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rsrguy 03-25-2022 02:42 AM

KIA Optima PHEV first step to OTG...
 
Anyone have one? Your thoughts?

svandamme 03-25-2022 06:29 AM

Does it have Optima batteries?? Light weight ?

SCadaddle 03-25-2022 11:44 AM

Probably be the best vehicle they build if it doesn't have a Kia or Hyundai internal combustion engine.

gacook 03-25-2022 04:17 PM

Can't speak for the Optima, but my wife has a '22 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid. It's a very well done, reliable, solid vehicle. Lots of bells and whistles, too. She's averaging around 45 miles/gallon (it's an SUV), so I assume you'd get more with the Optima.

rsrguy 03-26-2022 04:00 AM

So we bought it... Has a seriously comfortable interior a very smooth ride and gobs of bells and whistles. I wish we could have picked up that Sorento or the tucson..... they don't sell them here, completely idiotic. These idiot commies are putting the squeeze on all of the US but the car companies can only make enough to sell to CA and a few other states? Moronic....

We actually got what could only be considered a deal, a 20 with 19k miles, the only damage is a teeny dime size nik on the front air dam. It's completely loaded, if we'd have bought new we'd have had to wait and the hit would have been around 50k, our before t&l tab was 5 k below the book price, which is nuts in our market.

We were going to do it last year, we should have, oh well. At these prices it'll likely pay for itself in no time, I drive a minimum of 60 miles a day, with stage 2 charger at work I should be mostly gas free and still have decent fool economy for longer trips.

We were going to do this anyway for preparedness reasons, between a power wall, wind and solar @ home with a back up NG generator we'll be set for power once the electricity prices start to climb.

Last year our power went out for damn near a week.

I've been wanting to get OTG for a long time, I figure this is the first step. Initially I wanted a gen 1 volt, but the wife needs something to sling real estate out of so we went with the Kia. We drove every phev we could, the only other car as comfortable was the clarity by honda but it's noisy and has a huge center console at the knees, and it's ugly on the outside.

Anyway thats what I did...... all day yesterday.

Now it'll be less painful to tool around in the guzzlers a few times a week.
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rsrguy 03-26-2022 04:06 AM

I swear I never thought buying gas to enjoy my vintage cars was going to be a luxury....

svandamme 03-26-2022 04:36 AM

I'll trade you the classic car for a couple of jerrycans of petrol for your daily

rsrguy 03-26-2022 05:08 AM

Probably end up that way.. You probably don't want the amc though...
With all of the electronics no doubt I'll be fugged in the event of a solar storm or emp.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1648296301.jpg

svandamme 03-26-2022 05:10 AM

who there , your Avatar is RSR guy, this is a Porsche forum
I expects a 911 of sorts in trade

cabmandone 03-26-2022 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCadaddle (Post 11646676)
Probably be the best vehicle they build if it doesn't have a Kia or Hyundai internal combustion engine.

LOL!! I was thinking the same thing. Somehow they'll find a way to make the electric motors blow up prematurely. And if it doesn't use their DCT... all the better!

rsrguy 03-26-2022 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by svandamme (Post 11647151)
who there , your Avatar is RSR guy, this is a Porsche forum
I expects a 911 of sorts in trade

The other women... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1648300597.jpg

rsrguy 03-26-2022 06:19 AM

@ $5/gallon the trip to work, 28 miles was less than a buck, according to the on board comp, I'm sure the average will improve over time..


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