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Took delivery of my R2 today! (sh.itjust.works)
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It’s amazing. Everything I hoped it would be.

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[–] 4 points 3 days ago (6 children)

That's awesome! I have a year left on my lease of a wretched ev9, I can't wait to drop it and switch over. Give us a detailed review if you can!

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    I’m surprised to hear that an EV9 is so terrible. I’d like to know why if you have the time and patience.

    Regarding my R2: Granted, I’m very much in the honeymoon phase, but it’s everything I wanted it to be. I had a first-run Tesla Model 3, and the build quality of the R2 is waaayyyy better. The delivery dude (technical term) pointed out one small trim issue near the liftgate which is already known in this run, and I’ll be contacted soon about getting it fixed via mobile service. The acceleration, of course, is insane. The cabin is very quiet, and the UI and onboarding is very polished. I don’t know why people were complaining about the sound system, it sounds fantastic.

    Yeah I need to stop with this gushing “review” now. Basically, no regerts at all, get one, they really nailed it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    Yeah, about what I expected on all that! I've heard good things all around, but haven't gotten in one to test drive yet. I might pm you later with specific questions that might be hard to find answers to online, if that's ok.

    Regarding the ev9: it's a totally fine vehicle overall, but it has a ton of small shit that makes it aggravating to someone who actively drives/plays attention. It's a perfect vehicle for passive drivers or people who don't like driving.

    With that said, here's a non-exhaustive list of little shit that adds up to me loathing this vehicle.

    • Paddles to adjust the regen-braking is awesome, except it reverts the setting any time you shift gears (d-r-d for example) not a huge deal, but it's fucking annoying when you expect it to come to a complete stop because you set it to max regen, but it lurches forward into an intersection.
    • no option to use regular cruise control, it only has adaptive. Adaptive is fine in limited circumstances, but I vastly prefer a static speed for a number of reasons.
    • no button by the charge port to disconnect the charger/stop charging. Some chargers have it build into the handles, others don't. That means you have to get in the car and manually stop charging.
    • the drive settings revert too. Put it in sport mode and went to dinner? Nah, you're in regular now. Snow mode in the winter? Nah, got to pick it every time you get in for some reason.
    • traction control: I have no idea why, but is it's remotely slippery, it fishtails constantly. I have a polestar 2 with AWD, and have driven dozens of other cars with no issues. This one for some reason feels like it's trying to kill you.
    • there's no actual tow mode. It just disables a couple rear sensors. When you pull a trailer and try to change lanes, it still thinks something is there and tries to prevent to lane change.
    • car wash mode is a fucking endeavor. Just put it in neural like any other vehicle? Fuck no, you have to disable like 3 things otherwise it forces the parking brake to go on
    • there's seemingly no way to lock the vehicle without having the keys on you. Just open the door, hit lock and close the door you say? Lol nope, it keeps it unlocked in case you didn't mean to lock it or something.

    I'm certain there's more, my list keeps changing, so I can't recall most of it without running into it again. There is a lot to like, charging speed is solid for road trips, efficiency is good for an SUV, interior is nice, all the options are really nice. None of that matters to me if the actual driving experience is a battle every time though

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    My wife has an Ioniq 5, and it has lots of the same annoying quirks. On top of what you said, another huge annoyance is their train wreck of a phone app and that often times the digital key doesn’t work (at least not consistently).

    Be forewarned that a couple of your annoyances are present in the R2 as well:

    • the drive mode always resets to “All Purpose” when you start back up. It does save regen, suspension, etc. though.
    • only adaptive cruise control, far as I can tell.

    Those aren’t an issue for me but I get it.

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