Touring Delivery and Initial Impressions

[Bobby]

Roger...thanks!

I only use the mobile key... no fob. It works very well. I carry the keycard in my wallet in case of emergency.

 

[noobzilla]

I am Team Fob, but hearing how the fob battery has potential lower life and that pillar unlock can also be spotty, I begrudgingly set up mobile key as well to have a backup for the backup for the backup.

Team Fob here as well. I'm still figuring out a way and location to hide a spare battery.

I only use the mobile key... no fob. It works very well. I carry the keycard in my wallet in case of emergency.

Does the car activate if your phone gets close to the car? Hmmm that's actually a good idea to keep a keycard in the wallet.

 

[noobzilla]

Hi, all.

Posting this for whatever it might be worth to the community. My advisor called me on 12/31/2022 and said he had a Touring for me. I had previously canceled my old Touring order and kept my Air order because the 2022 Touring deliveries HAD to come with bubble top, DDP, and SSP…..none of which I really wanted. The deal on 12/31 was that I get the Touring at my legacy pricing, a 90 trial of DDP/SSP (I have to pay to keep, which I wont), but I am stuck with the bubble top. The color and interior were good, so I did it. I got legacy pricing plus the $7,500 tax credit for taking deliver at 9pm on New Years Eve.

For those buyers nearing delivery. Search this site for the four page delivery checklist. That list was awesome. I have some very minor items for correction, so keep an eye out when you get your car—A squeaky window shade, the left rear seat doesn’t heat up much, and a small section of loose trim inside two wheel wells. All the panels lined up and everything else seemed tight. For ~100k, I would expect none of the issues I described, but for a new car company…..not bad.

The car has been in my garage for eight days. I have hardly driven it (25 miles), but I have played with it a lot. I have to say….I pretty much love it. Drives and handles like a dream. I have some irritation with me having to figure out the tech, but that is on me and not Lucid. One issue with the tech is how the car deals with reverse on a hill, and I’m working that out. Electrify America charging near me stinks, but with the range of this car, it’s not a major issue (my feelings may change after my first road trip).

Something bugging me is the mobile key. Most of the time when I walk in the garage (usually to get a water or do laundry) the car presents the handles and opens the mirrors. Today, I actually wanted to get in the car, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t open the car with my cell phone :/. The fobs and cards seem to mostly work. Although, one of the fobs needed a new battery two days after I got it, and today I got a message saying the Lucid couldn’t connect the fob, which was in the car, but the car sorted that out in a few seconds. Makes me wonder if the fobs are bad.

Next step for me is to get a wrap or PPF. To help you budget, wraps in So. Cal. Seem to be running about 4K, and PPF is about 7k. I was pretty shocked by the cost of PPF.

All in all, this car is awesome and I am glad I bought it. No shade on Tesla, but I‘m glad I went Lucid-it is fresh. The Touring is a beauty.

Congrats! Wrap and PPF is indeed shocking. My budget had been stretched out and I don't even want to spend $1700 on ceramic coating <.< I ended up doing DIY ceramic spray coating.

 

[yhenry]

I only use the mobile key... no fob. It works very well. I carry the keycard in my wallet in case of emergency.

That's what I do as well. The fob stays in a faraday bag at home. The mobile key works pretty well for me, just one less thing to worry about.

 

[Bobby]

Team Fob here as well. I'm still figuring out a way and location to hide a spare battery.


Does the car activate if your phone gets close to the car? Hmmm that's actually a good idea to keep a keycard in the wallet.

Yes. Same as the fob. No need to take the phone out of your pocket or anything.

 

[Lucken]

Team Fob here as well. I'm still figuring out a way and location to hide a spare battery.


Does the car activate if your phone gets close to the car? Hmmm that's actually a good idea to keep a keycard in the wallet.

My 2017 MS had a setting to either respond or not respond if you got close. That would definitely be something that Lucid should add. It would drive me nuts having the handles present every time I walked by in the garage. Back then you knew that every time the handles would present, you were one step closer to a handle failure.

 

[Bobby]

My 2017 MS had a setting to either respond or not respond if you got close. That would definitely be something that Lucid should add. It would drive me nuts having the handles present every time I walked by in the garage. Back then you knew that every time the handles would present, you were one step closer to a handle failure.

Such a setting is best when geofenced.

 

[Julesncate]

Hi, all.

Posting this for whatever it might be worth to the community. My advisor called me on 12/31/2022 and said he had a Touring for me. I had previously canceled my old Touring order and kept my Air order because the 2022 Touring deliveries HAD to come with bubble top, DDP, and SSP…..none of which I really wanted. The deal on 12/31 was that I get the Touring at my legacy pricing, a 90 trial of DDP/SSP (I have to pay to keep, which I wont), but I am stuck with the bubble top. The color and interior were good, so I did it. I got legacy pricing plus the $7,500 tax credit for taking deliver at 9pm on New Years Eve.

For those buyers nearing delivery. Search this site for the four page delivery checklist. That list was awesome. I have some very minor items for correction, so keep an eye out when you get your car—A squeaky window shade, the left rear seat doesn’t heat up much, and a small section of loose trim inside two wheel wells. All the panels lined up and everything else seemed tight. For ~100k, I would expect none of the issues I described, but for a new car company…..not bad.

The car has been in my garage for eight days. I have hardly driven it (25 miles), but I have played with it a lot. I have to say….I pretty much love it. Drives and handles like a dream. I have some irritation with me having to figure out the tech, but that is on me and not Lucid. One issue with the tech is how the car deals with reverse on a hill, and I’m working that out. Electrify America charging near me stinks, but with the range of this car, it’s not a major issue (my feelings may change after my first road trip).

Something bugging me is the mobile key. Most of the time when I walk in the garage (usually to get a water or do laundry) the car presents the handles and opens the mirrors. Today, I actually wanted to get in the car, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t open the car with my cell phone :/. The fobs and cards seem to mostly work. Although, one of the fobs needed a new battery two days after I got it, and today I got a message saying the Lucid couldn’t connect the fob, which was in the car, but the car sorted that out in a few seconds. Makes me wonder if the fobs are bad.

Next step for me is to get a wrap or PPF. To help you budget, wraps in So. Cal. Seem to be running about 4K, and PPF is about 7k. I was pretty shocked by the cost of PPF.

All in all, this car is awesome and I am glad I bought it. No shade on Tesla, but I‘m glad I went Lucid-it is fresh. The Touring is a beauty.

wow! that's a lot for the PPF. I am getting done in CT for $2k

 

[Lucken]

The garage & community gate geofencing of my MS was probably one of its best features. I miss that and wish the i4 had it.

 

[noobzilla]

Yes. Same as the fob. No need to take the phone out of your pocket or anything.

Bummer. I pass by the perimeter of the garage pretty much all day. I wonder if the car and phone connection is through bluetooth then I can just turn off my phone's bluetooth?

 

[Bobby]

Bummer. I pass by the perimeter of the garage pretty much all day. I wonder if the car and phone connection is through bluetooth then I can just turn off my phone's bluetooth?

Yes it is and yes you can.

 

[Bnwbaron]

My 2017 MS had a setting to either respond or not respond if you got close. That would definitely be something that Lucid should add. It would drive me nuts having the handles present every time I walked by in the garage. Back then you knew that every time the handles would present, you were one step closer to a handle failure.

This handle (and rear view mirror) failure is exactly what I am worried about... exactly!

 

[Bnwbaron]

wow! that's a lot for the PPF. I am getting done in CT for $2k

Ha....would be cheaper for me to drive to CT and use your guy. I have had three quotes out here.....$6800, $7000, $8000. Typical So. Cal. pricing hike.

 

[borski]

I’ll never understand the fascination with digital/mobile keys. No matter the car, they seem to have more issues than key fobs. I never even activated mine in my i4. I would only use the fob with the Lucid.

I no longer have any real keys. My house has keypads, my car is mobile key, etc. Front right pocket is wallet, left pocket is phone, nothing to sit on.

Mobile key has been fantastic.

 

[Bobby]

I no longer have any real keys. My house has keypads, my car is mobile key, etc. Front right pocket is wallet, left pocket is phone, nothing to sit on.

Mobile key has been fantastic.

Same, except my wallet is now magnetically attached to the back of my iPhone.

 

[borski]

Same, except my wallet is now magnetically attached to the back of my iPhone.

I've considered doing this but have too many cards from card hacking all these years. At least I've gotten into a Distil Union Wally Bifold 5.0 which I love.

 

[noobzilla]

I no longer have any real keys. My house has keypads, my car is mobile key, etc. Front right pocket is wallet, left pocket is phone, nothing to sit on.

Mobile key has been fantastic.

Hmmmm that's quite tempting! Then I can put the valet card on my wallet in case my phone runs out of battery/gets stolen/breaks/unable to open the car

I've considered doing this but have too many cards from card hacking all these years. At least I've gotten into a Distil Union Wally Bifold 5.0 which I love.

Thanks for the reminder! I was shopping around for RFID wallet but they all seem to be big and bulky

 

[borski]

Hmmmm that's quite tempting! Then I can put the valet card on my wallet in case my phone runs out of battery/gets stolen/breaks/unable to open the car


Thanks for the reminder! I was shopping around for RFID wallet but they all seem to be big and bulky

Distil makes spectacularly thin wallets that hold everything I need. They do make an RFID-blocking one, but that is also generally unnecessary: https://distilunion.com/blogs/news/rfid-to-block-or-not-to-block

That said, if you like the safety of it more, they do offer one: https://distilunion.com/products/wally-bifold?variant=33250181054527 but only in Black. Also, a piece of foil on either side of the cards works just as well.

 

[Bobby]

Hmmmm that's quite tempting! Then I can put the valet card on my wallet in case my phone runs out of battery/gets stolen/breaks/unable to open the car


Thanks for the reminder! I was shopping around for RFID wallet but they all seem to be big and bulky

I carry my credit card, my drivers license, and my Lucid card. That’s it.

 

[Lucken]

I no longer have any real keys. My house has keypads, my car is mobile key, etc. Front right pocket is wallet, left pocket is phone, nothing to sit on.

Mobile key has been fantastic.

I keep my fob in my right front pocket, so no key to sit on.