Things you love about the G70

[Beefer]

^ Our 2018 Honda Pilot had cap-less. Lots of manufacturers have them.

 

[joegr]

^ Our 2018 Honda Pilot had cap-less. Lots of manufacturers have them.

I'm sure. I wonder if they have their own unique design, or if they are licensing from someone who does? Either way, yes Hyundai could as well, if they wanted to. For me it's not a big deal either way.

 

[tCizzler]

I'll take a physical has cap any day. I've heard a lot of stories about the internal flap going bad. Causing issues with pumping and CEL lights. And then when it's time to replace it, it's ~$700band you gotta drop the tank. The same can happen with a gas cap, but it's $20 and takes 5 seconds.

If they never failed, yeah, capless is more convenient. But if you keep your cars for 150k+ miles. It might not be as nice.

 

[Beefer]

I agree. 30 years of dealing with caps…all good. Don’t be a lazy kunt.

 

[wpscully]

I'm finding that Lane Keeping Assist works very well, even at very low speeds and on side-streets, and such. I had expected LKA to work well only on the highway. And after seeing a few of the Telsa Auto-Pilot videos, I didn't expect LKA to work well... period. But I find that I keep LKA turned on, almost always. During a heavy rain it seemed to be able to see the lane markings, with the auto-wipers running on mist, low, and high-speeds (I let the wipers decide).

Having said that, LKA will "lose focus" periodically and there's no notice that it's done that, other than the icon (steering wheel) on the speedometer cluster going from green to white. I think it would be nice for the steering wheel to "shimmy" to let you know via haptics that LKA is off. Kind of like how Lane Departure Assist shimmies the wheel when you're going over a dotted-line.

TL;DR: I would never rely solely on LKA, or exploit LKA to use my phone while driving. But I use it a lot. 2022 2.0t Prestige

 

[wpscully]

I'm finding that Lane Keeping Assist works very well, even at very low speeds and on side-streets, and such. I had expected LKA to work well only on the highway. And after seeing a few of the Telsa Auto-Pilot videos, I didn't expect LKA to work well... period. But I find that I keep LKA turned on, almost always. During a heavy rain it seemed to be able to see the lane markings, with the auto-wipers running on mist, low, and high-speeds (I let the wipers decide).

Having said that, LKA will "lose focus" periodically and there's no notice that it's done that, other than the icon (steering wheel) on the speedometer cluster going from green to white. I think it would be nice for the steering wheel to "shimmy" to let you know via haptics that LKA is off. Kind of like how Lane Departure Assist shimmies the wheel when you're going over a dotted-line.

TL;DR: I would never rely solely on LKA, or exploit LKA to use my phone while driving. But I use it a lot. 2022 2.0t Prestige

 

[[NOBODY]]

I noticed the forum already has an epic stickied thread full of things we don't like about the G70, so I decided we could use a thread to lavish praise upon the things that we love about the G70.

1. Power- this car is seriously fast straight out of the factory. In sport mode I constantly find myself pleasantly surprised by how hard it pulls once the turbos spool up.

2. Fantastic Looks - this is a great looking car. In my few months of ownership I have received a metric boatload of compliments on how good this car looks. It makes me very proud to own it. From the dark chrome trim, to the fantastic colors (Mallorca Blue in my case), to the factory Brembo brakes, to the sleek lines, this car is a real head turner.

3. Handling - the handling performance of this car is unreal. Earlier today I had it up to 1.0G on the G-force indicator on an off-ramp, and even at this crazy g-force level there was no indication yet that the tires were losing traction. Simply amazing.

4. Mod potential - I am a pretty serious car modding enthusiast. My first car was a 1993 Eagle Talon Tsi AWD. I poured at least $10000 into upgrades in that car. The only thing that prevented that from being higher was the fact it was written off after I crashed into a ditch because of loose gravel on the road near a corner. My next car was a 2003 Nissan Maxima SE, that car had somewhere around $15000 in upgrades. But those two cars modded pale in comparison to this one the way it came from the factory. It's crazy to think that with a piggyback tuner and spark plugs you can easily push up into 400 WHP range. The sky is truly the limit with regards to the potential of this car.

5. Value for your dollar - it's amazing how much you get in comparison to the competition. To get a similarly equipped Mercedes, BMW, Audi etc. you are easily spending 10-15000 more. While there are a few things I would have liked to be able to add on to the G70, it is truly a fantastic value proposition.

When the Kia Stinger was initially announced, I was seriously intrigued. Never had I seen such a tantalizing mix of performance, looks and luxury for such an affordable price. I was almost certain I would be purchasing one. But then something changed, Genesis announced the G70. This car takes things up a notch from the already amazing Stinger, as it's lighter, firmer suspension, more luxurious, more refined, and a more mature look. Genesis totally drilled this out of the park, massive kudos to them. And finally massive kudos to Kia/Hyundai/Genesis for the platform this is built on, it's created by enthusiasts for enthusiasts.

I have a question on the ac vents in the center of the dash. In Georgia it gets hot in the summer and the inside roof of the cars get hot, does the air coming out of your center vents go over head or do they hit you in the face when turned up. I ask this because the gv70 vents look very much like the Cadillac xt4 that we had and those vents hit us in the face and never cooled the inner top of the car and our heads would really get hot. We sold the car after 1 year.
Please email me an honest answer at tritoon230@gmail.com
Thanks, Ken

 

[JCtx]

Does anybody know the difference between, 'lane keeping assist' and 'lane following assist'? The G70 also lists 'highway driving assist', which is basically a more aggressive lane keeping assist (that works great, by the way), so not sure what 'lane following assist' is. Thx. And yes, HDA is as good as my ex-2021 Tesla with full self-driving capability. Crazy.