2:35. I imagine giving you a 900HP Ford Escape would probably be against the Geneva Convention.

@bobbybobman3073

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, didn't he say he wanted a 1350 hp bus? I think I'm probably more concerned about that than the Escape, even though the Escape is a fair concern as the bus is likely 20 years from completion and the Escape is probably less than 2.

@andreasu.3546

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbybobman3073 That bus will pull wheelies.

@LMB222

Жыл бұрын

Does one really need a 600kW in a car or a small truck?

@jeffberwick

Жыл бұрын

@@LMB222 Yes.

@tomhsia4354

Жыл бұрын

@@LMB222 Absolutely not. Which is why it would be funny.

Kaskaskia is the first place I ever drove a car. My dad took me there and let me drive around the empty village.

@kennethobrien6537

Жыл бұрын

I can't even imagine, oh wait nvm. I used to live in the rust belt.

@herbiehusker1889

Жыл бұрын

Did you live in Ste. Gen?

@ordlay23

Жыл бұрын

@@herbiehusker1889 Cape

@herbiehusker1889

Жыл бұрын

@@ordlay23 ah. I live not too far away in Bollinger County.

@Drsultan.9

3 ай бұрын

Ok

I want Robert to do history videos now. I liked how he did that

@ghomerhust

Жыл бұрын

yeah his perky demeanor is easy to listen to

@alpaljl

Жыл бұрын

Same

Similar thing as happened to Kaskaskia happend in the middle ages in Poland. There was a city with a huge castle which would've ended up as the capital of Poland... but the river changed its course by 400 meters so instead of flowing right under the castle you'd have to go through 400 metres of swamp to get to it. Subsequently the court moved to Warsaw and the would be capital barely exists now as a small village with an impressive castle ruin.

@djdjukic

Жыл бұрын

That sounds very interesting and I'd like to read more about it, which castle are you referring to?

@NandR

Жыл бұрын

@@djdjukic I also found it interesting but could only find Krakow, Poznan, Plock, and Gniezno. But those moves were all made because of fire or just the new king wanting it somewhere else.

@andr27

Жыл бұрын

What a nice bs story. River changes its course like 400m by thousands of years. Polacks, stop bastardizing eng. speakig yt channels

@Matticitt

Жыл бұрын

@@djdjukic it's Czersk

@djdjukic

Жыл бұрын

@@Matticitt Ah, Czersk in Mazovia. Thanks, that's a fascinating story.

I love how you make these videos entertaining to watch and not just sit and talk about a car. The coal barge was a nice touch!

@raven4k998

Жыл бұрын

wait you can just get into a polestar 2 and drive away without the key cool great to know that😎

@seymoarsalvage

Жыл бұрын

@WirelessNut Because nuclear energy isn't a thing at all.... gotcha.

@SimJDKS

Жыл бұрын

@WirelessNut reminding how many places keep needlessly burning rocks from the ground isn’t the gotcha you think it is.

@theyeetus1428

Жыл бұрын

@@SimJDKS If burning coal is really "needless" then I guess you'd be happy with millions of people without power?

@SimJDKS

Жыл бұрын

@WirelessNut I guess you don't ever read the comments when EV's are ever involved. as that is a very common "well, here is 17 gotcha's that also ignore reality". sadly even joking about amplifies the stupid.

I nearly had a heart attack driving a Polestar 2 as a rental car because I was backing out of a parking spot and the car stopped so suddenly I was certain I had backed into another car or a post. I got out and there was nothing there. The car must have slammed on the brakes by itself. Glad it's not just me!

@kamally

2 ай бұрын

Yep, had it happen to me a year or two back. Luckily I believe it was fixed in an over the air update

This has to be one of the most entertaining reviews I’ve ever heard. The sticker part was hilarious!

Really enjoyed the little bits of history and scenery in this one. Makes it not just a video about a car.

@johnslugger

Жыл бұрын

*I just sat in one at the dealer. I am 6"6" tall and I felt like a big grasshopper shoved into a small match box. NOT FOR TALL PEOPLE!!! I ended up with a Telsa 3 and I have plenty of room including my son who is 7" tall. (P.S. I did buy a KIA EV6 at first and it have total Electrical failure after only 3 weeks ownership and 500 miles and the dealer said it would take 5 months to fix so it had a MAJOR factory defect of some kind!!! Dealer refunded my purchase price only AFTER I spent $2000.00 to hire a real scary Lawyer and he faxed them a nasty letter! Kia is too new at the electric car game so better give them 5 more years to catch up or end up being their Guinea Pig like I was!!!)*

Your ads are the only ones I don't skip through. You always make them fun!

@ssenssel

Жыл бұрын

Same here. My spons0rblock add-on skips automatically but on both his channels I always revert the jump.

@paulhorn2665

Жыл бұрын

I wonder have there ever been electric Model A? Like delivery cars and so on?

@WatanabeNoTsuna.

Жыл бұрын

Likewise!

@bmarques333

Жыл бұрын

Same. Even though I live in Europe, so they don't work for me!

@ModelA

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhorn2665 Not from the factory, but I'm working with a guy right now to transplant a Tesla drivetrain into a Model A.

Finland mentioned! To the market! 🥳🇫🇮 BTW Volvo dealers DO service Polestars here.

@puddycat2325

Жыл бұрын

I also thought that was an odd point when ours is always done at a Volvo dealer and they’re all over the place. Heck, we even got a top of the line XC90 as a courtesy car which wasn’t bad. I think in Europe it’s a no brainer to get the polestar, but bad planning, availability, and geography in the US makes it much harder.

@SuperMixedd

Жыл бұрын

finland doesn't exist, it's a fake country

@michaeltutty1540

Жыл бұрын

​@@puddycat2325 If you think the geography of the US makes it bad, try Canada. In Ontario, the furthest north there is a Volvo dealer is Newmarket. Going north from there and it is a void. If you are headed towards northwestern Ontario, the next Volvo dealer is Winnipeg, Manitoba, which is well over a thousand miles away.

@puddycat2325

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeltutty1540 I’d suggest the alternative in Canada is an ICE vehicle rather than a tesla as I imagine the charging infrastructure isn’t great either, especially further north. But then I’d always argue you should never stoop as low as buying a tesla.

@roykale9141

Жыл бұрын

SUOMI!

I've had my P*2 (2022, dual motor, LR, but not performance pkg) for a bit over a year now and apart from occasionally staying offline for the whole duration of a drive, I've never experienced any issues, but I've only driven 15000km. I love this car!

So in summary, a 1 year old Polestar 2 is the bargain of the century

@TOMVUTHEPIMP

8 ай бұрын

Unless you buy it from this dude who bent the steering on it.

@theairstig9164

4 ай бұрын

Think again

@kamally

2 ай бұрын

Exactly, their high-end specs with most options can go for 25-30K. making them some of the best value EV's. I will probably wait until the refresh is 2-3 years old and get one, after a similar price drop.

I HATE the new trend of having no start procedure. I should be able to turn the car OFF and ON. Even my Bolt (which DOES have a start button) doesn't FULLY turn off, so if it's doing some glitchy bullshit there is no way of rebooting the system other than walking away from it for an unspecified amount of time or disconnecting the auxiliary battery.

@CO-go1sd

Жыл бұрын

You realize they do have an on off button right??

@Travis0palzae

Жыл бұрын

In case you need it: The glitchy entertainment system can be reset by holding down the play, previous, and next buttons until the screen blanks.

@coredumperror

Жыл бұрын

Teslas do have a "Fully power off, damnit!" button. It's in the Service menu. I used it once to install a mod, but other than that I've never needed it, as neither of my two Teslas have ever "done some glitchy bullshit".

@pocketpc_

Жыл бұрын

@@CO-go1sd You realize he literally said that doesn't turn it all the way off right??

@BrandEver117

Жыл бұрын

@@Travis0palzae Yeah I recently discovered that in a forum post and it does help with many issues. It sucks that they don't put the reset procedure anywhere in the manual.

It's wild to me that your nice weather efficiency is less than my winter efficiency in my MachE. I didn't realize the Mustang was particularly efficient for an EV.

@raven4k998

Жыл бұрын

yeah it is Ford pulled out all the stops with the MachE cause they want to get some ev sales this time with there new ev's

@bwofficial1776

Жыл бұрын

@@raven4k998 And they're still losing money on them even though they're pretty expensive.

@ouch1011

Жыл бұрын

The Mach-E isn’t particularly efficient. The Polestar is REALLY inefficient.

@calvinbarnes1721

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, my Leaf normally gets 4.1, and if I drive conservatively I can get 4.5.

@Wasssup3232

Жыл бұрын

My M3 RWD I pull on a really good 70MPH highway run is around 5 M/KWh On a not good day when it’s nasty out and I run the heat instead of the fans it’s around 4 to 4.2

I am so glad I found your channel many years ago. A real person speaking about their doubt, concerns, experience and first of all joy of cars, and everything else. I have to admit you can make even the sponsored parts watchable.

@TheWinjin

Жыл бұрын

I only found it this year and has been immensely enjoying. I found it through Technology Connections and I absolutely love those two guys and wish I had something to bring to the table.

Greetings from the UK - I just want to say that I love watching your videos. You make me laugh out loud, you really do. My best LOL moment other than "...it's not drive", is definitely "shut up! It's my money!" You genius man! All the very best to you and your family and Happy Easter, while we're at it. 🙂

For the steering 'look -up', it happens to my Hyundai Kona electric too. Thought I was crazy, Thank You Dr. Dunn.

@LittleAnastasia...

Жыл бұрын

Damn, wonky steering happens in my 2019 fusion. Occasionally going around a curve it fights me and wants to continue straight. 😮

@ad_fletch

Жыл бұрын

Sheesh I’d be quite upset not to feel in full control of my steering, even when all autosteer-type functions are off…

@jessebrook1688

Жыл бұрын

I remember having a 1990s Ford Taurus with wonky steering. The variable assist varied in the middle of a turn. I now have a car with a gas pedal that sticks when I've had it on cruise (fortunately it sticks in the off position, not down). I wouldn't want that in my steering.

For anyone wondering the one petal driving braking at high SOC/low battery temp Tesla USED TO limit the regen braking with no compensation from the actual brakes. Fairly recently they updated and now you can turn on the option to use the physical brake pads to have a consistent braking experience like he describes having with the Polestar.

@jabbawok944

Жыл бұрын

That’s cool. I will try and turn that on in my Model 3.

@spugintrntl

Жыл бұрын

I WISH the bolt did that...

@Whatwherewhy586

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it works really well too. Barely notice the use of real brakes.

@rdizzy1

Жыл бұрын

This should be good to prevent the brakes from rusting away.

@jmwintenn

Жыл бұрын

pedal

6:13 A noise that kind of sounds like tire noise that developed soon after a big shock load could be a damaged wheel bearing (Brinelling damage). If the rotor is warped again, the hub part of it could be bent as well.

@copjonlang

7 ай бұрын

With the wheel bearing possibly being damaged and polestar having variable power steering assist I think they call it progressive steering assist. It might be freaking out the system causing the steering wheel to hang up in a certain spot. Or not who knows 🙃

It's good to know that as an Alfa Romeo owner considering a Polestar 2, the ownership experience won't change much. Random weird stuff being inaccurate or not quite working correctly, but also not quite broken, few dealerships, lighting money on fire in depreciation -- all the same.

@farmannn855

Жыл бұрын

🤣😂👌

@fesaldeari2717

Жыл бұрын

Funny enough the dealership problem doesnt exist here in switzerland , i can just bring it to a certified volvo dealership and they do the servicing etc. BUT the smaller issues i can agree with there are some but tbh they were and still are not a dealbreaker for me, i just love my PS .

@speedman69420

Жыл бұрын

WHAT HOW volvo is one of the best manufacturers on the planet who were known for there indestructibility how is that possible?

@ravenwing199

Жыл бұрын

​@@speedman69420They got bought by the Chinese.

@av_oid

Жыл бұрын

Sounds more like a FIAT. We all know what that means.

In this episode: learning firsthand the sorrow of a car loan‘s remaining value staying above the depreciation costs.

@ironclaw6969

Жыл бұрын

When they will literally run the term of the loan out to 120 months, or 10 years, you'd better get used to it and you'd better get used to never actually owning your vehicle.

@MrDuncl

Жыл бұрын

I hope there isn't a clause in the finance deal about excess mileage. I once bought an 11 month ex lease car and it had a big sticker next to the mile-o-meter saying. "Mileage must not exceed 15000 miles. Penalties apply if exceeded."

@eekee6034

Жыл бұрын

Don't buy, get a fixed-term contract hire, if they still do those.

@kaitlyn__L

Жыл бұрын

@@eekee6034 don’t know about the US, but they’re the majority of the new car market in the UK. Usually with a purchase option at the end of the term so you can decide later rather than today.

@eekee6034

Жыл бұрын

@@kaitlyn__L Good to know it's still around!

Not having it in Drive is a little bit like when you’re lining up the circular saw to the workpiece, carefully squeezing the trigger and then nothing happens because you didn’t put a battery in it. I’d buy this over a Model 3 because I like Volvos and the guy that runs Tesla is such a basket case that I couldn’t bring myself to buy a car from him. Oh and the Polestar has proper door handles.

@rwdavidoff

Жыл бұрын

The door handles is one of the big things stopping me, a Niro EV owner, from considering any of the current new Hyundai/Kia 800V cars. Pretty, fast charging, lots of nice quality of life stuff like built in 120V AC outlets, but _sucky door handles_.

@69Dartman

Жыл бұрын

Have to agree, Elon is a horrible person and he screws with the cars and charges everyone for things that should be included, then takes them away after you paid for them.

@gadgetmerc

Жыл бұрын

The tesla door handles become very natural after a week of ownership. I forget they are odd until someone else comments about them. I'll take a minor efficiency increase over the life of the car. Potato tomatoes i guess.

@eekee6034

Жыл бұрын

I spent half my life struggling to get used to anything at all, and now I'm amazed at what I can adapt to! It's really weird. I decided to learn APL programming one day -- it's all weird symbols -- and now I can type about 100 symbols I can't remember the names or uses of! ;) More practically, I bought a bike with a CVT, a little concerned that I'd have trouble putting it in the right gear ratio without stops or an indicator, but I get it right about half the time and it doesn't take a second to change when I don't. On a car, I've got to admit that I love small silly stylistic features.

on 10:22 you made me do a double take and a proper laugh with the warm countries comment. Well played mr @AgingWheels

@Reonnor

Жыл бұрын

Well ... problem is he´s totally wrong. Those countries are so high on electric cars only because of HUGE incentives to buy them (government literally pays you to buy them, have huge advantages in parking, use special lanes, e.t.c.) and HUGE taxes for buying ICE cars.

@FranciscoRamirezAraya

Жыл бұрын

@@Reonnor he's not wrong. He didn't say why they were preferred, only that they do have a lot of them.

@shroomyesc

Жыл бұрын

@@Reonnor The purchase incentives, parking incentives and special lanes are mostly a Norway thing only, I'm in Finland (one of those top countries) and we have next to none of that. For a short period in a year you can apply for a 2000€ (meaningless sum) grant for EVs only under 50k, and next to none of the EVs sold here are under 50k. So there might be other reasons in those other countries too if they don't have Norways huge incentives either. But, you are right that ICE car taxation at purchase is huge, not yearly taxation which is around the same with EVs and fuel is expensive but so is electricity. How that ICE car purchase tax affects the market, however is that premium cars (Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, etc) that normally have large engines are taxed more than volume cars and the adoption of EVs has skyrocketed with models like the i4, EQS, and Porsche Taycan as although they're still expensive, they are nowhere near the price of the equivalent model with a gasoline/diesel engine and in countries like ours with low density, everyone who can afford a new car has a house and can easily charge at home, and PHEVs are garbage so why bother. Volume cars, compacts and the like the purchase tax added to the price is really minimal, so EVs are noticeably more expensive but among the middle-upper class they get massive discounts with premium cars, you'll save loads by going EQS SUV (a larger car!) instead of GLE or by going Taycan instead of Panamera.

@Errathetube

Жыл бұрын

@@shroomyesc Incentives for EVs are not really a thing in Sweden either. The government recently removed the grant for purchasing new EVs. However gas prices are high, charging is widespread and lots of people are wanting to invest in renewables. I deliver EVs around the country for customers and it is not unusual to see public charging stations in remote villages.

@xWood4000

4 ай бұрын

And Denmark is pretty warm

So glad you're back to releasing videos more regularly, I'm always hoping there's a video of yours waiting in my queue.

I love the shipstation logo drifting to the right on the screen lol. I hate ads but damn that got me laughing. Lol nice

Polestar: it's an electric vehicle so it saves the planet! Also Polestar: Oh you want a simple service? We'll just needlessly ship it across the country and then ship it back. No big deal

@MostlyInteresting

Жыл бұрын

I bet that takes a wee bit of diesel

@agingwheels

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, my car is an edge case

@christopherwhull

Жыл бұрын

@@agingwheels I dont know it is an edge case, curbs and wives are facts of life.

@thatocelot879

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherwhull Well, I don't think the average person lives in rural Missouri, either.

@AlexKall

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that is really weird, in my country it's done by the standard Volvo service centers. Not sure why that is not the case in the US.

On the steering sticking point... my Volt does this, too. I attribute it to the electric power steering. It's not on all the time like a traditional powre steering system, so you HAVE to cross some sort of threshold for the power steering to kick on. And you can feel that little gap between no power assist, and power assist.

@tangydiesel1886

Жыл бұрын

Electric power steering has come a long way, but it still needs some refinement.

@LEXXIUS

Жыл бұрын

My Hyundai iX20 (model first introduced 2011) does have full electric power steering and I never experienced anything like this. I suspect all of the affected cars use the same parts from one manufacturer, thus this annoying behaviour can be found on many cars from different car brands. So far in the comments were mentioned: - Volvo XC60 and XC90 (year 2020+) + Polestar 2 - Hyundai Kona - Chevy Volt

Great job on the video! Thanks for making it.

4:20 you're describing the exact problem I have with my Volvo XC40 Recharge. It's not a permanent problem but it happens from time to time and it's super annoying. So this is definitely a Volvo thing, not just Polestar.

@bosstowndynamics5488

Жыл бұрын

Makes sense, they're built on the same platform

@alexcrouse

Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing it's an electric power steering issue. Either a motor problem or a software/sensor problem. i bet they have the same unit.

@michaeltutty1540

Жыл бұрын

This is most likely a Bosch problem. Lucas Electrics invented darkness but Robert Bosch refined and perfected it.

@davidmiller9485

Жыл бұрын

@@alexcrouse I was going to post the same. It most likely has drive by wire which means it uses a variable steering ratio. Any number of things could make it change ratio's, including bad software.

@shanemmathews

Жыл бұрын

This is by far the largest annoyance for me on my polestar 2. I enjoy nitpicking, but I'd greatly prefer this 'stuck' feeling not be there.

regarding the usage metric, the reason most countries don't do mpgs or the electric equivalent is that the math is misleading. as per engineering explained on youtube via motorauthority, "Increasing the mpg of two cars by the same amount ... doesn't mean they save the same amount of fuel. A gain of 1 mpg will equate to more fuel savings in a car that started out getting 5 mpg than a car that started out getting 50 mpg."

@Camronlaz

Жыл бұрын

That's a great video. I use an app to track mileage and fuel efficiency and have converted the units over to gallons/100mi.

@amperformance7998

Жыл бұрын

I used to explain how mpg is misleading by using an example. Take a family with two cars, a sedan that gets 20mpg, and a pickup that gets 10mpg. Both are driven the same distance, 10,000 mi/year. They can replace the car with a hybrid that gets 40mpg, or a new pickup that gets 20mpg. Which option will save more fuel. Everyone picked replacing the car as that sees a 20mpg improvement versus only 10 with the pickup. I would then do the maths showing them that replacing the pickup actually saves more. Even after working through the math with them, some people still didn't believe.

Man I just love the variety of content. Please don't stop uploading and being you lol. 😂

this could very well be the nicest video you have done, i loved the nature and history you shared

As an Ohioan who is looking at electric cars, knowing the service center is near me this is good news for me.

@jackman5840

Жыл бұрын

As someone from Michigan I both hate and respect you.

Thank you for sharing your real-world experience!!!!

Great video, entertaining, and informative. It doesn't get any better than that, thanks.

Thank you for sharing your valuable honest experience.

Our family were early Kaskaskia residents. During one of the floods, they moved a bunch of the graves across the river, and that is where some of them are buried now.

Got my Ioniq 5 about the same time you got your Polestar, put just over 28,000 miles. It's my favorite car I've ever owned. I've seen some real savings and am very pleased with it. Not saying everyone should go EV but you should definitely look into it if you are in the market to buy a new car.

@kylemorg

Жыл бұрын

I'm very happy for you! I'm a big fan of Hyundai and Kia! But for now until the infrastructure becomes such that you can charge your EV car at every turnpike exit that it might be better to have a PHEV rather than an EV at this point. This is not me second guessing your comment. This is just me thinking about the infrastructure we have in the US right now and probably for the next 5 years. My brother recently made it from Pennsylvania down to Texas on an EV car so maybe I am mistaken. ❤

@bwofficial1776

Жыл бұрын

@@kylemorg EVs are fine for highway travel. It's when you get off the highway and out into rural and remote areas where you start to have trouble. I'm in no hurry to get rid of my gas car for that reason. I go up in the mountains a couple times per year where there are no chargers and no EVs.

@CSAlso2

Жыл бұрын

99% of my charging has been done at home. Not to say that don’t need more fast chargers but it’s only an issue on road trips and if you can’t charge at home. We really don’t need as many fast chargers as gas stations since you can charger wherever there is power. It really is a change in mindset.

Great video all around, Thanks!

I bought a new Victory motorcycle for $23,000 and 4 years and 38k mi later I sold it for $6,000. You made me feel better about my purchase, thank you Robert.

@BrooksMoses

Жыл бұрын

I know of even worse. The first owner of my Mitsubishi i-MiEV bought it for probably close to the $28,000 list price, and four years and 10k miles (and another owner) later I bought it for $4500.

Get a 60-day free trial at www.shipstation.com/agingwheels. Thanks to ShipStation for sponsoring the show!

@user-hq2fy5cs1k

Жыл бұрын

Nice Content

@jonkf7548

Жыл бұрын

Whatever ShipStation are paying you for that ad segment is not enough.

@robertobuenrostro2781

Жыл бұрын

Sell the car, before it melts. 😥

@tims8603

Жыл бұрын

What is your opinion of Aptera? It's not in production yet but they're hoping to get more funding this year.

@FrankInAShed

Жыл бұрын

Thoughts on the rotors warping due to heat of constant use by this particular braking system?

Still a cool car. Always nice to get a look at how they wear in.

Thank you for this video. Changed my mind and probably saved me a lot of time and money.

Good info. I rented a Polestar in Dallas in January and was getting about 30.0 kWh/100mi. Temperatures were between 60 and 80F and I did a mix of local and highway. I was impressed. I also just bought an XC40 Recharge (same battery and motors as this) and it’s not as efficient as this, but it also hasn’t really warmed up yet where I live. I’ll have to wait until the later spring and summer to pass judgment on the efficiency.

Interesting little bit about Kaskaskia, I never noticed that little bit of IL sticking out on the map. Fun video as usual.

Best KZread channel period! I always smile when watching.

Was introduced to you from your roadtrip with Alex. Really some great editing and interesting interjections. Certainly earned a subscribe.

I got one of those plaques I was amazed how quickly it arrived! Thanks shipstation

We saw a Polestar in the wild yesterday! So cool. We still love our Bolt EUV.

@noahbehnke

Жыл бұрын

A little jealous of the Bolt EUV drivers right now. I had no idea it existed when I was shopping, and it ticks every single box on my wishlist for an EV, and at about 1/2 the price I paid for a Tesla.

@MrDuncl

Жыл бұрын

I see Polestars all the time. There again I work next door to a Volvo dealer where these do get serviced in the U.K. Amusingly one of the people who works there has a BMW iX although the same group has a BMW dealership elsewhere. Being in Europe I have never seen a Bolt.

@dancardin2087

Жыл бұрын

hey samsies re the EUV. love me that ~4.5 efficiency!

@drunkenhobo5039

Жыл бұрын

@@MrDuncl If you were in continental Europe you might have seen an Opel Ampera-e, which was a rebadged Bolt. But they never bothered selling it in the UK and even discontinued it in Europe, despite a lot of people wanting to buy it.

Re. the over-the-air performance boost, I totally agree it's your own money to spend, but the business model isn't one I want to be normalized. This is legitimately one of the things that's making it harder for me to want to buy a Polestar later this year. I won't buy a crippled product if I have a choice in the matter. But I realize that's my choice...

@agingwheels

Жыл бұрын

It makes a little more sense on '23 and up models because you can buy the power upgrade for $1200 without having to spend the full $5300 on the performance pack. I have mixed feelings on the concept as a whole though

@Not31337

Жыл бұрын

Tesla is no different. Heck, Intel is trying this (again) with some cpus. It's maddening.

@MrDuncl

Жыл бұрын

Hewlett Packard / Keysight have been doing this for years on their test equipment. Need an extra 300MHz or a decode option on your oscilloscope. Pay a few thousands of dollars and they send you a product key to enable the feature that was already there.

@volvo09

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I do not want this practice to become normalized. Paying for something already in the vehicle... No way.

@TheBibliofilus

Жыл бұрын

@@Not31337 Tesla's features and upgrade behavior is horrendous and their quality certainly isn't better than Polestar, even though they should have learned by now.

I loved everything about this video! awesome job!

Most informational talk I've seen in ages. And entertaining!

We have a polestar in the family (from Norway), and i am pleased to say that we have not had any of problems you've faced, except the advertised range. And range when the battery is cold (below 0°c outside). And the different range estimates. Here, tesla has opened a lot of their chargers, but you can't rely on any kind of charger being spaced evenly apart. There are also alot of slow chargers set up around 8-10 years ago, so road tripping may not be very fun.

I feel the highway stealth thing, while not as significant I've humbled a few people with a 12 year old v6 accord, those things are always overlooked lmao.

Great commentary and super self awareness! Good job!

Great video. Very helpful. Thank you.

A week ago, I'd have argued that the pilot package is silly. I drove a rental Pasaat from Connecticut to Maine and back in one day yesterday, and while the lane keeping was irritating, the adaptive cruise control was utterly priceless, I want to retrofit it into my 2002 Outback now. I loved it.

Fantastic video! I really appreciate that you got into the details, and highlight what is important in a car. Range really doesn't matter when you got fast charging, and the integration with navigation and battery state is very important that most people don't think about (planned charging time, and preconditioning). I've been sharing the same thoughts as you when people have asked about my Model S. Really looking forward to the bus EV :-)

@Daniel-it1dp

Жыл бұрын

still researching EVs and it's difficult to find useful, critical, but balanced Tesla videos. Are you saying Tesla DOES properly integrate navigation with battery state, etc? My impression was that it does but common complaint is that they use their own system as opposed to Google/Apple software.

Love your upbeat humour your posting are always entertaining 😁😁👍👍

I never comment, but wanted to tell you to keep up the great work. Very thorough and honest review with your great personality peppered throughout.

Really appreciate this real world review. My wife and I have always found Volvos (and now Polestars) attractive but they've always been plagued by electrical gremlins! Sometimes the ignition wouldn't work (at all) or power windows would or wouldn't operate etc so I always had a small box of assorted fuses in the car and became quite adept at changing them. The dealers were never of any help in tracking down the source. Still, we test drove an XC 60 with autostart/stop and during the test drive (brand new!) the car refused to restart at a stop light, finally did in limp mode that allowed us to crawl back to the dealer. The soon-to-be unhappy salesman asked how the drive went....

Those tires really matter on these things when it comes to efficiency. I went from having generic all seasons get 4 mi/kwh on my LEAF to cross climate 2's getting 2.5-3 mi/kwh. Not making that mistake again. Probs going for a low RR, or regular all season for my next set of tires to get 4 mi/kwh again, or higher.

@stevendeckert6373

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I hated the Ecopia's because they didn't wear well, but only the michelin energy savers are close in terms of efficiency. I replaced the ecopias with Continentals, which rode better, lasted longer, had better traction in the snow, and were even cheaper, but the range was 15 percent less.

@Daniel-it1dp

Жыл бұрын

interesting, I heard people loving the Cross Climate 2's for everything from better traction, ride, and gas mileage vs oem tires across the board on ICE vehicles

@stevendeckert6373

Жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-it1dp they don't give you better mileage than a Bridgestone ecopia or Michelin energy saver. Economy more of a priority for EVs than ICE vehicles though.

@silvy7394

Жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-it1dp Oh yeah, they're great tires for everything else. But for efficiency they let me down.

Love your style of reviewing this car. Thank you

These videos are terrific! Way more people should subscribe to this channel. My Mach-E is jealous of your mapping with integrated SoC data.

Starts playing music in the middle of the night... did you name your car "Christine"?

Thanks for pointing out that you're driving a coal powered car. And I mean this in the most non-snarky way possible. Love you videos...and your humor...and your honesty. So, I had a '77 240D for a while, great car...you should get one of those.

Great review, thanks.

Great video, man! Lots of fun info.

In no way disparaging to your other videos, this is the best intro to any of your videos.

The window when the Polestar was the optimal choice was really super narrow and you happened to land right on that local maximum. That said, it is currently *THE* play for a used EV.

Love your videos Robert!!

Quite informative, and very funny video! Love the sense of humor, thanks for sharing.

That is a lot of mileage in one year, wow. Great review, interesting comparison to Tesla. And yes, lane-keeping (et al) SHOULD be standard.

@mundanestuff

Жыл бұрын

I feel like it should be standard on everyone else's vehicles :) keep all those old folks and distracted teenagers in their lanes

@PineJayForge

Жыл бұрын

I think passive should be standard, at least. I've hated the few times I've driven vehicles with active lane assist, since it's often reading the lanes wrong and you have to fight it a bit too long before it lets off

@pileofstuff

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately in places like Winnipeg, lane keeping is not especially helpful for most of the year - either the lane markings are covered in snow or they haven't been re-painted until August after being scraped away by the snow plows.

@michaeltutty1540

Жыл бұрын

Lane keeping and what have you can be DANGEROUS, particularly when there is a construction realignment of the lanes. It does not read orange markings if the white markings are still visible. I had a significant fight to maintain my lane in a Kia that I rented. It damned near ran me under a transport truck. Keep it away from me. I will not have it.

@656hookemhorns

Жыл бұрын

Lane keeping is for people who shouldn't drive.

I rented a polestar two for a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego because my Fiat 500 E would’ve been a ridiculous choice for that trip with only roughly 80 miles of range. I agree with most of what is being said here from that trip. First of all, going from 40 mph to 80 mph in the pole star is ridiculously enjoyable. I have never driven a car that is so confident and surging in highway traffic, it’s just fantastic. 0 to 30 acceleration is also very good, and so far from a pure driving perspective. It’s pretty great. I also agree with the criticism of the seat as button function of the car. I sort of got used to it. But it is not confidence building, and it’s disheartening to hear that that has other problems. I also agree with the assessment that , the trip planning system is excellent. I almost didn’t have to think about it, and even when there were problems with some of the charging stations that I encountered along the way, the system still was able to assist me. The only feature I wish it had was the ability for Folks who were using it to let you know that some of the charging stations have problems. That function, alone, if done, accurately and consistently, would make a huge difference to using Evies and charging them. I imagine getting to a gas station and finding it’s closed, or that it has fewer working pumps, would be just as useful. But for gas vehicles, these days, there are so many gas stations, then in most instances, it’s not an issue. And by the way, when people complain that there aren’t enough, EV, charging stations in certain places, I would just point out that there are portions of the country where they are one or possibly two gas stations at the most remote location that you might have to get to. I have just as often had an issue where I had to make sure to stop at one particular gas station going between California and Arizona or California, Nevada, and if that gas station had not been open, I would’ve been screwed. The issue exists no matter what kind of vehicle you’re driving, but the evidence of the structure has not been built out enough yet. The only thing I would add to this assessment is that I find invisibility in a pole star, not to be great, and it also feels like a very bottom heavy Vehicle. On the one hand, that can feel cozy and safe. On the other hand, much like a lot of today’s vehicles unfortunately, I feel like I’m somewhat less aware or able to see the vehicles around me. The back up camera was quite good, but I still much prefer the ability to see around with my own eyes rather than through cameras. I know that with current safety standards, AB and C pillars are thicker, and it’s much harder to have rollover protection, and still have a lot of window glass. But I’m really hoping that sometime in the near future, some manufacture works out how to get the same kind of strength with a lot less material, so that we can go back to being able to see out the back of our vehicles. A back up camera is not a panacea, and brings with it. It’s own challenges.

Great video! very entertaining.

I have a Polestar 2 at 23,000 miles and completely agree with all your pros and cons. When it comes down to it, the PS2 is gorgeously designed and I really enjoy supporting the lesser-known EVs.

Well, you've convinced me. My next new car is going to be a Jeep Wrangler with a V6 and manual transmission and no electric drive. However, I will keep my Prius C as a daily since it is so cheap to run. And yes, AC is the range killer.

@agingwheels

Жыл бұрын

I support this decision

I've enjoyed this video very much. At last, a completely, 100% honest review from an actual owner that is not afraid to admit mistakes and is clearly unbiased. Thank you Robert!

Brilliant video- first time viewer and your humorous, self-deprecating yet informative review of this car had me learning and chuckling the entire time. Subbed! As someone who made a purchase of an EV that makes almost zero sense on paper I feel I can relate. Our 2021 Mini Cooper SE, bought used for just about full MSRP at the height of COVID supply chain problems, has an unbelievably pitiful range of ~200 km, didn’t qualify for any incentives, is so rare the dealer can’t even service it properly and has such a small cargo area you have to put the seats down if you’ve bought more than 4 bags of groceries…. Luckily it’s so much fun to drive I can’t wipe the grin off my face. Plus, well, it isn’t like every other EV on the road - I.e. Hyundai or Tesla..so its throwback styling is oddly refreshing. Plus it costs about $3/ day to drive. In other words I absolutely love this dumb little car. Maybe our next EV will be more practical.

I LOVED that intro. I don't know why, but it was great with a bit of US history to start with!

Electric things spontaneously turning themselves on will never NOT freak me out. (I say this having been awakened at 2 AM this morning by my cat stepping on a series of keys to launch Euro Truck Simulator 2 and the music rousing me from sleep.)

Great vid!

literally the only guy i can listen to talk about electric cars without cringing. funny, informative and factual. good job

My new car has that weird steering wheel stiffness as well at times. Just randomly happens for a while. I think it's maybe the electric power steering not being sensitive enough to kick in until you push hard enough in a direction. It's really annoying at times when you're just one handing the wheel and want to turn it very slightly

@zzoinks

Жыл бұрын

But that's weird to think that low steering assistance would cause the steering wheel to be harder to turn, since when you are at highway speeds, it should be easy to turn the steering wheel even without _any_ steering assist, right? At least that is what I've heard. When cars lacked power steering long ago, it was difficult to turn the wheel at city speeds, but easier at high speeds. So it has to be the mechanism they use for lane keep assist, that holds the wheel in place or moves the wheel for you, causing the wheel to stick in place. At least my theory.

@donotatme

Жыл бұрын

@@zzoinks I forgot the lane keep! Makes more sense thinking about it. Since I plan on ripping that system out entirety after the warranty period, maybe that will stop this issue from occuring

@spankeyfish

Жыл бұрын

I had a problem like that on a Honda Jazz/Fit but it wasn't intermittent. They had a flaw in the design of the steering rack which caused the bearing block that presses the rack against the pinion to wear a dip into the rack so that it would stick in the centre position. Not noticeable around town but very annoying on the motorway as it made it impossible to make small corrections.

This is fascinating. I own a Jaguar Ipace. It continually surpasses the EPA estimate of 234 unless it’s dead of winter and cold as a witches you know what, and I precondition it for a long period of time. I guess this is where the saying “you get what you pay for” comes from. 40k miles in, and only been for one non required service interval. That was minor for the 12v accessory battery. Just replaced tires, and we’re back racking up miles and driving by gas stations.

@ultrastoat3298

8 ай бұрын

An iPace…. Oof

@Somehandle16

8 ай бұрын

​@@ultrastoat3298what's wrong with the ipace? It looks great.

@ultrastoat3298

8 ай бұрын

@@Somehandle16 every single one has been recalled over fire hazard and they are discontinuing it because it’s been an unmitigated financial disaster and abysmal sales. But glad you think it looks nice.

@Somehandle16

8 ай бұрын

@@ultrastoat3298 I thought that was caused by lg Chem batteries but were fixed by an ota update? When it launched in 2018 as one of the first electric card from a legacy automaker it was a very decent car I thought. Now the competition has definitely caught up and far surpassed it in innovation. (I'd rather take an ev6 or model 3 at a similar price any day) but it wasn't a disaster like you described I thought? Also JLR sales have been very poor across the board which is why they're trying to do a relaunch in 2025(?) But it was interesting they also included the ipace in that too.

@ultrastoat3298

8 ай бұрын

@@Somehandle16 They were LG batteries. Their “solution” was to take 25% of the battery capacity away. Which is not a solution at all and is why they are in a class action lawsuit now. This was a huge L for them.

I loved the history portion! Great video overall too

Your writing, timing, and framing are on point dude.

I had a business trip to Austin, TX two weeks ago. When I got to the rental car lot at the airport, they had a Polestar available that I could take for the week. That was so tempting. I just didn't think I could do that one without the accountants complaining about my expense report.

The number of EV’s in Norway is crazy. I travel there a few times a month and a few years ago it was unusual if I didn’t see a couple of EV’s in my short 10 minute walk from the railway station to the office. Now I count the petrol cars, yeah it’s that much of a difference, the ratio is close to 50/50 now and I reckon in a couple of years it’ll be 80/20 in the EV’s favour. Some countries lead, others follow…

@jeffw1267

Жыл бұрын

What works for sparsely populated Norway won't necessarily work in other countries. Also, EVs are still white man's toys, and Norway is heavily white.

@Ermy1996

11 ай бұрын

Doesnt noeway give incredible tax advatages and discounts when buying an EV?

@brunoheggli2888

8 ай бұрын

Norway is one of the richest countrys on earth!

@Mikebumpful

8 ай бұрын

@@jeffw1267What are you even trying to say? The US, Canada and Australia are other “sparsely populated” countries. Wouldn't EV's make even more sense in densely poulated countries like the Netherlands, Italy or Japan where distances are much shorter? And black/brown people can't drive EVs..?

@Qlicky

8 ай бұрын

Who would have thought that rich country would have a lot of expensive cars on the road.

Great review!

I’m new to this channel and I usually don’t like to laugh “at” people but you make it so easy 😎

i had audi that kept warping one rotor it turned out to be bent hub flange

Love your videos. I've been to Kaskaskia and have seen the eagles there!

Mate, love your shoot from the hip honesty. 👍

You are very funny! Also the most informative video on the Polestar and Kaskaskia, IL I have seen.

Probably should have gotten the 300dollar mudflap option by the looks of those sidepanels

Love the history facts btw, you should start every video with a little bit of fun trivia.

First time to your channel - I enjoyed your video! :) No lame titles, no lame music - Just clean direct information!

Nice turn using the 360. Nice video!

Saw my first Polestar 2 last week in the back water where I live , Beautiful car & YES one pedal driving is the absolute shizz 😎 I have a MG ZS EV.