Polestar 2 review - First Impressions on day one of ownership!

Welcome to the first video on my new channel dedicated to my experience with electric cars. This is my Polestar 2 review covering my first impressions of the car.

So on the 7th of October 2020, I received my Polestar 2. Super excited to be driving this new to the market electric car and this video shared some of my first experiences with the car.

The order process was fairly simple, I've leased mine as it is very tax efficient for business purposes. My order was confirmed late in August and arrived with me only 6 weeks later. It very much depends on the version you order as I was originally told it would be with me in December.

In this video, I'm sharing my initial impressions of the car, the delivery experience and how it felt to be driving and using the car on day one! Let's just say that it's amazing to drive and the power is very impressive.

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0:00 Intro
0:35 Polestar 2 delivery
1:38 Backseat comfort and space
2:25 Childlocked and stuck in the back
3:25 Boot space
4:32 Free charging and Tesco Podpoint
8:12 Harmon Kardon audio
11:06 Summary of the Polestar 2

[brettayres]

Good video - Looking forward to the next one.

[SeanPowell]

Lovely car. I'll be replacing my i3 with one next year and can't wait!

[matthewrigby]

Possibly the most excellent middle class car review ive ever seen. Cardboard tip to tesco to BnQ. Only thing missing was smashed avacado on toast and a poke at the Tories. 8/10.

[Knightlore]

Nice to see one without the performance pack for a change i.e not a demonstrator

[SwannBus]

Excellent video on your new PS2, wondering if I’ll ever get mine lol

[victoriasteven]

Bradley, you have been a godsend! I have been watching your videos since just after Christmas when I decided to get a new car. All I wanted back then was a back-up camera & a hatchback [current car is a 2013 manual Mini convertible - tons of fun but a very active puppy makes the top-down times limited]. Then I went down the electric car rabbit hole - I have been intrigued since the first Tesla 2-seater which I coveted from afar. Checked out Consumer Reports and they teased that a new car was coming to market in the US soon, and that was my intro to the Polestar! Honestly, I fell in love w/ the yellow seatbelts irrationally & immediately. I have co-workers who have Teslas but I hate the center-only screen. I googled Polestar and became quickly hooked on your open & honest straightforward videos [my dad was British so the accent doesn’t hurt either, probably some subliminal warm feelings there too]. I’m brand new to e-cars so that started the learning curve re: charging, battery size, range, blah, blah, blah [your early video helped me slog through that phase]. I took the leap in lockdown and drove to NYC to see and test drive the car in person and fell in love! When I got home from that trip you posted your now infamous “Don’t a Polestar” video, and that put a chill on my enthusiasm. Did I really know what I was doing? Was this just my rebellion for being locked in my apartment for a year? Who knows, but I got over it and in early March ordered my Midnight Polestar 2. Did the wire transfer yesterday and once I slog through the ridiculous Mass. registration process, I will be gleefully joining the ranks of the “converted”! I now find myself imagining that I have the car already - yesterday when I went for my first shot I even noticed there were charging spots at the inoculation site. I really hope when I return for #2, I will be pulling into one of those spaces! This rather long missive, is really just because I wanted to thank you for all these videos - you really should be getting a referral fee from Polestar, because I certainly would not have made the leap without your insights. Thank you.

[wiryantirta]

I seriously thought the LMG - Short Circuit team just reviewed this car

[Seemples]

Looking forward to your other video's.Nice work.

[TooOldToScrum]

Thanks for the video.
What is the trim level? Any performance pack?
What is the colour outside and inside?

I think I know but just checking

[CaryInVictoria]

I was surprised when you informed your viewers of your first planned use of the car, something we had all expected to be quite special, such as taking your wife to a fancy restaurant for a candlelight dinner. Never would I have guessed it would be to haul rubbish to the dump! Before learning it would be cardboard I had envisioned leaking bags of rotting food waste. Oh well, each to his own. After that sunk in I expected the dump to be halfway across England where there were some new fast chargers, but no, it was just a short trip to the tip and then you'd be off to see some turtle chargers.

[darrencourtnell]

My PS2 (Polestar not Playstation!) being delivered this Friday so now a little more excited - great vid - thanks!

[MARA]

Wow that's a big drive way. How many cars can fit in there?

[alcorpage]

I'm impressed, but one thing concerns me: the areas where there is no Android (or Apple) connectivity, and there are quite a few in Scotland. Glen Orchy for example. How does the car cope with no signal? My current diesel powered car's GPS nav. system throws up warning signals but doesn't affect the car's performance in such areas. Would the Polestar 2 (and the Tesla 3) be constrained? Also, the car comes with a 3-year Google/Android contract. What happens when that runs out?

[Tomdata]

Fantastic car, enjoy (from a Tesla M3 owner).

[pfairchild]

Great video. I'm interested in how you find the ride (firm/ smooth) as I'd go for the version without the performance pack too?

[afnankhokhar]

Hi Bradley, can I ask what colour P*2 you have? I'm guessing it's Void but it looks metallic in the video

[SDKb]

I did the same - locked myself in the back 🤣 Luckily I remembered a video saying the window lock switch turned the child locks off and I could reach through and press it.
Quick question - do you need your own cable to use the Tesco charger?

[birdyashiro]

It looks really nice👌🏻
What the bgm at 3:55？

[stevedoswell]

Nice video. Loving my P2. Interested how you find range. I find it ok but nothing amazing. Everything else is incredible...

[jonmarsden]

I’m having the exact same model and my reg number is virtually identical. Only a few weeks to wait if that...19 or 20” wheels? I have gone for 20”.