What feature(s) do you hope that Scout does NOT include?

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In person at the reveal the 35’s they had on them just felt “right”. The vehicles will handle 35’s from the factory without lifts. I’m sure 33’s are just fine but in person I just fell in love with the reveal spacing, the height and the proportions. That’s how I’m deciding. Unless of course they mess up the rim designs at launch time then who knows. Now I’ll have anxiety until all this is shown to the public as sales/production ready
I’m really hoping for this reason when we build our Scouts to order it not only shows a picture with the different options we add but gives detailed measurements. For example, with 35s and a roof rack the height add x number of inches, the distance between the top of the tire and the bottom of the wheel well is x with 35s and x with 33s. I know it’s a lot but I am looking for granular detail when I am building my Scout. And it would be great if we could see side by side pictures and specs of 2 or 3 different builds when we are making our selections.
 
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Concerning the 35's vs 33's discussion it is also important to note that you would probably get better range with the 33's just because they are lighter.
That would be another piece of information that would be helpful to know when we building our Scouts to order. If there is any change in range based on what we select.
 
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I love the buttons! Don’t take away my buttons. That’s what drew me to the Grenadier. That and that I love old Land Rovers. I just couldn’t get past the price tag and 14 miles to the gallon. That’s what I have now. I’m not trying to stay in the past on everything.
How about we give you a button. But you can use it or not. The ID.4 has this button but will work with foot on brake shift into gear as well.
 
Short answer 2 more inches of ground clearance or so they say. But really no, beside more tread on the tire.

Edit: sorry, I looked through the rest of that page for a response on this, but must have missed it. This was already covered. Sorry!

Point of fact/small correction.

It’s 1 inch of extra ground clearance, but 2 inches of total tire size increase. Because the hub is in the center, you only get half the tire size increase, in ground clearance increase.
 
50 Shades of Gray. Even 5 is too many. I am so tired of seeing new vehicles that provide 10 colors to choose from but 6 of them are gray/silver. I had a "titanium" colored vehicle. It was like being in stealth mode. People pulling out in front of me, cutting me off, etc. They can be invisible on an asphalt road.
 
50 Shades of Gray. Even 5 is too many. I am so tired of seeing new vehicles that provide 10 colors to choose from but 6 of them are gray/silver. I had a "titanium" colored vehicle. It was like being in stealth mode. People pulling out in front of me, cutting me off, etc. They can be invisible on an asphalt road.
Same! I am hoping they follow in IH footsteps and we get some vintage Scout colors with a modern twist. I have had too many years of a black car. I’m all in on color this go round.
 
They had a key fob in the Scout reveal didn’t they? If there’s a key fob would there be a start/stop button or would the fob just need to be in the car for it to “turn on”?
No, there’s nothing to turn on or off. Fob would just be to unlock doors or pop frunk open. But that’s the feature I don’t want. No fob. Just phone app and a credit card backup to unlock door.
 
Yup. If you don’t have an on/off button, it just means you’re leaving the decision up to an algorithm. I prefer to have some say in the matter. If I want to sit in the car with the power off, or leave the power on when I get out of the car, that’s for me to decide. there have been issues with other cars, like Id.4, where the climate control/audio shuts off if the driver steps out of the car, because their algorithm didn’t take into account that there may be other people in the car.
Dog mode or camp mode keeps power on after driver leaves. Dog mode is just keeping climate on and a big sign on screen with interior temperature. Camp mode lets media and climate to stay on until battery reduces to a certain level.
 
No, there’s nothing to turn on or off. Fob would just be to unlock doors or pop frunk open. But that’s the feature I don’t want. No fob. Just phone app and a credit card backup to unlock door.
Thanks for the information Dana. I know that there’s nothing on a Rivian as I did a test drive and I had to go back inside and ask as I had never driven anything without a start stop button before.

However, I remembered one of the videos from a car reviewer from CES and I swore they said start/stop button. I just went back and looked at the media pictures on the Scout website and on the lower right of the center of the steering wheel that looks like a start/stop button. I’m wondering if the Harvester option makes one necessary? Either way, start/stop button no start/stop button, I am all in on this truck.
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No, there’s nothing to turn on or off. Fob would just be to unlock doors or pop frunk open. But that’s the feature I don’t want. No fob. Just phone app and a credit card backup to unlock door.
I’m all for you not needing a fob if you don’t want to use it, but I definitely want a fob with buttons that let me control the door locks, open the frunk or hatch, sound an alarm if needed, maybe even turn on seat warmer. I’ve got a fob with my current car and I know where every button is. I can reach in my pocket and push the right button. With a phone app I’d have to pull out my phone, unlock it, bring up the app, Hope that there’s working connection, wait, find the app, scroll through some menu to find what I want, etc. And then every so often some new designer decides that they want to completely change the way it works, and I have to relearn everything, or they decide to take functionality away, etc., etc. Give me a fob any day. Especially a fob with a physical key in it that I can pull out when electronics fail. Hyundai ioniq 5 and Kia ev6 have that, and with their 12v battery issues a lot of owners have been grateful for that key.
 
I’m all for you not needing a fob if you don’t want to use it, but I definitely want a fob with buttons that let me control the door locks, open the frunk or hatch, sound an alarm if needed, maybe even turn on seat warmer. I’ve got a fob with my current car and I know where every button is. I can reach in my pocket and push the right button. With a phone app I’d have to pull out my phone, unlock it, bring up the app, Hope that there’s working connection, wait, find the app, scroll through some menu to find what I want, etc. And then every so often some new designer decides that they want to completely change the way it works, and I have to relearn everything, or they decide to take functionality away, etc., etc. Give me a fob any day. Especially a fob with a physical key in it that I can pull out when electronics fail. Hyundai ioniq 5 and Kia ev6 have that, and with their 12v battery issues a lot of owners have been grateful for that key.
Team fob over here.
 
Team fob over here.
I’m all for you not needing a fob if you don’t want to use it, but I definitely want a fob with buttons that let me control the door locks, open the frunk or hatch, sound an alarm if needed, maybe even turn on seat warmer. I’ve got a fob with my current car and I know where every button is. I can reach in my pocket and push the right button. With a phone app I’d have to pull out my phone, unlock it, bring up the app, Hope that there’s working connection, wait, find the app, scroll through some menu to find what I want, etc. And then every so often some new designer decides that they want to completely change the way it works, and I have to relearn everything, or they decide to take functionality away, etc., etc. Give me a fob any day. Especially a fob with a physical key in it that I can pull out when electronics fail. Hyundai ioniq 5 and Kia ev6 have that, and with their 12v battery issues a lot of owners have been grateful for that key.
I’ve said before my daughter’s Bronco ended up with App issue that effected remote start and the alarm going off randomly. I’m cool having a key app for phone but when something fails (as she/we experienced) I want the physical fob as back up. I agree with @oldgeeksguide and need for fob. The Scout reveal had two difference key fob designs displayed and knowing WE/SM wanted a vehicle with touch points I think the fob is great. I think a wrist band can be a reasonably priced option for people who want that-certainly merit but I wouldn’t want to wear the wrist band (as I’m sure I already commented on). A card is nice. I have a mag reader card for work now and if the reader was 3” lower on wall all I’d have to do is swing my hip toward door and it would unlock but it’s a bit too high. I like this option too but how do you lock from distance, remotely start, etc…? Without using phone?
 
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