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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...

Maybe, but just how expensive are they there? We were walking past quite a few pricey studios and showrooms: Prada, Balenciaga, Burberry, Tiffany, Cartier, Hermes, Gucci, Brunello Cucinelli, Rolls, Bentley, Ferrari, et al. Beautiful city, by the way.

Yep, we saw three Rivian's, too -- 2 R1S and 1 R1T. Forgot to mention them.

We just spent three days in Vancouver and saw the place crawling with Teslas, mostly Model 3's. We would often count 10 or more in a single block of downtown traffic. Also saw a few Ioniq 5's, several Mustang Mach-E's, a couple of MB EQS'd, and a couple of VW ID.4's. But not a Lucid in sight...

Rawlinson still got some amazing handling out of the Lucids. There is a bit of an upside with battery weight — it gets the center of gravity very low in the car. I traded an Audi R8 V10 for our first Tesla back in 2015. The Audi went to extraordinary lengths to keep the center of gravity low...

Oh, wow? Me, too. Although, having totaled two Lucids, I can’t help noticing there’s not much of a frontal crush zone.

The means for measuring knee been angles in a car seat are specified by engineering standards contained in SAE J1100 and J826 which specify the position of the feet for such measurements. Thus bend angles can be compared consistently across cars. (I got both the 95.2º bend angle and the 3.15”...

The foreward legroom in a Lucid Air is extraordinary, especially for a car of its relatively modest size. (An Air is actually a smidge smaller than the far more cramped Porsche Taycan and generally aligns with the mid-size German sedans such as the E-class MB and the 5 series BMW although its...

The height of the floorboard differs by 3.15” between the larger and smaller battery pack. If you can’t try out both versions back to back, try an experiment. Start by finding a low seat (the rear seat cushions are low in the Air) and then put a little over 3” of books under your feet. See...