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@bitkahuna This is what you like?
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we got extra tickets for the auto show. So we went again. I really don’t get why Cadillac has two big BEVs, the Vistiq and the Escalade…plus there was the gas Escalade. Seems like a lot of product. Quality of the interior was excellent
$500,000. Pretty crazy. Already owned and donated for display.
This looked pretty cool. I am not a fan of their cars, I feel they are a little too low and small to enter. (I just don’t feel the Lincoln Corsair rear hatch
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Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Jan 2003
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I checked out the Taycans, Etron GT RS and Lucid Grand Touring.
Taycan was way over my budget and the trunk and back seat were very small but they looked great. The dealership part really turned me off, it was like I was invisible to the salespeople with me asking to sit in the car in the showroom. It was like they couldn’t be bothered. This was in Tyson’s Corner, VA and just an awful experience.
Next was the Etron GT RS which had a great interior with a great sound system but just like the Taycan, it had a small backseat but a little bigger trunk. The pano roof was cool because you could hit a button and it wound be clear or not or even patterned. Didn’t love the front end but the rest looked really good.
Last was the Lucid with 800hp and 500 miles of range. I shockingly loved this cars features. Nice leather massaging seats, blind spot/turn signal cameras on the front cluster, great sound system, launch control that you can use right away (and I did launch it), lots of room in the back seat and a decent sized trunk. Best part is is leases really well, over $200 cheaper than a Plaid even though it was $20k more in price. Only problem is I don’t love the looks of the car and neither does my wife. She feels it looks too much like an old persons car. If I wanted more of a luxury sedan like an S class I would get this.
I’m going to check out a Lunar Silver Model S tomorrow so see what that color looks like in person before I make a decision but I’m still leaning toward another Plaid. For the roominess of the hatch/trunk, power, price and looks it’s hard to beat. I sat in the new Plaid seats and they are much firmer than the old ones but were nice and supportive.
Taycan was way over my budget and the trunk and back seat were very small but they looked great. The dealership part really turned me off, it was like I was invisible to the salespeople with me asking to sit in the car in the showroom. It was like they couldn’t be bothered. This was in Tyson’s Corner, VA and just an awful experience.
Next was the Etron GT RS which had a great interior with a great sound system but just like the Taycan, it had a small backseat but a little bigger trunk. The pano roof was cool because you could hit a button and it wound be clear or not or even patterned. Didn’t love the front end but the rest looked really good.
Last was the Lucid with 800hp and 500 miles of range. I shockingly loved this cars features. Nice leather massaging seats, blind spot/turn signal cameras on the front cluster, great sound system, launch control that you can use right away (and I did launch it), lots of room in the back seat and a decent sized trunk. Best part is is leases really well, over $200 cheaper than a Plaid even though it was $20k more in price. Only problem is I don’t love the looks of the car and neither does my wife. She feels it looks too much like an old persons car. If I wanted more of a luxury sedan like an S class I would get this.
I’m going to check out a Lunar Silver Model S tomorrow so see what that color looks like in person before I make a decision but I’m still leaning toward another Plaid. For the roominess of the hatch/trunk, power, price and looks it’s hard to beat. I sat in the new Plaid seats and they are much firmer than the old ones but were nice and supportive.
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Joined: Oct 2019
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I checked out the Taycans, Etron GT RS and Lucid Grand Touring.
Taycan was way over my budget and the trunk and back seat were very small but they looked great. The dealership part really turned me off, it was like I was invisible to the salespeople with me asking to sit in the car in the showroom. It was like they couldn’t be bothered. This was in Tyson’s Corner, VA and just an awful experience.
Next was the Etron GT RS which had a great interior with a great sound system but just like the Taycan, it had a small backseat but a little bigger trunk. The pano roof was cool because you could hit a button and it wound be clear or not or even patterned. Didn’t love the front end but the rest looked really good.
Last was the Lucid with 800hp and 500 miles of range. I shockingly loved this cars features. Nice leather massaging seats, blind spot/turn signal cameras on the front cluster, great sound system, launch control that you can use right away (and I did launch it), lots of room in the back seat and a decent sized trunk. Best part is is leases really well, over $200 cheaper than a Plaid even though it was $20k more in price. Only problem is I don’t love the looks of the car and neither does my wife. She feels it looks too much like an old persons car. If I wanted more of a luxury sedan like an S class I would get this.
I’m going to check out a Lunar Silver Model S tomorrow so see what that color looks like in person before I make a decision but I’m still leaning toward another Plaid. For the roominess of the hatch/trunk, power, price and looks it’s hard to beat. I sat in the new Plaid seats and they are much firmer than the old ones but were nice and supportive.
Taycan was way over my budget and the trunk and back seat were very small but they looked great. The dealership part really turned me off, it was like I was invisible to the salespeople with me asking to sit in the car in the showroom. It was like they couldn’t be bothered. This was in Tyson’s Corner, VA and just an awful experience.
Next was the Etron GT RS which had a great interior with a great sound system but just like the Taycan, it had a small backseat but a little bigger trunk. The pano roof was cool because you could hit a button and it wound be clear or not or even patterned. Didn’t love the front end but the rest looked really good.
Last was the Lucid with 800hp and 500 miles of range. I shockingly loved this cars features. Nice leather massaging seats, blind spot/turn signal cameras on the front cluster, great sound system, launch control that you can use right away (and I did launch it), lots of room in the back seat and a decent sized trunk. Best part is is leases really well, over $200 cheaper than a Plaid even though it was $20k more in price. Only problem is I don’t love the looks of the car and neither does my wife. She feels it looks too much like an old persons car. If I wanted more of a luxury sedan like an S class I would get this.
I’m going to check out a Lunar Silver Model S tomorrow so see what that color looks like in person before I make a decision but I’m still leaning toward another Plaid. For the roominess of the hatch/trunk, power, price and looks it’s hard to beat. I sat in the new Plaid seats and they are much firmer than the old ones but were nice and supportive.
Lexus Fanatic
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 35,425
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From: ON/NY
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,001
Likes: 525
From: Maryland