Polestar 2

Same Same. Stretching it. Wouldn't be advising it if it was mine. Cheap service item too.

The pads sit on a plate of steel. Of course they degrade with time and weather. No idea why someone wouldn't spend the 30 or 40 quid every few years. Cheap risk insurance..

I have my Polestar 2 now a week after collecting it in Dublin and driving it back to Cork. It's been a great experience so far and I'm enjoying the drive. They're a rare enough sight on the road so was pleasantly surprised to see two yesterday. I've tried to order rubber mats for the car form Polestar but I can't seem to do it on the website. Has anyone managed to order them?

Some sense has arisen. I think many of these businesses fail to understand that the Tesla effect has a limited reach. Most people dont want to make such large scale purchases without the traditional visibility and i suppose 'fallback' of a human to complain to. There is certain industries that will move much slower or not at all into what is 'next gen' operations.

Too much UX designer / product people dont understand the majority of their customers needs (this goes for many industries across the board)

I quite liked the buying experience, but when you get asked every day of the week, "What brand is that car?" you have to consider that the general public has little knowledge of Polestar. Anyone unfamiliar with the brand may find it difficult to buy a car without the traditional face-to-face dealer interaction. Additionally, there's a generation of buyers, mostly men, who enjoy walking into a dealer and feeling like they're getting a "great deal" on a new car.

Ive bought a couple of cars brand new out of the showroom and it's completely outdated nowadays in my opinion, it's the equivalent of going into a bank and queuing up to cash a cheque. Face to face stuff is disappearing from a lot of services and that suits me just fine!

30k Kms service today, in and out in an hour and a bit. Covered under service plan so no charge

I enjoyed my recent visit to dealer and got to see the car in standard spec and high spec plus a trip to 2 more dealers local enough I saw all 4 colours it comes in.

The colour I chose would not have been my first choice from a website or YouTube video but in person, it stood out to me and I've ordered it.

Really got a feel for the 2 versions it came in and able to make the right choice.

I'm sure it could be a few thousand cheaper bought on an app but like a lot of things, its part of the experience. 2nd car I've bought from same salesperson and might be back for 3rd to replace the 1st when a certain model gets released.....

Do we really have to work from home, shop from home, buy cars from home? There'll be nothing out in the world only what's in our screens someday!

Yeah, each to their own though. Place for all preferences. A guy in work bought a tesla model y having only ever seen it on a stand in a shopping centre in Belfast. He seems genuinely happy with the car and thought buying on an app was great. He's also genuinely happy with the car.

I was 90% sure I wanted the car i ended up buying, but I did want to see it and sit in it. Doing so, I changed colour choice and spec levels as I mentioned above.

The idiosyncratic naming policy is another thought that doesn’t help Polestar. The replacement for the polestar 2 should be polestar 2…
certain conventions and practices just work and Polestar seem to be going out of their way to make life harder for themselves and customers.

I have heard in the past that the model numbers will increase and replace older models

Yeah. They're also moving production of the 4 to South Korea and obviously have the US production facility in South Carolina for the 3 as well. They farm out production rather than having their own factories.

I suppose they're not going to announce the replacement of the 2 prematurely. There's also no forecast on when the 7 will begin production.

They're guessing it'll be based on the EX30. No guarantee they're right.

Yip. Also, see the Zeeker X.