edit: just realised you might not know, it’s an N line Hyundai Ioniq
It’s designed for a race track, this is why I said
tbh i don’t really know of any real maint for a standard ev outside of tyres
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FatahRuark 12d ago
That sucks. I don’t have much else to add, but I’m impressed you’ve worn out brake pads on a EV so quickly. Hopefully the reason is you’re pushing it hard and having fun! The N looks like a super fun car. I’d love to try one someday.
SoultronicPear OP 12d ago
I’m definitely having fun; the wear is from track weekend visits (where the I5N holds its own amongst everything from muscle cars to Porsches). When the track weekend is over, it magically becomes a practical hatchback.
I can’t even imagine buying a track car that you can’t change brake pads on… I used to do track days with my daily driver back in the day, and would usually swap pads at least twice in a weekend (street to track, and back to street) I could do all 4 wheels in under 30 minutes in the paddock, no big deal.
At some tracks I could kill a set of new street pads in 2 days. So I started switching to track compound pads, which held up to high heat and repeated heavy braking much better - but those were terrible when cold, really had to be warmed up to work properly, so they were to the point of being dangerous to drive on the street.
And that was with a sub-3000 lbs car. The Ioniq 5 N is almost 5000 lbs, it must be absolute murder on pads.
yeah it’s absolutely mental hyundai have done this tbh, I do wonder since there is so little maint to do on EV’s whether it’s an attempt to throw their service centres/dealerships a bone… but damn does it come off as silly
Look at what type of EV it is
edit: just realised you might not know, it’s an N line Hyundai Ioniq
It’s designed for a race track, this is why I said
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FatahRuark 12d ago
SoultronicPear OP 12d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ioniq5N/comments/1ojjp6m/hyundai_declares_war_on_right_to_repair/
I can’t even imagine buying a track car that you can’t change brake pads on… I used to do track days with my daily driver back in the day, and would usually swap pads at least twice in a weekend (street to track, and back to street) I could do all 4 wheels in under 30 minutes in the paddock, no big deal.
At some tracks I could kill a set of new street pads in 2 days. So I started switching to track compound pads, which held up to high heat and repeated heavy braking much better - but those were terrible when cold, really had to be warmed up to work properly, so they were to the point of being dangerous to drive on the street.
And that was with a sub-3000 lbs car. The Ioniq 5 N is almost 5000 lbs, it must be absolute murder on pads.
yeah it’s absolutely mental hyundai have done this tbh, I do wonder since there is so little maint to do on EV’s whether it’s an attempt to throw their service centres/dealerships a bone… but damn does it come off as silly