Received the car (gx4h) last Wednesday and have been doing my typical local trips. My impressions so far :
The car is a really good drive in my opinion. There is a lot of discussion about how much it is saving in fuel cost that you'd think it's all the car is good at. I was a bit worried that it would be a bit lacking on the acceleration side but shouldn't have. It's more than appropriate for the kind of driving I do, feels nippier than my 2.5 diesel TDI Audi of old. With all this economy talk, I am glad the car doesn't drive like a snail. I don't think there is a way to coerce the car to only use the electric motors at full throttle but please tell me how if I am wrong. Also not sure what the eco mode does.
Talking about economy, I've not gone out of my usual local trips and I don't think I'll use a petrol station any time soon. The indicative range has been pretty accurate so far and I've done nearly 30 miles on electricity alone on the first day. I think the ICE kicked in towards the end but was very quiet and we had windows open so I am not sure how much. At the time I'd not starting playing with the screens to display energy flows.
It took me longer than I expected to get to grips with the basics of the MMCS. It's functional but feels a bit rough around the edges. There's a lot of information but I've not yet found how to display EV range and current trip miles in the same time. I paired my phone with no difficulty and played music from Spotify in minutes. The sound quality is fine, enhanced by the general quietness of the cabin. The navigation is adequate although it's a bit of a shock how grainy it looks, being so used to Google's navigation on my phone.
The remote app is ok, although of very limited use for me. The wifi signal is strong enough that I can access it from the garden side of my house, with the car parked in the front. Annoyingly, I found my phone connecting to it rather than the home router on a few occasions.
Very happy so far, still ticks all our boxes and can't wait to go further afield and experience how it's like at motorway speed
The car is a really good drive in my opinion. There is a lot of discussion about how much it is saving in fuel cost that you'd think it's all the car is good at. I was a bit worried that it would be a bit lacking on the acceleration side but shouldn't have. It's more than appropriate for the kind of driving I do, feels nippier than my 2.5 diesel TDI Audi of old. With all this economy talk, I am glad the car doesn't drive like a snail. I don't think there is a way to coerce the car to only use the electric motors at full throttle but please tell me how if I am wrong. Also not sure what the eco mode does.
Talking about economy, I've not gone out of my usual local trips and I don't think I'll use a petrol station any time soon. The indicative range has been pretty accurate so far and I've done nearly 30 miles on electricity alone on the first day. I think the ICE kicked in towards the end but was very quiet and we had windows open so I am not sure how much. At the time I'd not starting playing with the screens to display energy flows.
It took me longer than I expected to get to grips with the basics of the MMCS. It's functional but feels a bit rough around the edges. There's a lot of information but I've not yet found how to display EV range and current trip miles in the same time. I paired my phone with no difficulty and played music from Spotify in minutes. The sound quality is fine, enhanced by the general quietness of the cabin. The navigation is adequate although it's a bit of a shock how grainy it looks, being so used to Google's navigation on my phone.
The remote app is ok, although of very limited use for me. The wifi signal is strong enough that I can access it from the garden side of my house, with the car parked in the front. Annoyingly, I found my phone connecting to it rather than the home router on a few occasions.
Very happy so far, still ticks all our boxes and can't wait to go further afield and experience how it's like at motorway speed