Electric KIA EV9 SUV review

[Torvy]

Love co-ops for utilities.

A full EV has to fit your usage. My nearest family other than my kids and wife, are 13 hours away. Even in a best case scenario I'd have to stop and charge twice each way.

I have to take my truck up there...inheriting a piano. It gets 1/2 the mileage of our Outback. Once mom follows dad, I could probably use a full EV truck around here. I don't go more than an hour or two away and towing is just a 4k utility trailer. The rub is that it wouldn't get enough use to make up the fuel savings.

We're more likely to get another plug-in hybrid when we are done with the Outback. Kids are grown, don't need a beast. Maybe a Rav4. The new one goes 50 miles full EV, but also has over 500 miles of range and gets refueled like any other ICE vehicle on a trip. In my case, that's one stop for 5 minutes each way. It charges over night with standard plug in (we ran 220 when we built the barn, so less for us). That 50 miles means that 90% of our drives would be strictly EV. (10yrs 150k on the battery).

For us, it's all about our utility and keeping cost of ownership down. Not interested in the politics of it at all.

Glad you found something that works for you.

 

[tomplum]

Enjoy. The new Kias and Hyundais are real sweet.

 

[California]

Love co-ops for utilities.

A full EV has to fit your usage. My nearest family other than my kids and wife, are 13 hours away. Even in a best case scenario I'd have to stop and charge twice each way.

I have to take my truck up there...inheriting a piano. It gets 1/2 the mileage of our Outback.

Hey think twice if you really need that piano. I learned they have no resale value at all. Nobody wants one today.

BTDT. After a long time with nobody interested, we finally got a $600 offer from a dealer 400 miles away who planned to put $thousands into renovating it for his high-end Los Angeles store. Only because it was a rare Steinway Upright from 130 years ago. (Mom had bought it at her church's moving sale).

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Nice looking ride. Hope you get many miles and smiles along the journey.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

$7500 credit. But what was the OTD price?

I was told I can spend $100k cash on a car, and it won't change my financial life if I total it the next day without insurance. But brother, my soul doesn't care. My joy diminishes almost completely at $20k

 

[Complete Turf Care]

$7500 credit. But what was the OTD price?

I was told I can spend $100k cash on a car, and it won't change my financial life if I total it the next day without insurance. But brother, my soul doesn't care. My joy diminishes almost completely at $20k

OTD price was $39,460. This included sales tax of $3051.00, extra warranty and protection of $2735.00, my trade in of $12,000 and a $5000 rebate for financing through KIA. And the $7500 tax credit. And a dealer discount of $2500.00

The sticker price was $59,790.00

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

So, about $51k...

Yeah. I'm glad someone can find joy in that costly of a depreciating asset. Part of me wishes I could.

But my joy ends at $20k

Enjoy it. Drive it. Love it. And sell it to me in 6 years

 

[D&D]

OTD price was $39,460. This included sales tax of $3051.00, extra warranty and protection of $2735.00, my trade in of $12,000 and a $5000 rebate for financing through KIA. And the $7500 tax credit. And a dealer discount of $2500.00

The sticker price was $59,790.00

Wow

 

[2manyrocks]

Local piano shop told my wife that most older console pianos are shot with little value. Tuning is about $150-200 in my area, too.

 

[Oaktree]

Here is a screen shot of my last bill.
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Curiously, what do all those charges on your bill refer to? "Energy" I presume is the actual electricity used, and "service' is the fixed cost of having an accoutnt but what are the others? Typical electric company, lots of obfuscation when it comes to what you're being charged for.