Musings on owning a 2019my car with lots of safety tech...

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
12/16/2018 at 22:06 • Filed to: hyundai kona

The automatic headlight dimming is a neat trick. And reliable so far! It uses the forward facing camera rather than just a light sensor, so it knows if lights are in the lane ahead of, or adjacent to you and not only doesn’t blind oncoming traffic, but also avoids high-beaming the mirrors of the guy in front of you while sucessfully ignoring signage and building lighting. Nice. Easily defeated, as its just a fourth position on the light switch.

The blind-spot monitor and rear-cross traffic warning are usefull and seem well tuned, but I can’t help thinking they wouldnt be as essential if the rear visibility were better. :p defeatable with a single button-press, but like the hill hold in the FieSTa, I don’t really know why youd ever turn it off.

The lane keep assist is annoying as hell, unless you set it to “active” mode. On your average interstate highway active mode is nearly as capable as Tesla’s autopilot. There’s no radar cruise control, only front collision emergency braking, but you can fairly practically just rest your hand on the wheel (it knows if you take your hands off the wheel) , set the cruise and not pay attention. I’m not saying thats what you should do by any means, but you could. The system seems quite robust. But dont try to use it on winding secondary roads, the beeping will drive you mad. Thankfully it only takes one button press to disable.

Also, in a neat trick, since the Kona has LED lighting, some of the reverse lights are Infrared LEDs, and the reverse camera has fricken’ night vision. It’s actually pretty badass, the amount you can see with it vs the visible reverse lamps is quite startling.

DISCUSSION (9)

Maxima Speed > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
12/16/2018 at 22:43

I didn’t realize you bought one. Pics?

bob and john > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
12/16/2018 at 22:44

I actually just switched out the standrd Halogen bulbs in the reverse lights in my lexus for LEDs.

my GOD what a difference. I actually feel bad backing up to the house now because they have NO cut off or pattern, so i actually will wake up the cat if she is snoozing on the windw ledge

MUSASHI66 > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
12/16/2018 at 23:13

Hill hold is poison. If you can’t drive a manual without hill hold, buy an automatic. My WRX came with it enabled, and the procedure to disable is is unnecessarily complicated. And I get a fucking warning light on the dash.

My wife left hers on and and I hate driving her car because of it.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
12/16/2018 at 23:25

Ha, your car has driver assistance equipment? Pfft, I bet it has ABS and traction control too.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > MUSASHI66
12/16/2018 at 23:37

I didn’t realize the FieSTa had it for the longest time, until I tried to roll back on a hill on purpose and discovered I couldn’t... I just left it on because It was kinda nice to be lazy on hill starts and not have to juggle in uphill stop-and-go. Now I live wheres there no traffic and need a tall AWD thing, and Mrs BoostAddict doesn’t like to drive stick, so I have a DCT instead... With a two-second hill hold, but it will roll back if you don’t give it gas soon after letting of the brake.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
12/16/2018 at 23:40

And stability control, and airbags!

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Maxima Speed
12/16/2018 at 23:42

I actually haven't taken any yet, since it still has the dealer plates on (see the story about buying it) and I won't really feel like its mine until my plates go on it.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
12/16/2018 at 23:48

Alright future boy.

*torque steers into a ditch*

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
12/17/2018 at 00:01

Gave your other Kona posts a read- I'm glad you like it! Full review coming soon? The apparent hoonability is refreshing.