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New EV purchase tips. (anarchist.nexus)

submitted 2 months ago by Eternal192@anarchist.nexus to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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Need some help deciding which EV to buy SUV or station wagon as far as vehicle type goes, need a bigger car this time and would like to ask for some tips on which are reliable and as a secondary parameter good range or battery capacity, features and esthetics are not important also i'm in Germany and how best to approach buying a used EV, any tips are appreciated.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

I do not understand the Enyaq hype personally. It's not that cheap and it felt pretty uncomfortable to me. Sluggish as well for an EV, the Hyundai E-Kona was noticeably quicker to react to input despite being less powerful. And somehow the seats were less uncomfortable. Test drove them both before the Ioniq 5 came out though. I later test drove that and... Basically if you've never owned an expensive (or formerly expensive) car with a good suspension setup, I think you'll love it. Basically everything else about it was great, just not the actual driving characteristics.

I'm now slightly more seriously looking at used EVs, both the EQC 400 and Polestar 2 are cheaper than the Enyaq as long as you're looking for AWD versions of each. Personally I'm of the opinion that if a car tries to pass off as a crossover "SUV", it better have at least some form of AWD. I haven't actually test driven either of them, but I assume they HAVE to be better than the Enyaq. I used to own the S205 C-Class that the EQC is loosely based off of and that was significantly better, but then it was also an ICE vehicle, so less weight for the suspension to deal with.

RWD Enyaqs are close to AWD EQCs in price though. But if it's RWD, they should also lower it and make it a proper station wagon... Or if it needs to be tall, make it a proper minivan. Half my wagons have been more capable off road than a base Enyaq, so in what goddamn world is it a crossover "SUV"... Ugh fuck car manufacturers.