Hyundai Ioniq 5

I have only driven it a little bit, very busy with work and also work is being done in the house so no time.

Big difference from the 2012 Skoda Octavia diesel I was driving. From a tractor to pure peace.

Dealer had 2 in stock, one Black and white leather interior which i thought was awful. Went with the light grey with black leather.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVI_StX5oLg

I had the idea of a built in projector, ha

Do people who slash out 50k on a car every stop to think what else they could have instead. Because lets get real, a car is a car. A 500 euro yaris will drive the same a-b as the Ioniq5. Yet the guy with the Yaris has this in his drive way too

I’ve done it before. Ran a projector of a 12v supply via an inverter and projected onto a transit van. Sitting out by a campfire in bellmulllet

Motor homes are a bit rubbish in Ireland tbh. Been there done that.

No objection to different, but it actually doesn’t look different, to me at least. It’s an angular Golf.

Well done on the latest EV. I’m also very interested in getting one but the lead times sound long. Are you saying that there is a dealer that has these in stock? I keep reading folks have to wait until next year to get their hands on one.

Matte paint care advice apparently from Hyundai as spotted earlier on the speakev website:

Worth a careful read for anyone who is thinking of buying a car with a matte paint finish.

I drove one today . It was the lower battery but in Premium Spec. Black with white interior . You cannot compare this car with a Golf IMO . This car is way bigger . Interior room was very impressive overall.

I found it to be very nimble tbh . Space inside and back was more than I expected and the retracting central console is very neat indeed as Is storage .

I found the ride very harsh and I drive a car that is already harsh and I too wondered if the type pressure was wrong in the car I drove .

the boot i found to be more than adequate unless you have few kids and lots of stuff . The interior is bright but I personally found it very plastic for a car that was coming close to €50k. There was still a lot of scratchy plastic on display .

id need to do a longer drive to see how she handles in bends but I suspect the weight of it is going to really hamper sharpness .

garage had a few coming in for early Jan delivery with more coming in March but they did hope that would change .

so would I buy one ? Mmmmn I’d prob need the home charger first even with the bigger battery and only doing smallish mileage . I do like the Premium spec but this then is a €50k car give or take . I’d need to do more thinking and check the ride as I’m not sure I could live with the bone harsh ride IMO .

I wouldn't think so. It's wide across the back but they seem to have used the extra space to make the two outside seats very spacious. The middle seat looked narrower than I expected.

Just on the topic of suspension. I haven't driven newer Hyundai stuff but I spent close to a year in an i30 a few years ago. My Golf with sport suspension and bigger wheels is a firm but more comfortable ride as it soaks bumps up well. It's a much nicer ride quality than the i30 was as that would rattle your fillings out. I've driven similar Golf rivals from Opel and Peugeot and those are equally very rough in comparison.

As you said could be the tyres but the suspension is something I've noticed straight away when driving other cars.

Is the premium plus worth it? Also what are the interior options?

First time trying to charge the car today. Used Easygo at a Lidl but it would only charge at 11 KW. I checked the app and under My vehicle it has the Ioniq 5 set to 11kw for AC. Changed it up to 50 and retried it and it went down to 5kw. What am I doing wrong or what should the max charging for AC be set to?