These last couple of months I have seen a real and dramatic increase of negativity regarding Lucid crop into this forum. I can certainly understand it, since more and more cars are being delivered resulting in more opportunities for issues with the cars being reported. Coupled with that a near total silence from the management of Lucid responding to these issues and, wrapped over all of that, a growing frustration amongst the forum’s members because we are not seeing any significant increase in the issuance of VINs over the last month or so being added to the forum’s tracker. This negativity started infecting me as I watched, day after day, my confidence in Lucid Motors and its car wane. I am still at a loss as to why Lucid management is not trying to reach out to this group of customers and offer words of comfort and confidence and patience. The information void they have created has resulted in negative rumors and grumblings growing each day.
However, after today, my confidence level has been restored.
Having been here for a while now, I can say there is a definite ebb and flow between general good feelings and excitement about Lucid and all-out grumpiness, usually triggered by someone's genuine frustration, which then gets fed feverishly by others who can't help but get in on the act.
I've been traveling the last few weeks, so I've been popping in a little less frequently. There was one day early this week where I had to stop myself from saying: "Wow, how did the grumps manage to take over the the whole forum again that fast?" From an outside perspective, it looked as if an entirely different group of people had logged in and just starting typing bile. But I recognized all the user names, so it wasn't some new influx of people. It was just the echo chamber doing its thing.
I find this happens every few weeks or so. It passes eventually and things get back into balance.
These things are natural in social situations, and I certainly don't want to diminish anyone's emotional rollercoaster when things go spectacularly wrong. (And they have for a number of folks here.) But I have to say when it becomes a giant pile of "let's just be grumpy for days at a time" I find myself wanting to come back here a little less.
Or, as Steve Martin put it so well: "I don't think you understand how unattractive hate is."
I come here to get away from things that make me grumpy. To spend some time learning and geeking out with likeminded folks about EVs, and the Air in particular. It's great to hear from people getting their cars that things aren't always perfect and to hear about how Lucid handles these situations. Seems like they do manage to miss the mark sometimes. Will they learn to do better? I'm fascinated to find out.
I don't want to tell anyone else how or what to post. Just saying I get a lot more enjoyment out of this place when people are being informative and helpful to each other, rather than just venting with no purpose other than to release negativity.
. My MMV is still under 300 
