I've not had my Polestar 4 (LRSM - magnesium, firmware 4.2.2) for very long, but here are a few of my initial thoughts:
The Polestar 4 is by and large a very enjoyable car all round. It is a much more engaging and dynamic car to drive than my previous Volvo XC40, and indeed than almost every other car I have owned. However, I do have a number of gripes with some aspects of the car - most just mildly irritating but one 'feature' in particular which is really badly implemented to the extent that I find it potentially dangerous. Most, if not all of the these issues could almost certainly be addressed by means of firmware updates.
Firstly a couple of slightly irritating 'features':
1. Why can steering wheel 'feel' changes only be made when the car is being driven, and not in pre-drive. Why can 'sport mode' only be switched on/off whilst the car is being driven, and what exactly does switching sport mode 'Off' do other than disabling CC? Why is CC not available when sport mode is disabled?
2. Key fob proximity functionality appears to be a little hit or miss. As suggested by a number of members of the forum, I have invested in a faraday pouch for my key fob, but I don't think this has fully resolved my problem.
However, far and away the biggest issue for me has been Polestar's implementation of the haptic 'buttons' on the steering wheel. In particular, the haptic buttons that control 'cruise control' along with the way Polestar has chosen to implement cruise control make this function incredibly irritating at best, and verging on the downright dangerous at worst.
Why on earth should it be necessary to double click the CC button to initiate cruise control - particularly when haptic buttons are generally a little problematical? Surely a single click (such as on every other car I have owned) would be much more sensible. I find engaging cruise control in the Polestar 4 to be very hit or miss - significantly worse than on any car I have owned. The only car I have driven which comes close is the Volvo EX30 which also uses haptic buttons on it's steering wheel.
And now the aspect of the way cruise control has been implemented that I deem to be on the verge of dangerous. Why oh why is there a significant delay between hitting the CC button and CC actually engaging? Quite often I find (and this is exacerbated when using a regenerative breaking mode) the car reduces speed quite dramatically before engaging and accelerating to the chosen CC speed.
All in all, I do like my Polestar 4 very much indeed. However, I really would love Polestar to fine tune the way that CC is implemented!
The Polestar 4 is by and large a very enjoyable car all round. It is a much more engaging and dynamic car to drive than my previous Volvo XC40, and indeed than almost every other car I have owned. However, I do have a number of gripes with some aspects of the car - most just mildly irritating but one 'feature' in particular which is really badly implemented to the extent that I find it potentially dangerous. Most, if not all of the these issues could almost certainly be addressed by means of firmware updates.
Firstly a couple of slightly irritating 'features':
1. Why can steering wheel 'feel' changes only be made when the car is being driven, and not in pre-drive. Why can 'sport mode' only be switched on/off whilst the car is being driven, and what exactly does switching sport mode 'Off' do other than disabling CC? Why is CC not available when sport mode is disabled?
2. Key fob proximity functionality appears to be a little hit or miss. As suggested by a number of members of the forum, I have invested in a faraday pouch for my key fob, but I don't think this has fully resolved my problem.
However, far and away the biggest issue for me has been Polestar's implementation of the haptic 'buttons' on the steering wheel. In particular, the haptic buttons that control 'cruise control' along with the way Polestar has chosen to implement cruise control make this function incredibly irritating at best, and verging on the downright dangerous at worst.
Why on earth should it be necessary to double click the CC button to initiate cruise control - particularly when haptic buttons are generally a little problematical? Surely a single click (such as on every other car I have owned) would be much more sensible. I find engaging cruise control in the Polestar 4 to be very hit or miss - significantly worse than on any car I have owned. The only car I have driven which comes close is the Volvo EX30 which also uses haptic buttons on it's steering wheel.
And now the aspect of the way cruise control has been implemented that I deem to be on the verge of dangerous. Why oh why is there a significant delay between hitting the CC button and CC actually engaging? Quite often I find (and this is exacerbated when using a regenerative breaking mode) the car reduces speed quite dramatically before engaging and accelerating to the chosen CC speed.
All in all, I do like my Polestar 4 very much indeed. However, I really would love Polestar to fine tune the way that CC is implemented!
