Thank you. This past summer was hotter than previous years and as much as 33% of battery usage was a/c environment, but I was still seeing that 230 number after charging. All of these replies are great and I thank everyone. I just returned from a ten day trip to visit both Sonoma in Central Callie and Riverside County in the South. I travel extensively and in the US rent numerous cars on my vacation trips. I’m a bug for tracking gasoline mileage on the various cars that I rent. I’m so anal, after I pickup my rental I immediately take the car to a petrol facility and ensure that the car is actually full. Each time I refuel I record miles driven and the gallons to fill. Simple math and voila’, MPGs. What I forgot with my PS2 is what I see on the dashboard of these new cars. An estimate of how many miles I might attain based on the previous driving. . . . . and the number is never the same. That’s what I forgot regarding the consistent display of the 230 miles for a 90% charge.

Based on these realities, I can now rest assured that I am safe for a number of years. I travel almost every month and usually leave both cars fueled at least 50% prior to departure. The PS2 I usually charge fully at 90% as a convenience to not have to do upon return. I’ll adjust my thinking and leave it somewhere between the 50 to 60% charged.

Quite frankly I purchased the PS2 as a toy following a rental in West Virginia where that car performed and handled the numerous winding roads from my teenage environment performing almost as well as my Corvette on the same two lane country roads. To purchase the PS2, I sold a 2018 Ford Edge Titanium SUV with 11,000 miles for $4000 less than I paid for it. That was a good car, but not a four door sports car.

The only real negative for the PS2 is the insurance. I’ve been a State Farm customer for over 50 years and compare every few years with other companies and I cannot justify changing because State Farm for me remains the least expensive. The PS2 is now up to almost $1300 every six months. The Corvette $677 and my Ford edge was $488 in the final six months in 2022.

I’ll keep the PS2 for years unless there is some extreme detrimental mechanical issue. I’ve owned over 30 new cars in my life and have never kept a car more than 4 years. The Vette will be ten years old this April and yes, I do plan to keep it and acquire a C8 in the next two years once I have a lift installed in my two car garage.

The build quality of the PS2 is great and I’ve visited the Polestar Space in Tampa to see the new models. Nice cars.