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riviera74

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  1. riviera74
    Do those credits and/or rebates apply when you lease an EV, buy an EV, or both?
  2. riviera74
    It will take somewhat lower prices in order to get a lot more people to switch from ICE to EVs. If people are paying the same ATPs on EVs as ICE equivalents, they will stick with ICE.
  3. riviera74
    The smaller GMC Acadia should be a separate model along with the newer (larger) Acadia AND larger then the current Terrain. New name, of course. I suspect that a lot of people would like the choice of three differently sized crossovers. No need to do that with the Yukon and Yukon XL SUVs.
  4. riviera74
    Why has Acura recycled the ZDX designation for their EV crossover? I know it used to be the twin of the failed Honda Crosstour a few years back.
  5. riviera74
    The problem with full recharge speed is that it will reduce the number of charge cycles on those batteries. Once that happens, eventually battery replacement is required. While it is highly inconvenient for anyone to wait a few minutes longer to charge their EV, said customer should want their EV batteries to last as long as possible rather than having to pay for an expensive replacement.
  6. riviera74
    A 2.5L 4cylinder is the standard engine? Are they taking notes from Mazda? Mazda has been doing that in their SkyActiv engines (virtually all models) for the past several years now.
  7. riviera74
    Are we spoiled in the USA and Canada? yes. When will I see a midsize car at about $25K, anytime soon? never, apparently. Will we ever dump the two-box SUV/crossover for sedans again? hard to tell. right now, I doubt it. 😦
  8. riviera74
    That's nice. Call me when their EVs are priced below $25K fully equipped. If Henry Ford can make an affordable car into a world beater a century ago, then his namesake company can do the same now.
  9. riviera74
    I am glad the Century sedan has not been replaced. Who misses the V12?! I also did not know that the TNGA platform was FWD and RWD and AWD.
  10. riviera74
    Still a BOF car. A unibody car would have collapsed under all that weight.
  11. riviera74
    The upload speeds you are getting from Ziply is very impressive. Newer equipment (especially replacing anything older than three years old) always impresses with better speed, lower latency and higher throughput.
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    1998 Olds Intrigue GL. The LaCrosse was a 2005 base model (i.e. the CX). That LaCrosse had the GM black tie interior, which was miles better than the previous one, which occupied the Intrigue and its Buick cousin, the Regal/Century. I suspect that if Pontiac did survive past 2008, the black tie interior would have been included in the next GP refresh.
  13. riviera74
    I have had both the Intrigue and the first-generation LaCrosse. I liked them both, but I do NOT miss the cheap interior of the former.
  14. riviera74
    I respect the last Bonneville. It should have been RWD, like the G8 that Pontiac sold until BK. Personally, I would rather have a first-generation Aurora instead of this one. But I understand why you like this.
  15. riviera74
    Sad that those comments imply that Toyota is resting on their laurels and that QC no longer matters like it once did. Hopefully Ford and GM are learning from Toyota's errors.
  16. riviera74
    Exactly. Why would anyone defect to DPRK (aka North Korea)?
  17. riviera74
    Doesn't Hyundai/KIA use mostly Chinese and/or Korean parts and merely assemble the vehicles here or in S. Korea? Locally sourced parts may be hard to find.
  18. riviera74
    Lower the price of the BZ4X to $30K? Good luck with that. Toyota will have the Lexus LS back down to 1990 prices before that happens.
  19. riviera74
    Yeah. What happened to Camino and Balthazar anyway?
  20. riviera74
    The NACS plug seems to be the standard in North America now, thanks to Tesla. I have no idea if this Tesla standard is better than the SAE standard or not.
  21. riviera74
    Gotta make that cash while investing in EVs. Or it is a really good fallback position if the EVs do not pan out before 2030.
  22. riviera74
    A new Bolt is a good idea. A new Malibu is unnecessary. Most GM product that is selling are SUVs, trucks and crossovers of one type or another. Nobody wants a sedan now.
  23. riviera74
    I know that some people want their CUV to have AWD. I have a question: why is it necessary? A LOT of people buy Subaru models because it is AWD ONLY. Unless you are buried in feet of snow at least two months of the year, in most cases AWD is generally unnecessary. Get better tires: it's cheaper and may be better than AWD alone.
  24. riviera74
    I suspect that this is already happening. It happened with education standards years ago.
  25. riviera74
    Wow. All BOF trucks except the Pilot (unibody). I wonder why that is. 🤔
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