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Old 07-22-24, 01:45 PM
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I saw a UX in the wild.....it's shockingly tiny lol! I'm stunned they bothered to make it look like an SUV when the cars parked next to it were the same height.
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It’s basically a Lexus Corolla.
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Originally Posted by Carfan94
It’s basically a Lexus Corolla.
I see that now, I never bothered to go look at one at a lot before so this was my first time actually walking past one.

Looks fine and way better than a corolla if that's what it's based on!
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Originally Posted by Striker223
I saw a UX in the wild.....it's shockingly tiny lol! I'm stunned they bothered to make it look like an SUV when the cars parked next to it were the same height.
The UX is actually a nice little vehicle...
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Actually prefer the styling of the Corolla hatch vs the UX, which just looks odd to me.

The Civic hatch and Integra look better than both to me.
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Originally Posted by Striker223
I saw a UX in the wild.....it's shockingly tiny lol! I'm stunned they bothered to make it look like an SUV when the cars parked next to it were the same height.
They are just a tiny squirt of a car

For max real estate for money spent, not much can beat a Yukon or similar. Lol
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Can somebody explain to me why everybody in a RAV-4 insists on making me wait until we're at the end of the on-ramp to begin accelerating to freeway speeds?

Do they attract buyers who are terrified of going faster than 35 mph?
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I looked at my FB memories where one year ago---- the MB dealer lot was stacked with at least a couple dozen EVs.

I counted 3 total today. Not even sure if one of them was for sale.

EVs are dead.
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Originally Posted by FrankReynoldsCPA

Do they attract buyers who are terrified of going faster than 35 mph?
I find most compact crossover drivers in general do this. They’re very popular with the elderly and people with bad driving skills.

When you use an on-ramp you should be going 70 mph by the time you merge into freeway traffic. If that means you have to floor it so be it! Wanna drive slowly? Don’t take the expressway! use the city streets or backroads. Rant over.
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Originally Posted by FrankReynoldsCPA
Can somebody explain to me why everybody in a RAV-4 insists on making me wait until we're at the end of the on-ramp to begin accelerating to freeway speeds?

Do they attract buyers who are terrified of going faster than 35 mph?
Quite literally yes, most CUV drivers start screaming in terror past 85
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Originally Posted by AJT123
I looked at my FB memories where one year ago---- the MB dealer lot was stacked with at least a couple dozen EVs.

I counted 3 total today. Not even sure if one of them was for sale.

EVs are dead.
Here we go again lol. Dealers have too much inventory and thats a problem, they right size their inventory and then thats a problem. Look up the sales, YoY sales are about the same for MB EVs as they were last year this time. However you may hope for it to be true, EVs are not dead.
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Originally Posted by AJT123
I looked at my FB memories where one year ago---- the MB dealer lot was stacked with at least a couple dozen EVs.

I counted 3 total today. Not even sure if one of them was for sale.

EVs are dead.
BMW EV sales thru Q2 were 25K +38%.
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Yup, not dead.
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