6 months & 20k+ miles later

Isaac Bair

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Hello all. After owning this beautiful vehicle 6 months we’ve driven her over 20k miles and it’s been wonderful. It still looks new inside/out and have had no real issues whatsoever. Really the only annoying thing is the Bluetooth connectivity when locking/unlocking sometimes but is not an issue if I have the key fob. We travel a lot mainly for work and to see family. It gets charged to 100% a lot, which we used to do in the Tesla for road trips as well. I’m not worried at all. I’ve always driven every vehicle I’ve ever owned hard. I hand wash it every week, keep the air in the tires good and mostly charge at home. Our trips are usually 300-415 miles round trip so no DC fast charging needed. The range is fairly accurate but one does have to account for certain driving behaviors, terrain and weather conditions. I’m guessing when driving long distances in our situation which is in Florida, 70degrees with a Grand Touring on 19” wheels in smooth going the speed limit we’ll lose from 60-95 miles from the total trip. I cut it close once and made it home with 10 miles left. Our lifetime average is 3.7kwh but have seen 4-4.2 driving around town. Range is king and was the main reason for buying this car. This is also why we opted for the 19” wheels. You lose a huge amount of range with the 21”s. So if getting a Touring for example with the estimated 425EPA range it’s actually somewhere around 340-350 then on top of that you lose about 55 more miles from having the 21”s so now you’re at 290ish. And that’s with flat terrain in good weather. That’s a huge hit. The tires still look new and there’s no visible inner or outer tire ware that I can see. No rattles whatsoever and I believe the software issues are way over blown. When compared to our model 3 it’s really not a huge difference in my opinion. I actually really like the dreamdrive pro better than FSD. The main reason is there is no Phantom braking on the Lucid. That really kills it for me on the Tesla. Over all it’s been a fabulous vehicle and I’ll keep everybody updated on any maintenance issues that we come across. Cheers!
 

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Yep. I came from a Model 3, too. And I completely agree on the phantom braking. I had to stop using autopilot and FSD altogether, it was so frequent. HA is sooooo much better, despite being more limited in features.
 
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! 20,000 miles in 6 months! That's 40,000 miles a year! You certainly drive a lot! Hopefully this car lasts many miles and many years with you!
 
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