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Absolutlely!!! I trolled many Ford fans over at MT forums about it being stupid, but I was trolling them. I use it in the summer a lot. During baseball and softball practices and games. I dont feel like carrying my keys and wallet with me so I leave those in the car. (The Fusion duh...we will use the Fusion over the Acura in these situations as much as possible. Almost ever time.) Lock it up...but use the keypad to get into the car. The personal items are kept out of site so nobody will break into the car... I will also use it when we go at an amusement park or a waterslide park. Why have a risk of loss at the park (baseball or amusement park), and its high, when a break-in risk is soooooooo much lower in a parking lot park... Its an awesome feature. Maybe when my kids are no longer at the age of us going to such parks my use of it will diminish. But as of now, as still a family man, its almost a need!!!

The keypad thing is such an underrated feature! I don't quite use it as often as it sounds like you do, but it's certainly come in handy MANY times. I don't know why other companies haven't been doing this. I think I read a Ford review a couple years ago that touched on it and they mentioned, "why don't other companies have this?" and I believe they looked into it and it isn't like Ford has a patent on it or anything. When I was younger my grandma had a Toyota car (probably a Camry) and it had a keypad on the side. I thought that was sooo cool! It was in the 90's and definitely before ford was doing it, I believe. Yep. I thought it was a nice touch on the whole market and what's coming out and what isn't. *cough* Tesla *cough*. I found it a little ironic that we were talking about that and then MT had the new article on what we were recently talking about.

The frunk isn't a huge deal to most enthusiasts (I think) because we also tend to lean to more sporty vehicles where we're used to smaller storage capacities. Most enthusiasts don't tend to get lame vehicles like what I have, or just massive SUVs like David as. We grew up with something sporty at some point and anything larger than that "has plenty of space" in the back. Just my thoughts on it... Personally, I value a frunk because I actually think I would use it more than the hatch space on regular day to day things. But, again, it wouldn't be a deal breaker. If I thought two vehicles were completely equal on every other aspect but one had a frunk and one didn't, I'd definitely get the one with a frunk. Buuuuut, that's unrealistic and will never happen because there's too many variables to say two vehicles would actually be equal everywhere else. Also Happy Canada Day! EXACTLY like Apple. I also believe their simplicity and ease of use on all of their systems/apps is exactly like Apple as well and that's a great thing for them. I've 100% heard Tesla referred to as the Apple of the automotive world and it's not necessarily a bad thing. They're just going to lose market share as all of these other OEMs come to market with new products. Apple is different in that aspect. A good little read about Tesla's future market share as well as Ford, GM, etc. https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-general-motors-ford-shares-analysis-car-wars/

Concerning Tesla loyalty. Do NOT underestimate the sheeple-ness of Tesla owners. There is a small percentage of them that are curious to to see what the other EV makers are offering and will try to experience them, but the majority will not budge. Kinda like an Apple user. And exactly like an Apple user, most will scoff at what the other OEMs are doing if the other OEMs are NOT doing EVs like Tesla is doing them. These sheeple have embraced the so called outside the box thinking for manufacturing vehicles and embrace Tesla quirks while scoff at OEMs for doing the same thing over the last 100 years. They especially hate GM for whatever reason. Every time I come across a family friend Tesla owner, they dismiss Ford's efforts, Hyyundai/Kia's efforts, Porsche's efforts and especially GM. Not that GM has anything of quality to showcase against Tesla at this point, these family friends will not acknowledge Ultium at all. They laugh at the Bolt all the time. Lyriq and Hummer is as if they dont exist and never will. They will find anything to nit pick the Mach-E and they consider the Taycan/Audi E Tron GT as subpar to anything Tesla. 3-5 years and this will change of course when VW/Porsche, Hyundai/Kia, GM, Ford will have new and fresher EVs on the road as compared to a possible 13-15 year old Model S that will look and feel the same as when it came out in 2012 if Tesla does not give the Model S a 2nd generation. The Model 3 and X would be closing in on 10 years old by that time too... And if no 2nd generation of those wont be offered... The Model Y is newer but it too, will look and feel as if it would be 15 years old. The Model 3 and Y being bread and butter vehicles for Tesla... It will be interesting to see how these Tesla sheeple will react and buy... And it will be interesting to see where Tesla's head chief CEO resides in the Forbes richest man rankings... by then if the idiot doesnt see he needs a 2nd generation of all his offerings...

I was listening to the Wheel Bearings podcast on the commute to the mud farm this morning and there was discussion of the Lyriq, and quite a bit of discussion of the lack of a frunk. General consensus was due to the packaging there wasn't room for a useful frunk...various dirty bits related to the EV stuff that could have been in the rear were moved to the front to provide more cargo space in the rear, according to a GM engineer on the podcast. Also implied that there was room in the frunk for a larger electric motor (probably for a future V-series performance version?).

Wow. It's been a year since I have updated this. We still have the van and it is still going strong. No real issues since the last update. The suspension creaking is back but you only hear it at low speeds so not that big of a deal. The only other issue is that the start/stop battery needs replaced again. It hasn't actually died like last time but it almost never has enough charge to work. I'd guess for a lot of you this would be ideal but I am one of the few oddballs that actually likes stop/start. It feels so wasteful to me to sit at a light with the engine still running. I'll likely wind up spending the $100 for a new one soon and yes, I know I will never get my money back from the gas I save, even at current gas prices ? Anyway, it is up to 44k miles now. The wife and I still both work from home so it went from having 32k miles put on it in the first 22 months of ownership to having only 12k miles put on it in the next 26 months of ownership. That includes another trip to Florida we did back in March. I did have to buy a new set of tires. I went with Firestone Destination LE3 tires and they are working out pretty well. They are quiet and smooth riding tires but have a little less wet traction than I was hoping based on the reviews. Still not bad, though. That's about it really. I did pull the camper with it again (200 mile round trip) a month or so ago even though I have a Canyon now. The Canyon was busy at the time. The trans temp is always steady and the brakes are more than adequate to stop our 2000 lb pop up. The thought is we will likely keep this another year. Its a bit tricky because we would like to take advantage of the ridiculous used car market, especially since it will show two accidents on a Carfax but at the same time what is the difference if we wind up just spending that extra money and then some on a new vehicle with no real discounts.

2022 Q2 sales volume came out today, GM down 15%, Honda down 50%, Toyota down 22%, Stellantis down 15%, Hyundai-Kia down 19%, BMW down 20%, Nissan down 39%, Mazda down 42% Subaru down 18%. Ford was up 5%, VW group up 2% so those 2 are treading water, the rest are tanking. Tesla is expected to be up 53% GM has sold 20,253 EV's in 2022, Tesla is at 228,700 estimated (final numbers not out). Tesla is rolling right now, at even half their current growth rate they will be at 1.1 million units a year in the USA in 2026, 2.7 million units in 2030. I am not saying it will happen, but look at the beating the other guys are taking. And how long will it take for the legacy OEMs to not have 1 EV in the product line, but 5 or 6 all of which are built in volume and in stock on dealer lots. Probably the only way the other guys can beat Tesla is to #1 undercut the price, and #2 have rows of EV's sitting on dealer lots, because with a Tesla you are still ordering online and waiting 6 months to get it. My local Mercedes dealer has 82 cars in stock, but 51 are GLC's and zero are EQS. If a car company can put 50 EV's on the lot, that is how you beat Tesla.

Seems the Germans are no longer the standard of Luxury Auto's. Koreans have taken the lead. Specifically, Genesis leads as the best Luxury line of auto's according to the J.D. Powers survey. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jd-power-and-associates_jdpowerawards-activity-6947586440616665089-8Hta?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=android_app

So basically you’re just repeating what I just said. Thanks lol.

Right now they are bringing the fight. The other OEMs haven't caught and beaten but they are bringing it right now with everything that's rolling out this year and within the next five years. It seems like every OEM has at least one EV rolling out this year (or last year) with a handful more on the way.

Totally agree with you and @oldshurst442 on this story. I think Musk is going to be hurting at other auto companies ramp up production and he is still struggling with very dated EVs. They hit some major points: Some Highlights From Car Wars 2023-2026 Projections: Inventory will be a problem for a while. There are about 1 million vehicles on dealer lots right now; traditionally there are 3.2 million, and pent-up demand will increase to 6 million units this year. A record 61 new vehicles, on average, will launch in each of the next four years, for a total of 245 new models anticipated to hit the market for the 2023-2026 model years, including a high number of low-volume nameplates. In the past the average was 41 new models a year. There will be 182 different crossovers by the 2026 model year, and CUVs will account for 51 percent of the total sales volume, making it very crowded. The segment will include a growing number of jacked-up wagons. The number of body-on-frame trucks will grow from 61 for the 2022 model year to 85 for the 2026 model year while automakers increasingly discontinue car lines. Fleet demand is not being fulfilled right now, which means 25 percent of annual sales demand have not been met. It is creating a jam-up that will take years to resolve. The Escalade ESV gets 14 mpg on average mix of highway and local driving. So a full tank of gas gets me 490 miles of driving. I do not drive much since I work from home, but with Summer finally here, I have used it to get decking as after 23yrs I have to replace my worn-out decking on my massive deck I have on the house. The deck is a two-part space with the first one being 20 feet wide x 16ft deep. Second lower section is 16 feet wide x 16 feet deep, so been making runs up to a small town of Sultan that has a wood mill. Here I can get my 20ft and 16ft lengths of decking, so I have no seems at 99 cents per foot compared to buying them from Home Depot at $2.49 a foot. big savings so worth the gas to drive and pick up what I need for a few days of replacement. I did my last drive yesterday, so hoping to finish up by tomorrow the deck and have a nice relaxing safe space. Happy Canada day to all. Happy Fourth of July to all.

Premium? 35 US gallons equals to 132.5 liter as per google calculator. Premium in Quebec is 2.15 dollars/liter That would equate to approx 285 Canadian bucks... Holy sheet that is a lot of dough!!! If one in Quebec daily drove that, he would have to fill up every 3rd or 4rth day... That would be approx 7-8 times a month... 2000 dollars/month. 24 000 dollars a year... In a nomal time, that number would be at half that amount. 12 000 CDN dollars per year. yeah...either way, I dont want or need space or a V8 THAT bad.... Its a lot of dough for being 6 feet 6 inches tall...

That article shouldnt be taken lightly...

I mention McDonald's a lot. yeah, I eat there from time to time even though I own a fast food joint of my own. Hey...a Big Mac is a Big Mac and a Quarter Pounder with cheese is a Quarter Pounder with cheese... I will ALWAYS love those even though I can make my own at MY restaurant. Like I said.... a Big Mac is a Big Mac and a Quarter Pounder with cheese is a Quarter Pounder with cheese. I dont drink sodey pops. At my restaurant or at any other restaurant. Ill have a milkshake from time to time but a bottled drink like water or juice is what I have. Not from a fountain for a cup and lid. From a bottle that has a cap. So I could manage without a cupholder. When I leave the restaurant to come home, I wont eat as Im usually coming home to supper with the family. I used to eat a hotdog or two when finished work, but those never lasted long enough to make it to the car. LOL I dont eat hotdogs anymore. (all that much) Ive cut down considerably. I am closing in on 50...

yes, we as so called enthusiasts dont care for mundane shytty things like a frunk. OR a cup holder. Im closing in on being 50 and I still dont give a shyte about a cup holder. Oh....I APPRECIATE a cup holder as many a time it came handy. But I dont drink in my car. I eat from time to time but I dont hang out at the drive throughs all that much. I also had a 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 in my mid to late 20s when drinking Gatorade was a thing to do, or a Coke from Mickey D's was a must, but I managed then and so I can manage now. But a cup holder DOES have a place in our lives. As does a frunk. When one will use a frunk for the very first time, one will want one. TRUST ME!!! Like Ford's keypad entry system. I had one in the 2007 Edge I bought my wife. We didnt have one a for a short time, but then came the Fusion and now Im thinking, I need one on my next car purchase... NO!!! I dont want to carry my phone with me.... If I didnt mind carrying a phone, I wouldn't mind carrying key. I have found the keypad VERY useful and almost a need. Yeah, Im thinking about a Ford Mach-E for myself for my next purchase. For ME. 1. Its a MUSTANG 2. Its an EV 3. Its GOT a keypad... 4. We ignore the fact that its a CUV because its a MUSTANG. And NOT only in name. It handles like a sports car. Its sporty like a sports car. Its fast like a sports car. But take a look at number 3. Its got that keypad. Plus a frunk that I could use for the restaurant.

Speaking of the Hummer EV. The one that sold in my town has been back at the dealership 5-6 times already. My wife cuts a few of the salesmen/sales manager's hairs so they complain about it to her - LOL. They apparently don't have specialists to work on electric vehicles (yet?) and it just keeps having issues. I've asked my wife if they said what the issues were and she didn't know. I was really curious about that, what's actually causing the owner the headache. I'm curious about this as well as everything is starting to age and I haven't heard anything about new models or major refreshes yet. The Cybertruck is already two years behind schedule and who knows if it'll make it out by 2024 at this point.

@oldshurst442 and other Canadians lurking on the forum: Happy Canada Day!

There will be a future V-Series performance version is that part makes sense as to why the engineers forewent a frunk. Exchange and a trade-off back and front storage space between a trunk and a (lack of a) frunk would be an engineering choice for the greater good. As I have stated before. However, a lack of a frunk, even if some of us are discussing it as a no biggie is not exactly correct. Because it is discussed and GM engineers are defending that decision because it is discussed it is a point of contention with many. Ill repeat what I stated before. As an engineering solution, the Lyriq forgoing a frunk might be an excellent engineering choice. yada yada yada engineered that way to leave more trunk space, yada yada yada to have more room up front for a bigger motor for a future V-Series Lyriq. Possibly making the Lyriq a faster CUV than the Mach-E, Tesla Model X and Y. But as a marketing choice, BECAUSE its a point of contention with many...and it IS a point of contention with many, the lack of a frunk might just be a deal breaker. NOT the first time in the automotive world where a mundane issue like this causes a stir and where the buying public actually looks for when buyying a vehicle and possibly make a buying decision on. Cup holders comes to mind...

Like the U.S. Market, Cadillac is sold out for the first couple of years in China and they increased production there too just like here. Right now, I think Cadillac will be fine in ramping up to an all-EV portfolio unlike other automakers that are still a year away or two from launching their first EV. It will be an interesting next 18 to 24 months to see how the EV roll out goes for everyone. Hopefully GM can avoid the pitfalls that Ford has had with recalls lately on their EVs. In regards to Loyalty, just as has been stated by the hard core Tesla owners in my own company in our own company #social-autos slack channel, the Tesla S is a perfect example of still being on the same style 10 plus years, only front and rear bumper covers have changed and except for the Platinum power train change over, Tesla is working old EV when one considers how long they have been producing now and the focus point told to me over and over by these folks is that while they love their Tesla, at 10 plus years on the S that many of them own, the quality/fit-n-finish still leaves much to be desired. As one that instead of buying a Tesla Y, bought a Mach-E as their second EV, Ford Fit-n-Finish is leaps above Tesla even with the few recalls. The quality of the auto and how fast companies update their auto's is going to be the area that could hurt Tesla long term. Software updates can only do so much.

Slick..the rear reminds me of an older 911 from some angles..

I mean, yes and no. The GV60 might be smaller outside but its roomier inside

Exactly, I'm 5'8" and I don't hit my head in my MKC, Focus, C350, or my Mustangs, because I'm not a wild fckn animal getting in and out of vehicles.

From a tech standpoint and as one that works in the Cloud and sells cloud services to companies, you have a very wide paintbrush stroke on your question. Are you looking for cloud storage for personal or business use? What is your preferred tech access type? (Android, Windows, Apple, Linux, etc.) Please post more specifically what you are wanting to use it for as your use case will dictate the choices. If you are wanting to just learn about what the cloud is, then let me know that and I can point you to info about the Cloud, but please let me know if you are looking at personal or business use. There are huge differences that most do not realize about the various Cloud options out there. EDIT: OK, I see personal based on @Drew Dowdell and your discussion above. Sorry I was late to the party, Drew nailed it.

You log into the account you want it attached to. If you get it through a warehouse club, they’ll email you a signup link.

Sure, Genesis has more prestige than Mercedes. They don't make a single model over $100k. They make a nice little effort, at least, they went rear drive rather than just badge jobbing a Hyundai and making front drive crossovers like Lincoln does. But Genesis is basically what Infiniti was 15 years ago, with the G35, M35, Q56, and the FX45 crossover that were all rear drive, performance oriented, nicer than a Nissan ,but not as nice as a German car, but cheaper than a German car. Infiniti fumbled that strategy, because Nissan as a company has no direction, but basically Genesis is Infiniti of 15 years ago.

Todays Escalade Fill up, glad I just do it every other week.