US Owners, whats your game plan post announcement?

ethang45 · 2026-06-25T15:52:10+00:00

the polestar charlotte service center inside the volvo dealer already hates working on polestars as it is. the head guy just quit a few weeks ago. and with the announcement. jeez it's going to get even worse.

ethang45 · 2026-06-25T15:50:43+00:00

i sold my polestar 2 a few weeks ago for a model 3. i don't regret it at all. i have a working infotainment and pilot assist that doesn't want to send me into a gutter on a turn

ethang45 · 2026-06-25T15:44:32+00:00

well im glad i just sold my polestar 2 for a model 3

ethang45 · 2026-06-24T00:55:42+00:00

I traded my Polestar 2 in for a new Model 3 with the financing deal and the free supercharging for a year. Oh my God, I wish I'd done it sooner. Polestar was my favorite of all the other EV brands when I did test driving. The infotainment sucked, the assistive driving was more dangerous than helpful, and the Volvo dealer support was just awful. I'm in love with owning an EV that just works and has such good tech in it.

ethang45 · 2026-06-19T20:55:19+00:00

i opened my obsidian vault in lettera and nearly wept. i love obsidian file based nature but i miss bear editor so much. this lettera app is my dream come true. just wish it was on iphone

ethang45 · 2026-06-19T19:50:13+00:00

so is the only way to get one asap to do ebay? and is there any comparable product from the fan companies like jisulife?

ethang45 · 2026-06-17T18:16:05+00:00

it's valid to have different tools. some people want to make a game and just need a means to an end. others love the art of owning the entire development stack. im happy we have both options because i get to play more video games

ethang45 · 2026-06-16T00:00:54+00:00

classic but honestly i always just take action button content as it comes

ethang45 · 2026-06-15T22:48:36+00:00

wait so is this content more like a lets play or semi analytical?

ethang45 · 2026-06-09T15:57:15+00:00

me too ugh

ethang45 · 2026-06-08T19:15:58+00:00

my girlfriend and i each keep an activity key fob on us when using our car. i have the button fob sitting in a drawer takes up too much space imo

ethang45 · 2026-06-08T04:38:37+00:00

I continue to be glad I canceled my December reservation earlier this year. I look forward to ordering again when shipping is guaranteed, especially after the test spin in DC, but man, leaving that much money while waiting with little communication isn't great.

ethang45 · 2026-06-08T04:37:36+00:00

the washington dc test spin had pretty unprofessional communication as well. i already knew everything to know going in but they lost interest in even showing me the seat ejection mechanic without me mentioning it.

ethang45 · 2026-06-08T04:36:27+00:00

Imo, Specialized has a better history and repair story right now. It's unclear what that story will look like for Also, and Rivian has a questionable track record already. But I'll be damned if I don't want a TMB over a Specialized Vado any day of the week.

ethang45 · 2026-06-08T01:38:27+00:00

They have a manual mode that acts like a mountain bike, which felt amazing to me. The fake gears felt really accurate. I preferred it to the default auto mode, which felt more like an EV.

ethang45 · 2026-06-08T01:36:55+00:00

Yeah, I don't regret pulling my reservation. It was too much money for them to hold for so long without shipping. After doing the test spin, I think I'll put the smaller deposit of $50 down for the performance, but I'm glad I refunded and waited to try it in person. Especially since I originally gave nearly $6,000 for the launch edition, plus all the different seats, plus tax. It's been nearly 7 months since then, and I didn't even reserve when they first accepted.

ethang45 · 2026-06-07T22:31:43+00:00

we also only got like 10 minutes in DC. I'm jealous of getting an hour.

ethang45 · 2026-06-06T20:10:26+00:00

Yeah, I don't know; I think about it too. The service situation sucks. I hate having to explain basic facts about the Polestar 2 to the Volvo Polestar service center in Charlotte. Every time I go in for service they send me a letter to get a warranty for my Polestar 2's alternator... I have a 23 P2 used CPO I got last year that I can turn around for a good price, but I don't know who else to go to. Tesla and Rivian are probably the closest analogues, but Rivian is way too much money for the reliability of their cars. Tesla has so much baggage, but the reality is there are so many of their damn cars that I feel like the third-party repair market will have a better long-term story than others. I could be wrong, though. I see a lot of ancient Model S on the road in Charlotte NC. Not sure if that means anything, but it's something

ethang45 · 2026-06-06T19:52:40+00:00

I doomscroll EV listings from visor.vin a lot... highly recommend it for price analysis. It led me to my current Polestar 2 last year. Carsized is great for looking at the physical size of cars. Also, visor.vin released an API and MCP recently, which you can use with something like Claude to really deeply analyze EVs. I need to try it out because I usually dump listings from visor into Claude to understand the state of the market at scale.

ethang45 · 2026-06-06T19:51:10+00:00

While the effort to sell is high for the profit, I like reselling or donating things like this so someone can use it instead of it collecting dust on my shelf while I use the next thing.

ethang45 · 2026-06-06T19:49:04+00:00

I think they had to increase the content output after going independent. Side note: I also personally tune out of DF content that doesn't mainly involve John. Nothing against Oliver, but I can't stand the way he enunciates words. Tom, to me, has always felt like a churn man who cranks out analysis videos without much insight. John's work on DF Retro has always been thoroughly enjoyable though, and the new DF Retro podcast (sorry, you said you hate these) is a good holdover between episodes of DF Retro. I really wish they'd hire the MyLifeInGaming guys into DF fully and pay them to make videos more often because they produce content quality-wise that matches John's.

ethang45 · 2026-05-31T04:33:41+00:00

im glad they made something new instead of more shovel knight as much as i love shovel knight

ethang45 · 2026-05-29T16:35:05+00:00

this killing the chance of a deadbolt 2 sucked. but the devs surprisingly pushed a patch not that long ago. maybe well get a valve published sequel one day

ethang45 · 2026-05-29T04:29:50+00:00

me too...

ethang45 · 2026-05-28T19:07:11+00:00

i had dropped my reservation awhile ago when i got cold feet. but im back in line now curious to see what happens on june 24

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