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The wife complaining montage was what real life is all about lol

9 EV videos in a row will help cover the loss from selling

The speedometer in the highway said “80”. Electrics guzzle the battery at 80. Just the reality of it

I routinely plug in every day and keep the car charged to 80% - more than enough for me. Weather does have a tremendous effect on the mileage.

Craig: "I'm driving at normal speed" Cruising at 80 MPH 😂

I remember why I haven’t watched this channel in years…..

Your wife was annoyed because it's extremely easy to charge the car overnight, in the winter especially. You can disable the lane assist, it's the button on the left stock (hold it down to turn off, tap to turn it off in cruise only).. Your Audi EVSE is set to 50% power lol. You are suppose to get 9kw, all you had to do was push the button on your Audi EVSE to get full power. - With all this said, the car is a compromise for performance.. It feels AMAZING and drives extremely well.

Two of your stories should have started "I was and idiot and didnt plug the car in before I went to sleep"

The problem is that people aren't familiar to how you use an EV. You don't just fill it up whenever you get low on fuel. You fill it up every night while you sleep. Dealers should definitely make it abundantly clear when they deliver the car that thw range in winter will be much lower.

I drove a lexus hybrid hatchback while Fam was traveling in CA and it was awesome. Charges while wheels are moving/braking. Went like 700 miles traveling all over in a week and filled up one time for about $85

Another problem is a person who needs a charge, but can't since another person blocks it for a full day!

Craig, your rant regarding your electric car absolutely convinces me that I NEVER would want to own one!

No hate, but the wife looks not happy no matter what. I'm sorry, he does everything for the family, and it seems like it's not enough. Great guy, great content!

the cold weather kills the range. if in cold weather you need full charge

Love that your going to have 7 videos about the Audi to pay for the $40knloss lol

The reason for most people thinking electric cars suck is because they have heard great things about a Tesla, but don't want a Tesla. So they look to other brands that say they have the same specs, but they just don't. You want great charging experience? Buy a Tesla. You want great range? Buy a Tesla. You want great reliability? Buy a Tesla. You want a great UI? Buy a Tesla. You want great autopilot? Buy a Tesla. You want something other than Tesla? Do what you did and find it was not a Tesla and you have many regrets. I personally bought a 2017 Ford Focus Electric, but took onto account that is was strictly a commuter in a temperate climate. At 6 years old, I have always had 120-140 miles range and have never seen or gotten less than 100 miles range. My car is exactly what I expected and needed. I never planned on or did road trips, and it was under $20k brand new out the door after incentives. It's not that EV's have flopped, but the non Tesla EV's that are poorly engineered. I kind of think this is on purpose to try and get governments to end mandates. If an EV does work for you, don't get one and then complain. And don't try and think others are as good or better than a Tesla, they are not. My Ford was exactly what I needed and wanted and was far less costly than a Tesla. Almost every problem you are having would not occur with a Tesla.

The look on your wife’s face is priceless. You liked the car and thought the foibles were something to work through. She did not like the car and wonders why you aren’t in the 3-row SUV. My wife would be the same way and would probably refuse to drive the e-tron outside of a 5 mile radius of home.

In the time it takes me to walk into the gas station, use the bathroom, buy a lottery ticket and see if I’m gonna buy a piece of pizza, my ICE vehicle has magically regained 400 miles of range with 1000 pounds of cargo at 80 mph. Did I mention that it does this whether it’s 100° out or -30°?

I liked the honest telling of what it is like to own an EV. As you mentioned, and I would not own an EV, I would consider owning a hybrid vehicle in the future. Your candid video just shows me more issues owning an EV. And determination that I will not have an EV any time in the near future. Thank you so much. I know you had to shoot and edit a lot of video over time to compile this and I for one appreciate it!

It's the heater. There's no "free" heat like you get in an internal combustion engine, so you're constantly running a heat pump, which is basically an air conditioner.

Yup you hit it on the nose between the range anxiety and depreciation I’ll pass

Johan Andreas Furebotten says... I had a very early Taycan, MY20 4S. It was a lovely car to drive but after 1,5yrs and 52000km I had a battery health check performed by my dealer and was shocked it came out at 93% SOH. Loosing 7% of my “fuel tank” over 18 months and just over 50000km of driving, albeit circa 70% on fast chargers during my long ass commute during the pandemic was something I never thought would happen. Especially as Porsche said they had us covered with a large buffer both at top and the bottom of the battery and not to worry about charging whatever or using the car as we wanted, on track or not. So I did. Home charged it over night to 100% regularly and went deep into single digits SOC when commuting and fast (50kW mostly, because our charging infrastructure sucked at the time) charged to +90% SOC before departing as it kept ~45kW of charge up to 91-92-93% SOC before tapering off. And even went out 7-8-9 days of track driving with the local Porsche Club. I really thought Porsche had us covered and we could use the car without hesitations in that regard. Turned out we couldn’t… But the worst happened 4-5 months after the battery health check. 1/1-22 on our way home from Christmas holiday we had a motor malfunction and the Taycan bricking right in the middle of the road atop a mountain during a blizzard at night. While driving along at pace enjoying the drive, suddenly without warning the throttle pedal stopped working and every conceivable warning light came on and we rolled to a halt right in the middle of the road with no possible place to get off the road. Ran out with the warning triangle 2-300m up behind the curve we just passed when it happened and rang Porsche assistance, who surely dispatched a flat bed for us but then proceeded to make my life miserable by only focusing on what we didn’t have the right to claim. So after a couple of near crashes of car almost hitting us we got the flat bed with a rental picking the car up (1400km from home) and we could drive to the nearest airport, spend the night at a hotel, have a meal and fly home the next day and a taxi home from our airport. All of which we had to pay for ourselves (within the warranty period of the Taycan), except the rescue of the Taycan. Of course Porsche had to back track and refund us everything after some phone calls to people higher up in the system, but still not a premium experience dealing with Porsche Assistance🤬🤬🤬 2 months later the car was returned from my dealer with a new rear motor as the original one had short circuited. 2 months after getting the Taycan back I swapped the darn thing for a 2018 Cayenne without an extension cord and have lived happily ever after. Good luck deciding on which premium EV to bring misery to your life🫣

So we have an electric BMW 13S. Range is about 170 miles but here's where I think a lot of people get it wrong. If you are a one car family and you only use it for relatively local work then an electric car cannot be beat. Take it further afield and the trouble starts. For these longer journeys we use the ICE car but compared to the BMW everything ICE seems old tech. We only ever charge at home, plus with Solar installed on the house we almost run it for free. In the last 6 months my wife has not visited a garage for fuel, something I think most women despise. For us it's a win-win....

We have a Chevy volt .the best e.v. built..60 mile range for around town daily and 350 miles on gas for road trips..

I like how you said in the beginning, NOT a TESLA, like Tesla is different than any other EV company, which they are of course....Supercharging, OTA updates, great community, guess the answer really is...just buy a Tesla !!!!

an electric car uses more energy in the cold weather so thinking half when calculating the range of the car.

4:52 - GOM range isn't based on highway consumption. Same applies for ICE cars. 5:15 - No you don't have to charge for 30min. You charge for what you need. 24:22 - Not the issue of the car. You charge at about 4kW per hour. Get a decent charger at home( if grid connection allows it), so you can charge at 9-11kW. 25:34 - Why you charge with 70% ? no wonder the charging speed was so low. 30:10 - That's not a cup. That's an oil tanker.

I find it pretty funny that you are still in love with a car that your wife hates. Sitting in the seat next to you you can almost see her steaming with resentment that she hast to sit in this POS waiting for it to charge. As you said, these are definitely short trip toys.

You killed a frog trying to be green . What a paradox

@FlyingWheels Regarding bottles -> stick it into doors, get rid of that long sucking thingie and close it with a lid. That's how we do it in Europe. We put there 1l bottle without problems. Audi A5 (2018 model). I think it would work anyway. Those smaller places are more like for coffee cups, not big bottles. ;)

You need to pre-condition the battery. The E-Tron GT is a charging beast. My uncle had one, we charged it from 10% to 80% in 15 minutes

*5:30** AWESOME! Being married doesn't have enough trials to go through, buy an electric vehicle, so you can have MORE arguments.*

Anyone else see KNIVES coming out of that woman's eyes?

I have EV in Pacific Northwest. Where I'm at.. public charging is not a big deal.. .plenty of fast and slow chargers in my area, though of course if I need to go on longer trips I typically plan my route to make sure I can make it and where I can veer off to plug in.. but still, not a big deal (other than having to wait to charge up)...

Hi Craig, in the current EV world, it's Tesla or others. Really sorry to see you suffering from lost time and lost money.

I have a model 3 Tesla rwd so it has about the same range. Luckily I just it for commute and local trips. It works great as that. A level 2 charger at home is a must! These will be better with newer battery technology (longer range and faster charging). My dream EV is also the Cross Turismo. I saw Audi may do an A6 wagon EV. I also vouch for EVs being horrible in winter/cold weather. I too see about a 30% difference. Good luck on selling and getting the Cross Turismo.

💩💩💩 wouldn’t buy anything other than Tesla Thanks for the real world experience

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Owning an EV makes me empathize with those Europeans who have been forced to RATION ENERGY due to the Russo-Ukraine War. This is a HUGE PRACTICE in ENERGY EFFICIENCY. You don't want to lose range so fast? You have to cut down or turn off your HVAC and accept the cold. Remember The movie Apollo 13? You CAN'T SPEED. You have to drive at a constant speed under 60 miles per hour. The Dodge crowd is really gonna hate the Banshee EV.

Title should have read "How to Own the Wrong EV with Poor Charging Support" .

I love it when EV drivers think they're drag racing monsters on the streets yet they drive slower than 18 wheelers on the highway. LOL! I love passing and honking at them with my little Toyota not worrying about getting stranded. Puts a bigger smile on my face when it only takes me 2 minutes to gas up my car and go another 450 miles.

The Diamond Back was my favorite from the 80's👍

I am sure that the heat, radio and other accessories effect the miles too.

The car charging slowly at home isn't an issue with the car...it's because you're charging on a 20 amp circuit. You can easily cut your charging time by nearly 2/3 by upgrading to a 50 amp outlet. Of course then you wouldn't have this level of drama to drive RU-vid revenue.

My Cadillac Lyriq takes about 7 hours to charge to full at home on my Level 2 Lectron Vbox.

I appreciate you doing an actual ownership video. The depreciation might be surprising to you because you've never had a luxury sedan NEW before... Look at the depreciation of a BMW M850 then deduct about $7,500 from that and you'll they line up pretty close. Of course now with Audi offering huge incentives it's going to go further but your car being worth 65-70k with 12k miles makes sense if you compare it to other ICE cars in the segment.

I absolutely love the look of the Audi Etron GT inside and out and had been considering one myself as prices drop, but many of the problems you talked about are just absolutely unacceptable on a car that is SO expensive MSRP. Not even 20k miles and facing points of failure? Can't even imagine the problems and cost to fix once it's out of warranty. Thanks for the video!

I bought my first EV: 2024 CADILLAC LYRIQ. $80,000 with a $5000 rebate from GM for waiting after they cancelled my 2023 order...and a $7500 tax credit. I leased it for 3 years. Before getting it, I installed a Lectron Vbox home charger. I took deliver Jan 2, 2024. I love the car. I've had the STS, SRX and XT5 and this has to be the best Cadillac they ever made. The ride is comfortable, and it's quiet inside. The materials feel almost Mercedes level. If it had more legroom like the S-class, I'd be 100% satisfied, but as is, It's more comfortable than the EQS and the 2024 E-class. Cadillac won't compete with S-class till the Celestiq. All that said: I got 2 years FREE public fast charging on EVgo. That must be the worst part of ownership. Here in NYC, EVgo chargers are nowhere to be found. I need to drive 10 miles to a shopping center where they have an 8-stall Tesla supercharger and just 2 EVgo stations. The Teslas pull in, Charge and leave almost effortlessly. I never see lines of wait there. Meanwhile, the measly EVgo chargers malfunction randomly and leave lines of Cadillacs, Nissans, Toyota BZ4X and Chevy Bolts or Volts waiting until they eventually give up and leave. It's really annoying. I won't feel comfortable to drive my Lyriq out of state till v4 Superchargers open up to our CCS cars. Other than that aspect, I love my car.

It's amazing this guy is still solvent after the boondoggles he gets himself into with house and car losses.

Hi I’m Craig from crying wheels

FINALLY!!!!!! TRUTH!!!!!!! So joyous to see someone finally tell the truth about the EV experience. Thank you for not feeding people hyped BS. You sir, a saint! This is VERY much the experience and anyone that assumes otherwise is full of it and drinking the juice. great great greaaaat video. Excited to and would and love to see more truth videos!!!!

Dont upset the wife fella , that dont look like thats a good move to me :)

Im glad its rich ppl buying EV and not poor ppl.. even rich ppl make bad decisions

Craig you have just proven to everyone that electric cars work best for short trips. I worry about any body damage totaling the battery and also car fires while charging in your garage and the increase in home owners insurance.

The truth is EVs aren't practical for the majority of people.

The hyundai ionoq 5 is the only proper EV out there imo. Its simple and affordable. Right now you can lease one for under 350 a month with no money down.

My bike riding days were in the 50's so pretty much any bike would do and I don't recall any brand awareness back then. They were GOOD times!!

hey thanks for taking the time out to explain everything. just a note on the cup holders. remember that your driving a german car. and germans drive really fast on the autobahn. take it from me. you really have to pay attention. driving at those high speeds. when I drive on the autobahn. I usually drive between 125mph to 150mph. hens no drinking..lol

I would not even consider an EV until I can recharge in the same amount of time and places as gas. Until that FJB

Thank you for showing us what not to buy I keep my Toyota

Dude your wife is always miserable in the video. Probably means you’re too nice and she takes advantage of you to cater to her. 😢

Nobody ever bothers to ask, where does the electricity come from? It doesn't come from a building, garage, or pump. It comes from burning coal. So, you've switched from burning gas to burning coal. That's progress, I guess.

Few tips from a Chevy Bolt owner since 2018 in PA: 1. You bought the WRONG EV: Audi's has some of the lowest ranges in EV land. Don't buy them. 2. Winter driving: You're probably using heater of full blast: don't... lowers range. 3. Speed: Don't drive 80mph in the winter as you are clearly doing in this video with your heavy foot.. DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT. It lowers range. 4. Get an EV truck: You'll double, maybe triple your range of that Audi, 4 wheel drive, can charge your house, etc. 5. Don't overpay: Even at $82k... you overpaid. I guess your YT channel views means you can afford it, but don't complain about it afterwards, it's not logical.

This a good video. I've been paying great attention to electric vehicles these days to determine if my thoughts about home has changed over the years. Safe to say that I'm still in the same position. Perhaps the best way forward at this time is hybrids. I haven't read up much, or researched hydrogen vehicles. but I don't think that electric is optimal at this point, after all this time. I've also been looking at the cost to repair Teslas, and I'm blown away at the cost to repair if they're damaged in a collision, and the wait time to have your vehicle back. This absolutely crazy Perhaps electric vehicles would work best on small islands, but even then there will be challenges. Good video mate

I like the reality of this.

Low Temperatures and higher than normal speeds will affect Battery performance - you are at 35F (1C) just above freezing and on the freeway you are moving at 80 mph (129 Kph)

Craig. The look your Missus gave gave you frightened the life out of me 😂😂. All over an EV vehicle. Happy days ahead, bro. But thanks for the great info, Are they really worth all the grief, Craig. I would prefer the Wrangler, lol. Great video, bro 😅 🇨🇮

Craig why are your videos so jumbled up winter is finished and you sold the Ferrari come on man your confusing everyone get up to date please , stop this crap

If you talk about saving the planet one more time. I know you're being sarcastic but it's such BS. And what's with the kids not wearing seat belts. Those cup holders towards the end are a minor inconvenience are you kidding me? Ruins the whole Driving Experience. In the beginning I was warming up to the idea of an Audi but no way. I just bought a 2020 E450 wagon w 16k mi ... blows away those Audis. Handles like crazy, rather quick, super comfortable and spacious throughout...

ABC, always be charging. It also wasn't a 30 percent error. You have to divide by the lower number so it's actually closer to 50 percent error. You compare the real miles to what you actually did, not to the estimated miles. If you used 30 miles of range in 20 miles of actual driving that's usage of 50 percent more than it was planning

For all the people on here that love their EV's .. Wait til it's out of warranty and you start having problems with the battery out anything else. The depreciation is the worst also. This is why you need options and not forced into something. Hydrogen or E fuel would be the best bet.

I have a 125 mile round trip to work 5 days a week. I live on Long Island in New York. There is no way in hell I would sit on the side of the road for 20 minutes charging my car just to get home to finish charging my car. By the way I love the slighted explanation how people have died in third world countries so that you could save the planet. If only if they made a car that ran on liberal tears

I can tell she was against him buying this car. I can hear the whole conversation when he wanted to get this car. The “…ok” was really “ok”. It was a TRAP!

Lesson learned today: ICE vehicle realistic range = 95% of Reported Range; EV realistc range (Normal Days) = 80% of Reported Range; EV realistc range (Very Hot or Very Cold Days) = 50% of Reported Range.

Craig needs to change name of channel from "Flying Wheels" to "1st World Problems." Craig has gotten so used to high end exotic cars that an Audi A5, a car many people can't afford, is just "OK." New Hampshire is still a relatively rural state, especially the farther north you go. Some states like Massachusetts have more frequent charging stations. Good observations about charging problems and range, and the big hit on depreciation. If Craig only sold 10 year old Hondas and Toyotas however, he likely wouldn't have a channel.

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when they first came out with EVs, i , as a mechanic, said they were stupid. now as i have seen many videos from owners, i think they are beyond stupid. it is a car that government wants us in so they can restrick our movement. i wouldn't have one if you gave it to me free.

Stop complaining. You brought the wrong EV. Damn you whine a lot.

23 miles of range in an hour??? SOLD!!!! ZOMG THAT'S AWESOME. I only get like 300 miles of range in under 5 minutes with my ICE vehicle.

Why did you get an Audi Eevee if it sucks? Did you get it at a special price did you get it with special perks that will benefit you down the road on a different purchase later? Maybe you should have done your research and got one that actually works with people ergonomically. Maybe you should have just got a Mach E, there's plenty of those. Next time get a f****** Prius that's a proven product.

I think we all know what the issue is here. I mean let’s be honest, if GERMAN were still around, do you think he would have let Craig leave on a low charge? No way. That car would have been at 110 % before the road trip without a doubt. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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"but you guys are saving the planet". I'm amazed people still think these things are better for the environment than an ICE vehicle.

My comp[liments to your mom, quite a lovely lady 🙂.. also, may I suggest moving to a warmer climate would greatly improve your driving range issues. The range indicator is commonly referred to as the 'guess-so' meter so take that for what it's worth but I suspect you already know that. Best solution is to charge EVERY night at home. BTW, dead-frog smells can be resolved with just about any disinfectant gel.

Craig, you never learn with the Audi's. Your like a battered women that just keeps going back :D

Hopefully Audi will improve their EV efficiency in the future, I had 50000 km on my Model Y for the first year and it is great.

Any electric car that’s not a Tesla isn’t worth it. They just do it so much better at the current time

But when I go to the gym, I put a towel down on my seats the same thing with the kids or just get seat covers.

That no sun shade would drive me nuts.

If you can, why wouldn't you charge every night to full anyways. I assume they are smart enough to stop charging when they don't need more......or even just plug it in every time you pull in. And as far as the deep water I've seen videos of tesla driving in water up to their doors. Not sure about audi but they are supposed to be extremely well sealed.

What he needs is a new Electric wife.

Craig you are not only a good, smart and successful business man but algo a very involved father that is what this country needs parents like both of you

Dude stop complaining about having so much money, most of America and most of the planet CANT afford these ridiculous cars EV or other must be nice to be part of the 16% wealthy

Thanks for confirming that I should never get married. The car isn't so bad. Its the wife complaining thats the problem

Your wife would have been freaking out if you had to wait behind 8 cars to charge your vehicle.

Great video. Like your EV but would only consider purchase if I needed an impractical toy.

Craig, I love your videos but I'm assuming the auctions are slow because we have 2 straight videos of this car. The content on this car just doesn't move the needle for me. Hopefully we get something new in the next video.

if an EV was the only transportation left in the USA I would walk... never would I own an EV

One thing they fail to tell you is the cold ass weather affects the battery range