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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:35 Real world range
1:55 Dimensions
2:10 Design and lights
3:03 Rear light issues
4:15 Annoying boot?
6:38 Bluetooth and wireless charging
7:05: Infotainment issues
8:31 Dangerous 'safety' features
12:19 First Edition not worth it
13:55 Indicator cancelling
17:01 Icons and tiles too small?
17:57 Rear seats
19:15 Charging
19:52 ride and handling
23:15 VERDICT
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Views : 184,332
Genre: Autos & Vehicles
Date of upload: Apr 30, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.885 (162/5,453 LTDR)
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I test drove the Ora Cat at Fully Charged Live in Farnborough last weekend. I'm a Driving Instructor and my thoughts were that this could make a super Driving School car. Perfectly sized, stand out looks, lovely colours and clearly well put together. I was looking forward the drive. Unfortunately the test drive turned out to be a nightmare fighting against the Lane Keep Assist system. Believe me, I'm reasonably sure of the best line to take on bends and how to avoid potholes while giving oncoming and following drivers time to respond to changes in road position. That's part of my daily job teaching learners. There were a lot of potholes on the Farnborough test route too. The Ora Cat had completely different ideas about where I should position, forcing me to constantly yank the car back into appropriate road position. After only a few minutes, it become seriously annoying and frustrating. The Ora demonstrator accompanying me on the drive explained that the Driver Monitoring and Lane Keep Assist systems must be switched off in Settings every time you commence driving if you don't wish to have the car interfering with your driving. No way would I inflict this car on a Learner Driver. Sorry Ora, you need to go back to the drawing board on this one.
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I thought it seemed overpriced when it was initially released, and this review confirms it.
Cheers, Jonny.
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That driver assist stuff sounds a death trap, that alone should be a deal breaker for anyone 😬
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It’s good that structural safety of cars has improved hugely over time, because more crashes are inevitable due to people farting around with/being distracted by touchscreens
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A review like this from someone of Johnny's calibre is enough for me to strike the Ora off the list for my first EV.
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Almost rear ended a Vauxhall Mokka the other day, couldn't see the indicators so ridiculously small they're dangerous.
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I like the way this thing looks, but after your review I don't think I would consider it for my commute which is mostly rural back roads. Also, I completely agree about modern indicators. So many are tiny and hidden within a headlight. It means at night you have to stare directly into the headlight to see if the indicator is flashing or not.
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Heated seats : Peugeot e-208 when we ordered the correct spec had heated seats (highest spec), but when it arrived, they had removed the spec. We were really angry with Peugeot and of course they didn't care, be very careful with the Stallantis group cars with changing spec.
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I can so relate to you, Johnny, about all the nanny settings. I had the US version of the VW ID.4 1st Edition and I couldn't get rid of it fast enough because of the nanny. The car literally pissed me off every time I drove it. There were other inconveniences also, like the poor infotainment menu system, the capacitive buttons everywhere, no on button for the heater (except in a menu) or the rear window controls. (Sorry for the rant. A year later and I'm still upset.) Good review and thank you for all the content!!
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I'm tired of people telling us that the whole UK will LOVE the brands such as BYD or Ora... Go ask Ssangyong how it went for them.
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I cannot fathom why all manufacturers have reduced the size of rear brake lights and indicators, to virtually non-existent. The fact they are LED also reduces visibility in sunny weather. How the hell do these cars obtain European certification?
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Thanks for this honest review Jonny. This car certainly has potential, but seems to need a major rethink on the software side. For now, the MG4 is a much more compelling proposition.
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I guess you could argue that safety devices which try to steer you into oncoming traffic might work because you're constantly terrified and hyper-alert?! But yeah, the incessant bongs make it absolutely a no-buy.
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I thought that my '23 Kia Soul had a surfeit of bongs and nannying interventions. But, the Cat is completely over the top. There's no way that I could live with a car like that on my local, Suffolk B roads.
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I'm seeing quite a few of these in Thailand, where it's called the Ora Good Cat. I like the design, but it's interesting to hear what the car is like as a daily driver. The other EV that is popular here is the Build Your Dreams (BYD) Atto 3.
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Thanks for the review Jonny. Rather ironical that we should be buying "clean" electric cars from a land that has 1118 coal fired power stations. Some may regard this as progress.....
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The driver assistance features would be a deal breaker for me. I turned them off in my car when I first got it and they stay off. Brilliant!
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Lane Keep Assist drives me crazy in most cars (although this seems the worst yet). I also resent the setting not persisting when I turn it off.
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Happy you pointed out the indicator problem. I just hired an Ora for 3 days and kept battling LEFT RIGHT LEFT with the indicators. It was seriously dangerous and I found myself changing lanes just so the vehicle would think it had completed a turn so it could shutoff OR me simply not indicating even in busy traffic which I would never normally do.
I drove around town for around 3 hours and had aches and tension in my shoulders from that and the beeps and the stupid screen changes.
But really the Indicators are dangerous and should be BSI banned.
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@ideasforu358
1 year ago
This is outright dangerous to buy vehicles like these ? I am talking about the indicator stalks, unclear rear lights, the constant beeps whilst driving...so many of them.
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