Yup, Daddy Doug’s review of the measly G63 a day or two ago had the same type of cutout but to the side because of the tire in back. It was a camera.

*sigh*

It is disconcerting, isn’t it?

When we got our car, I spent a lot of time reviewing things like emissions and fuel efficiency. We couldn’t swing an electric car, but I wanted to do the best I could. And I think I did.

It’s not often that the creator of something is wrong about his own creation.

Just in case you wanted the honest answer to the question...

Marine Engineer here.

I’ll pass on calling dibs. Few things are more humiliating than being underwater on a Hyundai.

Tesla also agreed the battery was a part failure and replaced it under warranty. It’s reasonable to assume that if it hadn’t reported 56 miles of range and then died the guy wouldn’t have let the car die.

Deep South, A/C running about 8-9 months a year (or this year, often in Jan/Feb...). The interior of my car hits 140+ in the summer if the windows are up. The A/C may barely cool me off at that point due to heat soak, but I’ve still never had one fail the way my parents’ cars always did in the 80s...usually every few…

Right, which is what happened here. Essentially the gas guage failed. If all of a sudden your car started telling you you had a 1/4 tank of gas when it was actually empty, bet you’d run out of gas at least once. 

Ever been stranded bc of a faulty fuel pump?

There was almost no maintenance before 100k miles. The only items were tires, wipers, and broken AC. That’s significantly less than most cars within the mileage range most cars are owned.

Also, this guy seems pretty adamant to replace everything that goes wrong.

These are essentially long haul taxis and received high wear and tear vs a personally owned vehicle.

did you just walk?

I think one of the big things is that you have a lot of staunch EV advocates showing up going “there’s no maintenance!”

Your avatar is a Camaro.

The first like 200,000 were super low cost,” he said, but things went up dramatically from there.

Congrats, I’m awarding you with the medal of irrelevancy.

“The first like 200,000 were super low cost,” he said, but things went up dramatically from there, especially after 200,000 miles.