Weird, I recreated it, maybe it will work for you now?.
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Manufacturers really don’t help themselves with the DFS pricing model.
10% off and it’s not even delivering to customers yet, nuts.
Its shipping in some European countries, wonder what you can get negotiate in Spain
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I've called 5 dealers that have them listed, they've "sold" and they've left them there for lead generation.
Yep just unfortunate timing, my wife is car-less so we need one within a month before it starts getting problematic.
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A local one has found a cancelled order, tiny bit of discount to negate the lack of 2.9% available (5.x % instead), going to look now!
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Maybe something will fit from a previous generation?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...odkw=mini+rear+floor+mats&_osacat=177&_sop=10
I honestly couldn’t read the email. Maybe I’m stupid but with every initiative the emails get longer and more convoluted until they started making them shorter with a large Q&A to help make sense of them.
Regardless, not leaving my car plugged in 24/7 because it’s parked on the street right outside my house and sooner or later some local scrote will cut, pull or break it. Plugging it in once per week is fine for us.
We did use the free charging a lot last year though, that was cool.
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Hi there
Having driven a few EV’s now I decided to take a Hyundai 5N out as it’s had a lot of praise.
Needless to say this is the first EV I’d be willing to buy, feel Hyundai have truly nailed the software and fake gearbox / engine simulation absolutely spot on.
Those who buy a car as a fun car and truly enjoy driving the 5N is the best Performance EV I’ve driven, note I say performance as you could argue a Honda Super N is also great fun in a less powerful smaller package.
Hyundai engineers have setup the paddles and the 8 speed simulated gearbox perfectly, full throttle upshifts jolt (torque interruption) and downshifts pop and gurgle. The car is also quite a bit slower in manual mode as well meaning you can somewhat enjoy the performance more as feels more like a 400HP car and is generally an engaging and enjoyable experience to use the paddles and have the sound track in ignition mode.
Hit the N shift button again and the paddles become regen and gears (simulated) no longer exist but now sounds like your driving on the motorway in second gear so best to turn sound off. In this mode the car has far more instant power and a lot more of it and feels the 600HP for sure. Pressing boost button gives you an additional 40HP for 10s.
In short fun B road or relaxed motorway driving the simulated gear mode is fantastic and if your having fun at traffic lights then go back to Auto whilst in N mode for maximum performance and acceleration.
Styling is a bit too much SUV for my liking but it’s very well equipped and rides ok with 4 suspension settings and you can configure it like crazy. Some surfaces and bumps show up the excessive two tonne plus weight but it’s not bad.
Shall drive a 6N next as I do prefer looks as a fun car for myself not sure I could buy one though as though amazing it is and very fast it’s missing something still but if the Mrs ever sells the Honda E I’ll buy her one of these as the replacement, more space, more range and something that’s truly fun whilst been a triple AAA.
Also looking forward to trying new M3 and Denza Supercar though feel the 5N and 6N at 65k asking is a lot of car for money but they do crash in value hard and as they have a 5/8yr warranty feel a 3yr old ish one at 30-40k is a great buy.
Driven+ have done a good comparison of the 5N & 6N. I got my EV6 GT at just under 3 years old for less than half the £65k new cost and still had over 4 years warranty.
Ddid you find interior sombre.
surprised they hadn'r put that 280 motor & lsd in many of the other stellantis cars like r5, 408, not even 290, just (non-sporty suspensioned) mokka,
otherwise seemed to be in link-step with vw and their 280 ap550 motors
surprised they hadn'r put that 280 motor & lsd in many of the other stellantis cars like r5, 408, not even 290, just (non-sporty suspensioned) mokka,
otherwise seemed to be in link-step with vw and their 280 ap550 motors
Smart #5 has been giving me some frustrating software bugs - seems like a thing these days. Manufacturers can make nice motors but software is often lacking. Things I've had happen include, infotainment screen becoming unresponsive after getting in the car. Have to reboot the unit before it works. The "beep" sounds work when tapping on the screen but nothing responds. Almost like it's locked up but not fully. But as randomly as that happened its been a few months without it happening again. Next one, is settings randomly disabling themselves. I noticed one day when I locked the car that the mirrors didn't fold in. When I next came to drive the car, I thought I'd dive into settings to see why and quite a few were not enabled (fold in mirrors on lock, dip mirrors on reverse, etc). And the last one, which happens very consistently is the quick setting where you can apply pre-defined driver settings such as the driving mode, whether you want it to beep when going over the speed limit, etc. You can access it two ways. One via the touchscreen quick settings shortcut, or you can assign it to your random/fav button on the steering wheel. Click once to select it, click it again to apply. Does it apply.... well, sort of. I get most of the settings but the one that often refuses is the beeping over the speed limit. Probably the one I want the most lol. If I then dive into the menu, the setting has applied but just doesn't work. Toggle it off and on, then it works! Urgh.
First few weeks with the iX have been good, it has been quite an adjustment moving up to a larger car from the A4. The driving position has taken some getting used to, it's very different to our other car (Z4). My son is really happy with the space and airiness of the cabin in the rear.
Haven't used it for any long trips, tomorrow is the first 110 mile trip.
I really like that the cost per mile is so low and it's quite satisfying knowing that it's not burning through fuel.
Haven't used it for any long trips, tomorrow is the first 110 mile trip.
I really like that the cost per mile is so low and it's quite satisfying knowing that it's not burning through fuel.
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Coming from a Seat Leon FR FOR 8 years, it reassuring to hear a few people have said it takes a some time to adjust to the seating position of an SUV - I thought it was just me!
Yea it's still a work in progress for me. What I soon realised is that you cannot have the seat setup the same you used to, it doesn't transfer to an SUV.
I have 230 range at 80%, but this is predicated based on town driving. Not sure how that will change when I'm cursing on A roads. Plan was to charge to 100% this evening.
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Exactly that! I ended up recording my position with my phone and asked gemini for suggestions. Crazy world we live in nowadays
Ymmv as mines a Tesla...
My experience is that the efficiency isn't as good (still pretty decent though) in severely start stop traffic.
In free flowing 30-50 mph traffic the efficiency is best.
60+ is when you get the efficiency drop off due to increased aerodynamic drag.