Thoughts on Kona Ultimate so far. Comfortable and very easy to drive, a good commanding view and I quickly became confident with width and road positioning. Easier than the Prius for me to get in and out – I rest my elbow on the roof and lower myself in as opposed to the Fosbury Flop. My car before the Prius was a Volvo XC60, which I found too high – I struggled to lift my leading leg in. I have paired phone, enabled CarPlay and Bluelink and set up my personal driver profile. The tech can be a little daunting – there are many choices, so a little homework is required – however once you understand the choices and have set them to your requirements – then apart from fine tuning it is pretty much done. I have yet to go on a long road trip where I will exhaust the available miles and hence be in an economy and preserving battery mind set. Example of my set up choices so far in no particular order:- I have left it in comfort mode with the air conditioning on, but the fan set low – also the cool seats on. – getting 4.4 to 4.6 – the cool seats really work well! I haven’t experimented with the recuperation paddles yet – but I have selected smart recuperation, which seems to work well, but I need to have more miles on the clock before coming to a conclusion – my wife would not use the paddles – but would be happy with the car doing it for her. I have the lights on auto plus automatic dipping – wipers on auto too – including back wiper working when front wipers are in use and car is put in reverse. You have the ability to adjust the volume of bongs and alarms – music and sat nav instructions independently. The audio is good and works for me – I listen to a lot of music from rock jazz and classical. I have still to conclude on parking reversing etc. These are my initial thoughts and observation – things like economy mode – back seat comfort for passengers when my seat is far back and boot capacity yet to come – charging and blue link will also be assessed. I hope this is helpful to some of you – enjoy your cars
Very useful stuff. I think I´m sorted for tomorrow, both sets of keys, car empty of personal belongings, about a gallon of fuel, sufficient for the 18 mile trip to dealer, credit card for the balance. I listen to a range of music, but mainly Spanish or Latin American, but not the traditional stuff, more electronic rock, chill, that type of stuff. The speaker system in the Kona is the same make as the Tucson which I have found to be good quality. Pleased your car is all you hoped.