Now that all the cladding got burned off, how close is this thing to a plain old Silverado with batteries stuffed in it?

Until you have dealers who are checking “3 pedals” for cars with foot-actuated parking brakes...

With the second and third row seats out, you *might* be able to get one Soul in there.

Jeep is probably less like a parasite than a trust fund baby. Anyone who marries themselves to Jeep gets instant cash for life, but then either 1) never learns to do anything on their own because there’s the regular Jeep cash or 2) blows through the Jeep cash trying something different and outside of their core…

Oy. The TSB for the HF35 said that’s only for pre-16 transmissions. At least that’s what we were told when ours was replaced... So far our rebuilt transmission has worked for 60k miles, but if the 17s can also be so afflicted, then I’m really concerned...

Probably closer to Cherokee -> Liberty, GC -> Wagoneer, Grand Wagoneer stays the same.

A real cat is a lot more money, but is way better as a companion than this pile of digital trash.

You’re right, it does vary based on ambient. What I meant was that the range based on ambient has been gradually declining over the years. We put a lot of miles on the car, though, so that’s why we went with PHEV. Based on my data I’m estimating about 1/3 of our usage is EV only, so sadly only like 600-700 miles a…

Not quite.  It’s diplomatic speak for “foundry ramp-ups take years and we’ll pretend to not have gotten the letter so as to not have to say no.” The part about “we’re still part of China” is so hilariously off-base it negates the rest of the argument. As an analogy, Mexico would not want to be bullied around by the US…

When we first got it we were seeing 18-20 miles at full charge, and now it’s down to 13-15. I’ll basically drain the whole battery going OW to work and charge there, and then a full drain on the return. That would be 2 charge cycles every weekday if I drive.

Unless that pump fails, of course. We had our HF35 replaced at around 60k. Fingers crossed that it does not happen again.

This is entirely correct. With the additional complications that:

That’s a lot of Rangers for just France. Is that all of Europe? The US as a whole barely sells that many Escapes.

Have you also had the misfortune of experiencing catastrophic failure on your HF35?

And pickups with a locking tonneau cover is the new land yacht.

There’s more overlap than you think if you convert the European names to US names.

They’re luxury in the same way that a million dollar tract home in the San Francisco Bay Area is a luxury home.

I guess people forget about the Caddy ELR?

Unfortunately, GM will still have to put a ton of money on the hood. For someone who is in the market and is able to take the whole $7500 incentive, that puts the Bolt EUV’s starting price right on top of the ID.4's starting, and within $2k of the Mach E. That pretty much makes the EUV a non-starter.

You’re right in the Jaguar did the math, but the conclusion isn’t yours. They discovered that despite driving data that told them that a “luxury, mid-distance electric sex machine” would work for their target demographic, their target demographic would also buy the longest range penalty box there is, just for bragging…