Hello, everyone,
I'm pretty new new to Polestar and this forum, so I thought I'd introduce myself.
I'm a retired community college administrator, and my wife is a retired community college professor. We live in Long Beach, California (which is about 20 miles south of LA). According to the Polestar app, we will receive our car sometime in December.
I didn't discover Polestar until this September, so I've been spared the long, excruciating wait that I've read about on this thread. Although the Polestar is a wonderful car, it is not the car of my dreams, which would be more like a Porsche Taycan, which I can't afford. Given that reality, and the fact that my wife doesn't like Elon Musk (not to mention Teslas have become pretty commonplace in Southern California) or SUVs, and that we've sworn off gasoline, the Polestar 2 seems the best choice for us.
Even though I yearn for a Porsche, and even though the environmentally irresponsible part of me wants a BMW M-class or even (don't tell my wife) one of those new Corvettes, we have owned Volvos. The 240 station wagon, which was beautiful in its boxiness. An S60, which was very nice but also 'meh.' My wife still has a '73 1800 ES, which she cherishes more than me but less than our children. We once had a SAAB 900 and wish we still did.
And now, soon, a Polestar 2, which, if you squint and forget that it's a four-door hatchback, has a hint of the line of a SAAB 900.
Our experience with Polestar has been good. Soon after finding out about the car, I scheduled a test drive at my home. That was a friendly, no-pressure experience. The interior was gorgeous. I liked the Google interface, even though I'm an Apple user. I liked that Polestar kept buttons and the dash screen, rather than throwing that all away like Tesla has done: who wants to scroll through a screen just to turn the volume up or down? The car had impressive speed, though I miss the nimble feel of a lighter car. I wanted something with a range of 200+ miles, and the PStar2 checks that box. And it's a hatchback with a big trunk, which is important to me because I want to put my bicycle there rather than using a bike rack. With the rear seats down, the trunk has ample space for that.
I put down a deposit a few days later, and received a phone call that day from the LA Space manager to touch base.
Then came the email announcements which have been shared on this thread ("It's arriving soon!!!" "It's landed!!!" "$500 in free charging!!!").
I am now at the stage of filling out the financial information on the website. At first I was unable to move from the first step to the second on the website, so I emailed Polestar to let them know. I just figured the site was buggy and nothing would actually happen until I was dealing with actual paper paperwork across the table from an actual human. However, I got a call from Polestar that day saying that I should now be able to proceed to the next step, which I have since then done. That stage deals with my trade-in. I sent the information yesterday, and got an email this morning from the LA Space manager to acknowledge the receipt of the trade-in information and to say they'll get back with a quote soon. I'm in no rush.
So, as someone who just jumped in only a few months ago, it's gone smoothly. I was braced for worse, both because of some of the experiences shared on this forum, and also because a few of my friends were first purchasers of Tesla 3s, and their wait was excruciating. And then, when they got their cars, the paint peeled.
I look forward to reading your posts, like from PolestarMG just now, as you receive your Polestars.
Cheers, David