Tesla Model X

Time for another post, here it is,

The Tesla Model X

(credit: caranddriver.com)

First of all, the X is a crossover. As you probably know, I don't like crossovers. I especially don't like electric ones, it just goes to show that it is a lousy poser attempt at an off road vehicle.
 There is nothing about the styling I like. Tesla just seems to be innovating for the sake of innovation. For example, are the gull-wing doors really necessary? They don't look good in the slightest, they are heavy, and probably took the engineers an extra month to figure out all of the problems gull-wing doors would cause on a crossover. I agree with MotorTrend's statement that the X looks like a cat, but with wheels instead of paws. The body shape makes the Tesla look like a crossed-over Prius.
For a sporty car, the X sure weighs a lot, it's curb weight is over 5,000 pounds. The range isn't that great, it's only 290 miles. A normal car probably gets that on a full tank of gas, but that is a manufacturer's estimate, so the actual range is probably much lower.
The price is quite high, the mid-level (the one you will actually buy) is $95,000! For that kind of money, I can buy a Dodge Viper GTC!

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Subaru Forester

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The Subaru Forester

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This is the biggest fail in Subaru (since the Baja). The Forester is a crossover now, and frequent readers of my blog know my opinion about crossovers: The Argument Against Crossovers. The XT comes with a 250 horsepower turbocharged Flat-4 engine, which is an engine where, the pistons are in two horizontal banks. It also has a continuously variable transmission. The XT comes with a dashboard touchscreen. This might be a problem if you are on a bumpy or dirt road, because if you hit a bump when you are calling someone for instance, you could turn off traction control, electronic stability control, anti-lock braking systems, or all three! Unlike other cars, the Forester has always been questionable, it started it's production run as a strange cross of SUV and who-knows-what. A Subaru Outback (when it was a wagon) could do all of the things the Forester could, all while not looking like the intern at Subaru designed it. The Forester is aimed at those people who envision their lives as a L.L. Bean catalog. In fact, it came in an L.L. Bean trim package (plaid flannel shirt not included). The Subaru also comes with a horrible optional feature, EyeSight. It plays an alarm when the light changes or when you change lanes. EyeSight also does automatic braking, which is a pain, because if you come slightly too close to someone that you are overtaking, the brakes will activate, possibly causing the person behind you to have a 75 mile-per-hour rear-end collision. So, not really a safety feature in the slightest.

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Toyota RAV4 EV

Time for another post, here it is:

The Toyota RAV4 EV

(credit: www.autoblog.com)
This is a post requested by Stephen Buck. The RAV4 EV is an electric vehicle. This creates a  problem, after driving 113 miles, you need to charge it up, which takes about 5 hours. I live in an undisclosed town about that distance from Portland, Maine. Now, Portland is a fine place, but I would not like to be stranded there.  So, If I want to go any further than Portland, I need to wait 5 hours. You could imagine that this would be slightly inconvenient. The RAV4 EV is also a crossover, If you haven't read it, this is my opinion about crossovers: http://badpopularcars.blogspot.com/. Being electric also makes it extremely heavy. The normal Rav4 weighs 3455 pounds, the EV weighs 4032 pounds. Another issue is that if you need fuel in a regular car that runs on gas or diesel, any small town has a gas station, but only major cites have the special chargers needed to charge electric vehicles. What if I am in the middle of  a rural area running out of charge? Life is stressful enough, why do you need to worry about that? It carries 5 of your friends (disclaimer: the friend you get to sit between two adults in the tiny middle seat will no longer be your friend anymore. This may be a good seat for the girl you want to break up with, but don't have the nerve to do it.)

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The Argument Against Crossovers

Ok, For a first ever post, this is what I would like to say,

Crossovers. They are awful.

Why would anyone want a cross of two cars in such a way that it defeats the purpose of the cars being crossed? You see, a hatchback is good because it has 5(ish) seats, is a managable size, and has a good trunk you can put things in. A SUV is good because it is a big powerful off-roader and it can tow things and carry things. Car makers have been going about it all wrong. A crossover is basically a fatter hatchback that has no off-road or towing capability like an SUV.

The paragraph above is now known as: The Argument Against Crossovers.



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