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I booked my Ioniq in for it's 'big' service last week, i used the online booking tool to pick a date beginning of March as the car's just pingged up saying service in 30 days. Then get an email from the dealer saying the nearest they can get me in is the 16th of April! That's 10 weeks after i booked!! Not amazing service and doesn't fill me with hope if the car needs anything..

Unfortunately it's the only dealer in north Wales so they've kinda got me over a barrel as it's already a 50 minute drive away. One of those things i should have looked into more beforehand perhaps but i've just never had an issue booking a regular service with a main dealer in a reasonable timeframe before.

That’s crap I called my dealer on Thursday and booked in for Tuesday next week.
 
Is that without a courtesy car (availability for the courtesy car is often a constraint)? Pretty shoddy that
Yeah to be fair it is with a courtesy car, but i've never had an issue in my 20+ years of driving in getting a car when having a service at any other brand in the area..
Did you try Cleevley - they do mobile services?
They only offer limited service but not where i live as i'm up on Anglesey and they only cover parts of the coast, so i guess i could drive it over to a friends house and do it on their drive but it seems like a massive faff. Plus as the car is still within the 5 years warranty i kinda want Hyundai themselves to do the coolant change.
That’s crap I called my dealer on Thursday and booked in for Tuesday next week.
:( they joys of living in the sticks i guess
 
Model 3 Premium RWD test drive booked
are there highland revisions on the used market at a reasonable price, yet.
I mean Autotrader gives the answer but generally speaking “Highland” RWD Model 3’s are available from around 24-25k with dual motors from around 29-30k.

Whether this is reasonably priced is a subjective question as in isolation it seems decent considering new prices but one could also say a Dual motor “highland” is around 10k more than a ~72/23 plate previous model which is harder to justify (for me at least).
 
They only offer limited service but not where i live as i'm up on Anglesey and they only cover parts of the coast, so i guess i could drive it over to a friends house and do it on their drive but it seems like a massive faff. Plus as the car is still within the 5 years warranty i kinda want Hyundai themselves to do the coolant change.
Did you check it wasn't done as part of the recall earlier in the life of the car? The coolant change I mean.
 
wouldn't you ring some hevra garages for a quote on ioniq fluid check - people with more impressive cv's & youtube content than cleverley https://www.ogsmechanics.com/contact/

I mean Autotrader gives the answer but generally speaking “Highland” RWD Model 3’s are available from around 24-25k with dual motors from around 29-30k.
yes I had seen that for 30K in dunstable/powerr leasing ... seemed surprising that people don't seem to tag highlands more clearly
 
Cleevley hosts hevra training sessions. It’s a coolant change nothing too difficult needing your links.

Although I think they don’t do fluid changes with mobile servicing anymore.
 
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wouldn't you ring some hevra garages for a quote on ioniq fluid check - people with more impressive cv's & youtube content than cleverley https://www.ogsmechanics.com/contact/


yes I had seen that for 30K in dunstable/powerr leasing ... seemed surprising that people don't seem to tag highlands more clearly
Rs evs did a YouTube video and he mentioned auto trader didn't differentiate between certain model trims on model 3s, so searching it was luck of the draw.
 
wouldn't you ring some hevra garages for a quote on ioniq fluid check - people with more impressive cv's & youtube content than cleverley https://www.ogsmechanics.com/contact/

Mate, you really need to do one now - you literally have no clue - Cleevely are one of the best HEVRA approved EV servicing agents in the UK.


Mods - Can you thread ban this drivel nonsense poster for once.
 
Is yours an Ioniq 5 ? Mine is a late 22 plate and the battery coolant has to be changed every 4 years and it takes 2-3 hours apparently.

It's an OG Ioniq 38kWh - you can do a full coolant change like this one - and then after that do it your self by following a regular top up/replace so you don't need to pay again one OOW.
 
There must be quite a few Intelligent Octopus Go users on here.

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed the ridiculous short charges that we've been having now for well over six months? Mind you, the only way you'd know is if you had HA tracking it, or perhaps look at the charger data, so most won't notice it.

Plugged in last night around 22:30, first charge happend at 02:01, it lasted 3 minutes and 23 seconds, it delivered 370 Wh, the next charge was at 03:00, it lasted 2 minutes and 38 seconds, it delivered even less energy, just 268 Wh! The next charge after that commenced at 03:31 and lasted 86 minutes.

This is not new, its been going on since prior to May last year, there is a thread on the Octopus forums with over 600 replies, and pretty much nothing from Octopus, these short charges can't be good for the EVSE or the cars. There are often short gaps as well between consecutive charges, both the short charges and the gaps are regular occurrences.
 
There must be quite a few Intelligent Octopus Go users on here.

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed the ridiculous short charges that we've been having now for well over six months? Mind you, the only way you'd know is if you had HA tracking it, or perhaps look at the charger data, so most won't notice it.

Plugged in last night around 22:30, first charge happend at 02:01, it lasted 3 minutes and 23 seconds, it delivered 370 Wh, the next charge was at 03:00, it lasted 2 minutes and 38 seconds, it delivered even less energy, just 268 Wh! The next charge after that commenced at 03:31 and lasted 86 minutes.

This is not new, its been going on since prior to May last year, there is a thread on the Octopus forums with over 600 replies, and pretty much nothing from Octopus, these short charges can't be good for the EVSE or the cars. There are often short gaps as well between consecutive charges, both the short charges and the gaps are regular occurrences.

Yeah mine does it a fair bit as well.
 
There must be quite a few Intelligent Octopus Go users on here.

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed the ridiculous short charges that we've been having now for well over six months? Mind you, the only way you'd know is if you had HA tracking it, or perhaps look at the charger data, so most won't notice it.

Plugged in last night around 22:30, first charge happend at 02:01, it lasted 3 minutes and 23 seconds, it delivered 370 Wh, the next charge was at 03:00, it lasted 2 minutes and 38 seconds, it delivered even less energy, just 268 Wh! The next charge after that commenced at 03:31 and lasted 86 minutes.

This is not new, its been going on since prior to May last year, there is a thread on the Octopus forums with over 600 replies, and pretty much nothing from Octopus, these short charges can't be good for the EVSE or the cars. There are often short gaps as well between consecutive charges, both the short charges and the gaps are regular occurrences.
I charged mine from 14% to 100% last week on iog and can't say I noticed any short charges, just kept going for 20 hours.
 
When you guys charge on iGO, does the Octopus app track the cost correctly for the off peak prices or does it show you the peak rate cost at first then adjust it down?

I've only just got my charger setup after 3 months from ordering (new consumer unit, new service head, Hypervolt charger and moving to iGO) so Friday to Saturday was my first time ever charging at home.

I was watching the charging like a hawk (screenshotting my schedule!) and I was given a few slots at peak rate by the schedule and my app is showing i was charge £1.20 instead of about 30p.

Edit: It was also bouncing around like crazy, saying I'd get 8:30pm then saying 9pm but by 8:33pm my car was charging and the schedule was changed again!
 
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