What about your friend who has a W223 and hates the 48v system who replaced his W222 with one? I went back and checked, you definitely referred to that person as "him"

 

huge majority of s-class drivers that i see where i live are female, middle-aged and older. they live in very nice gated communities. "hubby" drives a truck, a big suv, or a sports car.

doesn't seem like you hate it.

but yeah, i do wish this could be kept to ev conversation, not gas guzzling suv's and s-classes.

 

duplicate

 

Forgot about him, because he dumped it. He wasn't into an S-Class hybrid. I told him to trade it and order the diesel, that's the one I'd want. But he's in a Cayenne now.

Yes, you live in the South and I live in the South. Somewhat similar. Steve, you never took my word for how many 200LX/LCs there are around where I live until you saw for yourself when you went to St. Augustine or whatever.

 

It may in the future but It might take a while.
Just a guess though. 🤓

 

It won't. Calling that now, we'll see.

 

"ev transition will never happen"

 

LOL, ditch his W223 that drives identical to an W222 because it’s hybrid and order a diesel S Class that isn’t sold in the US? Got it.

Back to the EV Escalade I don’t think you will see it selling similarly to the gas Escalade anytime soon. For one the IQ is a lot more expensive, and you lose the towing ability etc.

 

Never say never. California is the capital for enthusiasts. Other than Dubai, we have probably (I'm just guessing) the most exotics. We are definitely the capital when it comes to modding culture. Yet we now have over 26 percent new EV sales. So I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm just saying never say never. That's what people said about Tesla, that it was DOA

 

It just took one minute before I started laughing and had to turn it off

 

If the Escalade had a V8 gas, diesel and EV…everyone is happy.

I agree.


450 is indeed good


Performance of the diesel is too slow. Lyriq has grown on me too. Haven’t heard about buggy software

 

Ok, now I have to watch it... Haha

 

V8, gas engine, diesel, hybrid blah blah blah **** off to this forum already.

 

“Nobody who buys cars in this price range cares about fuel economy no matter what the TV says” not sure who said that, if it was AJT or somebody else. That’s not true. I have a $140,000 S Class and I care about fuel economy to a degree. I know many people who do, and fuel costs and not buying fuel are a driver for them to buy EVs etc.

People who have money do care about what their money gets spent on. To me gas is a big expense that I would be happy not to pay for. Am I going to buy a car or not buy a car because of fuel economy? No. Do I appreciate a car getting good fuel economy and look forward to having an EV and no longer buying gas? Yes.

If I never stopped at a gas station again that would be an event to celebrate IMO

 

I don't have to tell you this as you already know, but EV'S get you best of all worlds. High performance, check. Smoother than any V8, check. Excellent economy, check. Never having to go to the gas station, get an oil change, or worry about maint, check. If you have a GM, Ford or Rivian, you have access to Tesla superchargers, next year they open up to Hyundai/Kia. It will just be a matter (IMO) for people to shake off all the misinformation, drive one, and be wowed. IMO of course