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Hi! Thank you for watching and for commenting. I feel like this new Kona definitely can, however the old model Kona definitely could not!

@@roadtrip_reviews Thank you!

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Thanks for your comment and for watching. Although SE/SEL models are not available in Australia and trim levels do vary between the US and Australia even on base models. Back door design will definitely need consideration when reverse parking. Although with some of your other criticisms, it sounds like you want lots of mid and top spec features to be standard in the base model cars (panoramic roof, electric passenger seat etc) so my question to you, would you be willing to pay more for a base model car if it included these things?

Thanks for your feedback. Will definitely take this feedback onboard 🙂

Definitely. Great car

The corresponding side buttons. Forward arrow for forward. Rearward arrow to reverse. Something I must have missed in this video, I’ll be sure to add it next.

What blows my mind is that the reverse cameras on Toyota models are usually some of the best! Honestly I think get the non-48V system version. The benefits don’t necessarily outweigh grabbing a great deal on the outgoing Rogue.

@@roadtrip_reviews ended up taking a 2024 Ford Ranger Sport V6. Ford was hands down the best in all aspects. Ford and Isuzu make the Toyota feel really out dated :(

@@wooh80 congratulations on your purchase! Ford Ranger is definitely a nice car

The corresponding side buttons. Forward arrow for forward. Rearward arrow to reverse. Something I must have missed in this video, I’ll be sure to add it next.

Fuel consumption while testing was around 10-11L/100km

@@roadtrip_reviewsRight this v6 TT. Consumption not The i4 T. PHEV That had torque 750nm.

@@yusufalqubaisi7481 this is the hybrid. We don’t get the V6TT in Australia unfortunately

@@roadtrip_reviews u mean The one u test it's the same one I mean Hi4-T 2L HPEV ?

Thank you. Stay tuned for the Seal Performance review we are working on 🙂

Yes always a challenge when using 3 rows if you are not going a people mover!

Coming June 7th 🙂

@@roadtrip_reviews Its available in Sydney for a test drive with several dealerships. I loved it.

@@Bobpend3669 oh that’s a shame because it’s such a nice colour

Thank you so much for your kind words and the insights for why you went the Outlander vs the X-Trail. Definitely agree there are some big advantages for going the Outlander, including the warranty. Thanks again for watching and hopefully you like and subscribe too 🙂

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82k for the highest

Santa Fe Hybrid FWD - $55,500 Santa Fe Hybrid AWD - $58,500 Santa Fe Elite Hybrid AWD - $65,000 Santa Fe Calligraphy Hybrid AWD - seven-seat $75,000 Santa Fe Calligraphy Hybrid AWD - six-seat $75,500 Prices are plus on road charges that vary per state.

Hi Peter Thanks for the comment and for watching. Our website will be launching soon, we just had a slight hiccup and delay so my apologies for this. What information or questions would you like help with in the meantime

@@roadtrip_reviews Hi :). It related to the transcripts time stamps 3:34 to 3:42 relating to charge costs, where you charged and extra details :). I about to embark on the journey from Canberra to Melbourne :) .Much appreciated Peter (Oolong NSW)

Oh, easy. So my best advice is to work out whether you want to save time and pay 15 cents to 30 cents more per kW (roughly) by using either 350kW/250kW/150kW rated chargers. These will charge the fastest, usually are newer (so less likely to be offline) and depending on your car, can top you up to 80% within 15-20 mins. Chargefox and Evie Networks both use these. Ampol's Ampcharge chargers are also another choice for me, although a little slower at 75kW (and for the same price as the faster ones), I find they are very reliable and usually deliver close to max speed when charging even when other cars are there. I would avoid BP Pulse charging network unless desperate as the charge huge money, but deliver terrible speeds when another car plugs in that has superior charging tech to yours. I recently had them go from 74kW to 23kW because the Polestar 2 that plugged in while topping up could "out charge" mine. So it throws a quick top-up stop from 20-30 mins to 1.5 hours. Unacceptable. Finally, avoid 50kW chargers at all costs unless you are happy increasing your charging times and want to take forever to get to your destination. If you aren't in a rush, these do make for cheap charging and an opportunity to explore country towns though. Oh, and try not to charge more than 70-80% of your battery to speed up your charging times, if you have a bigger battery (70kWh+) you can even drop that to 50-60% if you want to take a rest break every 2-3 hours.

Sydney to Brisbane cost $112 in charging. My typical charging stop was $25-35 for a 34kWh top-up

@@roadtrip_reviews Awesome! Thanks Appreciated :)

No worries at all and thanks for your comment and for watching. Base model has cloth seating and misses out on the heated/ventilated functionality

Thanks for watching and for your feedback. Let me respond to a few points below. I personally didn’t feel any vibration on this car and was something I was looking for as I’ve seen others say something similar, however, I spent 2,000km with this car mostly at highway speeds and didn’t notice it once. I drove this car in solid rain on the drive between Sydney and Brisbane and then on the drive back from Brisbane to Sydney it rained half the trip, again, zero issues with stability or feeling safe in the wet. Lane keep assist is no different to any other car (if anything it doesn’t push you back into the lane enough) so I’m unsure if the software has been updated in this car. Having previously driven a BYD Seal prior to their software update, I definitely would have noticed aggressive lane keeping as I HATED it in that car as you’ll see me mention it in my review (including in my long term review) I’ve done over 250,000km in EVs now so sometimes I wonder if my efficiency is influenced by long term exposure to understanding how to drive an EV differently to someone who comes from a traditional petrol/diesel vehicle.

Btw, what colour did you choose? I love the green and orange!

@@roadtrip_reviews ive lost the car a few times ( with all the aids on ) in the wet front end sliding in a roundabout ( id like to say pushing it but NO ) it constantly loses traction under heavy acceleration in a straight line .. ive even lost the rear to a degree with slightly aggressive power into a bend .. The stock tyres are not good !! lane keep issue stems from it jerking the wheel randomly into the lane your already in between which it does constantly.. as for the vibration its there i can assure you it just varies from car to car .. ive noticed mine is worse than when i test drove it .. ( easily mistaken for road surface from time to time ) my car has just done over 8000 kms Colour mine is a EX demo so the camden grey was the colour i got .. did the black badge cover on the front badge looks a treat !! Dont get me wrong its a great car and i love it no doubt but it has issues some BAD some no so BAD and some that need to be fixed through software and a recall !!

@@volvot6rdesignawd702 oh nice. The grey would look nice! It’s definitely an interesting one as most EVs will opt for low rolling resistance tyres to improve range vs extra grippy sports car tyres even in performance models. The rain I had both times was pretty intense and I was surprised with how well it went for me. I’m jumping back into another XPower soon but the 64 Essence is coming up soon too so I’ll keep an eye on the vibration to see if those cars have it.

@@roadtrip_reviews the vibration is only in the X power while MG are sitting on there hands quite a bit on the issue ( alot of uk owners are jumping up and down about it) If you put the X power in eco it disconnects the front motor and the vibration goes away which points me to the front motor being the issue .. ( what exactly the issue is not sure ) drive the car to over 130km/h vibration /drone disappears !! doesnt seem like a balance issue otherwise anything out of balance would get worse the faster it goes !! Taking my car to MG tomorrow to get the navigation fixed / software issue .. going to jump up and down a bit about the vibration at 100 plus km/h

Thanks for your comment and feedback! Maybe I need to come and review a base model in the US!

Thanks for your comment and for watching. Find all the colours here - www.hyundai.com/au/en/cars/suvs/santa-fe-hybrid

Thank you for your feedback and comment. Best to check the Hyundai website for current colours across the range 🙂

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Sweet and salty style

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Unreal for sure!

I agree. Could have had tougher side steps to match the car

Haha I see what you did there 😜

Thank you. Base model Review will be live later today

Thanks for watching and the feedback. Let me see if I can make that happen

Oh I didn’t even realise I forgot. I’m 178cm tall 🙂 hope that helps!

I have briefly as a test drive, however Tesla hasn’t responded to my test drive requests for the new Model 3.

@@roadtrip_reviews I've test driven it twice. And what Difference between the older model.

We documented that more on our TikTok channel back then and our first TH-cam which I hadn’t remembered. Let me know if you have any questions. I’m planning to do a comparison of cost in 2020 vs 2024 when we do film it again

Yeah I previously had a Model 3 and can understand where you’re coming from. Although in 95,000km of driving that, I only had 1 puncture during that time so depending where you drive it might not be as big a worry for you.

Spot on observation

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Thanks for watching and commenting! Crazy, such a handy feature here in Australia

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Hey Chris - I should get all my mates to jump on board and write bias reviews for me too 🤣🤣🤣 The people should know, you're mates with the bloke and its soooo obvious...lol What's more, I take note of your comment how the product will "probably minimise" scratching to your own car... WHAT?? . Dude - does anyone want "ANY" probable scratches???? I dare say NOT!!! Does anyone want to take the risk ? And, you should also get your facts right. Making unintelligent assumptions makes everything about this all the more silly 😉😉

Of course!

Thanks for watching and for your feedback. In fairness I used a car that wouldn’t be suited to the magnet application because I was filming a review on the Polestar 2 at the same to save on my costs when reviewing products I don’t get paid to review. I have since filmed a review of Dent Guard on a Jeep Grand Cherokee and on a MG4 XPower, no issues on either car with it holding, and had both parked in high wind car parks at the airport for several days. Having tried this product now on several coloured cars (none of the cars are washed prior) I haven’t had any scratching. If you lived in an area where there is more iron-rich sand, I definitely could see the concern as valid. That being said, I have just looked up your product (no doubt you feel yours is superior and are “review jacking” dent protection reviews to try and get exposure for your product) With it being strapped around the window and door, you also risk scratching the body work (except instead of small 5 cent piece sized magnet spots, you’d potentially scratch the full contact pad area and you’d risk having an adverse impact on the integrity of the door seals that your straps go over after multiple uses, it also seems quite a process to use the product. If you feel these observations are incorrect, I’m happy for you to send us a test unit to review (happy to send it back to you once finished at my cost for shipping) and I can share my review and insights on my channels. Just a warning, the review would be filmed with whatever car I am reviewing that week. Thanks again for sharing your insights and watching.

​@@roadtrip_reviews G'day mate.. If it's okay - let us reply to each part of your response, so that we can follow the flow of each other's feedback. At the same time, I appreciate you taking the time to comment. You say that you used a car that wouldn't be suited to the vehicle you were testing. My response to that would be; Why and how does a customer know that their car would or would not be suited to the product when they buy it? If your Polestar wasn't suited then does that mean the product would exclude any or all Polestar type vehicles? Which means, the product has its limitations with the type/ style of vehicle in a sense. That to me, is probably not a great start to be honest for the product. So, in other words, the product is limited to what cars would suit - correct? Addressing the scratching part - Are you suggesting that, if you were to apply this product on a dirty car almost on the daily (seeing that you would use it at work let's say where you park in an active location which requires you to apply the device daily) - are you suggesting the product would not eventually invoke significant hairline scratches to your car? Cause I can bet you a million bucks it would. So, let's do this! On those same (coloured) cars that you tested; I'd like for you to place the product on there on the daily. I'd like for you to take images of the before and after and let's see how you go. I'm pretty confident that if I used that on my own car, and as sensitive the paintwork is, I'm almost certain it would scratch my car, as the material is too firm to accommodate dust on a car without scratching, given it's a "hard-attached" to a vehicle. As you may or may not know, there are quite a few companies that do sell "magnet-based" product and all of them have a disclaimer that vehicles need to be clean before applying the product. Let's address your comment about "review jacking". We are all for free enterprise and the way we see it, the more competition the better, as it helps everyone maximising the exposure of the product/ concept, thus increasing the market proposition for all to enjoy. We have been in a competitive landscape forever - it's a fact of business, right? So, no issues there. We deem only relevant to offer a consumer both real facts and options for their own consideration. We are not in the business of fabricating lies to the common Australian customer like "some" have been doing. Some people, (they'll shall not speak thier name) had announced publicly to the world that they have invented the first in the world this product/ concept, where in fact it was derived from America - did you know that? This is not their invention, and we have material from their product of its historical location from a company in the US. Additionally, did you know they are the "best seller" (as per their website) in the country after just being in the market for 2 months? - all I can say is WOW - these people are amazing hahahaha.. (sorry, had to throw that in) I just wanted to share the integrity of the fabrication of truth that comes out of this company and what's more, their marketing team have been busted trolling our socials to capture ideas and have mimicked our marketing and almost our entire business model onto their own, so, yeah, that's how that's goes. In terms of your comment relating to our product and your commentary, I'm glad you pointed those areas out for us. Here's my response. Have you seen/ watched our videos? We have been testing our product for over 5 years and we can promise you, our product does not scratch the car with the straps the way they are. I personally own a very expensive car and I can assure you; it has been used for the purpose of our testing and it does not scratch the cars at all, even with ongoing use. What's more, it takes seconds to install comparison. Plus, our videos are not edited, meaning, when we demonstrate the banging of a car door onto our product, you can actually see how hard and massive the hits are, to the point where you can see the frame of the car-door shuddering, it's that hard, yet, there are no dents - nothing. Sir, with regards to your product review invitation, we fear there may be some bias. In another time and place, we would jump to the invitation, though we are more inclined to pass for the time being. We apologise for waffling on, as you can tell, we are also equally passionate about what we believe in 😊😊🙏🏼🙏🏼

@@NoDingCarDoorProtector I made it clear in the video that the product would in fact require the suction cup version for shaped cars like the Polestar 2 and that the team at Dent Guard could advise. I don’t know the Dent Guard people from a bar of soap (couldn’t even tell you who owns them), we simply reviewed the product that was sent to us, so not sure why you feel there’s a bias from our offer to review your product and are scared to have us review your product if your product is as fantastic as you claim. Yes, anything being applied to paintwork over time if there’s small amounts of dust or debris would in fact cause scratching, but would protect from dings. Wish you the best with your business

@@NoDingCarDoorProtector also I chose to still post this video because it shows the product and still demonstrates what is it capable of helping with, but at the same time pointed out that it wouldn’t be suitable for all cars. Can’t be more transparent than that. Other reviewers would have chosen only to show it on cars that it is compatible with.

@@roadtrip_reviews All good. We appreciate your opinion and your views. Cheers 😊

100%. I think a lot of journos forget not everyone is upgrading into a new car from supercars, and that maybe, just maybe they want a comfy car with great room and easy to use features! Thanks for watching and for the feedback, it’s definitely appreciated!