Personally, I think the whole simulated ICE drivetrain thing that the Ioniq 5 N is doing is fucking awesome. It’s the first EV I’ve actually WANTED. If I could afford it, I’d buy one right this second. 

Before everyone piles into the comments to TRASH the very notion of simulating a manual, consider this:

As long as I have a Jetons or Flinstones car sound option, I don’t care what else gets included.

Who cares? I drove some BMW EV that let you pick themes for the car. Each one had a unique acceleration synthesized sound. I thought it was pretty cool. If people want it to sound like an ICE, who TF cares?

As long as it’s an option that can be turned off, I’m all for it. Let your freak flag fly.

I can’t even remotely afford the only EV that interests me right now, the Ioniq 5 N. Plus, I live in an apartment with no charging infrastructure and nowhere to put one. Nevermind the fact that I just prefer the sounds and smells of internal combustion.

Price.

Both are pogues. But one was a desk jockey PAO that sat in an air conditioned office in their one 6 month deployment, and one was frocked to CSM and retired as a MSG. Furthermore, it’s uncouth to attack a veteran for their service if you’re a veteran yourself, especially in politics. I do think the NG is lame, but if…

They’ll help you source parts quickly through local warehouses, and will chip in with some wrenching experience if you get fouled up. 

So, I know this is a car site and all but, Who the fuck needs a car with 500 hp? Why is something like this available from the factory, for sale to normal idiots who have enough money to buy one but nothing else that says they’re capable of handling a car with this much power?

Wait until you get “old” and need readers or bifocals, distraction isn’t the issue but quick legibility is. It’s where tactile buttons become nice for those frequent tasks, I don’t need to look at, try to focus, then read a screen, just find a set touch point then press. You don't know what you've got until it's gone.

Or... you could stop being a prick about people’s personal likes.

For me the damning thing in the header photo is that green at the top of the windshield. Yep... that’s a reflection. If light from inside the car is reflecting off the windshield back towards your eyes at night.... it is objectively wrong. This is not about taste. It’s just wrong.

25 year old here raised on the internet. Drove a Tesla for a month and wouldn’t go back due to the touchscreen. Aren’t any buttons in my Mk7 GTI I don’t use or make it feel cluttered. I love Carplay, but would hate if I had any larger of a screen than I have.

Ragebait will definitely get you clicks, but well thought of articles can too. I remember Jalopnik used to have some really good interview articles and investigate articles. Can we get back to that? I feel like the only reason I'm still here is the comment section and it's a hot or miss if that is even working.

The inspection is a total joke, but some of the stuff you see on the roads here wouldn’t come close to passing even that very very very low bar.

HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING???

I understand that times are tough for Jalopnik right now, but whoever is currently maintaining your site has made it nigh-unreadable. Whenever you scroll to the bottom of an article, it leaves the article and takes you to a random Root web page. It’s absolutely maddening and I won’t be returning until it’s fixed,…

Another bunch of greedy assholes ruin a company. Anyone else as sick of VC and hedge funds ruining great companies as I am?  Fucking VC. ARRRGGGH

Interesting that the one “rule” that gets discussed here quite a lot isn’t mentioned: