Steering wheel position and dashboard config

[Tommy G]

I had the same issue with my Model S. Couldn’t find the right setup regardless what I did. So I accepted it. Then they came out with the Yoke steering wheel. Not saying that’s the ideal situation, but it completely eliminated the upper portion of the wheel blocking the display panel. Also not saying Lucid should consider this; but why not raise the display panel a bit, or allow the seat to lower further?

 

[jedwin]

Keeping the wheel high enough to see the full read out on the top of the panel is a little higher than I like, making it difficult to rest my elbows on the two sides, and in general arms higher than I like. (Even with seat low) This is, of course, only an issue when cruise control has been toggled on.

But I’ve made peace with it by realizing that when I’m using cruise control or dream drive, I don’t need to have constant visibility of my current speed… I can let that be behind the top of the steering wheel (or partially/mostly hidden). A very slight dip of the head lets me confirm speed if I’m wondering—and the indicator for the speed that the cruise control is set at is slightly lower, so all the easier to glance at when adjusting the cruise control speed.

It’s not “just exactly perfect” but a workable adaptation.

 

[danceparrot]

But I’ve made peace with it by realizing that when I’m using cruise control or dream drive, I don’t need to have constant visibility of my current speed…

In Europe, there are a lot of fixed radars on the highways. One style of driving is to go ~10 km/h over the speed limit. This does not get you pulled over, but even 10 km/h over will get you flashed by the fixed radar, so people usually set their cruise control to 10 km/h over, and when approaching the radar they lower it, and raise it back after passing the radar - for this, you need to be able to see your actual speed.

After 1 week of driving the Lucid, I got somewhat used to peeking under the steering when when I engage cruise control, or when I need to change the cruise control speed. Not ideal.