andrewparker wrote: βTue Feb 15, 2022 11:56 am
Utumno wrote: βTue Feb 15, 2022 11:38 am
Obviously sorry to see you not end up with your "first choice" vehicle, but I totally get why. We would have gone P* by now too, if it were higher off the ground, as I think we could live with the range reduction of the "single motor/long range" variant for our travel patterns. But it's too low to the ground for SWMBO's disability according to RIDC
Is that the case even with the seats in the highest position, or does it not work like that?
You're exactly right with how it works
. Let me link you up a bit :-
Check out the ID.3 at
https://www.ridc.org.uk/features-review ... hatch-2020, and let me highlight these numbers :
Min seat edge to ground - driver
630mm
Max seat edge to ground - driver
701mm
Compare now to the Polestar 2 at
https://www.ridc.org.uk/features-review ... hatch-2021
Min seat edge to ground - driver
573mm
Max seat edge to ground - driver
639mm
In real terms, the Polestar 2 with it's driver's seat in the "highest" position is barely higher than the ID.3 with it's driver's seat in the "lowest" position. These "squab-to-ground" measurements, irrespective of the size/height of the vehicle is what matters to SWMBO because the higher the seating position, the less she has to push "up" and sit "down" into the vehicle, and it's the pushing that's a problem. Of course she has to stand regardless, but there's less pushing "up and out" with a higher seat squab to the ground.
The Model 3 is even worse
https://www.ridc.org.uk/features-review ... hatch-2019
Min seat edge to ground - driver
538mm
Max seat edge to ground - driver
587mm
Ideally these numbers would be more like this, our current daily driver :
Min seat edge to ground - driver
724mm
Max seat edge to ground - driver
778mm
But that is an SUV, which we are trying to downsize to go electric. Again we find there is virtually nothing like the ID.3 at either the size or price point!
PS : yes, I really am this data driven and nerdy about it, sorry folks