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The new Kona Bev is on our shortlist, so looking at availability!
We’ve now got the green light from MB to place a new order & take delivery asap if anyone knows of any dealer stock Kona’s in the West Mids area.
But has anyone recently placed an order & can offer a realistic delivery timeframe on a factory order?
Tom…
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Tom, give your local Hyundai dealer a call and ask them if there are any stock cars available. Thats what I did and picked up an Ioniq 5 a couple of weeks later.
@Ioniq Already phoned a few local ish dealers, nothing in stock & new orders range from 9mth / 4mth / 3mth or a possible 6 weeks.
By all accounts I missed out on stock option last week, but only had the green light from MB on Tuesday ?
Tom…
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Tom, give it a couple of weeks and ask again.</p>
There are a couple of ships due in from Korea, and possibly cancellations.Also, its near the end of the month, and the salespersons have targets. They tend to be more accomodating at this time.
Not west mids but close, just completed the paperwork for an in stock Kona Electric Ultimate Meta Blue pearl with black leather today at Marshall Hyundai Hereford, they also had a Kona Ecotronic Grey Pearl Ultimate with light grey leather available from stock and service was excellent
Also Berkleley Vale Hyundai, Thornbury North Bristol have a white Kona Ultimate with lux pack available from stock as of today
Hope this helps, factory order would have been July earliest
Cheers for the heads up @Genesos, I’ll certainly give them both a shout in the morning?
Marshals had been one of the local dealers I spoke to, nothing on there forecourt this end, but I’m sure they were one of my calls that were going to get back to me on the status of group stock availability.
Tom…
The new Kona Bev is on our shortlist, so looking at availability! We’ve now got the green light from MB to place a new order & take delivery asap if anyone knows of any dealer stock Kona’s in the West Mids area. But has anyone recently placed an order & can offer a realistic delivery timeframe on a factory order? Tom…
Just change your postcode to suit your location better.
I’ve only gone & done it!
Had a test drive today & we’ve pulled the trigger on a Kona Bev, 4-6 weeks delivery so possibly on a ship heading over already.
As it’s the weekend, the dealer will need to contact there adaptions specialist on Monday, just to confirm that the required adaptions are available, but hopefully the new Kona’s been out just long enough for the kit to be available.
Had a few hybrid vehicles on loan, but this will be our first Bev. I’m not expecting the Ohme charger install to be straight forward, (consumer unit not close to the garage) but we’ll cross that bridge as & when.
Tom.
Nice one Tom. One step at a time. You should get an email from Ohme starting the installation process Mon or Tues. If you can do the survey, fine. If you have any doubts, insist on them sending an engineer out to do the survey.
Tom, give it a couple of weeks and ask again.There are a couple of ships due in from Korea, and possibly cancellations. Also, it’s near the end of the month, and the salespersons have targets. They tend to be more accomodating at this time.
why would a ship from Korea be of any note here? We do live in the UK.
Probably because that’s how they get here?
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Well you learn something new every day 🙂
Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!
Well you learn something new every day ?
Just out of curiosity how do you know there where a few boats coming from Korea as I would like to learn something new today 🙂
@Ioniq will do.?
Our daughter is unstable on her feet when she’s having a good day, so with our consumer unit (internal) one side of the front door, cars parked the other,
throw in a trip hazard like a cable & I can picture the scene now ?Tom…
Well you learn something new every day
Just out of curiosity how do you know there where a few boats coming from Korea as I would like to learn something new today
Hyundai has its own seaport at Ulsan Korea, the ships arrive into Tilbury docks, which are operated by the Port of London Authority, however the ships often dock in the EU
Hyundai use Eukor and Glovis.
9 April 7am Morning Calm (Hyundai) Eukor
10th April 10am Glovis Symphony (Hyundai)
It also tells you where there coming from.
https://pla.co.uk/ship-movements
However Hyundai now lets you track via an app if you have order number,
@Ioniq will do.
Our daughter is unstable on her feet when she’s having a good day, so with our consumer unit (internal) one side of the front door, cars parked the other, throw in a trip hazard like a cable & I can picture the scene now Tom…Where is your electric meter?
@Kezo Meter & consumer unit are next to each other, internal & next to the front door.
The layout of the property suggests the ideal spot for fitting the charger would be on the outside wall roughly behind the electrical supply units. But makes for a trip hazard.
Placing the charger the other side of the door would mean it being situated lower down under a window, with no exposed wall around the door for a cable run, due to it being a bungalow.
Hopefully the logistics of installing a charger without the cable being a trip hazard will be more straightforward than I Imagine it to be.
Tom…
@Kezo Meter & consumer unit are next to each other, internal & next to the front door. The layout of the property suggests the ideal spot for fitting the charger would be on the outside wall roughly behind the electrical supply units. But makes for a trip hazard. Placing the charger the other side of the door would mean it being situated lower down under a window, with no exposed wall around the door for a cable run, due to it being a bungalow. Hopefully the logistics of installing a charger without the cable being a trip hazard will be more straightforward than I Imagine it to be. Tom…
Drill out, cable run tightly under front door cill using 18th edition fire rated ultra clips (Not as Ohme contractors use these lol)
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From the meter, up into the loft area and down to the charger on the other side of the wall or where ever is best.
@kezo Been catching up & doing some reading on other threads, plenty of useful info from you re: chargers & installation, much appreciated.
I’m sure installers have faced much greater issues than that of mine.
Tho pointing out that planing & building a fitted kitchen on & around our incoming gas & electric supply wouldn’t be her best idea, is never going to be a smooth ride however the Bev charger install goes?
Tom…
As expected I’ve just had the ohme email confirming the request for the home charger install & the link to stat the survey.
I’ve asked for an onsite survey, just for peace of mind.
Tom…
Cheers kezo & will do.
TBH after the useful advice gained from yourself & the forum that I am able to request an onsite survey definitely makes for a smother process on my part.
With the possibility that the car could be ready to collect in as little as 3 weeks time, it’s definitely going to be a close call if we can get a charger installed before then,
so might need a few pointers if our caravan’s commando socket would be a suitable stopgap, but for now, we’re crossing our fingers on the ohme.
Tom…
If you are in the west Mids you may well get Charge Dev to do your install. They were excellent when they did ours a couple of months ago. The only thing I could fault and this was OHME rather than charge Dev, was being in a hurry to do the job. Having ordered in late Nov but not expecting the car until May I tried to put them off but was bombarded with emails and phone calls. I gave up and did the survey over Christmas, got call from Charge dev a couple of days later to arrange a date. I chose the furthest out date they were prepared to offer me and had the install in early Feb, so, 6 weeks with me deliberately dragging my feet.
Cheers for that @Adrian_H. I’m in the DY6 area so hopefully I can get a quick turnaround.
Ohme did say I should hear back from the nominated installers within 5 days, so I’m ever hopeful of a fairly quick charger install & a smooth transition into our first EV.
But with my luck of late, I’m not holding much hope ?
Tom…
Our daughter is unstable on her feet when she’s having a good day, so with our consumer unit (internal) one side of the front door, cars parked the other, throw in a trip hazard like a cable & I can picture the scene now 
Tom…
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