Model Y Refresh
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They really have I agree
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Whatever anyone wants to categorize it as, doesn't matter to me. We use it as our family car, for Costco, Lowe's and Home Depot runs, and the trip car. Backseat passengers are more comfortable and have more room. Not the Sienna type utility, but way more utility than my Model 3
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We went through all this with the last revision of the federal tax credit legislation and why at one point only some Model Y variants qualified for the credit and at what MSRP level. The short answer is what is an SUV is effectively a legal definition based on certain measurable attributes and the Model Y meets those definitions. In other words, it is not a sedan and so it gets to take advantage of the 80K MSRP cap.
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You can actually take a model Y off road. I wouldn't recommend it, but I've seen in it outperform off-road vehicles in many situations, like in the sand. But again, it doesn't matter to me what it's classified as, as long as it does the specific job I bought it for
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While on tax credits, they may be going away sooner than later. 8000 level 2 chargers were ordered to be immediately shut down in all federal buildings. On Friday, our building operations guy told me that one of the employees filed a complaint to management that she thought it was unfair to non EV owners to allow EV owners to charge at work 
. We had a good laugh at that one, because both the CEO and CFO drive EV'S 
. We had a good laugh at that one, because both the CEO and CFO drive EV'S
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Last edited by SW17LS; Feb 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM.
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What that picture doesn’t show you though is that the Rogue has nearly 2 inches more ground clearance than the Model Y. They’re physically about the same size, the Y may even be a little bit bigger but it lacks the capability of real crossover/SUVs.
Ive been looking. I can’t find many crossovers with ground clearance under 8 inches, the Model Y is 6.8 inches at its highest configuration and an Ioniq 5 is only 6.1. That Rogue is over 8. Grand Cherokee is 8.4.
Ive been looking. I can’t find many crossovers with ground clearance under 8 inches, the Model Y is 6.8 inches at its highest configuration and an Ioniq 5 is only 6.1. That Rogue is over 8. Grand Cherokee is 8.4.
Last edited by SW17LS; Feb 24, 2025 at 05:04 PM.