Oh wow! I've won the distinction of being the owner who has paid the most to repair their Karma. Lucky me!!
I have a very late production Laguna. I bought it new, off the showroom floor in October 2012. I had a few, small repairs made by the dealer at no cost to me before Fisker Santa Monica basically told all their customers to piss off because Fisker Automotive had abandoned them.
Shortly afterward, I met Lormax. He came over to give my car an inspection. We decided to go ahead and loctite the RDM to prevent the infamous chattering/creaking noise when at a crawl in traffic. That cost about $3,000 as I recall.
It was a few months later, with no support from Fisker Automotive or my dealer, Fisker Santa Monica (owned by Mike Sullivan, aka 'LA Car Guy', who refused to honor the warranty they'd promised when selling the car), when my Check Engine Light suddenly illuminated. I happened to have an appointment with Lormax to check out some minor issues, so I asked him to diagnose the problem. He hooked his computer up to my Karma and went to work. Then, with a look on his face akin to that of a doctor giving a patient a diagnosis of a terminal illness, Lormax looked at me and said "This is about as bad as it gets." I had a bad module in my battery.
Lormax was able to find a new battery, owned by another member of this board, that had never been removed from the original shipping crate. I bought it for, as I recall, $22,500. After Lormax removed the bad battery and installed the new battery, I was out of pocket (just for battery issues) about $26,000.
Since then, the car has been rock solid. No repairs except for an oil change at 5,000 miles. At 10,000 miles today, I have still have the original tires, though I'm considering replacing them soon.
Total spent to date on repairs to my Karma comes to about $30,000.
Would I do it again? You bet I would. I love the Karma. But I'd drive a much, much, much, much, MUCH harder bargain with the dealer. In other words, if you can pick up a new or low mileage Karma in the '60s, I think you'd be getting a good deal.
I think what other people in this thread have written is a fair assessment of the fit and finish of the car. The interior of my Karma has numerous squeaks and rattles that never plagued my BMW 3 or 5 series cars. That's inexcusable in a car of this class. However, I have the 'vegan' Eco Chic interior with the Alcantara Eco Suede fabric. That upholstery makes it--by far--the most comfortable car I've ever driven.
I notice you say you are in Metro New York. I assume that means you live outside Manhattan? I ask because I would never, *ever* want to drive a Karma in Manhattan--certainly not as a daily driver. The car is so wide, the wheelbase so long, those fenders so swoopy that it is all too often difficult to gauge where your Karma ends and where the car in the next lane begins. Maneuvering through tight spots or negotiating a sharp turn is really just one great big exercise in controlling your anxiety. If you live in the 'burbs or a sprawling car friendly city like LA (where I live), the Karma makes sense. If you live in an older, crowded, urban city with narrow streets and not built with cars in mind, such as Manhattan, San Francisco, DC, Boston(?), etc...,I'd tell you to be really, really sure you want the car before you commit. It's a beast to drive. But it's also among the most beautiful cars on the road.