You'll have to make me do that, mortal.

always ask for the replaced parts, or at least to see them it's the law they have to give them to you to prove they did the work most people don't take them but always verify they exist and aren't still on the vehicle i've been charged more than once for stuff people quite literally simply didn't do caveat emptor gang represent

Dose factor ship to army bases

8:00...I do not recommend you try to find time to "cook yourself"... no matter how hungry you are..

The wltp speed is not stupid it's the speed limit in many European City centers. You aren't smart enough to consider that most of Europe's city structure is very different than that of the US. Maybe you want to actually study something before you start talking, but then again, I know the channel I'm at.... We don't have to drive so many miles you do. As for room temp, well again not that many heavy winter days either, we don't have your weather. Wltp is designed for our market, not yours, is a reasonable standard for easy comparison between cars.

Same! I live in a city without a car, but I continue to enjoy watching because I have a LOT of experience with EVs from when I did, and I enjoy following the topic!

It's captivating for me as well. One of the greatest parts of this is the genuine sincerity and excitement Robert has for sharing his hobby/passion paired with unrelenting honestly and humbleness. It's an absolute joy seeing a new video pop up and has become my "Drop everything now and watch this" sort of event!

This old Tony will suit you well.

Same

If you haven't checked it out, check out technology connections as well.. they're basically brothers (they've done a collaboration before as well), and their styles, enthusiasm and sense of humor are very similar. I recommend the one about his red fridge, it's fantastic.

dontcha love how he's burned his money on that polestar2?🤣🤣🤣🤣

I love the fiscal arsonist line

Feels like I'm watching an episode of Always Sunny

I’m subscribing from the shut up bird alone

What else did the 'adventure' involve beyond the $300? Renting a car? Using taxis/Uber/etc? If my car breaks down, it costs me money beyond towing. It costs me having to rent another car. Or if on vacation it costs me enjoyment. Neither of which are free or make me happy. I think you are downplaying the inconvenience here a bit by only considering the amount you saved and the towing cost and none of the other issues.....like how did it affect you life? How much did it cost to fix? Pretty HUGE considerations given the tone of your comment. (How great was your deal all things considered with lost time, tow, repair, etc?)

​@@ian3580I'm pretty surprised that a car with such low mileage can break down that badly. But good considerations of buying new vs used. If somebody buys certified pre-owned, they can get a deal on a low mileage used car that may have the same or better warranty and longer roadside assistance

​@@ian3580 Our car didn't break down. We underestimated our range and pulled into a parking lot when the range display said 30 km and the map said 57 km to the charge point. No repair bill, nothing wrong with the car, it just wouldn't have made it on what we had left. The tow truck put us on the flatbed and dropped us off at the charge point, told us he did this several times a month, and that we were wise to stop when we did instead of draining the whole battery. We charged up to 90%, drove more slowly from Davidson, and made it home with 10% charge. Plugged it in to the side of the house and everything's been great since. A massive improvement over our old 2003 Civic. Our power bill is up by $60 a month and I have no idea what the price of gas is any more. It was a minor misadventure because we didn't know the car yet, and it was also -15 Celsius that day, which hit the range somewhat. We got home at 9 PM instead of 6. How was the deal? Going used saved us over $20,000, even after the tow truck. So absolutely worth it. The only maintenance we've had to do is changing to winter tires, and we'll be changing back to the all-seasons soon. Our first scheduled checkup/inspection/whatever is in June.

The LEAF also had the 360° camera in the 2019 model year, but it depended on the trim level and option packages.

Also, better to buy a Nissan than a Chinese Volvo.

So what you're saying is it's common to need to replace the axles on Polestars? Nice.

@@ficklefingeroffate no. There were a batch of early cars (I believe 2022 models) that came with a manufacturing defect on the axles from the factory. They are being replaced at no charge as it is officially recognized. Not a ton of people have or have had the issue. Also for the record I launch my car constantly and beat the ever living crap out of it. I'm surprised I actually haven't broken them.

I had a clicking issue on mine that was solved by some simple lubrication at the service space.

@@ficklefingeroffate How on earth did you pull that out of what they said

@@JGWalrusthey’re dumb

We have also had cars that had been crashed or damaged in the front where we replaced almost everything in the front suspension and the front subframe. Does your car pull even a little to one side when accelerating or decelerating? The struts can also bend even so little that the eye cant see, and still will make a really bad sound/ pull to one side.

So what you're telling me is that Volvo STILL hasn't figured out upper strut mounts? Ok... I'm kidding. Mostly. I've had a couple 850s, an S70, a first gen V70XC, a second gen V70XC, and an S60, all of them eat upper strut mounts. My wife's XC60 seems to be much better, though... Fortunately, I'm a mechanic myself, and can change strut mounts on a P80 or P2 in minutes now

​@@puckcat22679In December I was forced to retire my 1990 Volvo 240DL wagon. 34 of our winters, not to mention the 625,000 km on the clock had taken a serious toll. The front struts were replaced about May of 2011. Monroe SensaTrak strut inserts were ordered and installed. There is still no noise from the bearings. Seems like Monroe did finally resolve those rather expensive cars up the hill from us.

Great info! 👏👏👏

@@michaeltutty1540 oh no... I'm specifically talking about FWD Volvos here. The spring seats fail on them, at least the P80 and P2 chassis cars (mid 90s-mid 00s.) Monroe actually makes some of the worst spring seats for those. The usual fix involves using XC90 spring seats which are far more durable. I've had a few RWD Volvos as well, and aside from needing bearing plates after 100-150,000 miles, those aren't that bad.

Likewise. I went ahead and splurged on an i4 m50 because of these guys making the trip in a non Tesla vs a Tesla. And they even ended up where I live, Orlando. Lol

Ohhhh that’s by design?

Both of them: no

I heard the car line in a mocking voice

I live in The Netherlands and have been driving for about 8 years. Just the other day I came across my first pothole. It was small and nothing got damaged, but it was there. The roads are pretty damn smooth here, generally speaking. So, ehm, please don't do potholey-things?

@@thany3 I also live in NL and you're not kidding, it's the greatest roads I've ever seen. There are more potholes in 1 mile of the best Midwestern road than all of the Dutch roads combine

SMACK whoopsies🤣

She star on my pole till i feel electric

An i3 ( 4.1 or more miles/KWh, btw ) will try to trick you to do it via the GPS. Because obviously driving the frontage roads is more efficient. Speed: Our real-world average speed is under 30 Mph, according to the car. Tracks with my experience: lots of city driving and in an urban area, you are as fast as any car on a bicycle.

@@karlkoehler341 think that was a dirty joke.

@@karlkoehler341 Because bicycle riders don't stop for a red traffic light.

@@Okurka. For some reason bike riders have a death wish when it comes to traffic lights.

"Fry not sure meme face" Not sure if check engine light is off because it fixed itself or because the check engine light also broke.

Welp, good thing Rob actually has diagnostic software so he doesn't have to rely on vague indicator lights.

I love "kilomiles". Metric and imperial system combined, giving you the shittiest system for measuring distance :)

The 77 kilomiles was hystreical. I bet it was about 6 or 7 decafahrenheit where he was filming, looks nice and sunny out

60 miles per hour = 1.7 miles per hectosecond = 144 miles per deciday.

@@jakub.anderwald Like how machinists use mil/thou that's a thousandth of an inch?

​@Okurka. Machinists will even say "tenths" which they fully mean 0.0001 of an inch, one ten-thousandth. Ah yes, tenths.

Not everyone else ... I have a Chevrolet Bolt, and by default, the "guess-o-meter" takes into account your driving patterns and the temperature. I have found it to be pretty accurate as long as you drive the way you usually drive. (If you do something that surprises it, of course you can do either quite a bit better or quite a bit worse, because by definition, it can't be expecting what you did to surprise it.)

“please sir, can i *not* have any more?”

Wait, you can actually taste something?

You have to factor that into the price, ok ill go now..

"Please Sir can i have some less ?"

The last time I tried a bullshit ready meal like that it was disgustingly salty, literally inedible. Make homemade food people

It’s also quite honestly talking about the drawbacks

You know I like it _when you lie-lie-lie_

Some KZfaq comments are acidic, and some are lye.

You forgot Lie To Me* *but with informed lies

Loved your video! I grabbed a 2024.5 P2 2-year lease. More than I want to pay per month, but in 2 years the market will be completely different - might get 2 smaller cheaper EVs for the same money…

_Tell me Lies. Tell me sweet little Lies_

I used to own a Volvo V90 for about a year and must say that I never had issues with it steering on to the exit ramps, however I also would agree, that it hugged the left side of the lane. Kinda ruined the experience, since I didn't like it being so close to the other lane of cars going by.

The dealer will add a markup to their car due to “low supply”, but they’ll still bottom dollar your car based on the book value…

The best way to buy a car is directly from the manufacturer. Dealers are such a pain to deal with. 🌈 ​@@psychoboyaw

@@psychoboyaw I mean, that's how it's always been. But like landlords, auto dealers are really taking advantage of the post-lockdown culture to absolutely drive prices as high as they can possibly go, and probably beyond.

I've noticed that as well while shopping for used cars. A case in point I recall is I was looking at a '15 Volt that I managed to grab the VIN and place it in KBB's used car price and got a suggested sell price of [X]. Another car site on YT recommended that a used car price when buying is X+$2,500. The car in question was sitting on a small used car lot for X+$5,000 and the dealer was refusing to budge. Just a few days ago, he called me and said he was willing to drop the price by $500. I think I'll wait a bit longer, LOL.

Kbb is the average used sales price regionally adjusted. Dealerships add additional markups to cover their higher costs and to stand behind warranty when offered. A used car lot will be cheaper and private sales cheaper still. And the kbb average still represents the whole market with decent accuracy.

Since there's no industry or government standard to it (that I'm aware of), I always wonder what keeps them from being a bit over optimistic?

@@nowayjose596 Could be because it's usually a completly hidden value

@@nowayjose596 due to inherently how the batteries work. They have way better performance and lifespan than expected in reality. The BMS metrics are very realistic.

On mine, I hear two clicks. There are clicks coming from the dash that are synchronized to the brake lights coming on and off, and I think that's because I have the tow hitch, because everyone I've asked who hears that one also has the tow hitch. I also get clicks out of the rear axle on deceleration and tight turns. I'm a few thousand miles under the end of warranty, so I'm probably going to call and ask about that shortly.

The conundrum with that 'sage advice' is that if EVERONE did that, they would be no cars sold. Someone has to buy a car new, to have used cars. When OPs elders can sort this problem thru-please post here.

@@harriettanthony7352 He didn't even suggest buying a new car......but the point is similar. I thought it funny that the "wisdom imparted to me by my elders was 'never buy a new car, buy the lease return" was the beginning of the comment, but then he didn't follow it and instead leases......and then doesn't give feedback that has anything to do with the experience of buying a lease return or leasing a vehicle.. Just a strong of random info..

@@harriettanthony7352 that is what a lot of people are already doing, dealerships here are massively pushing for leasing. leasing cars are brand new cars "sold" by the manufacturer theres just a bank thats buying it and then renting it out to you. it makes no difference to the manufacturer. A 3 year lease return is the same for the used market as a car that was bought and driven for 3 years and then listed on the used market.

@@ZariTenjin I'm also from Germany and I was looking for used (especially lease return) EVs. When I went to Hyundai and asked about the Ioniq5 they almost fell over laughing. The salesman told me that 100% of the cars that get returned are going straight to scandinavian countries, especially Denmark. There, they can sell them for almost sticker price when new as the luxury tax (they have special taxes for cars above a certain size and engine power) doesn't apply or isn't nearly as high for used cars compared to new ones. Then I was looking into smaller ones (Peugeot 208-e) just to get around town but in the end that didn't make any sense financially as I still would need to have a gas car to visit my family (about 200mi away). As a car guy, buying a Tesla is absolutely out of the question. I will never buy a brand that won't sell me spare parts. So for now, I just tabled the decision. I want to have a car with around 250mi of range, about the size of a Golf, no SUV, from a somewhat good car manufacturer. I thought about the MG4 as well, but I don't really like how it looks and the MG cars don't seem to be all there yet. I heard of problems where the cars accelerated by itself and someone even dying because of that.

@@ian3580 i wasnt in the market for buying a car, im leasing so i can try out EVs before commiting to a buy. that doesnt invalidate the advice given to me. i will follow it when i buy a car.

And if you bought in 2022 at the pandemic car price peak, the cost of a new and improved 2024 is going to be lower than what you paid, making the depreciation on an old one even worse.

Yes, it was like that in UK years ago with cars like the Jaguar V12. If you could afford to run one you could afford to buy a new one, so the used ones were very cheap.

In the U.K. people lease new ones to save tax. I just checked and leases are about £500 a month. However, a higher rate tax payer would only see £260 come off the bottom line of their payslip.

What's your suggestion about buying a Polestar for anywhere between 25k-35k. I know nothing about cars but like the look of it. Want to buy one where the bulk of the depreciation has already happened and sell in around 2-3 years for as close to what I bought it for!

Yep came to mention this

Hold up there's a bearing it the strut tower ?? For what ? Nothing moves around only up and down, or do you mean at the top of the shock where it pivots ?

​@@dietznutz1i think he meant bushing or rubber dampener. There is no such thing as a shock bearing. They are designed for vertical motion and horizontal forces, not rotation like a bearing.

@Noah_E exactly what I was thinking

In the front end, I would think it would be the bearing in the top hat for the strut to allow it to rotate with the steering knuckle/hub assembly

The fact that he got 359k miles on it before the battery tanked, especially here in GA is nothing short of a miracle. You don't see many of those because most of them are paper weights 200k miles before that.

Dream on. No way is that car on its original battery. And if it is installed, it is not functional. Those are Ni-MH batteries originally and lasted about 10 years. After that, the car still functions, but very weak on acceleration. If the battery is functioning, it has been replaced. And being we are now in 2024, it's probably ready for its 3rd battery.

@@OmegaGamingNetwork no way, those 1st gen insights are way overbuilt and commonly go 200k+. You can now get lithium batteries to replace the original NiCd/NiMh cells too and get even better fuel economy than the already really good 65+mpg.

@@Fhwgads11 Overbuilt and popular..yet somehow selling for less than 10k and many for less than 5...yep, popular. The market doesn't reflect your claims.

@@OmegaGamingNetwork I never claimed popular, but go off

I also love my 2024 lrsm. Here in Norvay it cost the same as a Toyota Corolla.

well the airbag issue tells us that they might be one and the same

just 1 more year until those 2022 polestar 2s finish pretending to be worth $25k

Funny how mechanics who spend all day using effin loud impact tools can't hear squeaks and rattles. My dad is a retired auto restoration shop owner and watches TV so loud I can hear it from the driveway and it makes my ears ring after an hour at 3/4 of his usual volume, which is ungodly loud.

Common problem with all Geely's CMA platform based vehicles from what I've heard.

The volts did it too. my 2012 one i absolutely refuse to get rid of will tell me numbers that actually sound like numbers. my partners model 3 however... yea its really optimistic like stupidly optimistic which has been a real surprise when you look at the estimate of 175 miles and go ok theres a super charger 140 miles from me. i should be able to easily make it. only to hit low power mode after 110 miles and now your scrambling to find anything nearby. I believe chevrolet called that feature the trend line. its pretty nice as i can often tell just based off that line if im doing better or worse than my average. i also have the optimistic number which only applies if im doing 25 MPH downhill with tornado force winds pushing me along to the min number which i would say is the exact opposite. it tends to very much underestimate so even when it says like 90 miles i know its more like 115 with the trend number being pretty much the right one. its very goldilocks but i kinda love it since it aint lying like a few other hybrids and EVs ive driven where the numbers might as well be useless and your left spinning the wheel of fish to figure out how far it will actually go.

My thoughts exactly

Most new vehicles aren't Tacomas that you can keep forever because they will last until the heat death of the universe. Most new vehicles are turds like the Chevy Cruz, Traverse, and Equinox that turn into endless moneypits as they age. Resale value suddenly becomes a big factor.

Well, if you know it has high depreciation you could save a fortune by buying a used one. So it's useful information when considering whether to buy new or used. Once you own it though - yes, doesn't matter if you're not going to sell, but most people do sell at some point.

Depreciation has a reliability component included. Very High depreciation vehicles are usually problematic in one way or another. It can be used as a basic gauge.

If your car depreciates a lot in a few weeks or months.....then you should have bought used....and there are a lot of very new vehicles that are on the market. Sure, you're not worried about resale, but if you look at where you are 6 months into ownership (~6k miles) you owe more on your car than you could but the same for. Same with a year-old and 12k. That's what people mean. 'New' carries a HUGE premium....and especially if you don't pay cash, you pay interest on that premium.

The same advice can be given about women. The older ones have the kinks ironed out, and you can get the super posho deluxe model... just beware of body damage, and that sometimes the computer control modules have faults.

Or maybe he cuts away because he is eating it? xd

Maybe because he doesn't wanna talk while chewing?

@@tiborklein5349 Great, next video the entire Factor ad will be him talking with his mouth full, watch.

He has to do multiple takes and scenes: there'd be no food left to show, its messy, its cold, he 'd have to brush his teeth on shooting location, he doesn't want to spoil his appetite for lunch, as he wants to eat it whole to enjoy his lunch, or maybe he ate lunch, he wants plate always to look full for camera. maybe plate is expired over several days shooting.

@@mikemotorbike4283 TBF, he looks like he always has an appetite for lunch.

Entirely irrelevant. Also, what is an Intech?

​@@jamesengland7461 The engine

How many miles on it?

Exactly, my 28 year old 4.0i OHC still runs perfectly and is easily user serviceable.

@@Jcewazhere Around half a million kilometers. Intech engines are known to pass a million kilometers with ease, had an ex-taxi come in for a service at 1.7 million, no major work done apart from one automatic gearbox.

that's because EVs are popular in Switzerland.. not so much in America or other countries like mine where the resale value is dismal..

@@UnacceptableViews Now that makes a lot of sense. Cheers.

@@UnacceptableViews Also because Musk lowered the price of the model 3 and Hertz dumped their fleet of Polestars at discount prices ... here in EU prices are still kind of holding up a bit for 2nd hand cars.

That is insane. Just checked mobile de. For that kind of money, you'll find cars with less than 10k in germany.

Yeah EV prices are so much different in Europe. High depreciation sure but still totally acceptable resale values

'Only' 1,5 years here and Polestar is just so enjoyable to drive.

When you don’t have so far to drive across country, I guess they’re OK?

@@Justacogg I regularly cross the country, I’ve not had much of an issue. When you’re roadtripping, you have to stop and take a rest at regular intervals no matter what, and when we do we charge the car

@@Justacogg I have done few 1500km or 1000km trips. For me just fine. I also charge quite often and not that much (like 10% - 60%), buy something to drink, some snacks maybe, visit toilet and go.

It's good to understand at least some about all vehicles. Never been the biggest fan of diesel, but I know enough.

I'm a car guy as well but I'd love a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, that thing looks fun as hell.

@@Channel-gz9hm In my experience the tech said, while watching the video, that he doesn't hear anything ;-)

What do you even mean here? "When sending car to the dealer I usually make a video"

My Tesla 2018 Model 3 Performance has been solid and the few minor service/maintenance items I’ve had Tesla perform were performed quickly and properly. They give me a loaner car, Uber credits, or their mobile service team does the work at my house. And it’s still a blast to drive. That is, when I want to drive. Most of the 300 miles of driving I’ve done the past two days has been done by the car. Including city streets, not just freeway. It gets better with every software update. So, while the depreciation is an issue, my car now does things that it didn’t do when it was new which arguably increases its utility and value. And it charges at 250KW at the plentiful Tesla Superchargers.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!

The tax credit situation keeps changing and I'm not familiar with the details at all anymore, so I just didn't even mention it. I think both car qualify for the used tax credit, so that's a pretty level playing field.

Tax credits for electric cars are stupid

@@agingwheels Well, as the Polestar is from China, I doubt that. The IRA is a "protectionism" act, America is scared shitless (as it should) about the steamroller called Chinese EV manufacturing.

@@F40PH-2CAT tax credits for all cars?

​@@Ari--dor no cars. Even better, how about no tax at all?

Honestly yeah, my mom's 21 Subaru is so good I drove 251 miles without doing a single thing, my Honda isn't as good but if you keep tension on the steering wheel when the windshield is clean it holds decently

Degeneracy is taking over

so long as I have the option of disabling it and using normal cruise control...

@@orppranator5230 that's true! I am fairly certain all cars you can disable it, convoluted in some cases, usually by holding the cruise button or the follow distance setting

@@orppranator5230 NO. The point is that Adaptive Cruise is far, far superior than "normal" cruise. I wouldn't even call old school cruise a control of the operating of the car. It sets a speed that gets turned off every time you brake because there's a semi coming up. Then old school cruise has to be set again, requiring more driver attention to the gauges and not the road. Old school cruise control is a distraction. Adaptive cruise doesn't need that constant attention to the speed, making it easier to pay attention to everything else happening on the road. Adaptive cruise should be mandatory, and not be able to turn off, because it's much safer management of speed. The same way air bags and seat belts are safer and can't be turned off.

😂 It's very possible the brand won't be there anymore in about 5 years. So you want an old Polestar without support?

@@miskatonic6210 How can you know the brand won't possibly be there anymore in about 5 years?