...and now, the end is near... - for my leased AT

Sorry to be a traitor in the midst...!

Having had a generally positive 2 years with the lucid AT, I've leased a GLE 450e phev last weekend. It's better for my use case, and my tendency towards "charger anxiety"(!)

I'll be giving back the AT on or about the 20th of this month.

I have loved reading and occasionally commenting on this great board! It's a pity I missed all the lucids and lattes meetups!

Kind regards, BL

Congrats no the new ride, very different kind of vehicle Keep us posted please on the lease return experience.

Everyone has their own needs! Personally I've thought the same occasionally on range and considered an X5 50e.
Curious as well if you get a buyout offer bellow the residual. That might keep me around.

kgmon said:

Everyone has their own needs! Personally I've thought the same occasionally on range and considered an X5 50e.
Curious as well if you get a buyout offer bellow the residual. That might keep me around.

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I asked about a lower buyout value, but my sales advisor said "That’s the price if you want to buy the car".

I thought we were friends

Jk haha enjoy the new whip. There’s no one car for every person at every time.

Since I’m assuming you’re in Berkeley like me, I gotta ask — you have any accessories that you no longer have need of? I just began an AT lease and would am looking for goodies to stock my car with, but would prefer to buy used if possible!

So regrets? You have a few? Or too few to mention?

BerkeleyLeaser said:

Sorry to be a traitor in the midst...!

Having had a generally positive 2 years with the lucid AT, I've leased a GLE 450e phev last weekend. It's better for my use case, and my tendency towards "charger anxiety"(!)

I'll be giving back the AT on or about the 20th of this month.

I have loved reading and occasionally commenting on this great board! It's a pity I missed all the lucids and lattes meetups!

Kind regards, BL

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Congratulations on your new ride! Let us know how the lease return experience goes. My 2023 Air Pure 18-month lease return date is in the first week of October, and I’m planning to return it as well and switch to another EV brand.

borski said:

I thought we were friends

Jk haha enjoy the new whip. There’s no one car for every person at every time.

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Thanks for the good wishes! I recall in an earlier discussion you mentioned you had some experience of classifying small items as "normal wear and tear" on lease return. Do you have any hints and tips about that? Should I get a "pre-inspection" (before the lease return inspection) by an unbiased party..?

JandrewAnsen said:

Since I’m assuming you’re in Berkeley like me, I gotta ask — you have any accessories that you no longer have need of? I just began an AT lease and would am looking for goodies to stock my car with, but would prefer to buy used if possible!

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Hi J.A.A. - yes I have some LUCID ALL WEATHER MATS and some LUCID CROSSBARS to sell. Not powder coated though. Also, if you have a glass roof, I wouldn't suggest the crossbars, which brings me to... Fragility!!

CraZ8 said:

So regrets? You have a few? Or too few to mention?

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Great question. SOOO much good about the car, especially looks and performance. "It's such a nice car" says my wife. She does not generally like my cars(!).
But the negatives that tipped the balance are twofold:
1) Charger anxiety on the road. We need 5 or 10x the chargers we have right now, and it's getting worse (more EVs on the road every month, and charger installation rate is flatlining). Before you ask, I rent my home, so I can't easily have my own.
2) Fragility. She's a great looker but easily hurt. I have the all glass canopy, which looks great! However, the aforementioned crossbars caused a crack in the top canopy. The back window also cracked. Lucid took responsibility for both, saying that the back window cracked due to a manufacturing error. While they were replacing the top canopy, the replacement cracked (!). A minor sideswipe of the front bumper while parked overnight (excellently dealt with by GEICO and Daniel Corey of brooksmotorcars.com of Oakland, incidentally) cost $8700. The paintwork scratches easily, and although I have been lucky with my tires, many have not.

FA14 said:

Congratulations on your new ride! Let us know how the lease return experience goes. My 2023 Air Pure 18-month lease return date is in the first week of October, and I’m planning to return it as well and switch to another EV brand.

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Will do!!

BerkeleyLeaser said:

Thanks for the good wishes! I recall in an earlier discussion you mentioned you had some experience of classifying small items as "normal wear and tear" on lease return. Do you have any hints and tips about that? Should I get a "pre-inspection" (before the lease return inspection) by an unbiased party..?

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I returned it two months early and rolled over into a new financed vehicle from the same brand, so they were incentivized to pay my last two months, give me good value, etc.

Hi J.A.A. - yes I have some LUCID ALL WEATHER MATS and some LUCID CROSSBARS to sell. Not powder coated though. Also, if you have a glass roof, I wouldn't suggest the crossbars

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Not powder coated? Seems like you might as well junk them, then. I’ve sent you a DM in case you want to give ‘em to me to save you the trip to the recycling facility. (I opted for aluminum so no worries about the cracking issue)

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Not powder coated? Seems like you might as well junk them, then. I’ve sent you a DM in case you want to give ‘em to me to save you the trip to the recycling facility. (I opted for aluminum so no worries about the cracking issue)

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Are those the bars that make it so every curved on-ramp becomes straight?