2023 Hyundai Santa Fe review (inc. 0-100 & autonomy test): Better than Kluger hybrid?

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Transcript

00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. So, everyone today wants to save a little bit of money, and you have

00:04 to spend money to save money when it comes to hybrid SUVs. Hyundai has just launched

00:09 the Santa Fe Hybrid in Australia. This one here is the top spec called the Highlander.

00:14 It's priced at just under $70,000. If that's too expensive, the entire hybrid range is

00:19 a little over $60,000, and it's $3,000 more than the equivalent non-hybrid version. This

00:26 competes with things like the Toyota Kluger, which is available in a hybrid, the Kia Sorento,

00:31 which is available in a hybrid, and also the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid that is

00:35 kind of a more advanced hybrid compared to this. Today we're going to do a detailed review

00:40 of this car, so if you do want to skip ahead to other parts of this review, you can use

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00:55 So let's talk exterior design. You've got seven colours to pick from. All but white

00:59 and blue are going to set you back just under $700. This particular spec is only available

01:04 in seven colours. Look, the Santa Fe, this is due for a facelift pretty soon, and it

01:09 is starting to show its age. I think the facelift that they did on it wasn't really overly comprehensive,

01:15 and if you sit this next to the Sorento, which this shares a platform with, they do look

01:19 very different there, and I think the Sorento looks a little more modern than this, but

01:22 a lot of people still like this design. So you've got a big grille there with that waterfall

01:26 design, Hyundai logo there in chrome, and then more brushed aluminium as you work your

01:30 way down with radar sensor built into the bottom there.

01:33 Over on the headlights, you have a set of full LED headlights with an LED daytime running

01:38 light as well. If you whip around to the side, so you've got yourself a set of 19-inch alloy

01:45 wheels, machined finish on the outside there with like a graphite finish on the inside.

01:50 Decent bit of profile on that rubber as well, which should mean that this actually rides

01:55 well. Hyundai used to do a lot of ride and handling tuning in Australia, and they don't

01:58 really do any of that anymore, so it'll be interesting to see how this feels, because

02:02 I know the previous sort of iterations of Santa Fe did have local ride and handling

02:07 tuning, and I assume that they've followed this on here with the Santa Fe.

02:12 No wheel arch cladding, so it's body coloured there. Up the top here, you have a body coloured

02:18 wing mirror with an indicator built into there, camera there for the 360 camera. More

02:22 of that brushed aluminium down the side there, and around the doors as well.

02:26 Roof rails, big panoramic glass roof. You've got privacy glass, and then let's come around

02:31 to the back. Now sorry, I'm going to be doing a lot of swatting during this review, because

02:34 there are flies everywhere. You see you've got LED tail lights. The actual indicator

02:38 isn't up here, it's located down here, so sometimes when you're following these, it

02:42 is a little bit tricky to see that.

02:43 On the back here, Haytrak, which is all-wheel drive hybrid, which is the powertrain obviously,

02:49 and then Santa Fe Highlander there as well. Shark fin aerial up the top too.

02:54 So let me know what you reckon about the design. Do you think this is starting to get dated,

02:57 or do you think the Santa Fe still looks good? And do you reckon the Sorento looks better

03:01 than the Santa Fe? Let me know in the comments section below.

03:04 So we're inside the Santa Fe. We'll start off with the key. This is what it looks like.

03:08 You have lock, unlock, boot. You have the remote parking feature, and then remote start

03:15 as well. Hyundai logo on the back. This is a proximity sensing key, so you can leave

03:19 that in your pocket, then you have a push button start just over here.

03:23 Now, what do we reckon about this interior? Look, I've mentioned before that I'm not really

03:28 a fan of the button explosion here in the centre, because there is a button for everything.

03:33 I think that people that like that sort of stuff will probably like the fact that you

03:37 have a button for everything, but to me it just looks a little bit busy, but it is what

03:43 it is. They make up for it though with the rest of this interior, and I think it actually

03:46 looks really nice. You've got this sort of offset leather colour along the dashboard.

03:50 Everything is soft touch, and it feels premium. That is the whole purpose of having soft touch

03:55 stuff. It feels like you're getting value for money there.

03:58 So, yeah, on touch points, pretty firm in the centre there, kind of firm on the door.

04:04 How soft is it? We've got our durometer, we've tested the main surfaces in this cabin. If

04:10 you want to see how this car compares to others that we've tested before, have a look at the

04:13 link in the description below.

04:15 Now, what about build quality? A bit wonky there in the centre. It feels OK though. Door

04:22 test? Sounds nice and premium.

04:27 So, let's talk infotainment. You have a 10.25 inch display up the top here. It is a colour

04:33 touchscreen. Really nice and sharp, and yeah, nice and quick there as well as it randomly

04:39 goes through CarPlay. Yeah, nice and sharp and quick. Very impressed with that.

04:45 So, on the radio front, you have AM, FM and DAB digital radio. You've also got a 10 speaker

04:51 Harman Kardon branded sound system. It's actually a pretty good sound system for a family SUV

04:57 as well. In terms of smartphone mirroring, you have both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto,

05:01 but keep in mind, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are both wired, but the quality of them

05:06 is excellent. Have a look at that. It is so nice and sharp. Very impressed with that.

05:10 And this is what Android Auto looks like. There you go. So, full screen, it does look

05:16 like it's split, but if you go back to the home screen, it moves maps over to that side.

05:20 Again, nice and fast as well, so no dramas there at all.

05:23 In terms of the other cool features, the infotainment system, you've got passenger talk, so if you

05:27 hit that, it actually picks up your voice with the microphones here and projects it

05:31 over to the back of the car, so it's easier to talk to people. You also have quiet mode

05:35 as well, which only plays audio at the front if your kids are asleep and not annoying you.

05:40 Ahead of the driver, you have a 12.3 inch display. That's all pretty straightforward.

05:44 It does change a little bit depending on which drive mode you're in, so it will sort of adjust

05:49 the display there, so nice little setup, and then all your key information is in the centre

05:53 as well.

05:54 So, talking about your safety, you have autonomous emergency braking. It detects pedestrians,

05:59 cyclists, giraffes, you name it, it can do it. Maybe not giraffes, but anyway. So, this

06:05 also has a junction assistant too, so if you do try and turn across traffic that's coming

06:10 towards you, it will slam the brakes on, which is good.

06:12 You've got an auto-dimming rear vision mirror. You have a blind spot monitor built into the

06:16 wing mirror. You also have these really cool blind spot cameras, and I'll run you through

06:20 those when we go for an actual drive. They show up on the display when you change indicators,

06:23 so I'll show you what they look like when we go for a spin.

06:25 In addition to that, you have rear cross traffic alert, you have a lane departure warning and

06:29 a lane keeping assistant with radar cruise control. I'm going to demo this later on to

06:33 see how well it works as well.

06:35 On the parking front, 360 camera with front and rear parking sensors. I'll show you what

06:38 the camera looks like.

06:39 The quality of that's actually really good there for the reverse view. 360 is a bit blurry

06:44 and funny, but that looks great. I can actually see perfectly what's on the suitcase there.

06:48 You've got a trailer connection view, and then you've also got views down the back sides

06:52 of the car. That is not too bad at all. Very impressive, Hyundai.

06:58 Lastly, horn test. Sounds very expensive.

07:06 Now let's talk about your practicality, and we'll start off with connectivity. So in here

07:10 you have a USB-A port that is for your smartphone mirroring. Down at the bottom here you have

07:15 another USB-A port and a 12-volt outlet. You've also got wireless phone charging as well,

07:21 and it's quite interesting. There's like a little flap there that you drop your phone

07:24 into, and then it sits there, which I think is a pretty cool setup.

07:29 Your phone could also then live in a couple of spots here, but I just don't think the

07:32 storage is very good. You've got that slot for your phone, but because it has a little

07:36 trap door, you can kind of lose things in there. Yeah, it's just a poor use of space,

07:42 I reckon, especially with the button explosion. If they had moved that up there, you'd have

07:45 a bit more room here to store things.

07:47 Now, what about your coffee? So coffee kind of fits OK in there. It's got teeth in there

07:53 to hold it in place as well, so for your bottle that's going to work fine. Bottle fits inside

07:59 the door for the small one. Let's try this big one. I don't think that's going to fit.

08:03 No, no big O in the big bottle.

08:05 Other storage, you have a decent-sized centre console here with a coin tray as well. And

08:11 then you also have a box over here that is very reasonably sized. Little storage tray

08:18 there and then this storage nook down the bottom as well.

08:20 So what about your comfort? You have dual-zone automatic climate control up the front. You

08:25 have heated and cooled seats. You've also got a heated steering wheel, just in case

08:29 your fingers get cold. Electric seat adjustment for the driver and front passenger, so you

08:33 can go forwards, backwards. Backrest can go forwards, backwards. You can lift the front

08:38 of the seat, the back of the seat. You also have lumbar adjustment as well and seat memory

08:42 too for the driver. And just on seat comfort as well, quite comfortable and perforated

08:48 too. So in addition to that seat cooling, they keep you nice and cool on a hot summer's

08:52 day.

08:53 On the steering front, you have both tilt and reach adjustment. On a reach test, this

08:56 stuff's OK, but because the home button is in the top corner, you really have to get

09:01 right in there to reach that while you're driving. I think that could be just a little

09:04 bit better done.

09:05 OK, second row. This is a very fancy one because it has six seats, two, four and two

09:11 in the back and you've got this centre pass through. I actually like this configuration

09:14 because if you don't necessarily need to be carting around, you know, every kid and their

09:20 dog, it's actually a really great way to get the kids in because they can hop in, climb

09:23 through the middle there. You don't need to faff around with moving seats and if you do

09:26 have a baby seat in here, it means it is easy to get into the back too. So yeah, keep that

09:31 in mind.

09:32 So, lots of actual room here. Headroom's OK, toe room's pretty cramped, headroom is

09:37 pretty reasonable. This chair actually moves forwards and backwards to give yourself more

09:43 room in the third row if you do need it. You also have these adjustable armrests as well,

09:47 which I think is a pretty handy feature.

09:49 Other creature comforts, you've got a window shade just there, you've got mat pockets in

09:53 the back of the seats, you have the ability to move the passenger seats and go forwards,

09:58 backwards, can go forwards, backwards. You have two USB-A ports down here, two cup holders

10:03 here.

10:04 Fit your, whoops, first day on the job, fit your bottle in there without too many dramas

10:10 and then you can fit it inside the door too. You have seat heating for these two outboard

10:15 seats. You've got two ISOFIX points on these two outboard seats with two top tethers but

10:19 you can't have baby seats in your third row.

10:21 And then our window test, have a little sticky beak. Good on you Hyundai, and then auto up

10:28 and down as well, nice.

10:29 So, third row, I'm going to show you how this seat mechanism works but then I will use the

10:34 walkthrough because, watch this, when you do roll this forward there really isn't a

10:38 great deal of room to fit through here. So, I'm going to stick that all the way back and

10:42 then I'll jump into the back so we can see what it's like.

10:45 Alrighty, actually even as a pass through this is kind of hard to do. I think I may

10:52 have just dislocated my leg.

10:55 OK, so there isn't actually any room here at all for adults. Sean, can you move that

11:01 seat forward for me? Let's actually see how this goes.

11:06 OK, so if we do that I actually then have some room here. How much room is there down

11:13 there, Sean?

11:14 Yeah, literally no room. So, obviously this space is going to be just for kids, you're

11:19 not going to fit adults back here and if you do, you're going to have someone very

11:22 uncomfortable in the second row there.

11:23 But you do have your own blower controls back here, you also have a USB port and cup

11:28 holders as well.

11:29 So, I guess from that point of view it is a usable space. By the way, this is also where

11:33 they fit the ultrasonic sensors as well that detect whether you've left kids in the car

11:39 and gotten out of it.

11:40 So, yeah, there you go, third row of the Santa Fe.

11:43 OK, let's check cargo space. Got a powered tailgate. Whip this guy open.

11:49 OK, so behind here you have 130 litres of space, so not a huge amount of room. Beneath

11:55 here as well you have Jack hiding under there and then not much else, you've got a battery

12:01 under there.

12:02 In terms of storing your things, you can see here that you're probably not going to be

12:05 able to fit much in there, even the laptop probably won't fit in there. But you can

12:09 expand that space and the good news is if you do have one kid in there, you can always

12:13 just drop half of the row there so you do have a little bit more room.

12:17 And if you drop the entire third row there, it opens up the space there to a little under

12:22 600 litres.

12:23 You've got a 12 volt outlet off to the side.

12:25 Let's show you what it looks like with the bags in there.

12:28 There you go, no dramas there at all.

12:31 Now, you can drop the second row as well and you've got buttons for that just over here.

12:35 You give those a little push, bang, away they go.

12:38 You do have that little gap in the centre there but it creates almost a flat floor that

12:42 expands the space to just under 1700 litres.

12:46 Okay, so we've just hit the road in the Santa Fe Hybrid.

12:52 Right, now it is a little bit complicated but I'll try and explain it as best I can

12:57 and hopefully it makes a little more sense after that.

12:59 So, powering this is an internal combustion engine but it also uses a small electric

13:04 motor.

13:05 The internal combustion engine is a 1.6 litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine.

13:10 So, if you do keep in mind the rest of the Santa Fe range, you only get a petrol V6 and

13:14 also a diesel four-cylinder.

13:16 So, this is unique to that hybrid combination.

13:18 The petrol engine alone makes 132 kilowatts of power and 265 newton metres of torque.

13:24 And then that's mated to an electric motor that makes around 40 kilowatts of power and

13:28 about 250 newton metres of torque.

13:30 Now, this is the confusing bit.

13:32 When they combine, it gives you a combined output of 169 kilowatts of power and 350 newton

13:38 metres of torque.

13:39 Now, why does that happen?

13:41 So, it happens because when we talk about power and torque in a car, we're talking about

13:46 the peak power and torque.

13:48 And if you look at something like a rev band or a torque band, it's going to have a peak

13:51 at a certain point in time or across a certain set of revs with an internal combustion engine.

13:56 Generally, that's going to be later in the rev band, especially if it's a turbocharged

14:00 car, it's going to be across a longer distance later in the rev band.

14:04 That's in comparison to an electric motor because an electric motor makes all of its

14:07 torque from zero rpm and then it tapers off after that as the speed increases.

14:12 So, when we talk about the peak power and torque with those combined, it's at the point

14:16 where it is at its highest.

14:18 And in this case, it's around that 169 kilowatts of power mark.

14:22 The thing that I'll mention here is it's all mated to a six-speed automatic transmission

14:25 and it's not terrible, but it's not the way that Toyota does it.

14:29 And the reason Toyota uses a CVT with its hybrid cars is because when you take off,

14:34 like I'm about to do now, it's smooth, there's no interruption.

14:38 Right now, I can feel each gear shift and while it is smooth, it is noticeable, you

14:42 hear the engine note change as well, whereas with the Toyota, it's basically just everything

14:47 is happening nice and smoothly, you don't get any of that noise pollution inside the

14:50 cabin.

14:51 The other, I guess, downside to this as well is Hyundai claims a combined fuel economy

14:55 of six litres per 100 k's.

14:57 We're currently sitting on 7.2 litres per 100 k's on the combined cycle.

15:02 Now, the reason I say that's a slight issue is because the official fuel consumption of

15:06 the Santa Fe diesel is actually 6.1 litres per 100 k's, so it's 0.1 of a litre more

15:12 than the hybrid, which is barely going to really affect things in the long run.

15:17 It'll mean your payback period is virtually infinite.

15:20 And then in addition to that as well, you have to pay three grand extra for the hybrid

15:24 too.

15:25 So, yeah, that is one thing to consider if you're dead set against diesel.

15:28 Obviously, this gives you reasonably good fuel economy, but the diesel is very efficient

15:32 in the Santa Fe and the three grand difference may not be worth spending.

15:36 It's worth calling out here as well, you can see on that little indicator just there on

15:43 the dashboard, that the battery, one and a half kilowatt hours, it basically is charged

15:47 every time I slow down, so when I put my foot on the brake, it goes into that charge cycle

15:52 and starts filling the battery, and then you can see when it is running on electric alone.

15:55 And right now it's on electric, I just roll onto the throttle, it'll stay in electric

15:59 predominantly, and then it will kick over the internal combustion engine to feed more

16:03 energy into the system.

16:04 Okay, 130 k's an hour, let's crank it up to that.

16:08 That is for our sine wave.

16:10 130 k's an hour, not only the maximum speed limit in Australia across a number of states,

16:14 but also the speed you might hit when you're overtaking, and that's a good indication

16:18 of what body control is like in our sine waves.

16:21 Wow, it is pretty bouncy.

16:23 So, yeah, the other downside to the hybrid package is that you're adding a lot of weight

16:28 to add an electric motor, battery, etc.

16:31 So, as a result of that, when you do hit those consecutive undulations, you really get it

16:36 sitting high for a little while there.

16:38 So, it's not the worst I've ever tested here, but it probably does need a little bit of

16:42 work just to settle it.

16:43 You're going to find that type of road condition so many places around country Australia,

16:49 and if you are overtaking and you hit one of those, you want to be halting off with

16:52 dear life.

16:53 Okay, our new test here.

16:57 Let's pop this back into smart mode.

17:00 We'll get up to 90 k's an hour.

17:02 This is an example of a terrible country road.

17:05 It's full of potholes, and we have a very close sine wave here as well that'll really

17:11 test the suspension.

17:13 So, it's not too bad.

17:16 It is floating over that a little bit.

17:18 You tend to find that happens in cars that are softer sprung because the wheels don't

17:23 have a chance to get back in contact with the road, and it tends to just float over

17:27 those consecutive corrugations.

17:29 But even on this choppier section here, it actually is doing a really good job of keeping

17:34 the ride nice and comfortable here inside the cabin.

17:36 Okay, drive modes.

17:37 You've got eco, sport, and smart, along with some off-road modes.

17:41 Let's pop this into sport.

17:42 You see the dashboard change.

17:44 See what it's like on a lap of our circuit here.

17:47 Alright, brakes feel good.

17:49 Steering becomes heavier.

17:50 We'll roll onto the throttle.

17:52 It's actually not too bad.

17:55 So, this is all-wheel drive, and it's actually doing a good job of sending torque to the

18:00 rear as required, but the gearbox is just doing what it does in a standard automatic

18:06 car where it's just diving back through the gears instead of holding a gear there.

18:10 I can actually change gears manually using the paddle shifters if I want to.

18:16 Look, it is actually doing a pretty good job.

18:18 The thing I like about Santa Fe and Sorrento as well is dynamically they're actually not

18:22 too bad.

18:23 This does have a fairly soft ride like we noticed there on the sine waves, but when

18:28 you get stuck into it, it's actually not the worst thing in the world.

18:32 Pretty happy with that.

18:37 Let's roll onto the back straight here.

18:39 See what it's like as speed picks up a bit.

18:42 Actually, I don't mind the steering feel as well.

18:44 I can really have a bit of fun with it.

18:46 There it goes again, diving back through a gear.

18:49 Roll onto the back straight here.

18:51 It runs out of puff there, especially when you get into that situation there where the

18:57 battery is almost empty as well.

19:00 So, look, it's okay.

19:01 Not the best in the world and not the worst.

19:03 So, let's talk road noise.

19:07 It's actually pretty quiet in here.

19:09 I was expecting there to be a whole lot more road noise, but it's really not that bad at all.

19:12 In terms of visibility, I can see clearly down the front of the car there.

19:15 The wing mirrors are nice and big.

19:17 I've got blind spot monitors built into those.

19:19 Visibility out the back is pretty good as well.

19:21 Just keep in mind that if you do have that third row up, it's going to eat into your

19:24 visibility, but really isn't the end of the world.

19:26 This is the stuff I was talking about before with the cameras that activate when you have

19:29 the indicators on.

19:30 Love this feature.

19:31 It's just a really handy addition to a standard blind spot monitor as well.

19:35 Now, if you are going to be doing any towing, this has a brake towing capacity of 1600 kilos.

19:39 That's down on the diesel, so it is worth keeping in mind if you do want to do any towing

19:44 that diesel is going to be the better option.

19:46 Okay, so we're on our circular track, the banked oval.

19:51 This is where we're going to do some testing of our lane departure, lane keeping system.

19:56 So, I'm going to set the cruise control here at 70 kilometres an hour.

20:01 So, 70 k's an hour is the speed we test all the cars at here.

20:05 I'm going to switch on the lane support system as well.

20:10 There it is there, so you'll see it pop up.

20:13 There we go, so you see it there pop up.

20:15 So, the steering wheel indicates that the car is doing steering for us and the green

20:19 lanes indicate that it's noticing the lanes here.

20:22 We're going to progressively move our way up to the furthest banked lane.

20:26 The purpose of this test isn't to see what the car's like on a banked oval.

20:29 It's actually just to see how much torque it's willing to apply to the wheel, because

20:33 that is a direct correlation to what happens out on the normal road when it approaches a corner.

20:38 So, here on this lane it's doing a good job of centring us.

20:40 We're not getting close to that line at all, so I'm pretty happy with that.

20:43 We'll jump over to the next lane.

20:46 See what this is like.

20:48 Okay, wait for it to detect the lanes and for the steering to go green.

20:53 There it is, so I'm going to gradually let go of the wheel there and we'll see what happens.

20:58 It's getting close to the line, but it is holding us in there.

21:03 It's moving back towards the centre now as well.

21:05 It's actually pretty good.

21:06 It's doing a good job there.

21:08 So, yep, tick for lane one and two.

21:09 Let's jump up to lane three and see what it's like up here.

21:13 Alright, that's nicely banked.

21:17 Alright, steering is flashing.

21:21 Let's wait for the lanes to detect.

21:25 It's having no success here, it's not detecting anything.

21:28 Unfortunately, it's a pass for lane one and two and a fail for lane three.

21:35 Yep, it's not going to work.

21:36 So, yep, fail for lane three, but pass for lane one and two.

21:39 So, it'll do most of the things you need it to do on the road, it just won't do any harder turns.

21:43 Okay, let's talk 0-100.

21:47 Yamaha doesn't have an official 0-100 time, but we'll see how it goes.

21:51 I've put it into sport mode.

21:54 I've switched off traction control.

21:56 Come up to our start line here.

21:58 Now, I did notice as well before, I've got my foot flat on the throttle here,

22:02 but nothing is happening when I've got it on the brake as well.

22:04 So, I'm just going to basically sidestep the brake with full throttle and we'll see how it goes.

22:08 Very modest.

22:11 That's right, we'll go all the way through to 120 to get our 80-120 time as well.

22:15 So, here we go.

22:17 Almost there.

22:19 Alright, come up to a stop.

22:23 Come up to a stop.

22:24 And let's see how quickly that all happened.

22:30 Here we go.

22:31 So, 0-100, 8.43 seconds and 80-120, 5.63 seconds.

22:37 So, look, all pretty reasonable numbers.

22:39 I'm not disappointed, not sort of blown away.

22:43 It's just, yeah, good, I think.

22:45 Okay, and now 100-0.

22:48 Let's get a little run up here, get it up to 100 k's an hour.

22:52 And we'll drop the anchors and see how it performs.

22:57 Yeah, there's about 100 there.

23:00 It felt really good.

23:07 Okay, let's have a little sticky break here.

23:09 So, 100-0, 2.55 seconds, 35.39 metres.

23:14 Now, the reason I'm laughing a little bit is because we're also testing the Cayenne Turbo GT today,

23:20 which has enormous carbon ceramic brakes and it took longer to stop than the Santa Fe Hybrid.

23:27 So, read into that as you will.

23:28 If you do want to see how this compared to other cars that we've tested before,

23:31 have a look at the link in the description below where you can find the rest of those results.

23:35 Let's wrap things up with our reverse acceleration test.

23:39 Make sure traction control is off just in case.

23:42 And let's see how we go.

23:49 Okay, so we've capped out there at 47 kilometres an hour.

23:54 So, the Santa Fe Hybrid, look, for the three grand you have to spend on this above the rest of the Santa Fe range,

24:03 I just don't see the appeal to it.

24:05 I'd much prefer to just get the diesel.

24:07 It's about as efficient.

24:08 You're going to be able to tow more.

24:10 It feels a little punchier.

24:11 It's more a resolve vehicle.

24:13 If, on the other hand, there is a huge wait for the diesel and you really just want to get into one,

24:18 then this is going to answer all the questions that you have.

24:20 It is pretty efficient.

24:21 It has more than enough punch.

24:22 It doesn't feel like the Kia Sorento plug-in hybrid, which is really down on torque.

24:27 It just doesn't feel right.

24:29 This, on the other hand, fills that gap.

24:30 It has enough punch to get you up and moving, and it is pretty efficient.

24:33 But if I had to buy this or the diesel, I'd probably just be going down the path of the diesel.

24:37 So, let me know in the comments section below, have you bought one of these?

24:40 Why did you get it over the diesel?

24:41 I'm really curious to find out.

24:43 Perhaps it's a rebate thing.

24:44 Let me know your thoughts.

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24:52 But until next time, take it easy.

24:54 (laughing)

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