This really sucks, because I absolutely LOVE my car, however it's starting to feel like a ticking time bomb. 2019 First Edition, that I bought 2 years ago. Just a month after I bought it the thing shut down on me while driving on the freeway, with all sorts of errors. Got towed in and dealer found nothing. Less than a month later it did the same thing, but thankfully not while driving. This time they found all sorts of problems, replaced the rear inverter and some other stuff. Then I got the recall notice about the battery software, and shortly after making an appointment to bring it in got a traction battery fault. Brought it in in January and they blamed the 12V battery, which they charged me $700 for since I was a whole 2 months out of warranty. Not even 2 months later I get another traction battery fault and now the car won't charge above 72%. I just got a text from the dealer saying that it needs a module replaced (I'm guessing battery module but he didn't say) and that it's on indefinite backorder and could be months.
So now I'm left with a car that I love, but which can't even get me to work and back (I have a 95 mile commute each way). On top of that there simply aren't any other EV's out there that really interest me, other than ones that are hugely more expensive, or are being built by manufacturers that are equally unstable. I was hoping this car would last me a few more years until some of the EV newcomers have matured a little, but now it looks like I'm gonna have to suffer the waiting game just to get rid of this thing ASAP, before those newcomers even get to the market.
If any of you have suggestions on a replacement, i'm all ears. Criteria for me is that it has to have better range, equal or better acceleration, good build quality and value. AND IT CANNOT BE A TESLA. I like the styling on the Ioniq5, and would be interested in the Sport N or whatever version, but it's not here yet. I really really like the Taycan Cross/Sport turismo but they are a bit outside my budget, and still questionable in my mind, but that is my top choice so far. I'm also somewhat interested in Rivian, and the R1T would be useful for me, but I have serious doubts about the company. The R3 they just announced really interests me as well, but it's vaporware for the next year or 2 at least and I clearly don't have that long. Ugh. This really just killed my mood. I don't want a new car. I just paid this **** thing off too.
So now I'm left with a car that I love, but which can't even get me to work and back (I have a 95 mile commute each way). On top of that there simply aren't any other EV's out there that really interest me, other than ones that are hugely more expensive, or are being built by manufacturers that are equally unstable. I was hoping this car would last me a few more years until some of the EV newcomers have matured a little, but now it looks like I'm gonna have to suffer the waiting game just to get rid of this thing ASAP, before those newcomers even get to the market.
If any of you have suggestions on a replacement, i'm all ears. Criteria for me is that it has to have better range, equal or better acceleration, good build quality and value. AND IT CANNOT BE A TESLA. I like the styling on the Ioniq5, and would be interested in the Sport N or whatever version, but it's not here yet. I really really like the Taycan Cross/Sport turismo but they are a bit outside my budget, and still questionable in my mind, but that is my top choice so far. I'm also somewhat interested in Rivian, and the R1T would be useful for me, but I have serious doubts about the company. The R3 they just announced really interests me as well, but it's vaporware for the next year or 2 at least and I clearly don't have that long. Ugh. This really just killed my mood. I don't want a new car. I just paid this **** thing off too.
