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I bought it near the end of December 2022 in a rush when my previous car was totaled. I now think that a 7-seater Tesla with full-self driving suits my needs more. This car has only 5 seats and can maintain speed and autosteer to keep in lane when lane markings are good but cannot fully drive itself.
There has been no accidents/dents so far on my Niro. This is even better than new in one aspect: I got Kia to replace my USB port so that now my android auto works flawlessly: no disconnect in 4+ months. When I bought the car, Android auto used to connect 1+ times in every drive: a very frustating distraction. Too many people struggle with frequent android auto disconnects in new cars of almost all Kia models: see here https://www.kiaevforums.com/threads/android-auto-apple-car-play-cutting-out.5053/
The car estimates the EV range as 34 miles, exactly the same as it was when I bought the car: see the dashboard photo. Without AC, I get more than 34 miles. With full AC+fan, I get 30-32 miles. It has a 9 gallon gas tank as well and a great gas mileage mainly because of regenerative braking: I got 50mpg on average so far.
The windows are tinted: that was already one by the dealer BEFORE the purchase. I will provide a charging the OEM (slow) charger that it came with and also a 240V charger that maxes out the charging speed of this car (3.5kw).
VIN will be provided on request to those who are interested
