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This is the interior color. With the orange you had the option of this or black. It’s not terrible.

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Then there’s only one option for the screen. I’m hoping Scout does this as well. That screen is beautiful and proportion well for the dash. I would hope the base trim would get the same size screen. I think smaller wouldn’t look right.

Next we have the sky one touch roof. It’s very similar to the cabana top. It’s $1995. I think that’s reasonable. I would hope the Scout isn’t anymore than that. No more than $2500 for that roof.

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Then they have 2 packages. The comfort package for $1995. I would pay that to get the ventilated front seats.

The tow package I don’t have an option on because I don’t know enough about it to know if this is reasonable or not.

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Off road suspension is included.


$500 for PPF is a good price but they don’t tell you any details. Brand, what’s actually covered with PPF. those details are important.

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I keep saying I want to stay as close to $75 as possible. I could push to $80 if absolutely necessary.

This falls right in that range. I’m hoping I can do something similar with my Scout.

I’m going to try and find one near me to test drive with that one touch roof. I think that will help decide cabana or not.

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I keep saying I want to stay as close to $75 as possible. I could push to $80 if absolutely necessary.

This falls right in that range. I’m hoping I can do something similar with my Scout.

I’m going to try and find one near me to test drive with that one touch roof. I think that will help decide cabana or not.

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Thanks for doing all of this!
I'm thinking Scout pricing will be right in-line with this...
 
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@cyure having fun are we?
I’m trying. Yesterday was challenging. We had to put our 17 year old cat down and then last night the AC died and we are having extreme heat warnings all week. Last night I slept with ice packs it was so hot. I’m tired.

Cross your fingers this HVAC guy knows what he’s doing. He says it’s the fan motor and he should have us fixed today. 🤞
 
I’m trying. Yesterday was challenging. We had to put our 17 year old cat down and then last night the AC died and we are having extreme heat warnings all week. Last night I slept with ice packs it was so hot. I’m tired.

Cross your fingers this HVAC guy knows what he’s doing. He says it’s the fan motor and he should have us fixed today. 🤞
Sorry about the kitty and AC. If it’s any consolation this winter is possibly a mean one. You’ll wish you had the heat then.

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So I have no desire to buy a Recon, but it’s an EV with a “cabana top” so I want to drive it. I just called the local dealer. It says they have one in transit.

First, receptionist asked me what department. Sales. Then she asked me what vehicle. Recon. Then she asked me what year. 🤦‍♀️. I said it’s the brand new EV. There’s only one year. 2026.

So transfers me to a salesperson. We go through this same dialog again. She said it’s in transit and did I have any questions. She could read me the window sticker. No, no I don’t have any questions, it didn’t sound like she would have the answer even if I did.

This is exactly why I want to get my Scout DTC. I’m also hoping for a concierge team that can help us with our orders if we have a question or want to speak to someone while we are placing it.
 
I’m trying. Yesterday was challenging. We had to put our 17 year old cat down and then last night the AC died and we are having extreme heat warnings all week. Last night I slept with ice packs it was so hot. I’m tired.

Cross your fingers this HVAC guy knows what he’s doing. He says it’s the fan motor and he should have us fixed today. 🤞
Really sorry to hear about your cat...
 
So I have no desire to buy a Recon, but it’s an EV with a “cabana top” so I want to drive it. I just called the local dealer. It says they have one in transit.

First, receptionist asked me what department. Sales. Then she asked me what vehicle. Recon. Then she asked me what year. 🤦‍♀️. I said it’s the brand new EV. There’s only one year. 2026.

So transfers me to a salesperson. We go through this same dialog again. She said it’s in transit and did I have any questions. She could read me the window sticker. No, no I don’t have any questions, it didn’t sound like she would have the answer even if I did.

This is exactly why I want to get my Scout DTC. I’m also hoping for a concierge team that can help us with our orders if we have a question or want to speak to someone while we are placing it.
She was probably confused because the Recon used to be a package for the Wrangler
 
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Really sorry to hear about your cat...
Thanks. She had a good life.

Cece was born in the AC vent of a Honda dealership and went to a friend of my daughters and their daughter was allergic. My daughter text me asking if we could take the cat. My husband said well tell her to bring her on over and that was summer of 2010!

Now that I say that story maybe our AC going out was Cece’s way to say never forget me. We won’t pretty girl.

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Sorry about the kitty and AC. If it’s any consolation this winter is possibly a mean one. You’ll wish you had the heat then.

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Woo hoo! Fan motor, but the compressor is fine and it’s not leaking. So $800 instead of $8000 for a new one. We have cold air!

I said a prayer over the Ac unit. Get us through this heat!
 
I wasn’t sure where to put this. Here seemed as good a place as any. I went online and built a Jeep Recon. It has similar features so I wanted to see how it was optioned and the price.

You can either select all one color or two tone. There were quite a few 0 dollar options for colors and I didn’t think $995 was bad for the orange. I’m hoping Scout doesn’t go higher than that for the up charge for paint colors.

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$75K for a Jeep? Not a chance