dcheng
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I picked up my CR1 RWD on 7/28, and decided to take it for a trip up to Monterey. No major issues, and the MME is a blast to drive! Coming from a couple older cars (because I tend to own cars for 15-20 years before replacing them) and a 2019 BMW X3 S-drive, the ability to easily pass other cars on the two-lane highways was fun. It almost makes me want to upgrade to a GTPE!
I experienced a couple small issues:
1) After a brief stop for lunch, I moved the car to charge, and the main screen did not turn on. When I put the MME into reverse, the camera showed up, but it was otherwise blank. I was going to re-set the Sync system, but after the charging session, the screen came back. I did see that there were other reports of similar things happening to others on these forums, but I'll have to see how frequently it occurs.
2) I stopped multiple times to take in the views near Big Sur because who wouldn't? I noticed that some of my trip reports show either infinite miles/kWh (0.0 kWh for Energy used, 38 miles, and 18.2 miles regenerated from brakes) or numbers like 10 mi/kWh (5.4 kWh for Energy used, 55 miles, and 9 miles regenerated from brakes). I don't recall the specific stretches, but if you've travelled Big Sur, you know it is rolling. I can't imagine that I really get all of my energy back. Is this just a new car thing that will adjust over time and get better statistics later?
3) EA charging was decent. I do think I'll keep an ICE vehicle for longer trips because the ability to fill up quickly is an under appreciated convenience. Leaving the family at night to hunt down a charger that was 20 minutes away meant that I was gone for over an hour (had to change chargers because charging dropped from 110 kW to 70 kW after a couple minutes twice even though I was at 40% SOC). If I knew I had destination charging, the MME would be fine, but even when we were able to charge while eating, the chargers weren't right by where we were eating, and we ended up having to wait for others to finish charging as well. There is some anxiety to waiting and hoping that no one else shows up and tries to take one of the charging spaces.
4) Charging etiquette question: At one of the chargers, I parked across from the chargers because that was the only space available. I waited in the MME for a charging spot to open up, but while I was waiting, a Rivian R1T showed up and pulled in directly behind one of the vehicles that was charging. They waited for a few minutes then drove off. I think they were just surveying the situation, but it did make me wonder if there is something else that I can do to make it obvious that I'm waiting and think I'm next in line (or something that I can recognize to know that someone else is ahead of me). Any thoughts? Should I wait outside my car and stand by the chargers? I was able to talk to one of the other vehicle owners, but they had pulled up right before me, so they weren't going to be the first one to leave.
5) Blue Cruise was fun to use. Even without the hands-free driving, the adaptive cruise control was nice to not have to adjust speed manually. Both worked in stop-and-go traffic, slowing down and accelerating appropriately. It certainly makes it a little easier on the longer driving stretches. In my limited experience, Blue Cruise does not like construction zones, and it cancelled itself a couple times, but I'm fine with that.
Overall, I really enjoyed the drive and the MME. It was worth the wait!
I experienced a couple small issues:
1) After a brief stop for lunch, I moved the car to charge, and the main screen did not turn on. When I put the MME into reverse, the camera showed up, but it was otherwise blank. I was going to re-set the Sync system, but after the charging session, the screen came back. I did see that there were other reports of similar things happening to others on these forums, but I'll have to see how frequently it occurs.
2) I stopped multiple times to take in the views near Big Sur because who wouldn't? I noticed that some of my trip reports show either infinite miles/kWh (0.0 kWh for Energy used, 38 miles, and 18.2 miles regenerated from brakes) or numbers like 10 mi/kWh (5.4 kWh for Energy used, 55 miles, and 9 miles regenerated from brakes). I don't recall the specific stretches, but if you've travelled Big Sur, you know it is rolling. I can't imagine that I really get all of my energy back. Is this just a new car thing that will adjust over time and get better statistics later?
3) EA charging was decent. I do think I'll keep an ICE vehicle for longer trips because the ability to fill up quickly is an under appreciated convenience. Leaving the family at night to hunt down a charger that was 20 minutes away meant that I was gone for over an hour (had to change chargers because charging dropped from 110 kW to 70 kW after a couple minutes twice even though I was at 40% SOC). If I knew I had destination charging, the MME would be fine, but even when we were able to charge while eating, the chargers weren't right by where we were eating, and we ended up having to wait for others to finish charging as well. There is some anxiety to waiting and hoping that no one else shows up and tries to take one of the charging spaces.
4) Charging etiquette question: At one of the chargers, I parked across from the chargers because that was the only space available. I waited in the MME for a charging spot to open up, but while I was waiting, a Rivian R1T showed up and pulled in directly behind one of the vehicles that was charging. They waited for a few minutes then drove off. I think they were just surveying the situation, but it did make me wonder if there is something else that I can do to make it obvious that I'm waiting and think I'm next in line (or something that I can recognize to know that someone else is ahead of me). Any thoughts? Should I wait outside my car and stand by the chargers? I was able to talk to one of the other vehicle owners, but they had pulled up right before me, so they weren't going to be the first one to leave.
5) Blue Cruise was fun to use. Even without the hands-free driving, the adaptive cruise control was nice to not have to adjust speed manually. Both worked in stop-and-go traffic, slowing down and accelerating appropriately. It certainly makes it a little easier on the longer driving stretches. In my limited experience, Blue Cruise does not like construction zones, and it cancelled itself a couple times, but I'm fine with that.
Overall, I really enjoyed the drive and the MME. It was worth the wait!
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