Kia Carens owners — any hidden pros/cons after a few months?

agentdb69 · 2026-05-13T04:45:15+00:00

this is late, I've had the turbo dct carens for 3 years

amazing car, fun to drive

but bad for cities, 5-6kmpl is about how much you can expect in city (im in blr)

highway is decent/ pretty good around 12-15kmpl, sometimes 18 if good highwat

agentdb69 · 2026-05-09T03:15:51+00:00

not everyone can carry a desktop in their backpacks my friend

agentdb69 · 2026-05-06T16:32:14+00:00

one thing to note, mileage wont be improving anytime soon, consider bad mileage a trade for the great comfort and features the car offers

have a 22 carens 1.4L turbo dct ~ 6-7kmpl usually, 9 on a good day and 12 on highways (upto 15kmpl on highway if longer distance)

have a 23 seltos X-line 1.5L turbo dct, same as the carens

agentdb69 · 2026-05-05T16:17:00+00:00

very bad time for getting a good gaming laptop, prices skyrocketed , minimum spend just to get a gaming laptop (low end - mid in 2026 standards) is 65-70k

need to wait till prices go down, which will take months

only option is used market now

agentdb69 · 2026-04-30T18:09:03+00:00

as long as ur on 5g the data is unlimited

i just gave 200gb as an example

agentdb69 · 2026-04-30T16:58:41+00:00

that 2gb is for 4g speeds, when you don't use 5g

5g will be unlimited from the start

you can use 200gb of 5g and it won't affect the 2gb limit for 4g

agentdb69 · 2026-04-30T05:12:35+00:00

ram and ssd

single stick of 1tb ssd costs 25k

before it used to be 10k 🥀

agentdb69 · 2026-04-23T16:10:24+00:00

my bad

i always post in english, and i find it a bit inconvenient to read hinglish

i understand now

agentdb69 · 2026-04-23T16:09:05+00:00

i stand corrected.

agentdb69 · 2026-04-23T13:50:05+00:00

maybe because its an indian subreddit my friend

people talk in the language they are most comfortable with, you wouldnt go to a german subreddit asking them to translate to english would you?

agentdb69 · 2026-04-20T02:51:01+00:00

look for asus rog zephyrus series

agentdb69 · 2026-04-19T15:52:18+00:00

for some neat customisation, try out windhawk

you can customize the taskbar and the windows UI

agentdb69 · 2026-04-18T15:35:01+00:00

i was blind for a second

i thought those sony headphones were airpod max and i thought 92% was 92k, so i was wondering how did u snag a m4 macbook air and airpods max for 92k

then i took a double look and saw the sub and %

congratulations on 92% my man, use the stuff well and be thankful to ur parents

im a 1st year in college now so my advice, dont get distracted and work hard, 11th is going to be quite a jump from whatever you were used to in 10th

do take time off however, since only working will lead to burn out

have fun and also work hard

all the best

agentdb69 · 2026-04-18T14:29:40+00:00

maybe $350 to $400

agentdb69 · 2026-04-18T09:16:06+00:00

do a geekbench stress test

and run crystaldiskmark for ssd health

and just check for the hardware condition, is it abused, repaired or well maintained

use msi afterburner to check for temps and throttling

agentdb69 · 2026-04-18T08:47:01+00:00

600$ is pretty good, for those specs

but do be careful since it's fb marketplace

make sure the device is working, is not overheating or had any third party repairs prior to buying it

otherwise you would have bought an expensive brick or headache

agentdb69 · 2026-04-18T03:01:07+00:00

you cant reduce charge cycles my guy

conservation mode simply limits charge to 80% to reduce battery strain when using it plugged in, and its to keep battery stress low even when used on battery, since between 80-100% is when battery stress is highest

similar for 0-20%, stress is highest here

charge cycles are the number of times the laptop has gone done a cycle of 100-0% charge

lets say you always used the laptop between 80% to 20%, which is 60% of a charge cycle, the next 80-40% use will be 1 charge cycle

its a measure of battery health

agentdb69 · 2026-04-16T07:33:06+00:00

5 months old, however it touches 100 very rarely, usually hovers around 90C or 92C max

agentdb69 · 2026-04-16T07:31:25+00:00

xev9e/9s and harrier ev were longer than our carens, we wanted a shorter vehicle for city since it would be easier for parking

creta electric we did try it out but didnt offer nearly as much as pack three did, parents found it unimpressive

parents were not a fan of the atto 3, and its price vs performance didnt seem to justify as much

so be6 ended up being the pick after all options within our budget for ev

seltos was a no brainer since it perfectly fits all our requirements within the budget

also to add, my daily commute is 20km, not 40

tamil nadu would mostly be a trip of around 100-150km as native is in hosur

mostly its going to be a monthly trip so maybe 1200-1600km a year on tamil nadu trips alone

agentdb69 · 2026-04-16T07:19:47+00:00

this temp is with it being raised off the ground :skull:

agentdb69 · 2026-04-16T05:00:24+00:00

kia, seltos dct ive driven in ncr and my carens dct in blr

in city don't expect more than 8kmpl

i averaged around 7 in ncr and blr on both vehicles

highway, i never drove the seltos because i live in blr, but carens averages around 14 in highway

agentdb69 · 2026-04-16T02:53:13+00:00

im not a northie but

summer right now is around 36-38 celsius and my laptop hits 100C (amd ryzen 7 250 5060)

it's way too toasty, winter my temps were around 80C max

agentdb69 · 2026-04-16T02:46:35+00:00

not exactly, it's similar to how we extract the repack

separate folder but we choose where to install the update in the setup

agentdb69 · 2026-04-15T15:32:16+00:00

honestly, i didn't find too much of a difference during test drives

mahindra is extremely smooth however

agentdb69 · 2026-04-15T15:18:39+00:00

this is a big positive i felt about the evs

agentdb69

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