....... of lunatics, and by that I mean of course 2nd hand owners. After all, we have no excuse to buy these cars, conversely, the original owners had no reason to believe that FA would be so short lived - but buying these cars now is sheer madness! It would be crazy if this was a regular automobile, but considering the complexity of an EV-ER...... why???!!
The best thing today about the Fisker is this place! I have lurked and read about the car on here for months, certainly also in hopes the bug would fade, but in the end, and true to my compulsive nature, or as Oscar Wilde put it - “The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
Of course, it is the nature of a forum to concentrate on problems, which makes this place so valuable, but it also runs the risk to scare people away unnecessarily, as I have noticed on here. Maybe that was the right thing for that individual, and maybe I will rue my decision someday because all the possible problems will rear their ugly head on my specific Karma - I will worry about that when it happens - but I also think that considering the limited resources with which this car was developed, the outsourcing of manufacturing and the fairly small number of cars produced, this vehicle is remarkably stable.
I also think that as owners - and I realize this myself after only a few weeks of use - we tend to forget the many marvelous and novel details we enjoy with this car. One of these is the hood - as any proper gear head, checking the oil level was high on my priority list after I drove off the dealers lot, so popping the hood revealed one of those details: For the engineer who designed and implemented the hood hinges and struts, I bow in awe! The 'balance' of he hood when closing is just marvelous, the hood is neither over nor under-sprung, it just floats..... lovely!!
I have a 15 mile commute, which is just about as bad as it can be for an ICE as it barely reaches operating temps when I shut off the car - electric cars don't have any of that. The Tesla was very tempting, indeed, but I feel the NSA snooping on every step of my life is enough, I don't need to add a car company to that mix..........
And here is the girl all dressed in proper white:
The best thing today about the Fisker is this place! I have lurked and read about the car on here for months, certainly also in hopes the bug would fade, but in the end, and true to my compulsive nature, or as Oscar Wilde put it - “The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
Of course, it is the nature of a forum to concentrate on problems, which makes this place so valuable, but it also runs the risk to scare people away unnecessarily, as I have noticed on here. Maybe that was the right thing for that individual, and maybe I will rue my decision someday because all the possible problems will rear their ugly head on my specific Karma - I will worry about that when it happens - but I also think that considering the limited resources with which this car was developed, the outsourcing of manufacturing and the fairly small number of cars produced, this vehicle is remarkably stable.
I also think that as owners - and I realize this myself after only a few weeks of use - we tend to forget the many marvelous and novel details we enjoy with this car. One of these is the hood - as any proper gear head, checking the oil level was high on my priority list after I drove off the dealers lot, so popping the hood revealed one of those details: For the engineer who designed and implemented the hood hinges and struts, I bow in awe! The 'balance' of he hood when closing is just marvelous, the hood is neither over nor under-sprung, it just floats..... lovely!!
I have a 15 mile commute, which is just about as bad as it can be for an ICE as it barely reaches operating temps when I shut off the car - electric cars don't have any of that. The Tesla was very tempting, indeed, but I feel the NSA snooping on every step of my life is enough, I don't need to add a car company to that mix..........
And here is the girl all dressed in proper white:
