northernstar
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Soooo... Just wanted to say "Thank you" to everyone who chimed in on my previous two posts while going through the design/option/waiting processes.
I visited the San Diego Store on Friday 29th.; (three times was the charm)
- Compared Fathom Blue (what i fell in love with) & Cosmos Silver (my initial choice)
- Went over the March 2024 promotions and discounts.
So... Here's the final order/choice.
Picked up the vehicle today at the Costa Mesa, CA and Drove back to San Diego, CA. (Sunday, March 31st)
- A few minor exterior scratches / Delivery agent took photos and submitted the mobile service request
- A few dead bugs inside the cup holder and rear seat window areas / Not exactly attention-to-detail cleaning, is it?
- Window rubbers were covered in brown-yellow dusts / Is this Arizona sitting-outside-Casa Grande Plant thing??
- The delivery agent only gave me one key fob / Realized while driving back home.. Tried to call but they already closed... They better ship the key fob.
Initial pouring-rain freeway experience/thoughts
- no rattle noises or creeks... at least for now.
- got used to one-pedal driving experience fairly quickly. (standard break setting)
- thank god for 19" wheels...went through several pot holes and chipped rocks on the freeway due to pouring rain..
- speed demon. (love it!) Speeding at avg 85~90 and a few >100 accelerations without a sweat.
- Electric America charging is free(?) Plugged it to the car and Lucid "took" care of it.
I visited the San Diego Store on Friday 29th.; (three times was the charm)
- Compared Fathom Blue (what i fell in love with) & Cosmos Silver (my initial choice)
- Went over the March 2024 promotions and discounts.
So... Here's the final order/choice.
| Initial Design/Order | Final Choice/Selection | Comments |
| Air Touring | Air Grand Touring | (real world) range anxiety kicked in / 2023 inventory discounts |
| Fathom Blue | Cosmos Silver | Was adamant about FB, for a month.... but gave up. FYI, 2024 GT now produces Fathom Blue. (no discounts / one was available) BTW, FB out in the sun almost gives cool-grey color vibe. |
| Glass Canopy | Glass Canopy | |
| Stealth | Platinum | Saw Silver + Stealth on the freeway, looked nice also. |
| 20" | 19" | Southern California potholes, potholes, and potholes.. Did I mention potholes? Latest rain/storm here in Cali is not doing any favor to already bad and cracked road conditions |
| PurLuxe | Santa Cruz | I was over with (my Audi's) Black exterior / interior Wood isn't my preferred material, but Santa Cruz's brighter-shade is subtle enough. |
| DreamDrive Pro | DreamDrive Pro | All features work as expected... Need to figure out how to enable lane-keeping / highway assistance on regular driving without the cruise control activation |
| Surreal Sound Pro | Surreal Sound Pro | There are some crappy dolby atmost music out there in Tidal. It's not the car's fault.. but how the songs got mixed/remastered poorly. But seriously.. no equalizer? just treble+mid+sub??? |
| 20-Way | 20-Way | (compared to 2018 Audi S5) Strong seat ventilation Massage is good. (for a car) |
Picked up the vehicle today at the Costa Mesa, CA and Drove back to San Diego, CA. (Sunday, March 31st)
- A few minor exterior scratches / Delivery agent took photos and submitted the mobile service request
- A few dead bugs inside the cup holder and rear seat window areas / Not exactly attention-to-detail cleaning, is it?
- Window rubbers were covered in brown-yellow dusts / Is this Arizona sitting-outside-Casa Grande Plant thing??
- The delivery agent only gave me one key fob / Realized while driving back home.. Tried to call but they already closed... They better ship the key fob.
Initial pouring-rain freeway experience/thoughts
- no rattle noises or creeks... at least for now.
- got used to one-pedal driving experience fairly quickly. (standard break setting)
- thank god for 19" wheels...went through several pot holes and chipped rocks on the freeway due to pouring rain..
- speed demon. (love it!) Speeding at avg 85~90 and a few >100 accelerations without a sweat.
- Electric America charging is free(?) Plugged it to the car and Lucid "took" care of it.
