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Kia Soul EV
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spaceballs
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Hum yeah this is not appropriate, if it was me I think some official KIA contacts should be known about this. Contacts - Kia Motors America Newsroom
*please* do NOT quote entire posts just to add your one line or worse one word comment like "wow" or "+1".
There are about 5 replies so far in this subject and three of them have quoted the original long post in its entirety. What for? Do you think if you just say, "wow" we will not understand the context? Perhaps it would have been enough if you quoted just a single line from that post to get the context ?
It is annoying to keep scrolling down past the quoted post only to find out the Tapatalk app has truncated it and I had to click to another page to read it fully.
There are about 5 replies so far in this subject and three of them have quoted the original long post in its entirety. What for? Do you think if you just say, "wow" we will not understand the context? Perhaps it would have been enough if you quoted just a single line from that post to get the context ?
It is annoying to keep scrolling down past the quoted post only to find out the Tapatalk app has truncated it and I had to click to another page to read it fully.
spaceballs
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I think it's appropriate as it keep things organized, else it can get misunderstood with another post and could end up in snippy-ness thread. I think Tapatalk is more to blame for your frustration.
No, the excessive quoting makes threads harder to follow. Only quoting enough of the post to maintain reference is required, but yes, this requires a bit more work.
I'm pretty amazed at the response from those sales guys. I have a feeling they're mainly bagging on the Soul EV because they don't have any to sell.
spaceballs
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Most people don't bother if it involves more work sadly, thus it ends up either excessive quotes or lack of them. For me I rather have more excessive quoting, especially on big threads that can get easily sidetracked.
JRP3
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JohnSnowNW
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I thought quoting the comment, after someone had already commented, would make it clear what I was responding to. Most forums automatically abbreviate long quotes from messages, this one does not.
Today as I was walking to my car in the outside parking area at work, I turned on the remote A/C. When I got to the car about 5 minutes later it was working. This was on a standard 120v outlet. The day before when I tried it I got the "cannot authorize payment..." text message. So it seems to be hit or miss. At least today I confirmed that it is at least possible to turn on the remote A/C when plugged into 120v. Not sure why this isn't working reliably for me.
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MartinAustin
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dhanson865
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old news, see posts #170 and #171 from the 25th. Not sure why that particular website decided to wait a week to publish the press release.
dhanson865
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Monthly Plug-In Sales Scorecard
March 2015 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales Report Card | Inside EVs
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From the scorecard we have Soul EV US sales of
63 Mar 2015
48 Feb 2015
69 Jan 2015
110 Dec 2014
140 Nov 2014
109 Oct 2014
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dhanson865
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http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Kia-Soul-EVInfographic.jpg
note that it was apparently produced prior to the warranty change for the Model S giving unlimited mileage lifetime warranty for the drivetrain on the Model S. http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/infinite-mile-warranty
note that it was apparently produced prior to the warranty change for the Model S giving unlimited mileage lifetime warranty for the drivetrain on the Model S. http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/infinite-mile-warranty
insideevs had a link to this review of the Soul EV. Very long at 29 minutes, and probably the best review I have ever seen for any car. The guy goes through the entire menu system explaining what all the screens tell you, and what can be controlled. This excludes the entertainment system, which he reviews separately. I also discovered something I didn't know about the car. The floor panel in the hatch can actually completely fold up and tuck into a slot behind the rear seats. I knew it could fold once to allow storage under the panel, but didn't know about the tuck.
I am 6 months into the experience, and love the car as much today as the day I leased it. Had to start using my 2013 Prius to cut back on the Soul miles, and find that I really don't like driving a gas car anymore. And to think I really enjoyed the Prius when I first got it back in 2013. The Soul EV has so much better low speed torque than the Prius, except when you put the Prius in "power" mode. Except that when you do that, touching the gas pedal causes the engine to absolutely roar to life. You don't get that in the Soul EV, and thats a good thing :smile:
2015 Kia Soul EV DETAILED Review and Road Test - In 4K - YouTube
I am 6 months into the experience, and love the car as much today as the day I leased it. Had to start using my 2013 Prius to cut back on the Soul miles, and find that I really don't like driving a gas car anymore. And to think I really enjoyed the Prius when I first got it back in 2013. The Soul EV has so much better low speed torque than the Prius, except when you put the Prius in "power" mode. Except that when you do that, touching the gas pedal causes the engine to absolutely roar to life. You don't get that in the Soul EV, and thats a good thing :smile:
2015 Kia Soul EV DETAILED Review and Road Test - In 4K - YouTube
mtndrew1
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My accelerator pedal recall was done without me asking, and before I had received the paperwork, while I was in for a tire rotation a couple months ago. My Kia dealer has been unexpectedly professional and competent (Downtown Los Angeles).
I, too, remain thrilled with the Soul EV 10,000 miles in. I am also exceeding the 15,000 mi/year run rate of my lease and have been shifting some travel to my motorcycle to help mitigate this. The car is so competent and easy to drive that it's very easy to pile on the miles.
I, too, remain thrilled with the Soul EV 10,000 miles in. I am also exceeding the 15,000 mi/year run rate of my lease and have been shifting some travel to my motorcycle to help mitigate this. The car is so competent and easy to drive that it's very easy to pile on the miles.
dhanson865
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It's an improvement but I'd still like to see them sold in more states and in much larger numbers.
Unless I'm completely mistaken, a search of the Soul EV website shows 47 Soul EV's for sale in the greater Atlanta area (within 50 miles of zip 30301). All you Georgian's looking to grab that sweet $5,000 state rebate before it disappears who also want to own the highest mileage EV short of a Tesla currently available better scoot over to one of these 7 locations and "get er done"... :wink:
The blood is now in the water, let the feeding frenzy begin.
Anyone out there who happens to grab one, please let us know.
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Wow,
One of the dealers is offering the "same" lease deal that we were teased with out here. $2k down, $279/mo. Whether the dealers will actually follow through on that is another matter entirely. If nothing else, the June sales numbers for the Soul EV should spike nicely with the added sales from Atlanta.
The blood is now in the water, let the feeding frenzy begin.
Anyone out there who happens to grab one, please let us know.
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Wow,
One of the dealers is offering the "same" lease deal that we were teased with out here. $2k down, $279/mo. Whether the dealers will actually follow through on that is another matter entirely. If nothing else, the June sales numbers for the Soul EV should spike nicely with the added sales from Atlanta.
igotzzoom
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If its range were just slightly longer, I might have pulled the trigger on a Soul EV. I actually test drove one, and loved the experience. Very smooth and serene, and ample power, at least seat-of-the-pants, I thought. As far as I know, other than the Model S, it's the longest-range EV currently on the market.
