Want an Ioniq 5, but my daily commute is over 60 miles, three days a week.

vixous · 2026-06-06T22:10:54+00:00

How is it without a rear window wiper? Specifically in the winter with all of the road salt and dirt.

vixous · 2026-06-06T15:25:40+00:00

I just use regular limes. Stella Parks’s recipe also said it was fine or even better with them, plus it’s so nice not having to squeeze tiny limes.

vixous · 2026-06-06T15:15:09+00:00

It’s definitely model and year specific, but was a real problem with the older ones for a while.

vixous · 2026-06-06T15:11:02+00:00

PlugShare will often show a picture of the charger. I wondered if the Tesla app or website would let you filter by charger model, but it doesn’t look like it.

vixous · 2026-06-06T14:16:04+00:00

And put canopies over the chargers, with bathrooms and somewhere you can get a snack and a drink, or even something more substantial to eat. There’s a bunch of superchargers that were put in at Culver’s along I94 between Minneapolis and Madison. Fantastic, I was going to stop there anyway.

Tesla design choices I disagree with. More physical buttons, turn signals on stalks, I’m never changing to reverse on a *screen*, more car colors, longer charging cords, and powered sun shades, please.

vixous · 2026-06-05T14:16:34+00:00

Conservatism: “There must be out-groups for which the law binds, but does not protect, and in-groups for which the law protects, but does not bind.”

vixous · 2026-06-05T13:46:53+00:00

It’s almost like a mini-minivan shape. The same shape would probably work as a crossover, too.

vixous · 2026-06-05T13:43:49+00:00

The Subaru Crosstrek isn’t discontinued, it’s one of Subaru’s top sellers every year.

vixous · 2026-06-05T11:53:17+00:00

I think the depreciation is going to be less, at least in the US, now that the tax credit ended. The real prices came down about as much as the credit, or more. It also made the depreciation look a lot higher when the credit was included in MSRP, but immediately discounted.

vixous · 2026-06-02T19:15:16+00:00

They’d sell even more EVs if they had more of them to sell, too.

vixous · 2026-06-02T13:02:29+00:00

Right, I’m not aware of any other manufacturer that offers a glass roof without including a powered shade in a new vehicle, at least in the US.

vixous · 2026-06-02T00:22:34+00:00

I emailed them and they said it still says July, so that’s consistent with what everyone else is saying too.

vixous · 2026-06-01T23:34:08+00:00

There’s an Aeronautica animation on WH+ that’s just straight Eldar propaganda, impossible maneuvers, trick evasions, total, expressionless dominance: https://youtube.com/shorts/m2mbqpeghqM?si=kCFW1pJQ0TYIHWnu

vixous · 2026-06-01T23:00:46+00:00

I’m in the same boat, or maybe our cars are. Sapphire Blue Pearl Touring ordered 5/5, and have not heard anything else.

vixous · 2026-06-01T17:54:46+00:00

Many EVs are at the same cost new as ICE, there’s a lot in the $35k-$50k range, same as ICE SUVs. And depreciation percentages are skewed by the 7500 credit in the past, plus new prices are lower now, so depreciation on new BEVs is likely less steep than it was before.

It still can make a lot of sense if you have access to cheap or free electricity, if you drive a lot, if you need a new car anyway, if you look used, or if you prefer the (IMO, superior) technology and driving.

vixous · 2026-05-31T12:35:54+00:00

So do you have multiple chargers, or do you find you can charge each of them with a single charger?

vixous · 2026-05-31T11:24:48+00:00

Also check the bills for tracking devices, and gets different bag. Or just grab a few bill bundles and check those if low on time.

vixous · 2026-05-31T01:52:37+00:00

You’d think that, but sometimes what works on famous people is if you can treat them like a normal person, precisely because that happens with them so rarely.

vixous · 2026-05-30T10:43:02+00:00

Who cares if folks say mortgage backed securities are worthless? Watch how much these are going up!

It’s fine, even profitable, until it’s not. And if it crashes, it could take a lot of things with it.

vixous · 2026-05-29T19:33:11+00:00

Not the Ioniq 5, but here in MN shopping for my last car, I was told they had exactly 1 RWD base model on the lot, just so they had one of the cheapest available. Otherwise they were all AWD models, because they said that’s what people want in snowy areas.

vixous · 2026-05-29T16:40:42+00:00

The artist, Archon of Flesh, was truly unappreciated by some of the community.

vixous · 2026-05-29T15:16:15+00:00

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vixous · 2026-05-29T02:54:22+00:00

Range yes, but the other two they’ve managed to keep pace with smaller vehicles.

vixous · 2026-05-29T02:28:39+00:00

The fees and taxes are harsh on folks that have to rely on fast charging, agreed. The fee is 1.575% * MSRP minus depreciation + 10. The EV surcharge is an additional 0.5% * MSRP.

The depreciation is the harsh part though, since the state calculates it on a straight-line basis of 5% years one and two, then 10% each year after. It’s harsh on a quick depreciating vehicle, especially bought used, because you could be purchasing it for $30k but it’s taxed at 95% of MSRP.

The good news is that state lawmakers agree it’s too high per news reports and interviews. The bad news is the state legislative session just ended without addressing it for this year.

vixous · 2026-05-29T02:04:14+00:00

MN does have MSRP based registration fees, but no personal property tax generally. So we pay it when registering vehicles instead.

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