My cousin blew 2 turbos on his Hyundai Santa Fe...I owned a GDI KIA for 7 years, brakes and oil.
My cousin blew 2 turbos on his Hyundai Santa Fe...I owned a GDI KIA for 7 years, brakes and oil.
They weren't all awful. They had at least one that was terrible but it was used in a lot of vehicles. Like Ford with their focus DSG, they don't have a fix so they just replace under warranty until you are stuck with it and scrap the car. A well-written lemon law would make a huge difference to consumers.I owned a GDI KIA for 7 years, brakes and oil.
I owned a GDI KIA for 7 years, brakes and oil.
The NA motors were fine. The turbos had a LOT of issues as I understand it.I had an NA motor tho. Guess I dodged a bullet!
Good thing EV has no turbos!
Personally still so scared Hyundai Kia quality control they can't even make gas engines that don't blow up I don't trust them with electronics
I owned a GDI KIA for 7 years, brakes and oil.
I had an NA motor tho. Guess I dodged a bullet!
Good thing EV has no turbos!
Why they carried over the Trim labels from their combustion engine lineup is anyone's guess.<Porsche Taycan Turbo has entered the chat>
I don't know if that shows a lack of imagination in marketing department or speaks to the brain power of their clients. So many other terms could have been used that make more sense for an EV.Why they carried over the Trim labels from their combustion engine lineup is anyone's guess.
Why they carried over the Trim labels from their combustion engine lineup is anyone's guess.
I don't know if that shows a lack of imagination in marketing department or speaks to the brain power of their clients. So many other terms could have been used that make more sense for an EV.
It does seem like an awful lot of these are experiencing malfunctions, whether user-inflicted or otherwise, considering how few have been built
Use batteries from about 80% to 20% without DC fast charge and it's hard to hurt them. For most ev's, 80% is good enough for most people most of the time. Tesla guess-o-meters are often abysmal. Every other manufacturer seems quite reasonable.For the regular owners, how are you finding the remaining range display or battery % for accuracy?
I’m one of the worst for running my vehicles down to their low fuel light comes on and use the trip display for litres per kilometre read out to give me some idea of where I’m at needing to fill up.
On the battery side, I’m also terrible with my electronics from a completely different angle. I always like to plug them in without considering their state of charge so, I start my day with 100% and of course when I’m driving its plugged in because i don’t have a modern machine for wireless carplay to display waze and take calls and shout out txt replies etc.
So, I effectively kill my cell phone and to a lessor extent my tablet batteries prematurely. And yes, I’m intelligent enough to know I’m doing this yet, dumb enough to continue to do it. At least I don't ask for a safe space from judgement of others!
I would likely adjust my behaviour for an EV but, I do rely on my fuel use and gauge and have concerns about state of charge and changes in range and don’t want to beat up the battery either.
For the regular owners, how are you finding the remaining range display or battery % for accuracy?
For the regular owners, how are you finding the remaining range display or battery % for accuracy?
I’m one of the worst for running my vehicles down to their low fuel light comes on and use the trip display for litres per kilometre read out to give me some idea of where I’m at needing to fill up.
On the battery side, I’m also terrible with my electronics from a completely different angle. I always like to plug them in without considering their state of charge so, I start my day with 100% and of course when I’m driving its plugged in because i don’t have a modern machine for wireless carplay to display waze and take calls and shout out txt replies etc.
So, I effectively kill my cell phone and to a lessor extent my tablet batteries prematurely. And yes, I’m intelligent enough to know I’m doing this yet, dumb enough to continue to do it. At least I don't ask for a safe space from judgement of others!
I would likely adjust my behaviour for an EV but, I do rely on my fuel use and gauge and have concerns about state of charge and changes in range and don’t want to beat up the battery either.