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I love the implementation in our iX. It has a non-perm EES motor setup, so that may be the engineering detail that allows for this. Anyway, it has a nice physical toggle switch on the center armrest console, you can change on-the-fly between B Mode which is regen mode (aka "brake mode"), and...

The steering wheel uses the same design language as the rest of the interior, all black would be funky (with Coastal). Good design decision :)

Hot take: we haven't test driven a vehicle in ages. 🤪

Same. I'm kind of digging on the 2 year options too. Our current leases are 36 and 24 months, and the latter is nice for being able to quickly (in the context of vehicle ownership) change rides as the (EV) industry changes, or as your needs might suddenly change, or even - and hopefully not -...

100%. There's a lot more than just math involved in this (time costs for a resale for example).

See my post above, that's with ~$5800 down. Oh sorry, that wasn't totally clear, see @blipit's more complete post above :)

Oh, I know, I've been leasing for decades. Won't do anymore outright purchases (especially in the EV space), so I'm pretty set on what I consider good leases anymore (and the last new I've used a broker, so zero hassle, delivery to my door). I wasn't even really up for the a new ride, the Jeep...

Oh now I see it, hahaha, yeah, that's a non-starter: New 2026 R2 Performance with Launch Package with a vehicle price of $57,990, a monthly lease payment of $829, and $5,724 DUE AT SIGNING. $857/mo with my config (but without Coastal) Effective with the DAS across 36 months, plus tax, almost...

Oh yeah, I wasn't getting that! Now it poofed in after a refresh :D EDIT Oh, I see when I have Coast Cloud interior selected it doesn't show the lease rates.

JFC, I must be super slow this morning ( I mean, more so than usual :D), where's the lease info?

Yeah, that was a nice surprise. @RomanMF We've had a couple of light interior cars back to back, and certainly, it's very use case specific (young children, pets, using it off road on trails, etc.), but we've never had any issues with the lighter color, especially the synthetics in the BMW...

Oh yeah, that's terrible, I can't believe anyone would order this! My plan is working ...

Did anyone notice in the R2 configurator, there's now a specific month for the Coastal interior :)

Oh, I know, we owned one for a few years (dumped it early off a lease), I was very engaged in the community, talked with a few 3rd party app devs quite a bit, plus I have 3+ decades in the tech industry that included a notable amount of time in the AR/CV/ML space (so I'm reasonably hip to the...

Well, my solo material wasn't selling great, so had to get the wife involved.