- Joined
- Dec 16, 2021
- Messages
- 185
- Reaction score
- 281
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Cars
- '22 AGT - '24 AT
- Referral Code
- 2SY5T5DS
After leasing my first EV, Audi e-tron SUV (Audi fanboy at the time), in May of 2019, I started to read more and more and more about EVs. While the e-tron was familiar and comfortable I really couldn't drive it very far. Maybe 200 miles on a good day. Minimum of 4 charging stops between North Scottsdale and San Diego. A few moths later I stumble across an article about Lucid talking about its first vehicle, the Air with impressive range and efficiency. Total opposite to the e-tron. The key for me was understanding EV efficiency and that the e-tron was anything but efficient. Seven months into my 3 year lease I put a reservation deposit for my Lucid in December of 2019 the same month they broke ground on the Casa Grande AMP-1. Like many of us I waited patiently and kept following Lucid and others but kept coming back to the efficiency proposition of the Air. Once I finally test drove the Air the deal was sealed! We were in Hawaii on vacation when I got the invitation to confirm my configuration and order. My wife said I was like a little kid who just got the big boy bicycle!! Two weeks after I turned in the e-tron (and a hefty $14.5k payment from the dealer!) I took delivery of my 22 GT on March 8, 2022. Never looked back and with two Airs in the garage certainly no regrets.