and ask Alexa to close the garage door. Works much better than pressing the button while the car is pointing at the door. The Lidar interference issue solved.

I know but funny how one's expectations changes to the point where you're happy to be getting anything at all!

I did not precondition. I was at about 50% SOC. I was getting about 75kw on the 350kw charger. I'm not complaining. I was happy to be getting anything because I was expecting it to not work.

I went and tried again yesterday. I was able to charge at the 150kw charger station #1 and also at the 350kw charger station #2. The speed was slow though because I didn't precondition because I was doubtful I would be able to charge. Progress!

Did you go and try? Any luck? I went again yesterday and same thing: payment approved, starts charging, but this time, it stopped. No luck.

The not being able to shift out of Park happened in the 2.55 version (I think, need to double check in the car. It's my current version. The service tech said a 2.58 is coming?).

Please let me know if it works for you. Thanks.