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While I get the sentiment here, my Flex would disagree with your post 100%. Love owning it and love driving it, which can not be said for 95% of the CUV market out there. It also doesn't look like everything else out there, for good or bad. Just so we are clear though, I do TOTALLY get the sentiment here.

All of this plus a ton of room in the back with all the seats down and no sloping roof to cut off large items. I have hauled an entire loveseat in this, which simply could not have been done in any "car like" CUV with their sloping rooflines. My only regret is not getting a low mileage Eco-Boost model at the time, but that may change in the near future. I am waiting out this used car price hike craze currently consuming everything and then may hunt for a 2019-21 Eco-Boost Flex. What can I say? I like my wagons.

And I too, understand where you are coming from. About the Flex: 1. NOT a CUV. More like a station wagon. On the D4 platform. Sure, the Explorer is based off of this platform, but so is the Taurus. The important thing about that is that the Flex is low to the ground. Im will to bet that the Flex and Taurus have the same ground clearance. While the Taurus drives like an old man's car, the Flex does not. Ive driven all three (Flex, Taurus, Explorer) when my Fusion was under all these recalls. The dealership was giving me these as loaners. The Fusion had over 10 recalls.... Anyway. The Explorer, with its higher ground clearance, tires not meant for spirited driving coupled that with suspension tuning geared for low common denominator zombie sheeple with no aspirations of having ANY kind of fun...wallowing around. Vomit inducing ride....like I was on a freakin boat on the high seas... The Taurus had almost the same feel, but at least the Taurus was lower to the ground minimizing the wallow-ey suspension travel. I could live with that moreso than I ever could with the Explorer. The Flex, had a more conventional car ride. It does not wallow at all. But the Flex was not marketed to people that are devoid of having any kind of fun in their lives. It looked different because it WAS different from all those other boring suburban appliances we call CUVs. It didnt drive like its only mission in life was to haul little Johnny to baseball practice while watching the game through their smart phone's camera lense while texting and sending pics to friends how little Johnny caught a fly ball...

To be honest, it is a CUV and ALL CUVs are bottom feeders. Appliance compliance vehicles for the sheeple masses driving along like zombies to their pathetic jobs, to their pathetic shopping and eating habits of shopping centers, retail outlets and fast food drive and shyytty coffee joint drive- thrus. Hauling their spoiled bratty offspring to their weekly sporting events where everyone is a winner... CUVs being bought and sold to the lowest common denominator consumer no matter what social and/or economical class one belongs to. To me, these people have given up in living life as there is NOTHING appealing to owning ANY of them. Chevy, Ford, Tesla, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Volvo, VW, Porsche, etc... It dont matter, ALL CUVs are bottom feeding shyttyy vehicles to own and drive.

Aside from the fact that the Blazer should be been more along the lines of the 4Runner, Wrangler, Bronco, (and the Xterra that Nissan should have), and is positioned wrong in the first place. Even as just a crossover, it has a cheap interior, no hybrid option, the poor resale value that comes with a Chevy, and compare it to the Venza, Santa Fe and Sorrento (that offer 3rd rows too), Honda Passport, etc. All those cars after better, just like the Telluride, Highlander, Pilot and Palisade are leaps and bounds better than the Traverse.

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