Lord_Pall
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So I picked up my 2025 Touring December 24th.
Buying it felt like a weird phishing scam. "Sign all this stuff, and claim you are a resident of Arizona sort of so we can get you license plates".
Hands down the nicest car I've driven. Not just nice, but it drives phenomenally well. Previous ownership experience ranged from Scion's to Miata's to Jeeps to Outbacks to Cx-5's. Test drove a zillion things and was debating between the I4 M, IX, GV60/GV70 or Polestar.
Ended up going with the lucid because it's gorgeous and I didn't want to deal with car dealers. Never even test drove it before buying.
Anyhoo, the driving dynamics are extraordinary. Sure it's heavy. You can tell. But it's planted. Alllmost Miata planted, but the lightness isn't there. But the level of power it offers up is at times shocking. In sprint mode, passing on the highway, not just effortless, but you're driving some sort of beast with limitless power.
I want to drive on curves just to drive on curves.
The car itself is big. Very big. Turns like a boat in parking garages. Wide and long. Parking in our carport requires me to get 9 inches from the front wall to close the garage door.
Software is hit or miss. Quite pretty, but the classic edge cases of any software product. "Bluetooth was off, so mobile key didn't work so I used the fob but you turned on bluetooth so you can use your phone but CarPlay won't start" or "You have no cameras, I cannot find your cameras, reboot your car, shame about your cameras"
Dreamdrive pro is interesting, but I don't trust it when it comes to say, a curved highway. Seems fine for regular straight stuff, but it loves to hug the lefthand side. Plus it takes curves like a state machine. Yank wheel, straighten, move, yank wheel, erepeat.
Not much to say about the angry Siri navigation system. Or the voice control stuff. Angry Siri is amusing, voice control never did anything I wanted it to do so I don't bother. Mostly use CarPlay for things.
Charging is interesting. I get the complaints about public charging infrastructure. Not enough EA stations available. The other stations are hit or miss and seem to be quite gougey in terms of pricing. Fortunately I don't drive much so I can charge at home on 110 (rental, so no charger), or charge on a slow ChargePoint at work.
Range in the cold is all lies, but I think that's expected.
But all of this evaporates once you open the door, get in and put on your seatbelt. The transition of the seat and wheel to the right position, the realization that you get to drive around in this car again, makes you forget any of the silly parts.
Other things of note:
Purchased a mobile cable, an ev to ev cable and some adapters. I figure I can setup an ecoflow battery later to use the car to power other things. Got the rubberized mats since the Seattle rain makes a big ole Mess on the floors.
Lucid also keeps emailing me to ask if I am still interested in buying an Air which I find amusing.
Buying it felt like a weird phishing scam. "Sign all this stuff, and claim you are a resident of Arizona sort of so we can get you license plates".
Hands down the nicest car I've driven. Not just nice, but it drives phenomenally well. Previous ownership experience ranged from Scion's to Miata's to Jeeps to Outbacks to Cx-5's. Test drove a zillion things and was debating between the I4 M, IX, GV60/GV70 or Polestar.
Ended up going with the lucid because it's gorgeous and I didn't want to deal with car dealers. Never even test drove it before buying.
Anyhoo, the driving dynamics are extraordinary. Sure it's heavy. You can tell. But it's planted. Alllmost Miata planted, but the lightness isn't there. But the level of power it offers up is at times shocking. In sprint mode, passing on the highway, not just effortless, but you're driving some sort of beast with limitless power.
I want to drive on curves just to drive on curves.
The car itself is big. Very big. Turns like a boat in parking garages. Wide and long. Parking in our carport requires me to get 9 inches from the front wall to close the garage door.
Software is hit or miss. Quite pretty, but the classic edge cases of any software product. "Bluetooth was off, so mobile key didn't work so I used the fob but you turned on bluetooth so you can use your phone but CarPlay won't start" or "You have no cameras, I cannot find your cameras, reboot your car, shame about your cameras"
Dreamdrive pro is interesting, but I don't trust it when it comes to say, a curved highway. Seems fine for regular straight stuff, but it loves to hug the lefthand side. Plus it takes curves like a state machine. Yank wheel, straighten, move, yank wheel, erepeat.
Not much to say about the angry Siri navigation system. Or the voice control stuff. Angry Siri is amusing, voice control never did anything I wanted it to do so I don't bother. Mostly use CarPlay for things.
Charging is interesting. I get the complaints about public charging infrastructure. Not enough EA stations available. The other stations are hit or miss and seem to be quite gougey in terms of pricing. Fortunately I don't drive much so I can charge at home on 110 (rental, so no charger), or charge on a slow ChargePoint at work.
Range in the cold is all lies, but I think that's expected.
But all of this evaporates once you open the door, get in and put on your seatbelt. The transition of the seat and wheel to the right position, the realization that you get to drive around in this car again, makes you forget any of the silly parts.
Other things of note:
Purchased a mobile cable, an ev to ev cable and some adapters. I figure I can setup an ecoflow battery later to use the car to power other things. Got the rubberized mats since the Seattle rain makes a big ole Mess on the floors.
Lucid also keeps emailing me to ask if I am still interested in buying an Air which I find amusing.
