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  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    edited January 27 Posts: 4,360
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    I hate to be a spoilsport on a "petrol..." thread, but my wife and I have just decided to order a Hyundai Ioniq 5, fully electric, to replace our 2016 model Jeep Grand Cherokee. The latter just doesn't fit our amount of driving any more...only about 5,000 km per year, and overwhelmingly short trips. The diesel engine hardly ever reaches the desired temperature, and the car really guzzles diesel fuel and keeps demanding a higher-speed trip to clean the particulate filter every 300 kilometers or so. We don't have to pull a two-horse trailer any more, either, since we gave up horseback riding some years ago.

    As for electric, we now have a PV system on the roof of our house and will install a wallbox for the car in our garage. We are pretty sure that the costs of a new electric car will be far lower than those of keeping the 3-liter diesel.

    Oh, come to think of it, we will still have a 3-liter diesel even when we trade in the Jeep...we're not ready to give up our 2008 BMW 330d convertible yet. And it's not Euro 6 and doesn't have a particulate filter it could complain about ;) .

    Congratulations on the big decision to go fully EV! It may calm your nerves that our landlord of last year's holiday apartment in Austria drove just such an Ioniq 5. He was a big fan, commuted daily on the autobahn. The car uses a distance detection system to "sail" behind other cars (instead of recuperating break energy). He said if he follows a lorry/truck, the consumption goes down to almost nothing. So you should be happy. I bet you did quite some research on suitable EV cars?
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,482
    Congratulations @GoldenGun on your new Alfa! The Stelvio is a beautiful car, and as i understand it, it handles quite well too. I still have the Giulietta, as it is now officially a company car, and enjoy driving it a lot when I 'officially have to'.

    @j_w_pepper and you, sir, obvioulsy congratulations on your new EV! I have no doubt it has its' perks. I've come to really enjoy the comfort of our hybrid and indeed, like you, on the short runs, beeing able to drive electric is better for your wallet AND thec car. And the Ioniq 5 is quite a good looking car, for as far as modern cars are concerned.

  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    edited January 27 Posts: 9,126
    Thanks, @zebrafish and @CommanderRoss!

    My nerves regarding this decision are quite ok... And yes, I did quite some research (online) before deciding on this one. And Hyundai managed to basically comply with every criticism of the first model when doing the facelift. It didn't have a rear window wiper - now it does, as standard. The software didn't have a "home" button - now it does, as a physical switch. And the beep signal when going past the speed limit (automatic traffic sign recognition) cannot legally be shut off permanently, but now it's just one push of your thumb to take care of that for the trip.

    I must say that the looks of it were a major part in the decision, though without the (as per WLTP) excellent range and, quite frankly, the kind of discount (via Carwow - it seems to have worked for me!) one doesn't get on cars from Germany, nor any Czech or Spanish member of the VW group, I wouldn't have considered it. It appears like a cleanly-designed compact...yet has a larger wheelbase than our Jeep, and therefore endless room inside. And most important :o3 the transport crate for our dog fits inside ;) .
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