7500 miles into my 2024 Kia Niro, EX and I drive all around the map of the state that I live in for work. In and out of cities, especially major cities. Some days I average 55 miles per gallon. Some days I average 49 miles per gallon. At the moment, 32 bucks gets me about 500 miles. I love this car. I highly recommend it to anyone considering a compact SUV with good gas mileage. I will also say it is very comfortable and my daughter now prefers my car over her mother’s! Haha
So I actually just test drove one of these today and a key feature that he didn't mention was that not only can you set your cruise control on and have it stay at your desired mileage, there's also a feature you can turn on in the settings to have it auto update to the speed limit, so you don't have to manually change it as the speed limit changes. The only thing I know to be weary of though is it's inability to recognize deexceleration lanes If you take your foot off the break to give it a little gas because you slowed down too much, it'll automatically give it a lot more gas to get back up to the speed limit! The car has a built in GPS that gives live updates on the speed limit, an ability to switch to a split dual screen display, an engine off feature that allows you to still run other things like A/C, radio, etc., ambient interior lighting that you can change, free options for ambient soundscapes that are built into the car, and back seats that go all the way down for an extended trunk (and the trunk is larger than the 2023 version).
I bought a temp tire for my 2018 after one of the original tires got a cut in the sidewall that could not be repaired. I recommend it. As far as I am concerned, the original tires were the biggest disappointment about the whole car.
