Thank you for the genuine question! The guidelines have been reworded a few times and we occasionally miss things when rewording them. The relevant section is 'Refrain from “entitlement” attitudes by avoiding narratives such as, “I spent $xxxxxx on this car so therefore…,” etc.' but I can understand how that is unclear and no longer explicitly what the guideline states. Thanks for pointing that out; hopefully
@Joe can update it.
Comparisons to other cars and their features
in general are completely fine. A Rivian has things and does things a Lucid can't, and vice-versa, and that's absolutely okay to talk about! The thing we are trying to avoid is the classic trope of "come on, even my $20k honda does $X" which is not actually a helpful comparison, as it isn't about comparing and contrasting, but rather implying that
that particular feature is 'table stakes' when it isn't, necessarily. The Air, for example, does and has many things the other car doesn't, and if we were to list them all out we'd be here forever (for both vehicles), but I suspect you'd find many things the Honda doesn't have or do.
That's what makes it (usually) a pointless comparison; it isn't used to educate, but to
shame or
complain, as if every car should have
whatever feature du jour that poster cares about.
But "My F-150 can tow 12000 lbs and the Gravity can only tow 6000, which is unfortunate because I have to drive my house across the country" or something? Of course that's fine.
Lucid has
plenty of flaws. Discuss away, at will, and there are
plenty of threads about those flaws. Every time we get accused of censorship, I laugh because of this very fact.
There is absolutely no issue discussing those flaws or anything else. It's all about
intent. If you want to discuss flaws because you wish they were better, or because they're educational, or whatever, cool. That's useful.
"My 1987 Accord had a working keyfob and the Air doesn't" is not useful; I hope that makes sense.
Thank you for the question!