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    I'm not OEM-only at all but that site just seemed sketchy, waaaay too cheap for a tune, and it's a piggy-back style system that, to simplify it, tricks the ECU instead of actually reprogramming the ECU. I just don't feel comfortable doing things like that. The idea of a dial seems fantastic but I'd rather buy a "canned" tune if I'm not sending my car to a dyno tuner.
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    Ehhhhh That's not the kind of aftermarket support I would trust with my car.
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    I hope this car is successful. I don't want all of the cool cars leaving because sales aren't the greatest.. SS comes to mind.
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    i could see that happening when they're running AWD EV's in a car similar to this. The instantaneous torque will get some crazy times in the future. Buuuuut I don't think they'd be alone at that point.
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    Thank you SOOOOOOO much, Drew! One update a week will be plenty. I honestly haven't even read any of the emails because there were just so many of them. Maybe I have, maybe I haven't...
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    @Drew Dowdell There has to be a better way to unfollow or not get notifications/EMAILS from every thread we've posted in. I have 43 pages of threads I've posted in and in order to not get emails from them I have to deselect each and every once of those???? I get more C&G emails then junk mail at this point.
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    Not at all! I dig the car and it is a very quick car. I wouldn't mind owning one second hand, to let somebody take the depreciation hit because I couldn't spend 40-50k on one of these. Hey, if your fail of the year was in December, it must have been a pretty good year!
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    It most certainly does not do that. If so, do you have a link to said review/test?
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    I don't think that's a blinker because why would we need a blinker in that location. I think that might be a blind spot indicator.. I'm could very well be wrong though.
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    For the 28k the Abarth costs it's really difficult to beat because when I build a Mustang or Camaro I add things that swell the price to 30-32k(but with them you can certainly get some discounts but I won't include those). I think the biggest reason I've never really lusted over the small coupe/roadster is I live in such a flat boring landscape. On a daily basis I wouldn't really get to take advantage of something fun and toss-able like the 124/MX-5. I'll add an even larger twist to the game.. Hot hatches. if I had to keep the MSRP under 30k.. I'd probably get a GTI and I haven't heard a bad thing about them on back-road twisties either. Yeah, they're considered wrong wheel drive...
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    That's actually more lame of a car than a 2018 MX-5, believe it or not. 201 1998 horsepowers..
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    Agreed. But the price difference is probably like 10-15k so that's a difficult comparison. Went to their sites.. ATS starts at 38k and the Miata starts at 25k. Spider is the same as the Miata. Price wise, its more like a base Mustang/Camaro, BRZ, or Toyota 86 comparison. If I could get the ATS coupe with the same engine as the Camaro 2.0T that would be my choice. I just like the inside, outside, and visibility of the ATS so much more.
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    Neat, but I'd still rather have the ZR2.
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    Everything in this class will be a bit tight for bigger people..
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    "We're going to use less camouflage testing" *uses full camouflage testing*
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    Typo fix...
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    I don't think efficiency is their concern but 1: the uniqueness of an EV 2: they so deliver power in an amazing fashion. Billionaires saving $1000 a year on fuel isn't their worry. If it was, they wouldn't be buying 250k cars(65 Series AMGs). They'd be buying something much cheaper.
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    There's this feeling I have that anybody who's buying a 65 series AMG does not care about fuel economy with their $250,000 vehicle. Ahhhh-greed.
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    What about that is a problem? A CUV that's FWD based for moms is right up the market's alley. I don't think the two leading luxury SUV sales leaders are complaining about their sales even the slightest... XT5 outsells the X5 by roughly 18,000 units YTD this year. http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2017/12/november-2017-ytd-u-s-suv-sales-rankings-top-106-best-selling-suvs-america-every-suv-ranked/ The top 5 luxury SUVs, in sales, are all FWD based and laughing at your statements. The RX might surpass 100,000 sales this year. X5 and GLC won't hit 50,000 and the GLE will just pass 50,000 units. I completely agree! there has to be differences because of the height of the body, stiffness for rollover prevention, AWD systems.. I'm just not sure what exactly.
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    Alpha is also used for the Camaro which does generate some sales. Alpha is used under three vehicles and the ATS is coupe and sedan. Maybe it wasn't designed for SUV use? From reviews, it's definitely the most superior car platform in each of its respective uses.
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    But sharing the platform already and amortizing costs between their volumes I bet they aren't crying themselves to sleep any time soon. There's no logical reason for them to work another platform for RWD CUVs. They're mommy-mobiles and no good reason to cater to the 1% who want a sporty CUV and battle it out over 1% of a small market already, luxury CUVs costing 60-100k. How many enthusiast buyers do you think there are? Of that %, of buyers, how many are in the market for SUVs? Then of that %, how many are looking to spend 60-100k+ on an SUV?
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    Ah, gotcha. Makes sense. This is an option on much smaller and less luxurious vehicles.. My Escape had a panoramic roof and I don't think they're alone at this point. The F150, Edge, Explorer, and MUSTANG all have pano sun roofs. Everything Lincoln does as well, I think.
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    There's no point in that though. What are the sales differences between FWD CUVs and RWD CUVs?
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    Ehhhh It might be priced above it but it is definitely much much smaller than an Escalade. It isn't double an Escalade ESV Platinum unless you're buying a G65. ESV Platinum 4WD starts at 100k and a G Wagen starts at 124k and 142k for a G63. G65 and 4X4(Squared) are 222k and 227k, respectively. Those are priced way out there but they're pretty extreme in their own manners. Random, but when I was in Orlando last week I saw a 4X4(squared)! AWD EV Escalade would still lack what the Rovers do off road, it'd be a quick son of a B though! Just found out you can get Brembos on an Escalde! Way cool!
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    Room above? How much bigger can an SUV get than an ESV??
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