Why I wouldn't buy another Ioniq 5
Discussion
I am on my third EV as I commute into London daily. I had a BMW i3s for 1 year then a Polestar 2 for two years. I purchased a Hyundai Ioniq 5 Namsan Edition on 1st July.
Many aspects of the car are great. It is very comfortable which is high up my list as I use it for commuting. However the following are driving me mad and I wish I had fully experienced them before parting with £58k.
1. No rear wash wipe. I test drove a car in the dry and assumed it wouldn't be an issue. It is! The Polestar didn't have a rear wiper but the air passing over the car kept it clean and dry. The Ioniq 5 just throws dirty water up at the back window.
2. Cameras instead of door mirrors. Again, the test drive car had mirrors. I can't believe how ridiculous door cameras are. The resolution in poor light is awful. You can't adjust them to see the rear wheel when parking against a kerb. The perspective is really odd. I don't trust them. An engineering solution to a problem that never existed.
3. You can't pre condition the car on a timer unless it is plugged in to the charger. I didn't look into this before I purchased. I read that the car can be pre conditioned and wrongly assumed that it would be the same as my Polestar which was capable of being warmed up via a timer regardless of being plugged in.
Had I known any of these before buying then I probably wouldn't have gone ahead. Put together, they make the car deeply flawed. My mistake and I am only posting this here to help anyone else make a mistake that they may regret.
Many aspects of the car are great. It is very comfortable which is high up my list as I use it for commuting. However the following are driving me mad and I wish I had fully experienced them before parting with £58k.
1. No rear wash wipe. I test drove a car in the dry and assumed it wouldn't be an issue. It is! The Polestar didn't have a rear wiper but the air passing over the car kept it clean and dry. The Ioniq 5 just throws dirty water up at the back window.
2. Cameras instead of door mirrors. Again, the test drive car had mirrors. I can't believe how ridiculous door cameras are. The resolution in poor light is awful. You can't adjust them to see the rear wheel when parking against a kerb. The perspective is really odd. I don't trust them. An engineering solution to a problem that never existed.
3. You can't pre condition the car on a timer unless it is plugged in to the charger. I didn't look into this before I purchased. I read that the car can be pre conditioned and wrongly assumed that it would be the same as my Polestar which was capable of being warmed up via a timer regardless of being plugged in.
Had I known any of these before buying then I probably wouldn't have gone ahead. Put together, they make the car deeply flawed. My mistake and I am only posting this here to help anyone else make a mistake that they may regret.
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