The car unlocks every time, with the fob. If the fob battery is dead (happens, rarely!) it unlocks if you hold it on the pillar and push in the handle. Or just change the CR2032 battery. Mobile key is iffy for now, so just use the fob.
Sound system is incredible, as evidenced by multiple audio engineers (pro and amateur) on these forums and elsewhere. I had exactly one time where the bass cut out, many versions ago, and a reboot fixed it.
It works. It will get better. The software is the worst part, agreed. But unlocking is not an issue for the majority of owners, if they use the fob.
This is inaccurate; it is selection bias. I had very minor fit and finish issues because it was the 241st car ever produced, but I’m quite close with service and the *vast* majority of owners have had no physical issues. When they have, it’s a random scratch here or there which is quickly addressed. The “major physical issues” are quite rare, actually.
Software? Sure. If the software were where it was when I got the car in January 2022, I’d say maybe hold off. As it is now it’s *way* better and improving constantly.
People come here to gripe and complain, and look for solutions. It is rare that someone simply posts how much they love the car, because most people feel much more compelled to share when something has gone wrong. The same phenomenon often exists in online reviews, which is why business will explicitly hire people to respond to reviews hoping to change them from negative to positive, and incentivize people to leave positive ones (with free meals, etc.). You have to take that into account when reading these forums.
Moreover, people tend to “dump” their issues on every forum thread, related or unrelated, and some do so from multiple accounts (still no idea why) which makes it seem even *more* negative and like “everyone is having these issues.” And people *exclusively* dump negative issues; even if someone does post about how much they love the car, they certainly don’t do it on every single thread.
Also, angry people tend to lean toward assuming malice rather than mistake. “Lucid clearly doesn’t care” vs “Lucid clearly is *overwhelmed* by interest and is still staffing up.” The latter isn’t an excuse, but the former isn’t accurate.
@Joe @hydbob maybe we could have a monthly poll posted that gets emailed to all the forum users and asks the general questions of overall happiness with the car? Similar to an NPS score? That might help address some of the otherwise overwhelming bias toward negative issues here?