Yeah the DE is a double edged sword. On one hand, its an engineering marvel with enough HP that I will never need more. And as stated in other threads, no company has a replacement for it. Not even Lucid. On the other hand, I know I experience more issues than most. I give them the benefit of the doubt on these hardware issues as I understand that mine was #113th of the line. Many things have been addressed in a relatively timely manner but does worry me about long term ownership of DEs in particular.If your rear vent wasn’t working, I can guarantee your future AC will be better. The car cools down way way faster with the rear vent on.
As for the service - sadly the one drawback of the DE. In many ways, my DE has been more stable and superior to other’s GTs, but the initial days did require more service for various corrections. It’s possible you bought yours before it had been through the same treatment.
My car hasn’t seen service for a long time though, until its current stint - which is just a list of various minor things collected over the last year plus a delayed two year annual service (delayed by me; was traveling).
I voice my opinions a lot about the car but its truly because I care and I try to keep them software centric as that's the thing they can control with rolling updates. I haven't had a car in recent years in which it felt like a leap frog to the next car. The Lucid has stayed in the garage even when I had the new car itch.
I really don't mind getting a new battery. In my eyes, that is like getting my odometer set back to 0 but that does come with hesitations for long term reliability. Especially if they run their diagnostics and don't see the issue they are expecting to see. As a consumer, I would be a little nervous and would urge for the battery to be replaced regardless since that bug has already been planted in my ear straight from the source.
We will see what happens once I get the call back but if the A/C is totally replaced and it worked perfectly then that would knock out one of the few remaining hardware issues I have about the car. Car key is still at the top but the A/C was a close second.