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Old Nov 11, 2024 | 08:29 AM
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So, when are you ordering the M3P?
Next summer when our Ioniq 5 lease is up. I would say June or July 2025
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Old Nov 11, 2024 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
polestar will need to make the cars in the u.s. or partner with someone else to do it (ford?) to survive.



i just watched gjeebs video on his road trip in the m3p and at his highway speed, he was getting basically 200mi. between charges, not great. since i'm not all about performance, i'd take more range over more performance.
I have the video on my watch list, but that said, this won't be my trip car, this will be my daily commuter, which is basically 10 miles each way, Mon thru Friday, so performance is my preference. The Y will remain our trip car, and we get between 255 and 265 miles on that car with my driving style
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Old Nov 11, 2024 | 12:04 PM
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Next summer when our Ioniq 5 lease is up. I would say June or July 2025
I've had a little seat time now in my son's LR AWD, and I really like it. Very quiet and comfortable. Ride is super smooth. Smoother than my Plaid with air suspension. Very quick. Only thing I don't like is that there is no dash in front of you like in my car. Not crazy about everything being in the center.
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Originally Posted by Bob04
I've had a little seat time now in my son's LR AWD, and I really like it. Very quiet and comfortable. Ride is super smooth. Smoother than my Plaid with air suspension. Very quick. Only thing I don't like is that there is no dash in front of you like in my car. Not crazy about everything being in the center.
I'm totally used to it and fine with everything being on the center screen. I may consider the LR as well, I'm also considering the redesigned Y when it comes out
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
polestar will need to make the cars in the u.s. or partner with someone else to do it (ford?) to survive.
Even then, that won't be enough because they were bemoaning how their own US-made vehicles would be blocked by the current administration's plans due to the usage of Chinese software and hardware.

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More bad news for Polestar. It may not be able to sell its vehicles in the US, even ones built in the US.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...ys-2024-10-28/
Now imagine what the new one will do.
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P4 is still a buggy nightmare. Battery preconditioning, HUD, and driver assist systems were essentially nonfunctional in Kris Rifa's latest review.

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P4 is still a buggy nightmare. Battery preconditioning, HUD, and driver assist systems were essentially nonfunctional in Kris Rifa's latest review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjdB2zD8Na4
They will eventually fix these software issues, but it really tarnishes the brand, this is like the P2 launch all over again, but on steroids
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Got my final bill for my Polestar Lease


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Old Dec 26, 2024 | 02:25 PM
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Closed out my account as well. I thought i'd be charged more for the "Excessive wear and use". I got an estimate from a body shop before the inspection and was quoted $1300 to fix everything. The inspection report showed $418 in billable damages. I returned the car the next day

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Closed out my account as well. I thought i'd be charged more for the "Excessive wear and use". I got an estimate from a body shop before the inspection and was quoted $1300 to fix everything. The inspection report showed $418 in billable damages. I returned the car the next day
Congrats! You got off lucky. I had $1600 just in excess mileage charges 😕
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Old Dec 28, 2024 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bowser
Closed out my account as well. I thought i'd be charged more for the "Excessive wear and use". I got an estimate from a body shop before the inspection and was quoted $1300 to fix everything. The inspection report showed $418 in billable damages. I returned the car the next day
‘Do you have to pay a fee to ditch the lease?
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When I turned in my 2021 Polestar 2 and got a 2024 I didn't have any fees. It was returned 2 months early in pristine condition so no excess wear charges either. And to top it off, my new lease was for 27 mos with $250/month savings.
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Originally Posted by MDlexus
When I turned in my 2021 Polestar 2 and got a 2024 I didn't have any fees. It was returned 2 months early in pristine condition so no excess wear charges either. And to top it off, my new lease was for 27 mos with $250/month savings.
Had I gotten into another P2 lease, they would have waived the fees and mileage as well. But I had my heart set on a Model 3. I do miss my P2, it was the car the sold me on EV's
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Old Dec 31, 2024 | 11:32 AM
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I got the same offer - fees waived, lower monthly payment for P2, almost the same payment for P3. But it was time to move on . . .
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Old Dec 31, 2024 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by bowser
I got the same offer - fees waived, lower monthly payment for P2, almost the same payment for P3. But it was time to move on . . .
Talking about moving on, how's the Ioniq 5 so far? We are not driving ours much because my wife has hit 18k and our limit is 20k
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