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- Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:16 am
- Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
- Topic: Hybrid and PHEV upgrade for 2019
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12341
Re: Hybrid and PHEV upgrade for 2019
LED HEADLIGHTS OPTIONAL!! :o AT LAST. Why not E Niro?? https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/kia/niro/106141/kia-niro-hybrid-and-plug-in-hybrid-facelifted-for-2019?_mout=1&utm_campaign=autoexpress_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter Having read all the comments about the cr@p head...
- Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:56 pm
- Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
- Topic: whats the best mpg achieved over 100 mile plus drive
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13901
Re: whats the best mpg achieved over 100 mile plus drive
Best I have achieved on a long run (not quite 100+ miles, about 90-odd I think) was 74.3 but that was in winter and driving frugally - long stretches of 50mph average speed cameras on the M6. This evening I got back to Birmingham airport, drove through country lanes and about 8 miles of dual carriag...
- Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:54 pm
- Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
- Topic: Driving tips to charge battery better.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 25671
Re: Driving tips to charge battery better.
The car will manage battery state of charge to within a fairly narrow band as this is the best way to preserve battery life. Assuming the lithium polymer batteries behave in a similar way to lithium ion, a specialist engineering colleague of mine who works on grid scale battery projects told me that...
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:52 pm
- Forum: Faults & Technical Kia Niro
- Topic: Michelin Cross Climate - fuel economy impact?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 53236
Re: Michelin Cross Climate - fuel economy impact?
That sounds like an eminently pragmatic approach as far as I am concerned. For what it’s worth, I think I have only ever experienced oversteer once in a front wheel drive car - in wet conditions when I was a younger and more foolish chap, deliberately going quick around a roundabout in the wet to te...
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:23 am
- Forum: Faults & Technical Kia Niro
- Topic: Michelin Cross Climate - fuel economy impact?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 53236
Re: Michelin Cross Climate - fuel economy impact?
I understand that reputable fitters will always recommend putting new tyres on the rear. Any idea why this is - other than to reduce the risk of the rear tyres on a FWD car that only does average mileage dying of age rather than tread wear? Instinctively my gut says that the front tyres do the stee...
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:16 am
- Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
- Topic: Minor downsides of the Niro's specification
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8947
Re: Minor downsides of the Niro's specification
I thought the tailgate was plastic?
Anyway, you’re a braver person than me letting a 17 year old learner into the driving seat of a car as valuable as a Niro!
Anyway, you’re a braver person than me letting a 17 year old learner into the driving seat of a car as valuable as a Niro!
- Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:35 am
- Forum: Faults & Technical Kia Niro
- Topic: Michelin Cross Climate - fuel economy impact?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 53236
Re: Michelin Cross Climate - fuel economy impact?
Anyway, I am now up to 29k miles and still on the original set of front tyres - although they really are getting to Lex Autolease’s 3mm level! Anyone else out there made it to 30k miles or beyond on the original tyres?!
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 8:19 pm
- Forum: Main Kia Niro chat
- Topic: Niro vs Toyota C-HR
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6877
Niro vs Toyota C-HR
I was over in Germany last week and was given a Toyota C-HR as a hire car, thus allowing some interesting comparisons with the Niro. It’s difficult to do a comparison on price / value for money, since I don’t know what spec the Toyota was in comparison to my Niro 2. Overall, I was impressed with the...
- Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:57 pm
- Forum: Faults & Technical Kia Niro
- Topic: Bulb upgrade
- Replies: 28
- Views: 50126
Re: Bulb upgrade
Agree the factory lights look terrible against the DRLs - such a contrast in light colour. Feels like the look of the front of the car is marred by the lack of a tiny bit of extra effort to fit crisp white LED headlights as factory standard. Also agree that relative to my previous car, the headlight...
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:58 am
- Forum: Faults & Technical Kia Niro
- Topic: TPMS issues in cold weather
- Replies: 6
- Views: 29004
Re: TPMS issues in cold weather
I think that would be it (I.e. the pressures were a bit low, owing to low temperature). I filled all the tyres to 36psi on Saturday and the warnings went off. What I still find odd is that a warning shows on screen for one tyre and not another with exactly the same pressure in it (according to the o...