Following on from my previous summaries of the experience of driving my new Seltos for the first couple of weeks, I thought I would add a few things I've experienced in the fourth week. As a reminder my car is :- Kia Seltos PE GT-Line AWD 2023, 1.6 l turbo, 8 speed automatic, Neptune Blue.
First off, economy. Another week with similar driving trends using the Eco mode and refueling with ULP91. A trip to the Gold Coast from the Sunshine Coast and then back again. Also including a trip up into the Sunshine Coast Hinterland and some short around town driving. All up about 540 Km with about 100 Km range left according to the computer. After refueling the calculated economy was 7.1 l/100 Km and better than 7.7 l/100 Km last week. I am unsure why it was 0.6 l/100 km better this week as I don't think I did anything different.
Wireless CarPlay Adapter - Not long after I purchased the car I decided that the lack of wireless CarPlay needed to be remedied. I noticed a roughly half price deal with free shipping for a CarLinkit CPC200-2AIR 5.0 Wireless Android Auto Apple Carplay Kit from an online store and and ordered it for around $70, down from $140 or so. (https://www.lightinthebox.com/en/p/carlinkit-5-0-carplay-android-auto-wireless-adapter-portable-dongle-for-oem-car-radio-with-wired-carplay-android-auto-2023-newest-cpc200-2air_p9543179.html?prm=1.5.1.1) Reviews I had seen on CarLinKit gear suggested it was an ok brand. It arrived through the week so I installed it, very easy, just a matter of plugging it into the CarPlay USBA port on the Seltos, letting it power up and then connecting to it via Bluetooth from my iPhone 13 Pro. It works just the same as the wired CarPlay connection with the screen responsiveness being about the same. The only minor glitch with it is that the logo on the device is actually a light which indicates the various stages of connection. Unfortunately when the phone is connected this is a fairly bright flashing green light which is quite distracting when driving at night. The simple solution is to leave it face down in the Centre console. When I get into the car it seems to take about 20-25 secs before the phone screen shows up on the car display. But this isn't too much of a problem as it usually takes me that amount time to get the car out of the garage, make sure the garage door is closed, put my seat belt on and generally get ready to drive off. The phone can now sit on the wireless charging pad to keep it charged up while driving. The phone got a little warm during a two hour trip but nothing close to causing it any problems. So all up I'm very happy with it. I'm not sure I would pay the full price for it as there seem to be reasonably rated products on Amazon for roughly $80-$90.
Tyre Pressures - I got out my trusty old tyre pressure gauge that I use when I go beach driving in my 4WD Ute camper and checked the Seltos's tyre pressure after 24 hr of sitting in the garage, so as cold as they were going to get in a SEQ winter. The pressures were all around 31-32 psi, then I checked using the built in TPMS in the car and it showed they were at 32-33 psi, which is close enough for me. The recommended cold pressures are 33 psi for a lightly laden Seltos (according to the tyre placard on the drivers door sill). After an hour of highway driving at 100-110 kph the pressure rose to 35-36 psi and stayed there. This seems about right and what I would expect.
Miscellaneous - The Auto Hold handbrake function only works in Drive not reverse. Tried it when reversing out of a slightly steep car park and found it wouldn't engage. I drive quite a bit at night at the moment and have the dash lights as low as I can get them and this seems to work quite nicely, except for the little red and blue coloured arrows that set the temperature for the interior. These are almost invisible at these light levels, now I know where they are I can adjust the temperature without needing to see them.
My Seltos is booked in for its 3000 Km checkup next week and by the time I drop it into the dealer it will have done about 2600 kms. All seems good so far and no issues to report to them. Hopefully all the future services are similarly boring.
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