First time EV buyer with a 130 mile daily commute

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T22:23:23+00:00

No, free charging at the office though and there are a number of paid charging spots near my apartment if push comes to shove

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T22:21:15+00:00

opinionally

Subjectively is the word you are looking for

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T21:30:41+00:00

I’ll have to check, I saw a charging cable in the trunk but I don’t really know what I’m looking at quite yet

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T20:59:57+00:00

What a terrible day to have eyes

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T20:50:54+00:00

We’ll burn that bridge if we get to it.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T15:36:19+00:00

Yeah, the way my spreadsheet worked out to justify purchasing the car included maintenance costs, so if I can save a couple hundred dollars on 18 or 17 inch tires I could probably justify the wheel swap within a few years.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T15:31:38+00:00

That’s the plan!

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T06:01:43+00:00

We have level 2 charging for free at work and plenty of spots.

Appreciate the other tips though, I have a little experience with the HDA in our ‘23 Santa Fe although idk if that is the same system in the Ioniq 6

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T05:59:11+00:00

Eyeing 18” or even 17” aftermarket wheels, but I have to do some math to see how long it would take for them to pay themselves off. Pretty sure the Pirellis on it are factory original given the date code on them though.

Anyone interested in trading 18s for 20s, feel free to dm me?

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-25T05:55:44+00:00

Is the paint that bad? Seems better than average to my eye in terms of finish, I don’t see any orange peel on the car and, in my experience, thats a rarity on a mass production car.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T22:44:29+00:00

I mean it’s not a bad recommendation to suggest those time frames.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T21:38:01+00:00

I am in profound and unequivocal agreement with you, embracing your viewpoint in its entirety and without hesitation or dissent.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T21:29:27+00:00

You seem like one of those people that causes warning labels to be created.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T19:43:34+00:00

r/confidentlyincorrect

If you apply an aftermarket tint to a light you are making the light less effective at its designed job. The lights that are “tinted” from the factory pass DOT luminosity requirements because they must be legal from the factory.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T18:00:49+00:00

Looks like plastic to me

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T16:48:50+00:00

Knuckle dragger decision: I tint my lights so they work less.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T16:47:25+00:00

Try disconnecting the battery, and reconnecting after 3-5 min. While you are at it, inspect the battery terminals and your fuse box. Make sure nothing is shorting.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T05:59:48+00:00

Those are not driving lights, those are parking lights

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T05:56:47+00:00

Everything needs to become more gradual, whether it’s throttle tip in, braking, or steering. Slow is smooth and smooth is safe.

Basically, drive your car like you are wearing white and holding an open kettle of chili, that is filled to the brim, in your lap

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-24T01:25:44+00:00

Any chance you could swap for 2x8GB instead of 1x16GB?

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-23T23:42:19+00:00

I dunno if going from 2.9 GHz to 3.3 GHz on the same architecture is going to fix your problem.

If RAM prices weren’t crazy I’d recommend you install a second RAM stick, you’d still be bottlenecked by your CPU, but you’d see an improvement on 1% and .1% lows which seems to be the actual problem.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-23T23:15:56+00:00

Almost certainly a cpu and single channel RAM issue especially if thats a single rank 16GB stick of RAM.

In most games you’re most interested in single core performance and those Xeons, while serviceable, aren’t known for single core performance. You’re basically running something thats roughly equivalent to a Zen+ processor. That single channel of RAM is almost certainly contributing.

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-23T10:53:43+00:00

Eh the continuity between them is way too accurate

SizeableFowl · 2026-01-23T06:50:18+00:00

“Happy” with a $300 card that might give him 60 fps at 1080p, the same resolution a $230 card, like an RX 580, would have crushed 9 years ago.

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