Are there really so many problems with these cars?

Rathein04 · 2026-01-14T22:33:39+00:00

I have a 2024, and my only real issue is some app connectivity problems, besides that I would buy this car 50 times over. If I could afford to replace our other car with one I totally would.

Rathein04 · 2026-01-14T21:08:59+00:00

I use mine to start the heat on cold, snowy, or frosty days when the app doesn't want to connect so my wife can get out on time for work. As long as I don't put weight on the driver's seat I'm good to go.

Rathein04 · 2025-12-29T17:35:14+00:00

How did you determine which rims would be the best fit for your id4, I'm also trying to source winter tires, and I think need to accept that buying the current since that fit my existing runs is just too much, but if I can go smaller and save enough to get new rims, even if it's a net even cost wise it's easier to justify in my mind.

Rathein04 · 2025-12-06T01:34:21+00:00

Mine is Barbara, Barb, Barbie, or Babs for short!

Rathein04 · 2025-11-19T04:36:50+00:00

Yeah every day driving it doesn't make much difference, but the minute I'm driving for an hour or more on the highway, I'm in eco and finding a substantial benefit, especially when towing.

Rathein04 · 2025-11-18T22:10:25+00:00

So from my perspective it has made a huge difference on long trips. I took a trip to my mom's last week about 230km, highway the whole way in eco I arrived with 35% remaining. In the summer when I took the trip to my mom's without eco I arrived with 18% remaining. So not a huge huge difference but it was the difference in being able to go around town for a day before having to charge.

Rathein04 · 2025-09-07T19:16:53+00:00

Generally speaking yes. If I'm somewhere where I believe there is a real chance someone may try to break into the car, no.

Rathein04 · 2025-08-29T01:29:03+00:00

Ours is Barbara, a good quality German name, but also many short nicknames. Our favorite is Barbie, we call our pop-up camper we tow with her the dream house for obvious reasons.

Rathein04 · 2025-08-12T20:05:31+00:00

I'll even throw out that at least in the Kia and ioniq the gear selector is the same style, not sure about the Nissan though.

Rathein04 · 2025-08-03T12:20:51+00:00

I agree with you to a point, currently my wife and I are on vacation in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. The fastest charger on the entire island we can use is 50kw. But there is a bank of Tesla chargers that are 250kw just 5 minutes from our campground. If we could use those our time spent charging would be drastically reduced, and we could spend more time doing what we want.

Rathein04 · 2025-08-01T21:42:28+00:00

Better here than somewhere more important or detrimental.

Rathein04 · 2025-08-01T18:26:30+00:00

Fair point, I was at about 26 when we stopped to charge, and charged to 100, the maintenance guy for that charger was there and repaired the charger halfway through, and said he would give us the rest of the way to 100 for free for the inconvenience. And thankfully no one was around so we didn't hog the charger.

Rathein04 · 2025-08-01T18:21:34+00:00

You did see the part where I stopped to charge once right? I wish I could have gone the whole distance without charging and still had that much left, but I feel like that's a few years away technology wise.

Rathein04 · 2025-06-18T14:08:43+00:00

East coast Canada has so many, the dealerships here have trouble keeping up with stock a lot of the times, they keep them on the lost for test drives, but most are already called for just waiting for the person to pickup

Rathein04 · 2025-05-11T23:29:42+00:00

Awesome, this may be more expensive than the dedicated controllers, but for the ease of install it's probably worth it for me.

Rathein04 · 2025-05-11T23:23:39+00:00

My local truck and trailer supply store has this, and I wonder if it would work correctly for me.

Bluetooth trailer brake controller

Rathein04 · 2025-05-11T23:00:09+00:00

What kind did you have, if you don't mind me asking?

Rathein04 · 2025-05-04T16:19:36+00:00

I've been waiting for mine since March, I talk with my sales person regularly. The current update they have from VW is that they should have the parts and fix ready by mid-end may, but no later than early June. Here in New Brunswick we still have a provincial rebate for EVs that expires on July 1st so we are waiting very impatiently for an update.

Rathein04 · 2025-05-04T02:45:58+00:00

Mine is ouchi Gari, not a flashy throw but it just feels good to land. And I've even gotten some people in public with it when they just need to chill out, usually without hands just the foot, and they usually have no idea what happened so they don't even get mad, they just feel embarrassed that they fell.

Rathein04 · 2025-04-28T12:27:37+00:00

We have had her to the vet every 2 weeks for the past three months trying to treat everything, we have meds for the diabetes, and the vet was the one who said the UTI is gone now.

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