Curiosity for those whom have driven a Polestar 2 for a decent test drive

I'm going to be honest you will get used to one pedal driving very quickly ... I now find it weird going back to an ice car and having to use the breaks so much ... The only thing you need to get used to is not letting go of the accelerator fully.. if you want to slow down you depress the accelerator slightly and it will slow down ... Let go fully and it will start braking for you through regen.. Within about two days of driving you will get so used it.. you won't need to even touch the breaks .. the regens that have smart built into it I have found to be a faff.. Just one setting I would reccomend is change to hold .. so that way regen can come to complete stop for you and the only time the Tesla will use the brakes and blend it with regen is when the battery is above 95% or the battery is too cold to regen .. Tesla's 2021 and above I believe now blend the brakes in automatically so it reacts like regen...

I have owned a model 3 and Y, the model 3 has never had regen tied to the brake pedal, it is on the new Y. One pedal and no creep is the easiest thing to get used to as tesla has a very good programming, you'll almost never touch the brake pedal. Other manufacturers have very jerky one pedal/auto hold. I have rented polestar a few times and honest was not impressed. Very cramped inside with the large center console.

It does not take long to get used to at all. The human brain is more than capable at adapting to single-pedal driving after a short while. It should absolutely not be a determining factor for the choosing of a car. The wife will be fine too, even if only driving it occasionally. At worst, it’s a bit awkward at first but isn’t dangerous/not-fine

Thanks All. I test drive for 20 minutes only and it was fine, pulled up at proper distances after the first stop which I admit caught me by surprise. It was leaving the carpark. As my drive was short it was too hard to get a full idea to be honest. Everything was light breaking and normal traffic and it became familiar for that drive. I was more wondering as I never actually used the brake on the drive I wasn't fully sure. In hindsight.. probably should have found a drive that I could have explored things more.

I thought it drove like a row boat compared to a boosted Y or a performance Y. Software and route planning was garbage. Visibility is quite poor compared to a Y. Didn't like the interior design at all. One glaring fault was the arm support. For taller drivers, when the seat is pushed back you lose support on the door arm rest and the center console arm rest at the back. So, your elbows hang off and essentially you're resting your arms on the far edge of both. And by taller I literally mean taller than 5'6", which is about the tallest I imagine would be comfortable, unless you have extremely short legs and don't need the seat back as far.

Assume you are referring to the Polestar 2? I'm just a touch over 6 foot and didn't feel that. In saying that it was much more closed in, I do remember that. It didn't have much punch but it was the older 170 kw one. At the time I didn't drive it with the mindset of owning one I'll be honest, it was just a rental and short distance trips. So I didn't have the mindset to look for details. I used Android Auto and that's all I saw in the car infotainment.

So how do you find the braking on the new Y. More compared to the model 3. Do you change regen braking settings or do you use one pedal driving anyway?

Yes, the 2. I rented one specifically to do a detailed comparison between the it and the Y. The weird road response during acceleration and deceleration was the biggest red flag and was enough for me to actually not want to drive it anymore than I had to. The interior design (especially with the arm rests... which would've bothered the crap out of me on longer trips) was just an indicator that they didn't take human ergonomics as seriously as they should've. And that told me someone made a decision to not adhere to old school Volvo design rules for ergonomics, probably to cut corners, time line, or something. Either way, it was an indicator that poor decisions on major details went into the car, so it wasn't worth my money to discover what they all were.

I have always used one pedal, rarely do i use the brakes but I do like the blended regen with the brake pedal if needed.