Good evening kezo, hybrid+ trophy in black, seems nice tbh, responsive enough, just need to get used to the regen brake get up. I did mention how abrupt it seemed, but some how no probs for my Wife… The sales man did say there other settings to ease the braking system, just wondering how it would pan out in snow, ice, very hard rain..
Regen only kicks in abruptly if you let off the accelerator abruptly. Treat your accelerator like what it is: a gradual input. Ease off the pedal, and you feel the regen kick in slowly.
Quite obviously it’s not an issue in rain, snow or ice – regen braking wasn’t invented yesterday, cars have had regenerative braking for decades.
Your wife doesn’t have an issue because she modulates the throttle. Don’t know how nice your salesman is, ask for another test drive and try easing off the throttle, you’ll notice that all of a sudden you actually rarely use your normal brakes. You just ease off and slow down that way. It takes maybe 50 miles to get used to, it’s intuitive.
I took this to the extreme and ruined the rear brake discs on the GTE within 1.5 years (because i never used them, so they rusted/pitted and we got an advisory for it).
edit: and it doesn’t seem to be a rare problem either, considering that our current car now has bloody brake disc cleaning lol.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.