I just got done my first day of driving. Various errands, mostly start and stop four lanes with traffic lights with occasional six lanes real highways hitting 75 miles an hour.
The first thing I did was reset the miles per gallon calculator. When M was driving it she was averaging 32 mpg which is atrocious. But it's realistic to match her driving style.
After about 4 hours of errands I'm averaging 54 mpg. Which actually matches my old man style of driving. I was hypermiling before it was cool. So she has a choice on whether or not she wants to alter driving or cost the money. It's her money, her choice. The visual indicator tells you exactly where the sweet spot is for acceleration and braking. It's an easy glance to know you are doing it perfect.
I still need to do a thorough going over of the controls. There's lots. The actual visual interface is very good. But there are so many things for them to show you in detailed distracting graphical crap that you just need not to do that while driving.
Also, I've yet to set up my phone. It promises all kinds of fancy stuff there.
It takes about 10 minutes before it's warm enough to take off the gloves when I turn it on at 0° weather. The fans push the air hard without being too loud. The general sound system is perfectly adequate. My days of caring how many watts at what distortion really are over. The seats are comfy. They feel a bit light but I don't feel them flexing hard.
The turning radius is very nicely tight. I find myself attempting U turns that I wouldn't try in any other vehicle. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but it's nice to be able to try.
The rear camera and the associated software that draws the lines of where your wheels will turn you versus where you're going to hit is very nicely done. I've seen it done well and done poorly and this is as good as the Cadillacs.
The first thing I did was reset the miles per gallon calculator. When M was driving it she was averaging 32 mpg which is atrocious. But it's realistic to match her driving style.
After about 4 hours of errands I'm averaging 54 mpg. Which actually matches my old man style of driving. I was hypermiling before it was cool. So she has a choice on whether or not she wants to alter driving or cost the money. It's her money, her choice. The visual indicator tells you exactly where the sweet spot is for acceleration and braking. It's an easy glance to know you are doing it perfect.
I still need to do a thorough going over of the controls. There's lots. The actual visual interface is very good. But there are so many things for them to show you in detailed distracting graphical crap that you just need not to do that while driving.
Also, I've yet to set up my phone. It promises all kinds of fancy stuff there.
It takes about 10 minutes before it's warm enough to take off the gloves when I turn it on at 0° weather. The fans push the air hard without being too loud. The general sound system is perfectly adequate. My days of caring how many watts at what distortion really are over. The seats are comfy. They feel a bit light but I don't feel them flexing hard.
The turning radius is very nicely tight. I find myself attempting U turns that I wouldn't try in any other vehicle. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but it's nice to be able to try.
The rear camera and the associated software that draws the lines of where your wheels will turn you versus where you're going to hit is very nicely done. I've seen it done well and done poorly and this is as good as the Cadillacs.