Yeup. A lot of inertia here. But some of it is also due to larger retailers over here wanting to bypass payment processors. Even as both Apple and Google were pushing NFC payment systems here, you had large retailers like Walmart working on a QR-code based system that hooked up straight to checking accounts.
Agreed. A recent study was showing about 22% of individual chargers across a sampling in California were out of order. Another 5% had cables that were too short to be usable in the test. EA had the lowest out of order rate of the sample, but even that was 19%. EA was dinged more heavily than others due to cable length.
AWD Pro S. I had a couple drives in a 2021 AWD Pro S before putting the reservation down. But it was the best balance of the different things I wanted. I’m still not a huge fan of all the touch controls everywhere, but the haptic and pressure-triggered touch controls in the ID.4 make it an easier pill to swallow. And the fact that the cargo area has more clearance at the top than my Outback is a nice touch. Not as deep front to back as the Outback, but I can live with it. I don’t have the 12” dobsonian telescope that took up most of the space in the Outback on road trips anymore, which helps. And since a most of my driving is: commute, hauling bikes and people to trail heads, and occasional road trips to star parties and the like, the ID.4 can do it so long as I don’t also need to tow a trailer. ~130mi range while towing a teardrop isn’t good enough for eastern Oregon yet, sadly.
The issues I had with the pedals in the first drive were already much better in the second drive as I was getting used to how the brake pedal behaves, and the pedal placement. Second time around I also spent more time playing with the turning radius. For being a crossover, the thing turns on a dime, and the acceleration.
Really the only mod I’m going to have to make when I get it is a larger hitch receiver, or an adapter. It comes with a 1 1/4” receiver, but my bike rack is 2”, and they don’t make a 1 1/4” model that can carry my unit of an e-bike.
