Hi Team, Im taking delivery of my P4 any day now. Went for the Single motor, Magnesium, with prime pack - 2026 model.

Ive come from a Tesla Model 3 Performance so well adverse to Electric. Didn't need the performance this time so went for range instead. Hopefully not a bad decision.

Any tips and tricks for it. Anything I must do first or need for it.

Thanks

Welcome, its a great car, some niggles, some more troublesome than others, but on the whole, its still a fantastic car.

My tip, which I discovered yesterday is don't confuse which side your windscreen washer button is on. The P4 will attempt to put the handbrake on at 30mph!

 

Now thinking, what's the maximum speed this can work at...

Typically Functional safety implementations (since this is a key one with unintended torque) would be to disallow parking brake it the speed is above around 5mph, or foot on the accelerator.

I can see the 'use parking brake as a 2ndary braking, but already have regen and mechanical braking, that's why most now have the rules above.

 

ok so it seems like reading a few if these threads there are headaches left right a centre. Spoke to a man today whilst out and about and he had the deal motor. I asked how it was and he shrugged his shoulders saying to much technology for it to go wrong, wish he bought the single motor instead as he only gets 300 miles of range.
The handbrake you mention is surely a safety feature. My Tesla wouldn't allow you to press Park at all when being driven, and yes I did every now and again get the wipers confused. So this could be a real problem if we're driving in slow traffic in the rain and we forget. Im sure this would be a software upgrade through the over the air updates.
Well mine gets delivered in a few days direct from Polestar so I'll have to wait and see how she is compared to the Tesla.

I. just say even on the Tesla forums people hd issues left right and centre. I never did. So I'll give it a go and be mindful of the threads on here.

Thank you

 

The handbrake you mention is surely a safety feature. My Tesla wouldn't allow you to press Park at all when being driven

Every car I've had for the past 15 years allowed me to use the parking brake for an emergency stop, so I'd say the Tesla was the outlier here. I suppose the difference here is that it's just the 'P' button rather than the dedicated parking brake button... because there isn't one.

I. just say even on the Tesla forums people hd issues left right and centre. I never did. So I'll give it a go and be mindful of the threads on here.

Exactly... ALL car forums are full of people complaining. In fact, all product forums of any kind are full of people moaning because human nature says you rarely go to the effort of writing good news, yet in a fit of frustration or exasperation you're much more likely to bang the keyboard to get something off your mind!

I've had mine for a year now, yes there are some annoying 'features' and some even more annoying bugs, but overall I wouldn't swap it for anything else and I'd happily have another one.

 

Got a DM arriving on Thursday as well so can do a comparison. Not expecting much to work after reading these forums but can’t be worse than the Austin allegro I once had. It was yellow as well!

 

Beyond the reversing camera lag issue that was introduced via the last couple updates, in the three weeks I've had the car it's been flawless.
The niggles I'd say are the opinionated way things are implemented, rather than true problems.

I have a MY26 LRSM, Prime with the 21" Sport wheels. I've not done enough miles to get a realistic measure on true range yet, but so far I'd estimate it's more than 300 miles on a full charge.

I think the handbrake thing was because I was holding the button expecting it to deploy the screen wash and wipers, instead the car initiated an emergency stop.

On delivery be sure to check your tyre pressures, mine were set to about 52 psi, and screen wash, delivered empty.
Also get yourself a micro SD card for the dashcam, I found fitting it into the glovebox 1000% easier from the drivers seat than via the passenger door.

 

Andy thanks for the advice - appreciate it.

 

Hi. Congratulations on your purchase.
I came from a T3 Performance to P4 LRSM. I would just warn about going from 4WD to RWD. I find the P4 can oversteer typically when using roundabouts. Most likely my driving style still needs to adjust but it has happened a couple of times especially when there is light rain.
That aside, the build quality of the P4 far surpasses that of the Tesla.
Enjoy!

 

Collected mine on Saturday. Drove 300 miles so far and it is perfect. That said, it is essentially a computer with wheels. Read the manual a lot and spend a lot of time going through every setting, shortcut etc when you first get it.

You will have a much better ownership experience if you put the time in at the start.

All of the usual niggles I have read about including the digital key issues, wind noise etc I don't seem to have.

The rear camera is laggy on software 4.2.6 but tbh you're likely be so careful when parking a new car it won't matter & has been reported so will be solved soon.

 

Appreciate that. Yes it is a tech car - but so was the Tesla. And that only had 2 Buttons. Least this has actual switched and buttons to press. Interface looks nice and neat so hopefully no issues.
will take me a while to get used to that mirror. On test drive it was a billionth of a second delay in focus. Maybe it’s because I’m looking into a screen rather than a reflection that has depth.
mill do a software update on delivery and being the new 26 model should all be up to date. Thanks agin.

 

I recently changed from Model Y DM to the P4 LRDM (Prime pack, MY25 - it was a good pre-registered deal).

My thoughts are as follows:

• The style and build quality blow the Tesla away
• The software is very different and takes time to get used to (some things are better/some worse)
• Certain things definitely feel a bit more fiddly to get right (Digital key process was straightforward in the Y, a bit of a faff in the P4...but think I have cracked it this morning)
• The software is not as reliable - CarPlay sometimes connects automatically, sometimes it doesn't; the reversing camera on software 4.2.6 is pretty bad, especially compared to the silky smooth one on the Tesla (this seems to be a recent software issue so hopefully fixed soon).
• Stereo is amazing compared to the Tesla
• Range of Music apps / video apps when still is reduced. No Apple Music (unless CarPlay), no Netflix or Disney.
• Range: early days, but I think I get about the same/slightly less than before but still 300+. But then this thing makes the Model Y look slow...so the range is a price to pay.

Changing car brands used to be a pretty simple adjustment process - few buttons in a few new places and that was about it. Modern cars are computers on wheels - and changing car is like changing operating system (Windows to Max, or iOS to Android) and takes a lot longer to learn the new system. CarPlay / Android auto offers a way to minimise that for most people - but as Tesla didnt have it, then its not really that helpful.