So I finally had a chance to drive the Cadenza for long trip. To date I really have only driven the car to and from work, which is about 25miles one way. The family loaded up last Saturday night for a drive from Columbus Ohio to North Myrtle Beach, SC. We packed the car full with 5 of us. 4 adults and child in a car seat. The trunk was completely full. We drove over night so everyone would sleep, but in general no one really complained about space, even though the back seat was tight.
So things I loved about the car; Ride was smooth and quite, handling was confident (even in the mountains and turns of the West Virginia Turnpike), amount of crap the trunk will hold! The high beams on this car is pretty sweet also, felt like I was lighting up the highway for miles. Climate control is very good on the car. Engine power was good. Never bogged down on the mountains (except when using cruise explained below).
Things I didn’t like, the cruise control struggled to hold the correct speed? Other notice this? I know we had a good load on the car and going up and down mountains in WV and VA but it just really struggled keep the speed (I ended up taking it off in the mountains) . Also the gas mileage didn’t seem to get where I thought it would. Again might be the weight and hills, but on way there we only got like 25MPG, coming back was better at 28MPG. This might had a lot to do with weight as we flew our two boy’s home (got great price on tickets with (https://www.allegiantair.com/). This not a knock on the car but it does seem to be a bug magnet. When we got to the beach after the night drive my white Cadenza was pretty much black in the front from the bugs.
Minus the cruise and gas, so far this car has been amazing.
So things I loved about the car; Ride was smooth and quite, handling was confident (even in the mountains and turns of the West Virginia Turnpike), amount of crap the trunk will hold! The high beams on this car is pretty sweet also, felt like I was lighting up the highway for miles. Climate control is very good on the car. Engine power was good. Never bogged down on the mountains (except when using cruise explained below).
Things I didn’t like, the cruise control struggled to hold the correct speed? Other notice this? I know we had a good load on the car and going up and down mountains in WV and VA but it just really struggled keep the speed (I ended up taking it off in the mountains) . Also the gas mileage didn’t seem to get where I thought it would. Again might be the weight and hills, but on way there we only got like 25MPG, coming back was better at 28MPG. This might had a lot to do with weight as we flew our two boy’s home (got great price on tickets with (https://www.allegiantair.com/). This not a knock on the car but it does seem to be a bug magnet. When we got to the beach after the night drive my white Cadenza was pretty much black in the front from the bugs.
Minus the cruise and gas, so far this car has been amazing.