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  1. caddycruiser
    But...it's Porsche. Price doesn't matter. Dealers and service are exemplary. Good move, regardless. Just not "we killed Tesla".
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    Porsche from a build quality and dealer network will be GREAT... But the price is nuts. The range is way too limited. And why Turbo on an electric car? It's a "better car" than a Model S, but only if you don't mind spending an extra $75k and running out of juice...for short jaunts, and not have as wide spread of a charging network. Didn't really hit those marks.
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    Current gen JGC that started in 2011, and has gone through multiple big and small revisions, has been a tank, and completely reliable. As with any new intro (and the Wrangler example for 2018), I'd skip the first early model year, then all will be okay. Ready to see more. Current gen, in a 2020 model year, is one of the best all around packages you can get in any vehicle class. Refined, solid, incredibly efficient, stylish, etc. Hoping into a friends 2014 with 121k miles on it now...for a long roadtrip. Still only on 2nd set of tires, original brakes, and silent. Let's hope the beefed up Stelvio, etc. platform lives up to this gen. More to come...even if that does mean a rotate dial shifter. The Alfa stuff has been the questionable stuff, in full Alfa form, but let's hope the Jeep guys took this one further. Supposed to look almost like the current gen (great), but be lighter and higher tech.
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    Love technology and advancement...but this continues to come off as more of a concept car experiment than anything. Mirrors still work. Small gear shifters still work too, vs. haptic feedback buttons. Advance the efficiency, advance the refinement, advance the safety...but another HD camera and another screen? Interesting but not needed. Curious to see who and what gets this first, if anything, here.
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    If it's a 2.0T Accord, it has blind spot monitoring, standard. That's a pretty common Honda feature now, and unlike GM's invisible version, you can 1) see it, and 2) it has the audible beep not just a silent yellow amber light. 2.0T Sport, EX, EX-L, etc. have it, along with the other lane keep, and such. Fusion, not a bad move. Deal, etc. too. Lots of solid options.
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    After never having seen a new GS ever on road...far upstate NY the last week, I counted 3 of them. Nondescript, and not as interesting as the previous one in some details, but bigger and smoother. Good look on road, and total sleeper. Nothing looks different, at all. Add in white, gray, and silver as the 3 I saw...and nope.
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    After a couple thousand miles in a 2.3T/10-speed 2019 Mustang convertible, and its horridly uncomfortable seats and interior, but amazing drive quality and feel...I'm looking forward to the new Explorer. Funny how not everyone knows it's new, but the ground up remake is massive, RWD base and getting rid of the previous awkward space inside. Too bad, as with most, the interior is a lot of cheaper bits, and blah black plastic design. Not been a fan of Ford's gray & white IT coding looking infotainment either, or how it operates day to day. But...looks like a GREAT package with guts to back it up. Already seeing them on the road, quite a bit in the northeast.
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    Great review, especially of the overall feel and dynamics, 2.4T included. We continue to be impressed at the feel and feedback everyone thinks of with the 2.4T, and look forward to it in my upcoming 2020 Outback on order. The Ascent is "not a bus" like a Traverse, etc. can sometimes feel. This is a heavier, larger, etc. vehicle than any other on the global platform, so it goes down the road with a different refinement than something like a Forester. Very rarely does anyone who's not familiar, even notice a Subaru is a CVT, with the stepped programming. You usually do, if higher RPM or cruising, and ask for more power, when it doesn't "step" as much so to say. Good & fair write up👍
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    Good move, and a great truck. Had a 2019 Classic 1500 Crew Cab Big Horn, $48k sticker, as a rental for a few thousand miles. Loved it. More manueverable and easy to drive than many cars, length aside. Comfortable, solid, quiet, tough, quick, good mileage, and easy to use. I'd take it back in a second. Was sad to give it back to Enterprise...it was so easy to park, even parallel, with big camera, sensors, mirrors and powertrain mapping, never had an issue. That big firm cloth bench seat up front with USB ports...liveable. Great deal, and thanks to not looking "old", they're an easy sell for dealers with the incentives.
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    Super GREAT truck. I didn't expect to like it so much. Put several hundred miles on a 2018 Colorado crew, and loved the drive quality, fit, and 3.6L/8-speed. Was like a refined SUV on road, and sporty. Antithesis of the AWFUL 2019 Silverado I had, back to back. I begged to give it back, and took the Colorado in return. Good to see how nice these actually are. Right sized, and nice to drive. BLUE! Boom.
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    Visited western PA Wednesday last week, and got to see the Jeep for the first time since last October at delivery. 8,800 miles and great. Sunrise morning views in PA: Alongside my Forester: Dealer serviced once. Enjoyable, and the best combination of power & mileage of any of the last 4 utes. "Just right" size.
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    GREAT ute. Power, comfort, refinement, solidity, day to day useability...even Bob Lutz had a clip where he describes how perfect of a package these are on Automotive News. 45k baby. Friend has the same 2014 with 110k+ miles on it now, still great. Keep going!
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    Accord is great...CR-V is a nice package... This generation of Pilot, MDX, Ridgeline, etc. are garbage. Done;)
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    So true. 'Ode to my days in 2010 selling Nissans...and Sentra SR/SV's being the "it looks nice, and Nissan will approve me on my first loan" car of choice. Cheaper cars with features. Not a bad move. Even if the Nissan long term quality starts to fall apart, by then, you're ready to graduate to your next ride.
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    Type S...essentially the way to intro the new TLX, with blacked out windows and huge wheels, to the auto show crowd. 6 months later. "Wait, so it's an Accord with AWD again? Okay. Thanks." I saw concept images of this 2+ years ago at an Acura conference. Essentually A Spec look, with bigger exhaust tips, etc. and the more recent RDX like styling overall. No shifter, weird massage me touch pad, etc. Soon, most Acura's will be variations of the RDX design, same FWD based platforms. But, more power.
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    These things are terrible. From the generation of Honda/Acura where plebian, light weight, poor panel fit, terrible interiors, and awkward looks were key. Every year the transmission tuning varied, as did the amount of clunks. Finally, in latest guise, with added chrome trim on high end models, they finally look peel & stick "look, we made it better!", but by far the most award top heavy looking crossovers. No one ever drives one and "ooooh, so nice". They sell simply on name, and not looking elsewhere. Great...now the trend of make it all black starts. So creative. GO LOOK AT AND DRIVE ANYTHING ELSE. Your legs, arms, ears, and everything else will thank you. Climb in and drive a Telluride...or even a Traverse...and you'll think you've entered a Bentley.
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    New temp tagged Palisades in various cities and highways...good sign. Tellurides, of course, everywhere...more and more. New ruby red Cadillac XT6 with dealer tags leaving NYC, onto the Jersey Turnpike. Without a doubt, one of the blandest, slab sided, no detail, etc. vehicles on road. Almost Pilot esque, but oddly, the Pilot even has more surface detail. Good thing it was red...
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    Mileage and driving reviews of this diesel with the 10-speed are great... ...I wish GM spent half the time just putting the 10-speed with every powertrain, and spending the rest of the money they wasted with so many combos, to improve the rest of the truck. Here's the thing though. No one upgrades or pays more for a "better" powertrain. Enthusiasts and magazines do. No one else does. 33mpg will be a great marketing moneker. But diesels never sell here. Ever. And, even in the case of gas and "more power", no one buys them. Great time and energy spent on this one, but, unsure of the results. Not being negative, just factual. The rest will remain 5.3L's with the clunky needs to go away 8-speed, a few confused buyers ending up with the 2.7T, and 2 a year buying the 6.2L/10-speed. Too many combos. Diesel, GREAT. But go to a Ford lot...and see the old age, leftover diesel F-150's still sitting around. Great marketing...but buyers don't care. Hmm...
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    Fun car, and uber refined. No wagons...ha. That closed in trunk and shelf/window of a sedan is better? Great cars. The initial "whoa" in the new models is how much more comfortable they are, even just to sit in, then you realize how much more so the 2020 cars are, rolling down the road, too. I continue to enjoy the Direct Injected 2.5L in the Forester, so mix it in a cloth seated Outback Premium, and I'm good. The 2.4T adds more power, and is fun to push. They gave us 2.4T cars to track test 24/7 on 100+ degree days in Vegas back in June.
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    Truly, again, the real world impressive...sounds, feels, look... https://youtu.be/rmm8fjOiMCs I followed a new red XT6 with dealer plates from NYC Friday night...holy meh...on road, it's bland even vs. an Acadia. Let alone the core, and internals.
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    $59,999 with no options...a DCT...a V8...and bizarre interior... The one time GM does something "wow" again. Maybe... Hey Acura. Hybrid AWD stuff aside, care to come up with a new $50k dealer cash for NSX? $30k last year helped... The Vette is ugly in many combos, with nasty wheels, but alas. It's what happens when you spend so much time re-inventing the guts, and the outside turns into an ant eater. Oh well. DCT blip, blip, blip...BOOM.
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    Common lately... As are the XC90, Q7, etc. trades...on Ascents, Tellurides, and... It's simple. Great ute, loaded features, known quality rep, and "oooh, I like it". After a couple years of "holy...this Benz...this Audi...this...were expensive and those $300 oil changes..." smart ones look elsewhere.
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    Not ever the case...and in Subaru world...building what sells, and never too much...is key. The blind spot in Subaru is at least more functional than GM, and a large INSIDE of mirror strip...you always see it... Most commonly ordered and built packages...anything Limited...or Premiums with blind spot... Even that, you end up with a "base"...EyeSight does everything, and visibility out is so massively better than most other vehicles...but yes, good point. I vote to have Blind Spot standard too. And make it beep...
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    Having driven these extensively...the difference in packaging, seating comfort, fit, finish, and silence...with that new interior, and a turbo, is the kicker. Off road. On road. The refinement...is the wow...vs. so many other competitors. I've now put almost 4,000 miles on a brand new loaded 2019 Forester 2.5i...and had nothing but compliments on power. Bizarrely, too, it's hard to even tell it's a CVT...it's tuned that well. Some complain "but the fake steps...". No. In reality, unless you're super hard pushing it, the latest versions simply turn into a quicker responding step on it and go unit. New platform. New balance. DI 2.5L. My Forester loves to hold on and rev...and lifetime average of 29.1 mpg...pulling hard. It'll roll, and pull past others. Guess having them from 2 miles and driving properly...works... The Outback now...is the refined winner. Yesterday...iPhone remote starting my Forester to be frigid inside...setting EyeSight cruise...and rolling 100+ miles getting 30+ mpg...then throw it into a corner and hard throttle out... It is a world difference vs. my last 2 years in random rentals. I still miss my Grand Cherokee...but that's about it...
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    These are great...and as always, the "regular 3.6L Pentastar" is a better performer with better real world mileage even in big vehicles, than so many new turbo, etc. iterations. Great vehicle.
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