wow. i could HAVE those buttons. i hate the touch screens, but i have learned to live with the voice commands. if there is a discount tire nearby, you can buy certificates for the tires. then, full warranty plus treadwear is handled thru them. say a tire gets destroyed for any reason, they give you a new tire, all you do is buy another certificate. also, other related services are included, lifetime balancing, rotation, flat repair, stuff like that. we also downgraded our 20's to 18's and hankook evos, now smoother and quieter, AND, bonus of range increase of about 25 miles per charge

 

DieselOx Welcome!

 

Welcome to the forum bud! It’s really great to hear new owner experiences like this. I agree about the buttons, and admittedly I’m a bit jealous as you have more than most of us since it’s a 2025 LOL

Hope the car treats you as well as it’s been for me so far!

Cheers bud!

 

Being in a 2023 I5 I’m jealous of those seat heater buttons. Welcome to the forum!

 

Welcome. Please share your firsthand experience comparing the I5 and Y platforms.
Adaptation to the E-GMP platform is required to fully leverage the 800V architecture.

 

Not sure you really want to get me started. I'm an opinionated ---- and I tend to ramble on.

2021 Long Range dual motor vs Ioniq 5 SEL dual motor:

TL;DR, get the one with wipers that work. The Y has the dumbest controls ever, like one of those bad UI joke competitions. Auto setting never worked ever for 3.5 years.

Anyway,

Both have quirks, but the Y just has way too rough a ride, and not in a good way like a sports car. Just feels unrefined, even after the 2022 suspension upgrade. It's better but still screams unfinished.

The Y wins for storage, tons more. For a family with dogs and kids the Y is great.

Quality: the Y is American junk. Really fell apart. Developed about 10 rattles, had a couple fixed, but for every one they fixed they made 3 more. Nothing safety related, just annoying interior rattles, mostly seatbelt mount covers by your ears, and seat latches in the rear seats.

B pillar panel popped off, never went back on right.

Covers at the rear hatch fell off frequently.

Seats in the Y are too narrow between the side bolsters, you get used to it, but not good. And they shift on the rails in hard corners, clunk back and forth.

Battery degradation: the car lies about battery state of health. Said it had 9% degradation, but could only deliver 72% of the rated kWh from 100% to 0%. I decided to trade it in rather than try to fight Tesla over it. Car still had plenty of warranty, next owner might get a nice fresh battery soon.

OTA updates: be careful what you wish for. Sure, many improvements over the 3.5 years we had it, but always came with bugs, almost every time. And the icons just kept getting smaller and smaller and lower and lower contrast. Pretty soon the entire UI will be a tasteful grey square that pulses slightly like a heart beat, and the car will just guess what you want at any moment.

Real. Seat. heater. Buttons: I'm in heaven.

 

Congrats. Enjoy your new car.

 

After a week or two of behind the wheel, would be interesting to hear your take on MY vs I5. Most folks find a few things with MY they prefer, and a few with I5.

 

Sounds system: the Y wins.

Dash/gauges layout: I5, soooooo much better.

Remote app: lol, Hyundai is basic, but has all you really need.

Hyundai brand is a much closer fit for us. We would never be caught in a luxury brand, just makes us uncomfortable. That was always a bad fit, felt like we were driving someone else's car.

 

@SalisburySam I see you over here. Did you make the switch or do you still have a Tes**?

( I'm so over all the fan bois in Tes** land, another big reason to choose the Hyundai, it does not scream tech bro d---bag)

( I went by OxBrew over there, finally had them shut down my account)

 

Yes, I’m here and there (and there, and there, and there). Back in the early days of 2018 my wife got our Tesla Model 3 for me as a birthday gift (wonderful, wonderful wife). The car was far beyond the capabilities of our 2012 LEAF and at that time was somewhat rare with a decided cool factor to it. After purchase however, even though she acquiesced to ride in it my wife adamantly refused to drive it…ever. A few years later we looked around, test drove several EVs, and she picked out and we purchased our 2023 Hyundai Ioniq5 to replace our Nissan LEAF.

Still have the 2018 Model 3, loving the 2023 Ioniq5, sold the 2012 Nissan LEAF, and for cruise-ins we still have our 1964 Ford Thunderbird Convertible.

Given our Model 3 will be 7 years old this July, we’ve begun to again survey the EV landscape for a likely replacement. The Ioniq5 meets our SUV needs fairly well, but we want to get another sedan to replace the Model 3. So far, my personal favs are the Spectre, Lucid Air, and Ioniq6 but we’re hoping for some good things in the 2025 or 2026 Genesis Electrified G80, and maybe even the electric G90 over the 2024 model and that would add that vehicle to our list. I’m not expecting any fire sale on the Spectre in its first year so will likely rule that out on cost alone. There are decent deals from time to time on the Airs so still in play. We’ve yet to see/drive a BMW i5 but plan to do so this or next month, also an electric Macan. We eliminated the MBE as having a worse interior than our Model 3 despite other good things, but might consider a used MBS. Don’t like the Polestar’s interior cabin, similarly most of the Audi EVs, don’t want a hybrid, don’t want hydrogen, don’t want ICE.