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    If you zoomed out a little bit and didn't try and focus on just a handful of months, this trend started in 2021.
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    What place of business has 6 to 9 months of stock on hand? If Walmart/Costco/Kroger got zero shipments starting today, their shelves would be empty so much sooner than 6 months. I cannot imagine many companies have that much inventory just sitting around. That's a lot of wasted money on their side.
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    Yeah, unfortunately, that still doesn't exactly answer the question though. Is V-Max a mode in which I can just drive around in and get all the power when I want it or is that just a sprint from 0-XXXmph and as soon as I'm done or touch the brake it reverts back to the previous mode? The description sounds like it's just a sprint.
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    Oh absolutely! That's a beautiful interior.
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    Yeah, as long as you keep up with it, it isn't as bad as some make it out to be. Once or twice a year wipe-downs keeps them looking really good for a long time.
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    This interior combo would have been freakin' sweet for my Navigator. I don't think I saw a single one of them when I was looking though. I saw a fair amount of this combination on the used market. Maybe it didn't wear well, but none of them looked attractive used. Or maybe it just didn't photograph well.
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    I mean, I think the blue on black looks really sharp. So, yes. I would be perfectly okay with that. It's better than solid black, at least. I'm also not opposed to all black interiors though. My Navigator and my wife's SVR are all black and I've never gotten in thinking, "ah, it's so dreary in here". Would I prefer some more color? Sure. I don't hate them though and both had other options available, if ordering new. Buying used makes it more difficult to be picky on your interior choices if the rest of the package is what you want. Also, probably 90% of them had black interiors anyway. It really is just what the masses must prefer. If I had to choose, I'd take less color options and better materials than more color options and more hard plastic. I'm sure that's what it boils down to for the more mass produced vehicles.
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    Completely agree. I just don't like ALL tan or grey, but I do like tan and grey.
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    I think they're the same level of cheapness. We have just gotten used to nicer interiors. Just a couple weeks ago I was in the back seat of a buddy's 2023 or 2024 GTI and it felt extremely cheap feeling. I can't imagine a 2003-2004 GTI really felt any nicer back there though. It's just as cheap, we just expect much better for 30-35k vehicles, which is understandable.
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    I get that, but it was cheap. We (myself included) are always wanting more affordable cars but when they make them, we complain about how cheap they are.
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    Holy smokes, I completely understand how you feel! St Louis City has been on a roll this year, too. They've been redoing most any sidewalk corner approaching an intersection along with new lighting, which is all nice, but that means streets are blocked off, too. Now they're also tearing up actual street surfaces and blacktopping them. It'll be really nice in a month when stuff is finished down here. Right now my construction situation is pretty awful between the drive to STL and actual downtown STL.
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    I thought it was a Sonic. It works for the vehicle it was put in though. It started at like 14k when it first came out. The Spark's was basically the same design that just looked newer(because it was). That's exactly what it was back then. Big tach with a small digital speedo + other information. This was my Triumph Daytona's instrument cluster (not my picture):
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    They're just using AAA's website for their data. A ~50c/gal swing in two days is insane.
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    This is supposed to be in line with inflation, which is understandable, to an extent. I believe this may be the smallest year over year increase since 2017. i think this year is just a 3c increase. And, in all fairness, I've noticed a ton more road construction since 2017. Yes, it's inconvenient, but there were a lot of bad roads. Now, there are a lot less and there's still plenty of construction in the area. In fact, it's currently taking me about 15 minutes longer to get home for the next couple weeks due to "emergency bridge construction". It sucks, but I understand it and also appreciate the nicer roads.
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    IL has the highest taxed gas (or 2nd/3rd highest - it goes back and forth with PA or CA or something - I don't know, top 3. ). 48.3c/gal as of July. It's gone up every July for the last like 6 years. When it first went up in 2017, that was fine. It did need to go up to maintain the roads. I believe it had been a very long time prior and I understood that. It's since gone up every year. In 2017 it went up to 19c/gal and it's ballooned up to 48.3c/gal. Your average for 87 is $5/gal? The internet (AAA's website) is showing $4.39 for WA. IL is at $3.43. California is still the highest in the nation at $4.65. https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/
  16. ccap41
    Those seat-backs look awesome, actually!
  17. ccap41
    Yeah, even the Bronco Sport with the fancy hardware is 40k. Yeah, cheaper...but...ehhhh 40k for one of those?!?
  18. ccap41
    I, too, prefer all black to a light tan or cloudy-day grey. I also just don't really like all light colored interiors. I really like a light colored leather seat but with most everything else darker. I quite liked my Focus' interior: I just hate when EVERYTHING is the light color:
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    This is the exact wording and the recall:
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    i believe something causes a possible short, which causes the fire. It already was an LED bulb under the mirror. I'm actively reaching out to Lincoln/Ford about it though, because I think it's ridiculous to just lose a feature due to a recall. I though recalls FIXED problems. Right?!? I'm hoping it's just a temp fix until they have an actual fix. Losing something on a vehicle for a recall is absurd, IMO.
  21. ccap41
    I had a recall done yesterday on my Navigator. The recall was to eliminate the risk of something catching fire due to the under-mirror lighting. The fix was to simply unplug the lights and I lose the feature. This seems pretty ridiculous, right? Like, there wasn't an actual fix. I just lost something I paid for. I had a loaner new Escape for the day though. It was..uhhh...okay...
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    Parts supplier for Nissan and Stellantis? They make junk then, anyway.
  23. ccap41
    Aren't many choices? Isn't Ford and VW the only ones to have pulled out of a segment of like 10 cars? I feel like 7 vehicles is a pretty good pool of vehicles to choose from. Camry Accord K5 Legacy Altima Sonata Malibu
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    Considering these are just images, does "EV" or "ICE" make any difference? I can't imagine it should.
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    What's more silly is Mercedes charges for those different wheels and leathers. It isn't like they're making a ton of no-cost options that make the margins tighter on those vehicles. They're making even MORE when people select the $2500 NAPPA leathers and $2900 wheels. Buuuuut, with that said, the GLC63 has 5 leather options and 3 are blacks, one brown and one grey. They basically have 3 leather colors to choose from. I do really like their trim colors/material choices though. I think that's a great idea.
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