ccap41
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Do you really think the public is THAT stupid that they don't know the difference between an empty and loaded vehicle? The girls that I'm friends with notice when they have a vehicle full of people vs when it's just them driving around. They're not car people in any way.
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Well I am not willing to pay for testing of a vehicle that is loaded to its max for no fckn reason. That's such a rare circumstance for 99% of people.
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Also, we would be paying for those additional useless(imo) tests. This stuff costs money and for the few people that buy a vehicle and load it to max weight and drive 15mph over the speed limit and are surprised they get poor fuel economy..I could care less about them.
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There is no need to measure a vehicle's towing fuel economy.. Even people that tow regularly still probably only have a small percentage of miles with a trailer hooked up and ones that REALLY tow regularly are already in a vehicle that doesn't require ratings. Look at the testing procedure. https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fe_test_schedules.shtml It's more in-depth than what you just wrote out.
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Some are much better than others. The bezel on them can make or break them. The BMW there definitely looks the best with the smallest bezel and it looks the best incorporated into the center stack. Why would that angle be optimal in the Malibu? The Ford focus' looks the cheapest.. It even looks better in the EcoSport..
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I very much agree with that. Everything is pretty quick these days and most everything is leaps and bounds higher quality than just 10 years ago. I mean we have family cars and 1500 trucks running mid to low 14's that aren't considered performance vehicles. Those are just your average F150 with the 3.5 EB or Silverado 6.2 or Toyota Camry! The only stuff I do take more to heart is when they discuss responsiveness to infotainment systems. Having had a slow and crappy MyFordTouch and now a much quicker and smoother Sync3 I understand the differences and how some are much better than others so I do like to hear about that stuff. I actually think most every test has nothing to do with real-world driving. I can't think of one test that is very similar to anything we do daily. The closest might be the 30-50mph and 50-70mph acceleration. I can't sense sarcasm or not.. but I'll act as if you're not being sarcastic. How is sprinting 0-60 and finding how much fuel it uses finding "real world efficiency"? That almost sounds the complete opposite of finding real world efficiency.
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Neither is perfect. 0-60 with all of the electronics they use to launch the cars and brake torquing them to 3000rpm isn't very "real world" either.
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The're all too damn close. It's more a measurement of traction than overall straight line performance. Non of which you said requires brake torquing or using a launch control to get up to speed. I get what you're saying but when we're talking a tenth or two it's pretty stupid. I'd prefer 1/4 mile time w/ MPH. It still includes starting from a stop but there's more than 1 gear change to consider, the mph can say a lot about where the power is in the power band(3.5 EcoBoost vs 6.2GM), and aero plays a role at those speeds.
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Completely disagree on how few people are badge snobs. I'd argue that most people are badge snobs, in general. Anybody making 50k can afford a German luxury car and that's why there are 3/C/4 sold. People buy Apple products for status, Coach/Michael Kors purses for status, Beats headphones for status... They're all overpriced for what they are but they're also all high quality products but not necessarily the best for the money.
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Why is 0-60 this metric that keeps coming up, @smk4565? Why such a short sprint to talk about a drag race? You're talking about drag racing yet you choose the shortest possible metric.
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NO. FREAKING. WAY. They're going to give soccer moms all across the United States a SUV that's been 'Ring tested. That is going to be a got damn GAME CHANGER! I don't know how they're going to keep them stocked.
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Awesome, exactly what the people are asking for, another minivan and an EV one at that.
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These cars will be kickass but their names will be terrible. They do not flow whatsoever. CT5-V CT4-V
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Yeah that's kind of how this was. I'm in the back office of a financial institute where we literally aren't even allowed to talk to clients in my department yet everybody had the same dress code, including IT, until they changed it.That is exactly how my current position is/was. When I first started it was the tie from Labor Day through Memorial Day except Fridays and then last year they canceled the tie unless we were meeting with people where business attire was required. I loved losing the tie. Perfect, imo.
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