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Hi,
I've been lurking around this forum for some days now, and decided to create an account to share with and learn from the nice community you've got here.
A bit of background: Even though I have lived in a few different places, I have always picked the place to call home after factoring in public transportation availability. It was all well and good until COVID hit and I couldn't venture much outside of a very short radius for months; it drove me nuts! I have never owned a car, and had not planned on buying one for the next couple of years, but decided to take the plunge to keep my sanity. I live in Norway, so due to the super high taxes on fossil cars, they were a no go; an EV simply made financial and environmental sense.
Shortlisting and ordering: I started off with the following shortlist, arranged in increasing order of my preference based solely on online reviews, specifications and videos (couldn't even go for test-drives myself because COVID):
Even though I was sort of pushing my budget by a few percent with the last 2 options in my list, I went ahead with a magnesium Polestar 2 with 19" wheels. I really wanted a "road salt" coloured car to reduce the time I need to spend cleaning it in winters, and magnesium seemed to be the closest! 😃 First I got December as the ETA, then it changed to January. Not a super big deal, considering they're starting to get better with teething issues. I am, however, really dreading not having app based preheating at the peak of Norwegian winters.
TL;DR & Advice?
So I've never owned a car, but COVID drove me to get one. I ordered a Polestar 2 (no PP), but dreading reports of issues and lack of app based preheating. I still hope I've made the right choice. Any advice to help a noob avoid early ownership woes when it comes to Polestar 2? 🙂
I've been lurking around this forum for some days now, and decided to create an account to share with and learn from the nice community you've got here.
A bit of background: Even though I have lived in a few different places, I have always picked the place to call home after factoring in public transportation availability. It was all well and good until COVID hit and I couldn't venture much outside of a very short radius for months; it drove me nuts! I have never owned a car, and had not planned on buying one for the next couple of years, but decided to take the plunge to keep my sanity. I live in Norway, so due to the super high taxes on fossil cars, they were a no go; an EV simply made financial and environmental sense.
Shortlisting and ordering: I started off with the following shortlist, arranged in increasing order of my preference based solely on online reviews, specifications and videos (couldn't even go for test-drives myself because COVID):
- Ioniq
- Zoe
- Kona
- TM3 SR+
- TM3 LR
- XC40 RPE
- Polestar 2.
Even though I was sort of pushing my budget by a few percent with the last 2 options in my list, I went ahead with a magnesium Polestar 2 with 19" wheels. I really wanted a "road salt" coloured car to reduce the time I need to spend cleaning it in winters, and magnesium seemed to be the closest! 😃 First I got December as the ETA, then it changed to January. Not a super big deal, considering they're starting to get better with teething issues. I am, however, really dreading not having app based preheating at the peak of Norwegian winters.
TL;DR & Advice?
So I've never owned a car, but COVID drove me to get one. I ordered a Polestar 2 (no PP), but dreading reports of issues and lack of app based preheating. I still hope I've made the right choice. Any advice to help a noob avoid early ownership woes when it comes to Polestar 2? 🙂
