hey everyone so today i'm going to be doing a one month update on the ionic 5.
i got the car january 20th 2022. so one of my favorite things about the car
is the fact that as you approach it unlocks the second thing i'm a big fan of is the seat height
it's not quite a sedan it's not quite an suv somewhere right in the middle and for
me i really like that i really like the teal and tan interior that i have
it's definitely unique
the red stitching is so nice i think it looks so cool the visibility in this car is fantastic
the a-pillars aren't overly bulky like in some larger suvs where they literally will block
cars in your periphery
i like that the dashboard is nice and low gives you a nice view out the front you can see
the ground is not too far in front of the car so it makes parking fairly easy
something that i'm not super crazy about is this whole center console area i'm struggling
with what to put in this area because
in the past i would leave my wallet in my center console sometimes other valuable things
but in this car the only really accessible area to do that is in the armrest i also don't really
know what to put down here i guess on a road trip an extra large water bottle or something
cup holder placement is great for my driving position it puts puts my drink right where
my my arm rests so i really like that with the climate control system i've never had
this feature on any other car but i know hyundai and key are starting to implement it
but the three level auto climate is so good it's so nice to get in the car
and not have the air blasting immediately like with cars that have one speed auto setting
as somebody who is six foot two i really appreciate these nice
long flat arm rests when i'm driving they're very comfortable they're nicely padded
something else that i really appreciate with this car is the fact that auto hold is tied
to the vehicle's memory so when you get out of the car lock it walk away come back auto hold
automatically is back on when you go to drive again my last car had auto hold but it didn't
remember what setting you had it in and it was extremely frustrating every time to get in the car
to have to turn auto hold back on and there were even times i would get in the car start driving
come up to a traffic light take my foot off the brake and the car would start lurching forward
because the auto hold wasn't back on and that can be a little startling
for my driving position at six two this is about the angle that i see the gauge cluster app
and when you turn the wheel sometimes you'll obviously miss your speed or your range it's not
a big deal but part of me wishes that i had moved up to the limited trim just so i could have the
the heads up display i think having all this information here is nice but i think having it
in a more easily accessible area would be even better climate control in the car is
good typically if i'm going to leave the house i turn on the the climate via the blue link app
and by the time i get in the car 10 minutes later it's nice and toasty in here
the heated steering wheel comes on but for some reason the blue link app doesn't allow you to
set it so that the heated seat also comes on which is a little frustrating because then you get in
the car your steering wheel is nice and heated but your driver's seat is ice cold obviously
if you had the car warming up for 20 30 minutes it wouldn't be that cold but it'd be something that i
would like to see hyundai add to the blue link app just allow us to turn on the heated seats remotely
another small gripe is that the door sills extend down past the bottom of the door
so you can see down here it collects a lot of crap on it
and then when you open the door it's all built up right here so if you get in the car
your pant leg's going to rub up on that
a lot of people have griped about the sound system in the lower trim cars i've got no complaints
i listen to a lot of podcasts when i drive so it's mostly just people talking um
yeah it's it's for music it's not the best sounding sound system my mazda cx-5 had i think
a 10-speaker system versus this six speaker yeah it sounded a lot better it had a subwoofer
this one doesn't have a sub but in all honesty i would rather have the the larger trunk under floor
storage area than that big giant bose subwoofer that eats up all that space adds weight lowers
your range this sound system is adequate something to note is the size of the side view mirrors
my mazda cx-5 had pretty good sized side mirrors and when i started driving this car
i really noticed just how small these side view mirrors are they have blind spot so that's helpful
but i just find myself sometimes wishing that i had more view along the side of the car
it's something that i'm getting used to but when i first drove the car i was like wow
these are really small the back seat of the ioniq 5 is where it truly shines
in my last car the mazda cx-5 the back seat was extremely tight
you can see here the seat is set for me at six foot two i've got at least
a fist of knee room which is a lot more than i've ever experienced in a small crossover
the b pillar mounted air vents are definitely a
nice touch gives your passengers air blowing on their upper body which is
much better than down here where they tend to just blow on your knee um there are also air ducts
underneath the driver and passenger seat so your rear passengers can have nice warm feet as well
the trunk has been fine for me in the last month i haven't really packed it with anything
it was actually nice yesterday when i brought my bike to the local bike shop for a tune-up
i was able to put it in the back here and then the pedals fit comfortably into this little slot here
so it wasn't resting on the pedals and kind of wanting to walk back and forth
something that has really been driving me crazy though is when you have your passengers in the
car and they get out they tend to just let these go back in whatever position they want to and as
you can see there was a rattling issue so hyundai actually added this little flap of excess fabric
to the back of the buckle so that when it is in here flat the way that it should be that prevents
it from ratting like rattling against this plastic here now when people get out of the car and they
don't know that they leave it like that you start driving and then you start hearing this
annoying little tapping sound something else that's a little gripe that annoys me
is that on the sc and the sel you get these rear head rests that aren't removable that
option is only available on the limited trim i don't understand that every car i've ever owned
has had removable rear headrests this is the first time i've ever seen a big fixed-in place headrest
i love the fact that the hood has these pneumatic struts
makes getting in the under the hood so much easier
now you can see in my frunk i moved the tire mobility kit
the first aid kit that i had no choice but to buy with the car
and the tire inflator those all live up here i honestly don't see myself storing anything in this
compartment other than these emergency supplies so in the last 30 days i've covered 1188 miles
averaging 2.5 miles per kilowatt hour the average temperature in my area has been exactly 32 degrees
over the last 30 days most of my commute
is highway driving i do 30 miles round trip every day during the week
and 90 of that is highway driving at 70 to 75 miles per hour but all those small little
gripes aside i still really like the car i plan on keeping it for a few years at least
we'll see how it ages this is such an exciting time for electric cars there's going to be so much
competition in the next few years that who knows a couple years from now this car might look ancient
compared to what's coming out but anyway thanks for watching press the like button if you enjoyed
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