Should I lease it?
Currently have a GV70 Electrified. Quiet ride, sleek design but boy is it glitchy. Interface is slow to start up, apps don’t work sometimes.
Anyway, it’s too small for my family of four well as our main car, and my wife wants to be higher off the ground.
Originally wouldn’t even consider another non-EV, but after testing the Vistiq, EX-90 EV9, IX, Rivian, the EX-90 is the clear winner. Sleekest design, best ride, fairly priced.
MY CONCERN: so many issues with this car keeping it out of commission for weeks to months. I’m sure the dealer would give me a loaner but why put myself in this position?
Few other thoughts:
Loved the R1S but so stupid you can’t turn off regen breaking all the way. It feels like you’re always fighting the resistance. On the Genesis I keep it at the lowest setting, and R1S was more noticeable.
EV9 is most functional but dislike the way it looks, their Telluride is much nicer. Not considering the Ioniq9 either; looks like a late model Durango. Again, new Palisade looks amazing, wish they had same body as EV.
I want to lease. With battery tech evolving I’d rather be ready to upgrade.
Kicker: also considering PHEVs now. Have an L2 charger at home, we rarely drive more than 40 miles a day. So I could still mostly drive electric and have the option to lease an X5, or XC-90 plug ins without the ugliness of the IX or risks of EX-90.
What do you all think? Worth the risk for EX-90? My other car is a 2021 XC90 so I’d also have two of the same car if I lease the EX, but I’ll take the ribbing from my neighbors.