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so i was away a few days and had a rav4 rental. i got back today to drive my ioniq 5 back from the airport to home. aaaahhhhhhhh... the rav 4 not only hard archaic and horrible controls, but under any load the noise from the engine was just bad. cruising at highway speeds it was pretty quiet but i could still hear a quiet engine drone. when i got back to my ioniq, the silence was wonderful. 
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so i was away a few days and had a rav4 rental. i got back today to drive my ioniq 5 back from the airport to home. aaaahhhhhhhh... the rav 4 not only hard archaic and horrible controls, but under any load the noise from the engine was just bad. cruising at highway speeds it was pretty quiet but i could still hear a quiet engine drone. when i got back to my ioniq, the silence was wonderful.
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Hybrid is no better in fact I would argue it is worse, somehow Toyota screwed up the electric/ICE engine transition at least that was the case in the 2018 Camry I drove. My 2006 Highlander hybrid is better in this respect even after 260,000 miles. And way faster.
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I see all those poor people driving their RAV4'S to work in the morning, and I just feel so badly for them 😭
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At least the PHEV has the full EV mode.
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so i was away a few days and had a rav4 rental. i got back today to drive my ioniq 5 back from the airport to home. aaaahhhhhhhh... the rav 4 not only hard archaic and horrible controls, but under any load the noise from the engine was just bad. cruising at highway speeds it was pretty quiet but i could still hear a quiet engine drone. when i got back to my ioniq, the silence was wonderful.
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so i was away a few days and had a rav4 rental. i got back today to drive my ioniq 5 back from the airport to home. aaaahhhhhhhh... the rav 4 not only hard archaic and horrible controls, but under any load the noise from the engine was just bad. cruising at highway speeds it was pretty quiet but i could still hear a quiet engine drone. when i got back to my ioniq, the silence was wonderful.
You like quiet but come here?
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ha, well only my typing is noisy.
sounds like bay's wife has already decided.