Hyundai Ioniq 28kWh

miamee wrote: »

We're starting out at Blanchardstown so will top up at the shopping centre before we hit the road. I guess we'll see how we're doing on the way to stop at either Portlaoise or Roscrea and then fully charge at Limerick for the final leg. If we make it in time for the ferry across to the island we'll cut a few kms off the distance

For the list - it's 172 D in Marina Blue.

I didn't get lost in the wilderness, will post about the trip in a bit more detail later. Suffice to say with 2 weeks off work since we got it we have put 2k+ kms on the clock, been all over the country and are very happy with the new car

Fermi wrote: »

Hello Guys,

I know this was probably discussed, but can anybody please recommend insurance company that is not being crazy with premiums? I am trying to renew my policy for Ioniq but from 600ish euro for my previous car I am now getting quotes of 1000+ euro.

Thanks,

thelikelylad wrote: »

Try the AA (Aviva)

My insurance went down when I changed to the Ioniq.

This is who we got our best quote from too, by a mile better than others.

ELM327 wrote: »

Was that yourself I was talking to at ballinasloe charging point the other day?
I was in the white (brown at that point with mud ) leaf.

I was talking to someone in a blue 172d Ioniq anyway, who had just got it and was checking out the range.

That was us! I think it was at the FCP in Carnmore Cross though - we were on the way from Oranmore to Sligo that day

ELM327 wrote: »

Hmm. I've never been to carnmore cross so if so perhaps there was another similar meeting
I find EV owners to be a friendly group (generally) so I have no problems at all conversing with fellow owners at chargers whether I'm queueing or they are. Especially if I see someone is new and perhaps struggling to use the fcp/scp due to lack of dealer advice.

Well maybe we were at Ballinasloe then...I just thought it was closer to the city and had a look at the map there There was myself and bf and you were wearing a Galway jersey and sunglasses? Lol, maybe we were talking to different people! You are right, almmost always a friendly bunch and some chats to be had at a charger.

Ok well a similar interaction happened at Carnmore Cross the week before last but with a Galway supporter and ourselves :P

miamee wrote: »

I didn't get lost in the wilderness, will post about the trip in a bit more detail later. Suffice to say with 2 weeks off work since we got it we have put 2k+ kms on the clock, been all over the country and are very happy with the new car

This is some of the journeys we did when we first picked up the car.

We picked it up on a Friday evening with the intention of topping up to fuly charged at Blanchardstown and heading to Valentia Island, Kerry. Unfortunately, we got off to a late start, left with about 70% charge and we both forgot that it was EP weekend so the traffic was worse than normal. We needed to stop at Roscrea to charge, had a bite to eat in McDonalds (feck all else there) and hit the road for Limerick. We knew we needed to charge at Limerick FCP which we did, however it was 10pm and with another 2.5 hour journey ahead of us, we called it a night and hit the road in the morning.

Limerick to Tralee slow charge 1.5hours

Tralee to Cahirciveen and plugged it in to the slow for 30 mins, it;s the last chance saloon before heading on to Knightstown on Valentia. Next day we drove to Portmagee to Ballinskelligs to Tralee and plugged in for a slow charge.
This got us to Limerick, another fast charge needed to get us to Oranmore, Galway.
Next day Oranmore to Galway city (stuck it on slow in a car park there for about 1.5 - 2 hours while we wandered about in the city and had some lunch, it wasn't chahrged to 100% when we got back but close to it as far as I remember. That enabled us to take a spin out to Lettermore in Connemara (we'd never dream of being so far from a charger in the Leaf )

Next day we charged in Galway (caarnmore Cross where I thought we talked to Elm237 but we didn't ) and drove to Knock (it was on the way!) and onwards to Ballymote, Co. Sligo. It was pretty dry at that stage so we stuck it on the granny lead at the house.

After that we've managed Ballymote to Marble Arch Caves in Florencecourt in Fermanagh (they have a slow charger in the car park - score! We would have done without it but it's nice to have the option or the fall back)

Also Ballymote to Céide Fields in Mayo - car fully charged when we headed off, Ballymote > Killala > Céide Fields > Ballina where we found the unmapped charger in Dunnes Stores car park thanks to the lovely cafe owner we spoke to in Killala, plugged in while we met a friend for dinner and were fully charged for the spin back to Ballymote. We could have done it without the Ballina charge with a bit to spare - the mapped one in Ballina was out of order at the time and the only one on the route so we had it carefully measured - but when doing long journeys, we always take the option of the charge when you're parking up.

Sorry that's not a very technical report which is probably what you were looking for, OH would know more about that side of things than me.

Tl:dr: the car is great, can get to all sorts of places that would be unthinkable with the shorter range Leaf we have and it has opened up a lot of possibilities for us as regards travelling comfortably for weekends away, day trips etc.