eddybarckx
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- First Name
- Andrew
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2022
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- Location
- Portland, OR
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- R1S
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Have had the R1S now for a few months and overall, amazing. As our roads here in PNW are now in wet mode for the next 5 months, I've learned that you need to completely change how you accelerate and rely on hard regen braking IF you want to continue to use the conserve mode. I find that I need to baby things as I accelerate, and when going downhill, the high regenerative braking causes a bit of slippage b/c it's such an aggressive brake.
Maybe this is just whining and you all who actually know how to drive well are rolling your eyes. But I guess my point is, when it's cold and range becomes an issue, conserve mode is more valuable. But even simple accelerations in this (conserve mode) on wet roads is tricky and I'm very nervous when I need to rely on decent acceleration when merging. Maybe it's also b/c I have the 22" tires (wanted the 21s but we all know that issue) as well, but still, just wondering if this is frustrating for others. I really don't have a point here other than seeing if I'm not alone and wondering if 'wet road' could be an option where regen drops to low and it can toggle quickly between 2 and 4 wheel drive modes.
Maybe this is just whining and you all who actually know how to drive well are rolling your eyes. But I guess my point is, when it's cold and range becomes an issue, conserve mode is more valuable. But even simple accelerations in this (conserve mode) on wet roads is tricky and I'm very nervous when I need to rely on decent acceleration when merging. Maybe it's also b/c I have the 22" tires (wanted the 21s but we all know that issue) as well, but still, just wondering if this is frustrating for others. I really don't have a point here other than seeing if I'm not alone and wondering if 'wet road' could be an option where regen drops to low and it can toggle quickly between 2 and 4 wheel drive modes.
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