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    https://www.economist.com/news/business/21728980-its-government-developing-plan-phase-out-vehicles-powered-fossil-fuels-china-moves https://electrek.co/2017/08/15/germany-going-electric-ban-on-petrol-diesel-cars-amid-auto-industry-scandal/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/06/france-ban-petrol-diesel-cars-2040-emmanuel-macron-volvo http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/norway-to-ban-the-sale-of-all-fossil-fuel-based-cars-by-2025-and-replace-with-electric-vehicles-a7065616.html And more countries to come.... So....even if you feel there is no consumer demand for EVs...which Im sure you could debate this quite successfully...because it APPEARS to be the case but not really...but its OK...because... automakers are being FORCED to change...it dont matter!!! You may die and never get to experience the EV...stubbornly as it may be... YOU being that ass in that pic there!!! And I get it...you would rather be Juan in that same pic trying to get that donkey to take you to work rather than you ever riding in an EV...which is absolutely fine...but I guarantee you that your kids will ONLY be buying EVs no matter how hard YOU convince them not too... Remember when smokers said that their right to smoke in bars, commercial flights, restaurants etc. was being violated? Well...same shyte applies here! (social pressures is where Im getting at) And the manufacturers have to comply because they will have NO CARS to sell (in China...largest car market) and so will go bankrupt anyway...regardless if they lose $9000 on a Bolt today! Just try to look a tiny wee bit further than your nose!!!
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    In 2017...hell...in 2012...hell...in 2010...hell...in 2001 Do you really need a radio...FM radio... But then again...you prolly think Jobs was a shyster too... But seriously... Why in 2017...we think that a DELAY in a FM radio downloaded program is a negative? Like I wanna know why? I mean...who the phoque in 2017 still listens to FM radio? I get it that you are an old fossil and asking you to use the clouds or the Onedrive thingy is an anathema for you...but you dont own at least a music player or USB key? I even own a USB key!!! I aint a spring chicken myself either!
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    One fad I hope comes back Ill even take these instead But Lucid Motors I think, has read my mind (or is it answered my prayers?) These kinds of things please me. Small things amuse small minds, I guess!
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    The Tesla Model S does NOT look out of place in back of a newer, fresher styled EV from Porsche. The Model S is on its 6th year of sale, and to some it always had soulless styling and to others the Model S has simply became out-dated... Well, I am here to tell you all that the Model S in that picture does not feel THAT old... Im more than interested in the performance stats for sure!!! You know...0-60, quarter mile, and especially range!
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    ^^^ Still nicer and sexier than the Panamera..
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    Im more pissed about the center touch screen being the all central control center for everything rather than the lack of FM radio or even bluetooth. I could go around the lack of FM and bluetooth. iCloud and USB key music library could hold me over... And while driving while talking on the phone is dangerous and garners you a ticket...it aint less dangerous using bluetooth...its just legal lethality...but one could still use his phone...not recommended...but hey...not saying I will be doing this...I dont even use bluetooth phone connectivity and I dont talk and drive NOW....alls Im saying is...an individual other than myself could still use his actual phone while driving... So...for me...it is ALREADY a deal breaker for making the center touch screen the center control panel that controls virtually everything with no other physical buttons doing the simple things... GM announced 20 new alternate fuel models including 2 new EVs...GM wont be the only ones either... If Tesla dont fix this idiocy...Tesla wont be getting my money...
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    I always enjoyed Tom Petty's voice! Ill miss him! RIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowSGxim_O8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BJXwNeKsQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFnOfpIJL0M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlBTPITo1I And the Superbowl half-time show a-whiles back this millennium... Good times I had with your music spanning from the early 1980s to the early 1990s! Thanks!
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    ^^^ I shed a tear! (For Tom Petty)
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    Yup...and the manufacturer is giving you an arbitrary value for the car at the end of the leasing term...for you and for the manufacturer's benefit. And in essence...the manufacturer dictates somewhat the value of its used cars somewhat...and THAT is why I say biased and marketed bullshyte resale value... And in turn, this could hamper or help the value and perception of its new cars... Which is why many view Mercedes and BMW going down a worm hole with their leases, their focus on going down market and the sheer amount of useless models in non-existent niches...
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    The flip side to that would be people who buy a car and drive it to the ground that no matter what car it is...resale value is 50 bucks because the damned thing is 15-16-17 years old and rusted to hell. The heater dont work. The tires are all bald. The tail light plastics are broken, there are all kinds of battle scars on it, and the car has traveled the equivalent of 3 times the earth. Then there are people like me who amortize the car purchase properly. I utilized it long enough and is ready to part with it and I effectively become like those CEO's and pro athletes and lawyers you are talking about with their S Classes but with Oldsmobile Aleros and Impala SSs and Ford Fusions and Acura TLs. I also corrected financial mistakes with Ford Edges and downsizing to Mazda 3s while paying no attention to resale value. Just using the tried and true formula of amortization and the looking yourself in the mirror and cutting your loses technique because for 99% of the time, my wife and I make sound financial decisions anyway rather than making a car buying decision on a BIASED marketed term as resale value... BIASED marketed term because in a wintery area where I come from, when you daily drive even the North American avg. of 20 000 miles a year, wear and tear on the car accelerates where freezing temperatures screw with your car, salt and little stones for the ice rust and ding your car, pot holes damage your car and you are always repairing the ball joints and suspensions because said pot holes are unavoidable therefore even after 8-9-10 years of daily driving your car in this kind of environment, no matter if Mercedes or Hyundai, your car in 10 years is WORTHLESS in Quebec...OK...a general scrap yard price of 250-500 bucks for the parts!!!
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    And I would agree to that about the Escala! But I do like the Model S looks. I dont think the Model S is anything special though. And I could see as to why many think it aint good looking. Although I did put DFELT on the spot for him saying the Model S is a jelly bean... I will agree that Teslas...all of them...are devoid in character. The 1974 Matador coupe had character. It was ugly, but it had character. The Karma Fisker would also be orgasm inducing had it had the Tesla powertrain in it! Or a 1970 Olds442 restomodded and pro-toured to accommodate such a powertrain!!!
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    PS: I dont care what you think about what I think about a 1974 Matador. I WILL ALWAYS HATE THE WAY IT LOOKS!!! BUT....if the 1974 Matador was a good quality car and NOT an unreliable POS like it really was... Unlike you...I possess enough maturity and enough SELF CONFIDENCE to ADMIT that it was a GOOD CAR DESPITE ME HATING IT!!! Ive done THAT many times with BMWs!!!
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    The problem with your argument is this though: finding something unattractive is subjective. Bullshyting your way through facts is...NOT! https://www.electrical4u.com/working-principle-of-three-phase-induction-motor/ The merits (and faults) of a Tesla Model S in it being propelled by two 3 phase induction motors is one thing...hating the way it looks is another... Also...not liking cars being propelled by said 3 phase induction motors for whatever reasons is one thing...bullshyting the facts of a 3 phase induction motor so you feel better about your choices in life is another...
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    @ocnblu DREW explained for me by explaining it for himself why I behaved the way I did! Just read what Drew said...then go back and read what I said! Ya know... You dont have to like EVs...NOBODY is telling you to like EVs... You dont have to ACCEPT EVs either...NOBODY is telling you to accept them or buy them or ride in them or look at them... But at least grow the phoque up... Ya know... admitting to their advantages over ICE is NOT admittance of you liking or accepting them! Ya know! You sound even dumber than you really are when you try to spew and exaggerate the lies you wanna believe about EVs... No amount of downvotes on my posts will change REALITY!!! So downvote away...Ill continue to be aggressive this way in sticking it you!!! Call it man-o-pause...call it me getting my panties in a knot...and downvote this post away! quodque initium novum alio initio finito evenit
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    So @ocnblu You think that induction motors are NOT tough motors capable of repeated drag racing? You think that induction motors are less capable? And you think that I shouldnt express my displeasure over such stupid thought processes, even though in high school all over the world, students learn about Nicolas' little secret and in this forum, we have grown adults spewing stupidity? So...you would rather I accept such idiocy and lunacy and not say a word and just let you folk continue to spew such uneducated drivel? I gotcha! With that down vote...I understand where your intellect resides!
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    Here is my list of ugliness. But it will be with cars that I have actually seen and touched and experienced. A Ford Edsel for instance, wont be on my list as I never saw one in person. I will also stay away from crossovers like a Pontiac Aztec/Buick Rendez Vous or Tesla Model X or Acura MDX and ZDX...too easy to fill up the list... And the list: BMWs 3 and 5 Series GT I actually like the Honda Crosstour. Weird how that is... AMC Matador sedan. Id rather both BMW GTs than this hideous thing. That is how ugly I think this POS is!!! AMC Matador coupe. Pictures actually do this car a huuuuuuuge favor as the pictures hide how truly this car was misproportioned and awkward. Worse than say a Gremlin or Pacer. I remember as a young kid looking at these and almost crying in horror! When I visited in Greece in the 1970s, I used to see these all the time. A Romanian car called the Dacia 1300. Which in reality was a Renault 12. I got to see the Dacia versions. and its El Camino brother 1990s Buick Skylark. I LOVED the Pontiac Grand Am GT version, but man-oh-man this version was disgusting! Life cant get any more depressing for you if you are driving a shyte brown 1984-1985 Ford Tempo In hindsight, I dont know if Im being too harsh on the Ford Sierra/Merkur ΧR--- something or other---but back in the 1980s...I thought this was the most hideous thing on wheels. I preferred the Tempo... I know this is a cult classic. And I LOVE me some FRENCH cars...so eccentric styling all in the name for Art Deco I can understand and appreciate. But this Swedish entry I will NEVER LIKE and I will ALWAYS think its UGLY!
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    The issue I had was when you mentioned a 2001 Honda Odyssey trying to use THAT as a reliable Honda product trying to dismiss Chrysler... WRONG Honda product is alls Im sayin' to prove that point!
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    Regardless, resale value is for sheeple... I dont buy cars in hopes when my car is 10 years old Ill possibly get 100 bucks more. Admittedly that Honda V6 automatics of that era is shyte...what resale do YOU wanna talk about? You said it yourself.... I wont! So...that makes that era of Hondas...with me at least...less than ZERO!!! So...where does Chrysler fit in on this then when on agreement, Honda aint perfect and their cars are prone to failure too?
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    ^^^ THAT response is more realistic and down to earth!
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    Yeah...I own a Honda product...they are pretty effing reliable... Problem is...The MAJORITY of V6 AUTOMATIC transmissioned Honda products in that era that existed in 1999, 2001, 2002 all the way to what? 2005-2006? erhad HUUUGE deficiencies. CATASTROPHIC failures of the expensive kind... I really dont care for the few and far between outliers...
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    The reason why I refuse to suggest is exactly how the Caravan Hybrid thread has gone down. One dude has never had problems with ΧYZ car, while the other guy had nothing but problems with XΥΖ car while the another guy swears he will never buy from XYZ's brand ever again because his entire family tree thousands of years before ALWAYS had problems with that manufacturer while another dude's entire family's heritage NEVER had any issues... Who. To. Believe?
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    So...all this anecdotal evidence...including a Jalopnik article... Who do we believe? Who do we believe? Who. Do. We. Believe. To try to win an internet discussion in trying to outsmart one another to try to convince one another that Honda's transmissions of this era dont self destruct... And we even have an admittance of a failed transmission...but at the time of when a car dies of old age anyway... Jalopnik's article goes a step further in admitting there was transmission problems...but NOT WITH THIS van... Wink Wink... Un. Belieeeee. Vaaaa-bull!
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    I am never good with suggestions and sometimes I simply refuse to suggest. Anyway...I thought about 2 GM cars that were not mentioned that maybe worth mentioning. Maybe price would be a factor for denying these? Buick Regal 2.0T AWD Cadillac ATS 2.0T AWD Both are smallish cars...and stylish. I would agree with Drew's Encore and CCAP's Fusion AWD suggestions I will add another suggestion. A FoMoCo product. Escape 2.0T AWD.
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    @smk4565 Did his automatic transmission fail in his Odyssey? Did he have ball joint problems? (that could be only a Quebec thing or any other place where pot holes are a problem) Because if you say yes to either of those things, especially the first one...and then it becomes hard for me to believe these words from you: Anecdotal: Ive had many acquaintances that had automatic transmissions fail in their Odysseys, Accords, TLs and CLs of that time period. Many of those people changed that transmission twice. Also...those same autos also had ball joint problems...but so does other makes...pot holes in Quebec resemble mini Yucatan craters in the Spring time.
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    Like Frisky. I find it pretty attractive. Its a compact car to be sold to family types. It has always been a boring styled car. But this is a segment where most of the market wants boring looks. At least with this model, Hyundai let go with the ugliness and at least it styled this new one with good looks. Yuck! It OK... I guess. No really. It aint that bad! Yikes! My poor eyes! A lot better, but no super model! And about this saying...vanilla styling... I dont know how this started, but vanilla (flavour) is ANYTHING but boring. Vanilla actually has a pretty rich and powerful flavour AND aroma. It spices up pretty much ANY kind of sweet drink or dessert to what otherwise would be bland without it! So...Ive decided to make a stand and NEVER use the term vanilla when trying to describe boring...
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