Hyundai INSTER

Over 4 weeks further delay I was told today, this car better not be a dud. Ordered first week in March, initial delivery was May so 3 months delayed now for Orange.

Actually did you get a VIN yet?

What are the monthly repayments for the 49KW elegance model? I can only find the basic 42KW figures

wow, I don’t have your patience for that!
I found the spec I wanted in AutoTrader (£5k discount ‘pre-reg) and drove it home a few days later 😊
But but… we’re getting new EV car subsidies too, here in the UK, and I guess that will change everything - maybe ‘pre-reg’ discounts will disappear? or need to be much greater? And Hyundai deals will probably vanish (0% PCP finance over 3 years plus £1,500 off list)

Guess it’s swings + roundabouts 🤷🏻‍♂️

Only with certain marques on older circuit designs.

The brands that moved to 16v lithium batteries have integrated low-volt charging circuits that make this issue a thing of the past.

4 years in an Ioniq 28 and it's never failed to start.

Did get a new 12 volt last year because the warning for (12 volt) battery charged while parked was coming on every time.

The Ioniq has a feature where it periodically checks the charge of the 12 volt battery even when car is turned off.

And will charge the 12 volt if needed using the main high voltage.

Surely Inster does the same.

So I dropped into the dealer today, apparently my Inster is in Cork, so all being well I'll have it in the next week or 2

Seen an Inster on the road for the first time while in our own Inster. Gave a wave as we passed by each other. I don't think they noticed 🙈

Almost a month in with it and very happy with the decision. It's a joy to drive and has immediately become the primary car. Very little negative to say but I am still getting used to / figuring out the speed limit and cruise control feature. Cruise control appears to automatically adapt to speed signs (but not always). Speed limit requires to hold up/down for 2 seconds to jump to the new limit. I find it maybe overly sensitive when passing a slip road off a dual carriageway and it starts beeping at me that I'm doing 100 on a 50km/hr road. I like the notifications on speed (keeps me in the limits) but I do find it overly sensitive like that. Also I would prefer if was set up so that 1) it gave a 3-4 second delay before beeping at me, and 2) gave a few km leeway on that… e.g. don't beep me for doing 61 in a 60km/hr zone.

I think we're going to take out the floor in the boot (saying that… I assume it comes out, haven't tried yet). With the privacy cover over it, the space is just too tight. We need the extra height that removing that floor would give.

Only other comment on it is that the rear doors need a proper push/pull to close. Not that it needs a big wallop or bang to close but I've been caught a couple of times (casually) pushing the door closed after one of the kids getting and then when I go to drive off, it alerts it's not fully closed.

Depending on which direction I enter my estate, it picks up the 30 kph only on one side so can whizz along at 50kpm otherwise :)

I notice the any open windows do not close when locking the car. This was a useful feature on previous car especially if rear seat passengers.

If you hold down the lock button (on the keyfob) it will close the two front findows as will holding down the open button will open them. It only works on the front windows and not the back :(

So picking up ours today. Whats the key things I need to check for picking it up?

Don't turn on the auto-hold feature. Turning that off made the driving experience so much better. What it does is stops the car from 'taking off' when you lift off the brake. It makes parking a challenge in particular.

Ask the dealer to explain the regenerative braking (the padels behind the steering wheel). I personally like it in Auto. It has the effect of automatically braking gradually for you if traffic in front slows down or stops (e.g. at a traffic light).