NH owner here, and after getting broadsided back in early November, I’ve been lurking on the forum to see what has been updated, is or is not working better for folks, and waiting see for myself how things would be once I got my car back. After a complicated dance between insurance company issues (delays with adjustors, etc.), some delays in getting parts, the discovery of additional damages as repairs progressed, getting more parts, and general Karma, it ended up being 3.5 months in the shop. Hollis Auto Body in Ashland, MA, did excellent work once all the pieces were in place, the paint on all the replaced panels matches perfectly, and they detailed her and sent her on to the LUCID Service Center in Natick, MA, where all the updates were installed, the calibrations for all the sensors and cameras were done, and a few minor fixes were made to items the techs found unrelated to the accident, as well as a final spit and polish. When I walked in, I thought it was a display car sitting in the spotlight, and she was gorgeous… definitely looked brand new. Steve, the manager set me up for the ride home, but the tech (Mark) who had worked on the car and kept me in the loop was unfortunately home sick, so I couldn’t thank him in person. They seemed pretty busy prepping cars for delivery, etc.
The ride home was amazing. After being in a crappy rental that floated along the roads, it was great to sit in a car where I could actually feel the road (and not hear it), had great control of the steering, and was instantly responsive to driving situations. I vaguely remembered I thought the visibility through the back window and such wasn’t great from before, but during the ride the turn cameras and mirrors seemed to give me an excellent view of the environment surrounding the car. It was a bit rough getting used to the aggressive regen braking again, but within a half hour, it all came back. (I would still like to see something on the cockpit showing me when my brakes come on, especially while in traffic.) My cameras were all instant (or near-instant) on, with no blackouts, and Alexa only had the occasional glitch. Even the NAV was cooperating. Although I would like the option of seeing both NAV and entertainment, I do also like seeing the close-in as well as full-trip screens, so no real complaints. (I do miss my current mi/kWh info) I checked out the ACC and the Highway Assist, and the latter really worked better than when I last tried it out: really kept centered in the lanes, even on curves, and using the directional meant no tugging the wheel to change lanes, and it seamless settled into the new lane once I had made the change. Happily, all my profile settings had survived, and the fob and my phone stayed connected to the car. It was about 120 miles home, and I was not driving as laid-back as usual, but I still ended up with 3.7 efficiency (speeds between 70 and 80), so not too shabby – weather was in the 50s and breezy. I did plug the car in when I got home and got the “error” from my HomeFlex Charger, but we’ll see if my usual fix (just wait till the scheduled 9:00PM, which is off-peak charging rates time, and go out and plug her in) still works. I have it set to stop charging at 80%. Hopefully an update will fix that at some point.
Road trip time tomorrow – checking out points West and heading to Vermont.
Thanks to everyone for their comments (good and bad) on software progress (or not) on the car, and tips on things to look out for, but this is definitely a different car than the one I first drove home from the Boston Studio in September.
The ride home was amazing. After being in a crappy rental that floated along the roads, it was great to sit in a car where I could actually feel the road (and not hear it), had great control of the steering, and was instantly responsive to driving situations. I vaguely remembered I thought the visibility through the back window and such wasn’t great from before, but during the ride the turn cameras and mirrors seemed to give me an excellent view of the environment surrounding the car. It was a bit rough getting used to the aggressive regen braking again, but within a half hour, it all came back. (I would still like to see something on the cockpit showing me when my brakes come on, especially while in traffic.) My cameras were all instant (or near-instant) on, with no blackouts, and Alexa only had the occasional glitch. Even the NAV was cooperating. Although I would like the option of seeing both NAV and entertainment, I do also like seeing the close-in as well as full-trip screens, so no real complaints. (I do miss my current mi/kWh info) I checked out the ACC and the Highway Assist, and the latter really worked better than when I last tried it out: really kept centered in the lanes, even on curves, and using the directional meant no tugging the wheel to change lanes, and it seamless settled into the new lane once I had made the change. Happily, all my profile settings had survived, and the fob and my phone stayed connected to the car. It was about 120 miles home, and I was not driving as laid-back as usual, but I still ended up with 3.7 efficiency (speeds between 70 and 80), so not too shabby – weather was in the 50s and breezy. I did plug the car in when I got home and got the “error” from my HomeFlex Charger, but we’ll see if my usual fix (just wait till the scheduled 9:00PM, which is off-peak charging rates time, and go out and plug her in) still works. I have it set to stop charging at 80%. Hopefully an update will fix that at some point.
Road trip time tomorrow – checking out points West and heading to Vermont.
Thanks to everyone for their comments (good and bad) on software progress (or not) on the car, and tips on things to look out for, but this is definitely a different car than the one I first drove home from the Boston Studio in September.
