2026 Santa Fe Calligraphy
The car is wonderful. Love the interior comfort, the exterior look, the ride, and the captain chairs in the 2nd row. Most of the included features are something I, a techie, appreciate. What I DO NOT like are some of the safety features. I do NOT like the cruise control enforcing a certain distance from the vehicle in front of me. When I approach a vehicle, when it's time, I'll move into the next lane (or slow down). I don't need a program deciding how close I am allowed to get. The proximity sensors are very annoying. My driveway has a lot of shrubbery and a fence. The sensors always go off in my driveway and there's no way to silence them. When I take my car thru an automated car wash, I have to remember which twist or pushbutton to use to put the car in neutral. At the other end, I am required to hit my brakes in order to put the car in drive and move out of the tunnel. I do not like the auto-stop feature. When I pull up to a stop light or stop sign, I want to be able to press the gas pedal and immediately begin moving. That one second delay seems potentially dangerous not to mention causing more wear and tear on the car's mechanical parts.
Things that annoy me: 1) The radio turns off immediately after stopping the car. 2) The rear hatch seems to have a mind of it's own as I'm walking behind it. Sometimes it opens very quickly while other times, I have to stand there and wait. 3) My wife is short and I am tall. When I get into the car after her and start it, I get compressed into the dashboard before I can tell it to change drivers. 4) The dashboard display should return to the same one I had up the last time I drove the car. 5) The storage space under the center console next to the dash is difficult to get things into/out of.
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