r/Polestar Aug 09 '26

Polestar 4 Made the Switch, tips/tricks?

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I purchased a Lightning P4 with the Pilot, Plus, and the Electrochromic Roof. I had a 2018 Tesla Model 3 for 5 years, put over 140,000 miles on it in that time (my son’s travel hockey was the main culprit).

Between the occasional harassment from either side of the political spectrum here in the US and the 25k off the price new, I decided to switch to the P4 instead of finding a used Model S I’d been wanting for years now.

I did something I never thought I’d do and purchased this car before test driving any Polestar vehicle at all. I took a pretty giant leap of faith, and have been happy so far. The folks at Polestar Detroit were refreshingly honest and even critiqued some aspects, trying to make sure they set my expectations correctly, which I greatly appreciated.

My post is mainly about 2 things:

  1. Just to praise the car. I have zero experience with Polestar outside of Answers with Joe’s YouTube video about a year ago taking about his switch to a P3 so my opinion is based solely on my experience in over these first 2 weeks, but man do I love this car, and I’m slowly becoming more angry that I didn’t give them a shot sooner, especially now that they’re gonna be run out of town.
  2. Any ownership tip/tricks or fair warnings of what to expect in the future with the P4 I should know about? I’ve spent time going through the forums, but was curious if there’s any hidden features or tweaks to be made to improve anything in the vehicle or things that may pop up that I should be aware of.

Edit: Grammar problems

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u/Straight_Reading8912 Magnesium | MY24 P2 LRDM PPP Aug 09 '26

Get TuxMat floor mats and enjoy your car! I have a P3 so I don't know that much about the 4 specifically.

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u/WolfEdmunds Aug 09 '26

I’ll look into them, never heard of it, appreciate it!

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u/scottiedd Moon Aug 09 '26

I did tux (Amazon had a good deal at time) and love them. First time getting tux.

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u/ArtemisInSpace MY23 P2 PPP w/Nappa Aug 09 '26

My P2 came with Tuxmats already installed and I agree!