New AT Owner from NC

[DS9]

Hi everyone,
I'm from the Charlotte, NC area and took delivery of my AT on June 28th at the Roswell, GA location (this doesn't show up online as a studio location). So far I've driven about 500 miles - most of that from the journey home - and overall it is the most complete EV that I've owned / leased. Previously I've had a Polestar 2, Tesla MSLR and Genesis G80 Electrified. The aero inserts came off at the studio, I got Xpel XR ceramic plus tint done last Thursday and installed the sun shades on Friday. This combination made a noticeable difference compared to my drive home.

 

[AirQuality]

Congratulations! Beautiful spec.

 

[DS9]

Congratulations! Beautiful spec.

Thanks - really enjoying it so far.

 

[newlucidguy]

congrats, enjoy! I agree about the quality of the car! (came from Polestar 2 as well). If you're thinking about doing anything else to it, PPF on the front is good and ceramic coating has been such a nice treat.

 

[DS9]

I did briefly consider PPF, but this is a lease and I haven't determined if I want to buy it outright.

 

[newlucidguy]

I did briefly consider PPF, but this is a lease and I haven't determined if I want to buy it outright.

I had same, mine's leased. When I got the car, I did PPF the front bumper (the big lower section) .. as that one seemed to me to be ripe for damage. I live in the northeast and salt, rocks, etc. are used all winter long. PPF isn't cheap. A few months in, I did decide I will buy the car at lease end - unless lucid is out of business, which I highly highly doubt will happen. The leading edge of the hood, at least the stealth trim, chips more easily than I would have thought and touch up doesn't stick well. so I am having that and the hood / mirrors PPFd (that hood is so low). Unfortunately, one of my driving / turn signal lights on the front took a hit early on and has a decent chip in it .. maybe 5 weeks in. I was really bummed and also really unlucky that the light got chipped instead of the bumper 1" to either side which already had PPF at that time. And that happened before I had time to decide on whether I would spend on more PPF. Car is getting the rest of the PPF now (hood, front trim, side mirrors), will be done in 2 days. I'm not doing the glass, will take my chances there (glass roof); I do have coverage for that. The glass seems softer to me (more easily chipped) than more standard auto windshield glass but that's just by observation. All that said, I am not going to PPF it. Besides that, at least I'll drive it knowing I did what I can to keep it chip free and anticipate having it for many years to come.