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my first month of ownership (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by m750@lemmy.world to c/evs@lemmy.world
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This is a bit of navel gazing as I've now had my id.4 for just over a month. We've only managed a mere 350 miles. While we've had the car it's been enjoyable. Prior to pickup I had an l2 installed at home, since I live in a fast charger black hole. We had a major issue in the first week, and It spend the entire month of July at the dealer being serviced. It was pretty disappointing. The loaner wasn't the id.4 I purchased, and has really left me concerned about the longevity of this purchase. Any other new EV owners out their learning the ropes? I've yet to take my first big road trip in it because it was broken :(.

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[–] Rando54321@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have an ID4 and a Mach-e which are both going strong at around 50,000 miles. The ID4 had to go in the dealership for nearly a month one time which was frustrating to say the least. That was due to a recall and software update which bricked the car. Eventually they got it up and running and it's been solid ever since. Previously we had two 2012 Chevy volts which each made it to about 185,000 mi. One was still working at that point and we sold it, the other was not

[–] m750@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Which do you like driving more? And which do you think is a better / more reliable car?

I was locked in on the id.4 for the price, I ended up getting the car for about 31.5 OTD, for an AWD pro, after 7500/3500/1000 in incentives, so the mach e or other EV's were not really in the conversation. We had looked at the Kona, but it's too small for our use too.