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Replaced a Chevy Bolt with an Ioniq 5 and it's a huge upgrade (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 months ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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I snagged a 2025 Ioniq 5 to replace my 2021 Chevy Bolt yesterday and already put 150 miles on it. I'm kind of blown away and wanted to share some things that stood out.

  1. The car is wide. Much wider than the Bolt. Gonna take some getting used to.
  2. Not sure how I lived without a power lift gate until now. It was great when loading laundry and groceries into the trunk.
  3. The driver seat can lay completely flat - flatter than the zero gravity mode that you may have seen. Perfect for napping while waiting at the laundromat, and I'm looking forward to trying it while car camping.
  4. You can pull the car forward and backwards with the keyfob while standing outside of it. Already used it twice - once to pull out of a tight parking spot, once to center myself after street parking a bit crooked.
  5. The surround view is incredible. It made parallel parking an absolute breeze.
  6. Autopilot is scary but works. I was only brave enough to use it on the highway with no other cars around.
  7. Auto-parking doesn't seem to work very well, but I'll have to play around with it.

Overall I'm super happy with the car and keep looking for excuses to go somewhere. Happy to answer any questions.

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[–] Jode@midwest.social 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm in the market for a bolt. Can I get a ask what the dealer gave you for a trade in on it? Just so I have that in the my back pocket at the dealer. Also, how flat would you say the rear seats in that thing go down? I need to slide a couple decent sized Pelican cases in there full of work shit to make the purchase worth it.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

$12k for a 2021 with 30k miles. The rear seats folded to quite an incline in the Bolt, but it was flat enough to slide furniture into it. I hauled plenty of large items in it.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yikes. You bought it new for like $35,000 4 years ago?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago

Buying a new car is always a dumb decision