After one week of ownership there are mostly joys. Car looks and drives great, considering its weight. Most of its controls work (most of time) as advertised. Normal driving range for battery is around 55-60 km of mixed road and highway driving. Once switched to sport mode, I get 10 liters per 100 kilometers, a bit high number, however driving between 150-160 km/h on the highway. Command center is sluggish, controls confusing, but all expected thanks to this site and Brian's excellent reviews on Youtube.
One major peeve is once there is an alarm (low fuel, external lightbulb), this alarm stays in the window where the digital speed is displayed, and alarm cannot be cancelled. On my 997 all the alarms can be acknowledged and then disappear and only exclamation mark reminds of alarm. I like to have digital speedometer available since getting proper reading on the speedo gauge is nerve-wrecking and Czech traffic cops hiding almost everywhere.
As many said, we need controls on the steering wheel back-illuminated, driving at night you almost have to turn the interior light on to find out what's where. On key fob it is hard to find out what is trunk and what is lock button, at night it is impossible. Very much dislike "window to the car's soul" and would rather have more storage space in its place. I am even thinking about cutting the hole through plastic and lay in there carbon fibre tray. Might do some designs first before starting to cut.
In Czech Republic navigation does not display any maps so I am saved additional frustrations. No garage door buttons on the mirror either. For navigation I use Tom Tom on my iPhone or iPad and it looks like it is far superior product
Stereo's behavior is at best temperamental, I had to turn off Traffic Announcements, because once they started, iPod playback stopped and never returned, freezing the whole audio section of display. Now with iPod connected through USB sometimes audio display page freezes (Connecting to the source!) or falls one song behind.
Kids have planty of space in rear seats, only their iPods have to be put in cup holders, with cables exposed from rear connectors. Would be great to have the same storage space in the back as is in the front.
When charging the car on the sidewalk in front of my work, I would like to find out solution that keeps the cables in the air and the charger control box in the trunk. It can go in there but then the cable is not long enough and trunk does not close that readily. Coming winter means that the cable will get very dirty when charging Karma outside my garage.
Anyway I am happy to be part of Karma community, as noted elsewhere let's just hope FIsker will be able to continue in business and car's interface and options (higher capacity battery, better engine management) will be improved.
Hats off to Henrik Fisker to achieve on his first own car such high level of sophistication in ride quality, car handling and also seamless switching between ICE and battery. And car looks great too!
One major peeve is once there is an alarm (low fuel, external lightbulb), this alarm stays in the window where the digital speed is displayed, and alarm cannot be cancelled. On my 997 all the alarms can be acknowledged and then disappear and only exclamation mark reminds of alarm. I like to have digital speedometer available since getting proper reading on the speedo gauge is nerve-wrecking and Czech traffic cops hiding almost everywhere.
As many said, we need controls on the steering wheel back-illuminated, driving at night you almost have to turn the interior light on to find out what's where. On key fob it is hard to find out what is trunk and what is lock button, at night it is impossible. Very much dislike "window to the car's soul" and would rather have more storage space in its place. I am even thinking about cutting the hole through plastic and lay in there carbon fibre tray. Might do some designs first before starting to cut.
In Czech Republic navigation does not display any maps so I am saved additional frustrations. No garage door buttons on the mirror either. For navigation I use Tom Tom on my iPhone or iPad and it looks like it is far superior product
Stereo's behavior is at best temperamental, I had to turn off Traffic Announcements, because once they started, iPod playback stopped and never returned, freezing the whole audio section of display. Now with iPod connected through USB sometimes audio display page freezes (Connecting to the source!) or falls one song behind.
Kids have planty of space in rear seats, only their iPods have to be put in cup holders, with cables exposed from rear connectors. Would be great to have the same storage space in the back as is in the front.
When charging the car on the sidewalk in front of my work, I would like to find out solution that keeps the cables in the air and the charger control box in the trunk. It can go in there but then the cable is not long enough and trunk does not close that readily. Coming winter means that the cable will get very dirty when charging Karma outside my garage.
Anyway I am happy to be part of Karma community, as noted elsewhere let's just hope FIsker will be able to continue in business and car's interface and options (higher capacity battery, better engine management) will be improved.
Hats off to Henrik Fisker to achieve on his first own car such high level of sophistication in ride quality, car handling and also seamless switching between ICE and battery. And car looks great too!