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185,000 subscribers and his videos have anywhere from 50,000-400,000 views. That must pay well enough. I won't be one of this subscribers nor viewers. His stuff looks like complete clickbait garbage. One of his videos is titled, "Thug PULLS OUT GUN and HITS ME *ON CAMERA*" and "I MADE MY FRIEND DRIVE A STOLEN LAMBORGHINI LOL" I can't eyeroll hard enough.

There are a ton of YouTubers that get all of their views by destroying crazy expensive vehicles.

Kind of interesting that this technically has two overdrive ratios.

Happy Birthday, @Drew Dowdell!

...so...? Just saying, it would have been nice for them to continue to use names and not join the alphanumeric garbage that the Germans and Cadillac are using. I'm glad Cadillac is starting to move away from that with their new and upcoming electric offerings though. I'm not a fan of the naming styling with the "iq" on everything but it's still much better than CT#, A###, ###i, etc.

Yeah, that naming scheme is quite dreadful. It isn't like Merc's, Audi's, BMW's, or Caddy's is any better, but they have the clean sheet option and are still choosing this route?

One of my best friends had a Passat for a few years. I think his was a 2017. He loved it but they were about to have their first child and his wife's car was a 2010 Escape getting a little rough so he traded it in for his wife who got a '22 Atlas and he took the Escape. He loved it though, pretty easily got 30mpg and the only thing that broke in his ~70,000-80,000 miles of ownership was the water pump went, which is apparently pretty common amongst the VW 1.8T. I would definitely consider one, if I were in the market for a large-ish sedan.

Per GM, with no frunk though...

Oh definitely, it isn't exactly an EV-specific (while technically it is, but it's just a gasket) issue. GM certainly will be fine over this. It's more or less just something the anti-EV crowd will fuel over.

Oh I agree that by 2025-2030 it won't be an issue. My whole argument was that when these rental EVs first become available in early 2023, it still isn't as convenient as filling a gas tank up.

What's funny is both pictures show only two chargers... Yes, they're available now because there aren't a bunch of EVs on the roads. Once they're "everywhere" and in rental fleets, 2-4 chargers won't be anything, especially because they're slow chargers.

Speaking of trolling... ? I do believe I said that at one point..but that's not good enough. I certainly do not think it is the death of EVs or GM, it is a really bad look when you're trying to convince people EVs are the future, while there is already a lot of resistance to EVs. Tesla was a startup though and issues are expected with a startup. GM/Ford have been building cars for centuries. IMO, it looks worse when the legacy companies have issues with cars than a startup. I expect Rivian to have teething issues. I do not expect similar issues with Ford/GM/Toyota/etc.

That's a little ironic considering what an opinion is.

I'm with @oldshurst442. I've always loved the Series 1 Shelby. The big hood vent, the staggered and "deep dish" rear wheels, and the "bubbly" body work here. You can definitely tell it's 20-25 years old but I think the styling still works today.

Done deal!

Will do, thanks.

I just hope there aren't more than two EV renters at said hotel. I'm sure they're out there but I've yet to see the free chargers at hotels have more than two chargers available.

Yep, that's pretty much what I would have expected. I couldn't imagine that'd be at maximum capacity per their end goals of production in the first model year of an EV. They still needed to "test the waters" before spending too much on production without the demand. It's only smart to start with lower production and ramp up via demand.

If you actually read that other thread, you'd realize I was asking "why?" What makes a truck no longer a truck and now a lifestyle vehicle. I doubt you've ever heard somebody refer to a 1500 Sierra Denali as a lifestyle truck, right?

Boy-o-boy you nailed this! T-Tops are sooooo missed. I am not a fan of convertibles but T-tops would be awesome in all of the sports car world!

You can continue to bring this up on a weekly basis but you will not change my opinion that in 2023, it will not be more convenient for the renter to rent an EV over an ICE vehicle. Is that not due to production differences? There's no way Kia/Hyundai are up to a production capacity for their EVs like Tesla is.

I believe I read that it is longer than an Escalade. TLDR

You guys and your pissing matches over something that is 100% irrelevant to you or whatever argument you're trying to make. "X company is great because they have CASH!" "Look at my company and their cash!!"

Holy smokes, I completely forgot about that! It seems like the kind of tech that would have been FANTASTIC in the large trucks for the last couple decades and it's a shame it went away.

The first thing that came to my mind was the first gen Escape Hybrid that seemed like a great vehicle and a little "ahead of its time" but they never actually took off. The Quadrasteer kind of falls into this category as well, especially with GM bringing it back with the Hummer EV and Sierra EV.