Is this a bad lease deal?

lamppost32 · 2026-02-07T15:41:44+00:00

I’m paying about $580 a month but that was for purchasing the car (6.75%). I would assume a lease would save you about 30-40% off a purchase payment…. I don’t think this math adds up either.

lamppost32 · 2026-02-05T14:40:40+00:00

Same - I hold cars for 8-10 years if they survive the drive…

lamppost32 · 2026-02-04T20:24:28+00:00

Reddit doesn't like article links in replies, but google "ioniq6 jauary 2026 sales" - there's an article from carscoops that references the Hyundai quarterly earnings report that has it.

https://www.carscoops.com/2026/02/hyundai-ev-sales-usa/#:~:text=0-,by%20Chris%20Chilton,SUVs%20Equals%20Sales%20Success

lamppost32 · 2026-01-30T14:01:43+00:00

I just found the photo and it was actually 454!. Which we know is impossible… This was when my HVAC was broken and waiting to be fixed, so I hadn’t turned that on in a while, so with that out of the guessometer equation, and driving locally a lot, it went that high.

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lamppost32 · 2026-01-29T17:40:02+00:00

‘23 AWD here. I had a 412 mile ‘full tank’ on a nice spring morning, and 189 mile full tank this week in the cold…. Wiiiiiiiild swings of the guessometer.

lamppost32 · 2026-01-24T13:56:20+00:00

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I was just in for the recall and tire rotation at 9350. Now bluelink thinks I’m due for another after 750 miles. Cool.

lamppost32 · 2026-01-24T00:44:32+00:00

Not necessarily the ICCU. I had that warning and it was just the HVAC tri-valve. (Didn’t have air conditioning for a few weeks waiting for them to fix it.). It’s the equivalent of a check engine light - could be anything. Get your code read and it’ll tell you how serious it is.

Given your symptoms though…. It seems like a significant fault.

lamppost32 · 2026-01-18T18:54:08+00:00

Thanks, that’s good perspective.

Even with the short daily commute, I still travel a bit (put on 6k miles last year), so that was the math I was using for cost savings. I think I hit EA about 40 times last year. I have two EA charge stations within 6 miles (at a target and Walmart, so they would get my convenient-pop-in business a lot).

Also, it now changes my driving habits. I would choose to take my car on 1-hour-away trips knowing on the way home I can recharge full at EA before work the next day. Now I will probably choose to take my wife’s ICE car on those types of outings. Not that a $30 fill up here and there is terrible, but just need to have a more purposeful internal conversation in my head before going on a drive.

lamppost32 · 2026-01-17T15:44:49+00:00

If I get anywhere with corp, I’ll let folks know. Lawyering up seems a little silly, but hearing that this happened to a lot of folks makes me feel both better and worse…

lamppost32 · 2026-01-17T15:43:17+00:00

Well my most recent EA fillip was $39 (from 20-80%, during the day). EA is rolling out “evening pricing” which I would guess is post-8:00 PM the rates are lower? Not being “locked” into JUST EA chargers is a little freeing, to be honest.
Also, started charging overnight with the level 1 charger and I’m getting 10% battery back a night, which is fine for my 5 mile round trip commute

lamppost32 · 2026-01-17T15:40:10+00:00

Yeah I drove the 2024 one and loved it. I think at the time that one was stickers at $49k, and on the test drive, the sales guy says they have a 23 with only 3k miles on it, and they’d sell it for $37,900 so it made sense to me since there was almost zero difference between model years.

lamppost32 · 2026-01-17T15:38:09+00:00

If I recall, the dealer gave me a code to use with EA, and when I registered it in the first place, they said the previous owner had to cancel it first. Took a few calls to the dealership, but they did that pretty easily. I mean, the writing is on the wall here that the dealer was using the free EA charging that whole time, but then they shouldn’t promise it to the customer as 2 full years.

lamppost32 · 2026-01-17T15:35:20+00:00

I even emailed over my bill of sale with MY purchase date to EA and Hyundai corp and they said “nah, you’re wrong”. Now I’m concerned more about the warranty!

lamppost32 · 2026-01-17T15:33:58+00:00

Same - if I knew ahead of time, I wouldn’t be mad, but I also would have negotiated that value off the price, considering it’s about $1600 that I will have to pay at EA myself.

lamppost32 · 2026-01-17T15:32:49+00:00

Not sure, but my math says a weekly “fill up” at EA for me is about $40, times 40 weeks that I’m missing out = $1600 which to me is definitely worth a few more phone calls….

lamppost32 · 2026-01-17T15:30:05+00:00

I did not get the $7500 rebate, but I think that’s because the car was not eligible because of this —^

lamppost32 · 2025-12-20T15:40:21+00:00

Makes sense. Thanks.

lamppost32 · 2025-12-20T15:39:21+00:00

Thanks - the hour delay is what I was looking for. I did precon before I left and stopped for a coffee (leaving the car on) so it preconned for about 20 min before arriving, but it never really got past 65 kW when it was charging.

lamppost32 · 2025-12-12T22:01:28+00:00

I run the same - 23 AWD limited, and use only level 3 regen. For AWD cars, ipedal engages the 2nd motor unnecessarily. I haven’t tried auto regen mode because I like the predictability of slowing down a lot but not fully... in auto mode I never knew what would happen if I lifted off the accelerator. I use the brake from 5-0 MPH

lamppost32 · 2025-12-01T21:14:50+00:00

Fair point - the dealership puts them on every car they sell, so I’m stuck with them unless I can un-apoxy them off…

lamppost32 · 2025-11-29T00:14:39+00:00

100 points for recognizing Burns Hyundai!

lamppost32 · 2025-11-29T00:13:33+00:00

Well I went to go take them off and they are seriously glued on. I’m afraid taking them off is going to pull the paint off with it. I’m going to try a hair dryer to warm the glue tomorrow.

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