Yet Another Entry in the Electric Car series. It’s easy to write complaints and nitpick stuff that’s clearly wrong. It’s also relatively easy to make that kind or writing funny, enjoyable, or both. It helps me vent as well, which makes it enjoyable to write. Nitpicks and complaints have focal points that anchor the piece. […]
Part 11 in my Electric Car series (“The Electrilliad“) I’m a scientist and I firmly believe in a rational world, where most -not all, mind you, but most- phenomena can be explained rationally. Murphy’s Law, though, is difficult to ignore. It is, of course, Murphy’s Law that’s on my mind, because after a week of […]
Part 10 of the Electric Car series. The Electrilliad, if you will. I spoke to a Polestar Support person on Wednesday who promised I’d receive a call within two days to arrange a tech’s visit to diagnose and potentially fix the car. Today, at the 1.5-day mark, and knowing that if they didn’t call me […]
Part 9 of the Electric Car series (“The Electrilliad“) The radios Sadly, as expected, my car’s radios haven’t healed. However, I’m less sure that the hardware is fried. It’s time to entertain a different possibility: somewhere, something in the bowels of the car is disconnected. Either physically, i.e. a cable got loose, or logically, as […]
Part 8 of the Electric Car saga. Polestar’s software is a work in progress. The one running on the car looks generally good, and is stable in general use, but has issues and annoyances lurking under the surface. Just to be very clear, I love driving the car, and it’s fun. So before we get […]
Part 7 in my Electric Car series. The car is great! It has quirks and new company problems and controversial design choices, and I am sure it’s not and won’t be for everyone. But I really like it so far, and I suspect I’ll continue to like it for a long, long time. Or until […]
I traveled to Austin on Monday, and picked up my new Polestar 2. Hooray! It’s part 6 in my Electric Car series. This is going to be such a long one, I split it in two more pieces. Travel I needed to get there without driving, and public transportation in Texas isn’t great. The usual […]
Part 5 of my ongoing Electric Car series. Fixing my mistake with the Mach E order would cost $5,000 extra, plus taxes (for the extended-range battery) and another trip to the awful dealership, including redoing the price negotiation. No way. Life’s too short for that stress. The Polestar 2 was my second choice for an […]
Part four in my Electric Car series. Like many nerds who just made a big purchase, I sat down the next day to read even more about the Mach E. Despite the lousy dealership experience (in part my fault, I don’t know why I had any expectations), I was looking forward to getting the car […]