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    • trinacriabob
      Random Thoughts Thread

      By trinacriabob · Posted

      What I was really going to say: "Buona Festa della Repubblica" "Happy Republic Day" Today, June 2, is to Italy what the 1st of July is to Canada, the 4th of July is to the U.S., and the 14th of July is to France ... more or less.
    • trinacriabob
      Random Thoughts Thread

      By trinacriabob · Posted

      Mt. Etna on the island of Sicily.  Approaching it from the urban plain to its south gives this more complete view of it ... about 10,000 ft. and an active volcano.
    • G. David Felt
      Reader Rides: Our EV Editor Buys a Kia EV9

      By G. David Felt · Posted

      30 Day update on the EV9 Miles Driven = 2,238 Electrify America charging = 517 kW, zero cost due to 1,000 kW given free upon leasing, would have cost @.48 per kW - $248.16 Home Charging = 232.52 kW, $23.85 charging cost Auto continues to drive great and all is working except for a small, weird issue. Easy exit is turned on for both drivers and yet it does not always work. This feature is where the steering wheel is pulled into the dash and out of the way and the seat goes all the way back giving maximum room to exit the auto for the driver. Reached out to support via the auto and they initially had me delete both the wife's and my profiles and reset the auto. This did not fix the issue and upon further remote testing it has been determined that the memory module for the seat settings / easy exit seems to be defective. Will be scheduling up the first service visit for this. Interesting note, upon the deletion of the user profiles, I forgot to turn off the LKA or lane keeping assist as I know my wife does not like the nanny devices. She drove it and came home to have me turn it off after running her grocery errand before leaving again. Says it is the weirdest experience when it kicks in at 40 mph and above having the auto self-correct to stay in what it sees as the middle of the road. I will say that having the cameras and Lidar telling you where the auto should be on the road is a very weird feeling and one, I do not like as it truly moves the steering wheel in your hand, and you initially want to grab it but the auto wins in moving itself. Have not tested the hands-free cruise yet, but I imagine that the wheel would move the same based on the system self-driving for you on the highway.
    • G. David Felt
      Random Thoughts Thread

      By G. David Felt · Posted

      What Mountain is that?
    • Drew Dowdell
      Reader Rides: Our EV Editor Buys a Kia EV9

      By Drew Dowdell · Posted

      I configured them like for like. 10k was the base lease. But for 12k and $1,999 down 36 months, the rates are Ioniq 6 SEL $356 / Sonata SEL $355 / Sonata Hybrid SEL $426.  Still easy math. Hyundai clearly wants you to only take a 2-year/10k lease on the Ioniq 6 because it is heavily subsidized down to $289 and 12k is $307.

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