Too Frustrating

[californiaboy935]

What about a cassette player??

No better way to listen to my Bizet…

 

[agarner]

No better way to listen to my Bizet…

Coming from a full-time music professor I couldn't agree more.

 

[borski]

Wax cylinder or bust

 

[johnse]

I note that Tesla also uses streaming based SXM, like the Lucid. So if you’re coming from Tesla your experience will be the same.

That must have changed over time. My 2018 Model X has the satellite version.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

I find it curious that when someone has anything negative to say, there is inevitably a group of people who get incredibly defensive and sometimes even to the point of being rude. How do we know the OP didn't do research? I did research and asked a lot of questions about some of the issues I read. The sales people addressed most of my concerns so I took a chance hoping things would iron out. I'm hoping the issues I've had so far will get resolved.

So Blue Lectroid, should there be a forum rule that states only positive experiences should be posted? Like many others, you seem to be down on posting anything negative about the car. How would anyone doing research be steered in a different direction with only positive posts? I think it's helpful in many ways when multiple people complain about the same thing. It shows a pattern of consistency. If only one person complained about the audio or whatever most people would treat it as an aberration rather than some inherent problem. Forums like these are about sharing experiences and learning new things. I don't see anything wrong with the OPs post. They shared their experience and that's it.

“Like many others” because generally speaking Lucid makes fantastic vehicles that have a few rough edges that I (and others) expect from a start up. I don’t shy away from criticism of Lucid (or any other company for that matter) and I do not personalize my posts.

The OP gave the impression through their own words that they did little to no research about the Gravity before leasing one and the things they complained about could have been ascertained by spending 15 minutes on this forum. To clearly not do that and then to come here to spend the time complaining? Thats’s just something I will never understand…sorry.

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

I've had the first Gravity in NH and at this point I wish I didn't. Yes, the car is powerful and drives well, but so did the Tesla S I had for 9 years. The software problems are inexcusable in my opinion. They have a number of engineers from Tesla, should have learned something about software: Connectivity issues, key issues, won't self park into the garage, satellite radio works half the time, sun screens don't go up reliably, etc. Happy to get rid of my lease if I could....

Prefer the 9-year-old Tesla to a Gravity: Got it. Happy that you got one of the flawless Teslas. Why did you switch brands ?

This is a good place to list the disappointments.

Posting specifically about problems allows us all to learn and help each other.

Just complaining is OK but not usefull to the community or even fun to read.

This site has nurtured me during early frustrations and learned me much. Some of the folk here are a gift to mankind. Early adopters who can afford the full-price and endure the teething pain of "Dream Edition Air" ownership have much to say.

If I were a moderator I would add a dad joke to posts that are just venting disappointments. Most if not all of my early posts were "moderated" to some extent. I should have made more jokes.

(from the Grand ole Opry in Nashville

"The boomerrang is the number one export of Austrailia.
It's also the number one import."

 

[Blue Lectroid]

@Cosmo Cruz always great to see you here!

I read this Forum for several months before deciding to take the plunge. The wonderful result was that the few remaining issues with the Air I was ready for and my personal experience was actually very positive compared to my fears…but I had appropriately set my expectations.

One HUGE difference this Forum made was having me lease a new ‘25 AGT rather than buying a much less expensive earlier model year. The ‘25 I have has been exceptional and overall quality of my build is very, very solid. Absent this forum I would have opted to save a bunch of money and gotten a ‘24 or ‘23…

 

[AwlBidnz]

what does the Lucid support say?

not sure what the lease agreement say, does that allow you to change hands? I've used www.swapalease.com before but not for a Lucid.

If you can post parts of the leasing contract we can have a glance.

I've had the first Gravity in NH and at this point I wish I didn't. Yes, the car is powerful and drives well, but so did the Tesla S I had for 9 years. The software problems are inexcusable in my opinion. They have a number of engineers from Tesla, should have learned something about software: Connectivity issues, key issues, won't self park into the garage, satellite radio works half the time, sun screens don't go up reliably, etc. Happy to get rid of my lease if I could....

A reboot, on the fly, would be useful. On our ‘18 S we used that option often.

 

[TahoeMichael]

Wax cylinder or bust

Sure, for you people who prefer the Air. But the real benefit of the Gravity is that you can fit a player piano in when the rear seats are folded.

 

[TahoeMichael]

If someone on here speaks for Lucid, it would be nice to hear about future fixes. My Air had some issues (some as a result of my confusion) but all have been fixed OTA. Dream Drive works as advertised and I hope they expand Hands Free to all divided highways.

Lucid has talked about fixes coming. There's been one update so far, and they've said another is coming in early September. As a non-owner who is killing time here waiting for my Gravity to be built, my sense is that Lucid keeps its cards close to its chest, and doesn't say much about updates before they're released.

 

[Ron_Burgundy]

Lucid has talked about fixes coming. There's been one update so far, and they've said another is coming in early September. As a non-owner who is killing time here waiting for my Gravity to be built, my sense is that Lucid keeps its cards close to its chest, and doesn't say much about updates before they're released.

FWIW - Lucid is not alone here. Tesla and Rivian both keep their updates on the down low until they begin to rollout.

 

[HC_79]

FWIW - Lucid is not alone here. Tesla and Rivian both keep their updates on the down low until they begin to rollout.

True but Tesla and Rivian seem to be pushing them out more frequently also. It would be nice to see Lucid get a little more aggressive with its updates. Not necessarily features but bug fixes should be a little more frequent. I've seen examples of where Tesla & Rivian have deployed an update with a critical flaw and within 1 to 3 days another one is pushed to fix. The Creature Comfort \ Keep Mode bug should've been resolved more quickly along with whatever is causing peoples sporadic key fob issues.

Lucid has also shown a lot of features in the Gravity sizzle reel that is pre-loaded in every car which a number of them are missing. I do hope this doesn't become like the Air where in 12 months time we're asking "where's the streaming Apps" "where's camp mode" etc.

I would have expected another small bug fix update by now but seems everything has gone quiet.

 

[GoDestruction]

Fair point… but this is just normal for software companies.

MSFT, Apple, Google don’t share detailed release plans with anyone. Right?

It’s just that automotive industry is turning (albeit very slowly) into software companies with pure-play EV companies leading the change.

 

[RandomDesign]

Sure, for you people who prefer the Air. But the real benefit of the Gravity is that you can fit a player piano in when the rear seats are folded.

Or if you have a 7 seat config just get a string quartet!