Am I too concerned about ID4 poor infotainment reviews and faffy charge timer?

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DannyKudos

Sorry for the sort of double post..(for those of you who also check the ioniq 5 forum)
My wife's tesla 3's lease ends at the end of Oct and we are looking to buy a replacement EV,

As you can imagine, we are currently chasing around order cancellations.

We have found an ID.4 cancellation (Life Pro edition in Grenadilla Black Metallic with Hamar alloys)
and one Ioniq5 (premium with matte shooting star grey). Price on both very similar (less than £1K between them).

We test drove the ID4 and really liked the drive. Felt premium and unfussy.
We test drive the ioniq on Saturday. I have sat in the car. Lots of wow factor..but possibly a bit flash for me...(I quite like some understatement)

As I mentioned in my post in the Ioniq forum, I am concerned that the Matte paintwork on the Ioniq might be high maintenance. At the very least I will probably have to spend more ££ for some sort of ceramic coating.

My main concern about the ID.4 are the poor reviews of the infotainment system. Almost all the reviews I have watched complain about this.... poor controls, voice activation that doesn't really work, not being able to see the climate control controls in the dark...

Is this as bad as they say, or are there generally work arounds?
Will it drive me nuts?
Is the Life pro not going to get many of the V3 features? (I would have looked for a higher trim, but we are limited to what is available in cancelled orders).

Thanks for any real world guidance.

Cheers,

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sidehaas

· #6 · 10 mo ago (Edited)

DannyKudos said:
Sorry for the sort of double post..(for those of you who also check the ioniq 5 forum)
My wife's tesla 3's lease ends at the end of Oct and we are looking to buy a replacement EV,

As you can imagine, we are currently chasing around order cancellations.

We have found an ID.4 cancellation (Life Pro edition in Grenadilla Black Metallic with Hamar alloys)
and one Ioniq5 (premium with matte shooting star grey). Price on both very similar (less than £1K between them).

We test drove the ID4 and really liked the drive. Felt premium and unfussy.
We test drive the ioniq on Saturday. I have sat in the car. Lots of wow factor..but possibly a bit flash for me...(I quite like some understatement)

As I mentioned in my post in the Ioniq forum, I am concerned that the Matte paintwork on the Ioniq might be high maintenance. At the very least I will probably have to spend more ££ for some sort of ceramic coating.

My main concern about the ID.4 are the poor reviews of the infotainment system. Almost all the reviews I have watched complain about this.... poor controls, voice activation that doesn't really work, not being able to see the climate control controls in the dark...

Is this as bad as they say, or are there generally work arounds?
Will it drive me nuts?
Is the Life pro not going to get many of the V3 features? (I would have looked for a higher trim, but we are limited to what is available in cancelled orders).

Thanks for any real world guidance.

Cheers,

I have an ID.3. I don't think voice control is much good and occasionally the system is a bit laggy, but otherwise it's fine. Android Auto works very well wirelessly, it never drops out. Yes the sliders below the screen should be backlit, but you can control the same things from the wheel anyway. I tend to think that YouTube reviewers of ID cars just rewatch reviews of first editions beforehand and regurgitate the same tropes rather than doing anything new.
Re: timed charging - apparently it's fixed with 3.0, if the car is on 2.3 you'd need to schedule through the charger.

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sidehaas

· #9 · 10 mo ago

It may be worth adding for the OP that if he is using Android auto (or presumably also Carplay) then Google (or presumably Apple) voice control works perfectly and you can control it using the same button as the car's own voice control anyway (if you don't want the special word turned on). Obviously google can't do things like climate or the pano roof but if you are using Android auto for music and nav then the voice control is great.

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sidehaas

· #20 · 10 mo ago

DannyKudos said:
I need to see if I can get Octopus to fit an Ohm for me. I have a dumb charger (Chargemaster). It seems difficult to get a quote when you dont need the whole thing installed... just the box changed.

Ohme chargers themselves are sometimes quite finicky. If the car you are looking at is on 3.0 I would get it and see if it works fine with your current dumb charge point (scheduling from the car) before forking out £1000 or whatever for a new home charger.

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