Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?
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Yes, he bought the brand new one. I like that though...I'm thinking your buddy bought a Ford Bronco III. This is a Ford Bronco II.
But I'd prefer this...
Alrighty, it's home.
Purchased from Boucherville Honda in Quebec for $26K. 2022 Ioiniq5 Long range (77kwh battery) with 86,000km on it. 14,000km of bumper to bumper warranty left, and 74,000km of battery and electric drivetrain warranty. The mileage doesn't bother me at all. From lots of looking around here we saved around $10-$12K buying in Quebec vs Ontario. The market is just SO much better all around there in the world of EV's.
We took the Megabus out on drove the car home. The Megabus was a surprisingly good experience actually, but that's another story.
Arrived at the dealer as planned and talked to the salesguy who had helped me. Thanks David, you definitely went above and beyond helping out a fellow from Ontario with a long distance sale. I owe the guy a gift certificate for all his help and a letter to the dealership manager to let them know how great he was - he was responsive to texts, sent me photos and videos of whatever I wanted when I asked, and generally facilitated a long distance sale so there was no surprises when we arrived.
Financing was pre-arranged and basically everything was ready except the signatures once we confirmed we were good to go, which wasn't' even a question once we set eyes on the car.
First glance is that it's in almost brand new condition. CLEAN. Inside, and even under the hood. Still has a hint of new car smell even. The previous owner really looked after it. I plugged in my OBD module at the dealer to get the critical stats as this car curates and saves a lot of data - stats showed it had only ever been DC Fast charged 9 times in it's entire life, all the rest was AC level 2 charging, and the battery state of health was 100%. Lifetime kwh/100km was also insanely low, so this car did a lot of long distance cruising, but certainly hasn't worked hard doing it. Awesome sauce - given it's mileage I wanted to make sure I wasn't buying something that had been fast charged hundreds of times or something, but honestly, with a 475-500km range (pushing close to 600 in the summer if you're on the backroads in 80kph zones) you don't really need to fast charge much.
Charging on the way home was smooth, and FAST. The OnRoute chargers are not cheap (on par with gas I calculated), but they were pushing 151kw at one point which is actually 51kw over their stated 100kw, which is what I'm guessing they de-rate to if they're all in use. We were the only one charging. This was pretty awesome, 13% to 80% in 22 minutes - we plugged in, went in to go to the bathroom, grabbed some Timmies, sat down and sipped our coffee and ate our donuts, and boom, we were ready to roll. 65c/kwh, but meh, it's a convenience item and I'd rather them be expensive but kept in good repair and reliable than be cheap and broken.
But, In the summer that fast charge is basically 350-ish km of range in 22 minutes flat. And the car supports up to 350kw charging if you can find them, so yeah, even faster yet. Picture is as it reached 80% and was ramping down the kw, but still almost 100kw rate so we could have kept going.
I've noticed most of the DC fast chargers have shifted to per-kw charging right now vs per minute which makes a lot more sense, although the penalty for people sitting and trying to reach 100% when their charge rate might be down to 20KW or whatever is less this way unfortunately, so people are apt to hog chargers for longer.
The car itself? LOVE it. Smooth. Quiet. Lots of tech, lots of info. It has some serious balls, even being "only" the lower HP RWD version vs the AWD or N version. Tromp the go pedal and it launches hard. The "driving assist" features are virtually self driving - you can take your hands right off the wheel on cruise and it does it's thing perfectly, although after a few minutes it prompts you to put your hands back lol. But just rest one finger and it basically drives itself. Awesome.
Anyhow, it went to Clarington Hyundai today for certification and to get some outstanding TSB's and a recall fixed. That process was super slick as well, kudos to Clarington Hyundai. Didn't need a thing, not even a licence plate bulb. On that front, I have some insight on the new certification process as the car went through it today - interesting stuff I'll share in the other thread on the topic.
So, it's in our driveway.
Purchased from Boucherville Honda in Quebec for $26K. 2022 Ioiniq5 Long range (77kwh battery) with 86,000km on it. 14,000km of bumper to bumper warranty left, and 74,000km of battery and electric drivetrain warranty. The mileage doesn't bother me at all. From lots of looking around here we saved around $10-$12K buying in Quebec vs Ontario. The market is just SO much better all around there in the world of EV's.
We took the Megabus out on drove the car home. The Megabus was a surprisingly good experience actually, but that's another story.
Arrived at the dealer as planned and talked to the salesguy who had helped me. Thanks David, you definitely went above and beyond helping out a fellow from Ontario with a long distance sale. I owe the guy a gift certificate for all his help and a letter to the dealership manager to let them know how great he was - he was responsive to texts, sent me photos and videos of whatever I wanted when I asked, and generally facilitated a long distance sale so there was no surprises when we arrived.
Financing was pre-arranged and basically everything was ready except the signatures once we confirmed we were good to go, which wasn't' even a question once we set eyes on the car.
First glance is that it's in almost brand new condition. CLEAN. Inside, and even under the hood. Still has a hint of new car smell even. The previous owner really looked after it. I plugged in my OBD module at the dealer to get the critical stats as this car curates and saves a lot of data - stats showed it had only ever been DC Fast charged 9 times in it's entire life, all the rest was AC level 2 charging, and the battery state of health was 100%. Lifetime kwh/100km was also insanely low, so this car did a lot of long distance cruising, but certainly hasn't worked hard doing it. Awesome sauce - given it's mileage I wanted to make sure I wasn't buying something that had been fast charged hundreds of times or something, but honestly, with a 475-500km range (pushing close to 600 in the summer if you're on the backroads in 80kph zones) you don't really need to fast charge much.
Charging on the way home was smooth, and FAST. The OnRoute chargers are not cheap (on par with gas I calculated), but they were pushing 151kw at one point which is actually 51kw over their stated 100kw, which is what I'm guessing they de-rate to if they're all in use. We were the only one charging. This was pretty awesome, 13% to 80% in 22 minutes - we plugged in, went in to go to the bathroom, grabbed some Timmies, sat down and sipped our coffee and ate our donuts, and boom, we were ready to roll. 65c/kwh, but meh, it's a convenience item and I'd rather them be expensive but kept in good repair and reliable than be cheap and broken.
But, In the summer that fast charge is basically 350-ish km of range in 22 minutes flat. And the car supports up to 350kw charging if you can find them, so yeah, even faster yet. Picture is as it reached 80% and was ramping down the kw, but still almost 100kw rate so we could have kept going.
I've noticed most of the DC fast chargers have shifted to per-kw charging right now vs per minute which makes a lot more sense, although the penalty for people sitting and trying to reach 100% when their charge rate might be down to 20KW or whatever is less this way unfortunately, so people are apt to hog chargers for longer.
The car itself? LOVE it. Smooth. Quiet. Lots of tech, lots of info. It has some serious balls, even being "only" the lower HP RWD version vs the AWD or N version. Tromp the go pedal and it launches hard. The "driving assist" features are virtually self driving - you can take your hands right off the wheel on cruise and it does it's thing perfectly, although after a few minutes it prompts you to put your hands back lol. But just rest one finger and it basically drives itself. Awesome.
Anyhow, it went to Clarington Hyundai today for certification and to get some outstanding TSB's and a recall fixed. That process was super slick as well, kudos to Clarington Hyundai. Didn't need a thing, not even a licence plate bulb. On that front, I have some insight on the new certification process as the car went through it today - interesting stuff I'll share in the other thread on the topic.
So, it's in our driveway.
wolfpack27616
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Congratulations! Buying it from a dealer at 26k is a steal!
Congrats again! That’s a sexy car and a sexier deal!
I know the Bolt is equal to the GTI for insurance. Wonder how the IONIQ5 stacks up.
I know the Bolt is equal to the GTI for insurance. Wonder how the IONIQ5 stacks up.
An acquaintance bought an EV6. He says it looks like a Porsche. I almost choked. He really like the car and has a long commute so fuel savings make his car payment.Always liked that car, when it launched I had thought Hyundai nailed it. The headlight and taillights really make the gamer in me smile.
As for the sister companies EV6?
Hyundai 5N seems to be something really special. Assuming it is possible for EV's to be kept alive as vintage vehicles, that one has a good chance of being shown love and brought out on sunny days.
I’ve notice manufacturer rebates have increased and brought net pricing down.
I'm shocked I tell you. I think almost every green program the government touted increased costs to consumers as businesses more than absorbed any green incentives.
I'm getting tons of ads for new price discounts (even on Mavericks!) and from many other dealers.
I'm also getting emails from dealers I've spoken to about discounts on their cars also (used and new) fairly often.
The market is turning right now, people are scrambling, and while rates just dropped 0.25%...that doesn't help much ($30/biweekly in my case).
I'm also getting emails from dealers I've spoken to about discounts on their cars also (used and new) fairly often.
The market is turning right now, people are scrambling, and while rates just dropped 0.25%...that doesn't help much ($30/biweekly in my case).
Almost every dealer selling EVs now has an additional 5k incentive...it's like the money was there all along...shocked I tell you...
The Kia EV6 isn’t my bag, nor is the Hyundai Ioniq6 either - I don’t like the lines of either. But apparently the ioniq6 is seeing good sales.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. A lot of people don’t Ike the looks of the Ioniq 5 for that matter. I’ve loved it since I first set eyes on one. Same as the Gen1 Volt when it first came out. I just waited a few years for both to hit the resale market and saved a **** ton by doing so.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. A lot of people don’t Ike the looks of the Ioniq 5 for that matter. I’ve loved it since I first set eyes on one. Same as the Gen1 Volt when it first came out. I just waited a few years for both to hit the resale market and saved a **** ton by doing so.
I could see owning one of those if it was more Golf R subtle vs. the Civic R "look-at-me" boy racer farkles they have on it now.
I like the blue but if you wrapped it most of the "look at me" goes away and most people would think it was a normal 5. They didn't do silliness like fake louvers and stacked wings.I could see owning one of those if it was more Golf R subtle vs. the Civic R "look-at-me" boy racer farkles they have on it now.
The 5N looks not that different on the outside, but certainly distinguishes itself on the interior. There was one at one of the dealers we were at when we started our search - one heck of a car for sure.
There’s a guy who owns one at a customer I’m at in stouffville sometimes. Let’s just say the performance lives up to the hype as well. 650hp of electric torque is insane.
There’s a guy who owns one at a customer I’m at in stouffville sometimes. Let’s just say the performance lives up to the hype as well. 650hp of electric torque is insane.
Relax
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I could see owning one of those if it was more Golf R subtle vs. the Civic R "look-at-me" boy racer farkles they have on it now.
If you get it in black or red, it doesn't stand out as much:
Next gen N development platform (RN24). 5N drivetrain meets ariel atom. While they are obviously not going to sell it as is with no roof, a foot shorter wheelbase really ups the excitement in the corners (for better or worse). RN22 was used to develop the fake engine/transmission that made it to the production car.
just get it wrapped.I could see owning one of those if it was more Golf R subtle vs. the Civic R "look-at-me" boy racer farkles they have on it now.
Oh man that's sexy...not 90k sexy...but sexy.I could see owning one of those if it was more Golf R subtle vs. the Civic R "look-at-me" boy racer farkles they have on it now.
Maybe one should buy a regular Ioniq5 and then just wrap it this colour.
