My Ioniq5 P45 thread - from the start.

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More st or less st - so yesterday in eco the front wheels were NOT being driven despite same environment as day before.

Miles per kWh on a 15 mile run 3.6 - hmm

I’ve realised the i pedal setting causes 4wd even in eco mode (!) lowering miles per kWh a lot.

Scheduled charging decided not to work
It’s thinks it’s unplugged when it’s actually charging .

The seat manages to catch my right nad when getting in - I have to consciencely sit in over the booster - seriously it’s had me crying twice. Now I’m 57 so possibly my space hoppers hang lower but it’s never happened before.

However it is a good car, the drive is smooth, it’s very quiet and in fully loaded project 45 trim £47k I think it’s a bargain.

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So this morning we have a development ….

Small example I know but the best I’ve ever had around the doors.

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Now does 230 miles to a charge, I ran the battery flat, reset as much as I could and it’s much better.
It’s a brilliant knock about car as in it can do lots easily. My main issue is rattling seat belts but Velcro dots help.
What’s a surprise is it’s free motoring as the cars worth £4K more than I paid for it (yet at present) - I’ll probably sell early 2022 before it gets too common.

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McAndy said:

DSLiverpool said:

...I’ll probably sell early 2022 before it gets too common.

What would you replace it with?

I’ve a Toureg R on order from last June - I’ll sell when that’s near

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McAndy said:

DSLiverpool said:

I’ve a Toureg R on order from last June - I’ll sell when that’s near

Gotcha. It'll be interesting to read your thoughts on a return to ICE as a driving/owning experience, acknowledging the range problems you've unfortunately had with your particular vehicle.

Toureg R is a Phev - I do 20 mikes a day the engine will hardly start (I hope)

I don’t think the car had a range issue just it thought it had - I’m on 63% right now with 140 miles on the range indicator.

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Bobtherallyfan said:

Went to have a look around the 5 this morning with the boss. We both agreed that from a distance the car looks lovely, just the sort of design Audi used to do, but closer up things went awry. It’s very plasticky and the interior looked like something that Clive Sinclair would have come up with…quite cheap looking, particularly compared with a new Tucson parked next to it. Quite disappointing after I’d spent weeks persuading the wife that Hyundais aren’t all driven by ladies and men of a certain age to the garden centre.

It’s really well built, most of mine is leather apart from the shelf in front of the middle screen which is cheap? It’s a spacious modern interior which works well. At £48k it lacks a few things MB would do but it does so much more than a merc

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So I saw this
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202201171...

I paid £48k minus 2% discount so if that car sells mine will be up before you can say EV

Mad world hey chaps

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The end is nigh, it’s up for sale and I’m pretty sure it’ll go. I’m thinking thirsty big engined stuff will drop in price and as I do low miles I can swoop in - that’s the idea anyway.