Trying to test drive a Jeep Recon…

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Okay test drive accomplished. They had it plugged in and it was at 23% so I was able to drive it.

My impressions of the Recon. Meh. It was a grey one. You all know how I feel about grey. It did have red tow hooks. That was a nice pop of color. It looked skinnier than I thought it would be. I looked it up and it’s 75” wide. It’s 193 long, and I’m not sure if that’s with the tire on the back or not.

Here’s some
Pictures of the outside.


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Don’t like it at all glad to see it close so I know for certain. Not that I’d ever buy a Jeep
 
Now for the interior. I don’t know if this makes sense, but it just felt dated and “heavy”. Like even though it had a big screen and a wheel for the shifter it just didn’t feel
Like they had put much thought into the interior.

Also I am done with majority black interiors.

Back seat.

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Looks like a Jeep/Stellantis product-blah!
 
The pouch that’s not in a plastic bag is the Level 1 charger.

The things in the plastic bags are the padded pouches to put the back windows in when you take them out. So the window in the tailgate and the two back windows come out completely. It sounds nice, but I doubt I would actually do that very often. Also, how many windows get broken in that process.

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In those pouches they would be fine. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s all laminated safety glass. Those windows were the only thing I thought was good about it
 
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To open the door it’s a button not a handle. I much prefer a handle. The door had a panel of white leather and it was dirty already. The car only has 71 miles on it and the white already had dirt marks on it.

As much as I like the light colored leather on a door, I’m sticking with something else that won’t get dirty. I actually really like the hemp wood in the Terra.

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The Lexus has a longer “button”. It’s odd at first but once you get accustomed you question traditional pulls. With the button you push it and continue pushing the door open. I really like that. The RZ is like 4” long which makes more sense to me than poking at a button. With the long button it becomes all one motion rather than pulling first then pushing. I’ve become a big fan of it to be honest
 
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If the Scout didn’t exist and I was looking for a new car and I had driven the Recon and the R2 I would have gotten the R2.

The Recon just doesn’t feel like you are getting the value for money. It’s a 400V so the charging is slower and I just don’t like the interior at all.

Oh also, the salesman asked me what else I was looking at. I told him an R2. He said oh we have a used one already. The owner of the dealership bought one and didn’t like it so they have it on the lot already.

I looked it up, $72,409 for a launch edition. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s more than they cost new isn’t it?

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I think it’s right around there for launch edition-but white on black-typical sales color pick-so blah. Guessing they hope some sucker is desperate. And highly doubt he bought it to keep knowing they get manuf deals. Seems like they wanted a quick flip
 
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Dodge/Jeep/Ram do loud big V8’s right (Hellcat has entered the chat). However, when it comes to EV’s they fall flat on their face. Not every brand needs to be an EV. The sooner they learn this, the better off they will be.
 
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Space ship noises, AND tons of door buttons, NO THANK YOU! :ROFLMAO:
Agreed!
The impression I got from that video Scout released a while back about the sounds was that they were thinking of making the required noise at low speed the V-8 sound they recorded from the old-school scout. That would be pretty sweet.
As long as that is a configuration choice, and I can get a different noise...

The last thing I want is for my pure BEV Terra to sound like is an overcompensating gas-guzzzling V-8.
 
Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention. The sound it makes when you stop and idle sounds like a spaceship. I didn’t like that at all. We need some sort of vintage Scout engine noise or something. Not a spaceship.

As long as that is a configuration choice, and I can get a different noise...

The last thing I want is for my pure BEV Terra to sound like is an overcompensating gas-guzzzling V-8.

“Flight of the Bumble Bee” for me!

If they give owners the option to load our own sound clips a let us set them the way we want, they would shame the whole industry. 😘
 
If they give owners the option to load our own sound clips a let us set them the way we want, they would shame the whole industry. 😘
Standards won’t permit but I’m sure a “forescan” approach to modifying it could probably be done pretty easily and would be awesome to have you unique sound uploaded