nothing do to with that. What a kwah?
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More dealer garbage, why would my 38kwh OG Ioniq which charges at 47kW Max need it then? The coolant top up or replacement is by design for keeping the pack cool, the 28kWh model was air cooled btw.
Makes sense they must have their reasons even if it is just to fleece us of money.
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Semi Dielectric coolant cos the battery connections on the cells are low close to the cooling plate on the bottom (bad design for any place lower than 23C ambients…). The coolant is less conduction to reduce chance of arcing, thermal run away/ cell propogation. Basically they designed a bath and the baby was already at the bottom so they couldn’t throw it out with the bath water, just minimise the risk with low conductivity water.
I should charge for what I provide here, someone probably has a manual to throw at me or what Dave with shiny suit and fattest tie said once at the dealer.
I should charge for what I provide here, someone probably has a manual to throw at me or what Dave with shiny suit and fattest tie said once at the dealer.
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Nope - especially when it’s a coolant like that on an ICE, albeit with different properties I would imagine. Not sure if it’s a thing on my Polestar, but I’m on 48k with next service at 54k so might find out at the start of next year.
It's a weird one, as for the most par BEV servicing is almost a zero cost as there is not a huge lot to do, check brake fluid, pollen filter, battery health (some do that!) etc. but the actual amount of labour is minimal, I think it was £59 for the first service for me, so 8x-12x the cost isn't without merit to be a warning, after all people by a car to save £160 VED per year, people do daft things.
The stealers have to make money somehow, Tesla illustrated that you don't need to service a car at all and it will work just fine, and that is a scary prospect for a changing market where huge sums of money are made from fleecing people for over priced wiper blades, tyres, brake fluid and screen wash. So now they just say no service no warranty, so in effect you are paying for the factory warranty every year.
I guess we didn't buy ours to save money. It replaced a ford fiesta diesel old enough to be 0 (now £10) VED and incredibly efficient. We bought it because we feel that electric is the way forward and because we wanted a nicer, more comfortable car for longer journeys. We debated petrol, hybrids and electric and decided we wanted to make electric work. But having spent over £20K on the car I just can't get upset at a 40K service being around £600. I get the fact that cost is probably unjustified, but that is largely every aspect of the motor industry anyway!
No one does because they don't sell them in the UK.
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Indeed - I would happily take a loss of efficiency for an estate E Class EV, rather than the egg shaped EQE.
On the other side of the coin our decision to swap both cars was purely driven by cost so I wanted to make sure the Kona had been done before we picked it up, didn't fancy a £500 bill in a couple of months.
Then the ID3 is £200ish every two years (even that feels expensive given the only thing they actually replace is the cabin filter and that is literally a 15 second job).
Then the ID3 is £200ish every two years (even that feels expensive given the only thing they actually replace is the cabin filter and that is literally a 15 second job).
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Test drove a Model Y 25 plate, and that suspension was perfectly fine.
Gonna drive my mates model Y 23 plate to see how much worse that is.
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I must admit whilst I love the look of big wheels on a car the cost of the tyres on new cars does make me think twice. I walked away from a car partly because it had 22inch alloys. they looked great but .................Nope cost of tyres was more of a shock.
even after getting the "small" 20 inch wheels it's fair to say the air was blue when I found a nail in my almost brand new tyre after they decided to start doing some construction right next to my car at work. luckily it was repairable otherwise would have been a £200 new corner.
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22” I thought 20” looked big enough.
I looked up the cost of the Factory 255/45/20 Michelin Pilot Sport tyres the ioniq comes with and they are £285 each. Luckily I get cheap prices on Goodyears so will be going with them when they need replacing. Hate to think of the cost of 22” ones.
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It was improved for the new Juniper models and the new Model 3 highland. The earlier performance model Y was actually known for hitting its bump stops on even remotely bumpy roads.
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