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what’s that horrible noise all the time?
Wind
But more important than all this nonsense above What happened to the mighty Prius.
The mighty Prius is no more. Long years of loyal service and much restored performance following its battery refurb came to a sad smashed up front end on Monday. I'm broken up tbh.
Just discovered that both Hyundai options have more range than the Leaf. It wouldn't be that big of a deal except for the fact that the 150 mile round trip to my parents' is right on the limit of the Leaf's likely range on a good day driven carefully. Would be a lot easier in a Kona or an Ioniq.
Apparently the Hyundai have CCS charging ports which is going to be more popular than the Chukademus one on the Leaf?
Thereæs still loads of Chad points locally, but it's going to die at some point.
My neighbour has a Mazda CX-30, my ex has the MG- ?? Both of those are nice enough, price is right even though the range is meh.... Which battery Kona - the 64?
I'll likely buy new next year - but not very sure what at all
Which battery Kona – the 64
No, the smaller one. It's the only one available on the lease deals. I have no need for any more range than that because it's a second car runaround. But at that mileage allowance, and that range, I could do most of my driving in it and the Passat would be only used for me at work and for holidays.
^That Kona lease is tempting.
Following this thread with interest. We're looking to get rid of our diesel estate in favour of an EV. Test driving an Ioniq on Friday, already had a go in the MG5 EV which was nice enough but the lease deals on it aren't very competitive for some reason.
Chademo wouldn’t worry me for a 2-3 year lease, but I’d be wary of buying a Leaf as a 10+ year prospect. Arguably you’re better served with it now (motorway services Ecotricity tends to have more chademo and it’s more reliable) but you’ll lose out on using Ionity and some of the future expansion. Almost all new cars are CCS now so that’s what will be prioritised.
Good point Simon - they're unlikely to lose support in a couple of years.
Armed with a bit more knowledge I went back to zapmap and the majority of chargers I'd use on the way back from my parents have both connectors.
Well this is turning into a wild ride. The silly cheap deal from last night went before my credit application could come through (or it never existed in the first place...), and all the other Kona deals have pretty much been snapped up too. That leaves me with the Leaf, or an Ioniq which is better equipped, nicer in the back, but less cool looking inside. It should in theory be more aero but doesn't get any more range than the Kona according to the WTLP.
The lady on the phone also said that the shorter term leases (24 months) are cheaper because they are less popular - and they are less popular because they are currently silly cheap and people think the renewal is likely to be more.
Given the number of hot deals that appeared and then disappeared today demand for leases might be high in April 2023.
Best thing I have ever seen on any car: On the Kona (and I think all the Hyundais) when you select 'sport' mode the nice smart blue and white dials on the digital dashboard fade out and are replaced with black and red boy racer style instruments. Made me laugh far more than it should have!
Ordered the Ioniq.
One less noisy smelly vehicle giving me asthma, thanks. 🙂
Well it came yesterday. Today my wife did the usual commute/school run in it, after I reset the stats, and it got 5.2 miles per kWh. Not too shabby.
As well as not having a cream interior which let’s face it is a deal-breaker for us!
Why do people have white or cream interiors? Especially Motability cars, they get filthy, but we get in Volvos, Mercs, BMW’s etc from the likes of Arval, and most show signs of wear even after less than a year.
I s’pose it’s cos it’s someone else’s car, so doesn’t matter. Except to the next owner…
@nixie is yours the signature model and is it the r or q 90? Just trying to get my head around Zoe's, pretty close to buying a signature nav 2017 plate q90 42kwh. Leather heated seats with adjustable limber support, sounds s lot better than the lower spec ones