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  • From all of us at Scout Motors, welcome to the Scout Community! We created this community to provide Scout vehicle owners, enthusiasts, and curiosity seekers with a place to engage in discussion, suggestions, stories, and connections. Supportive communities are sometimes hard to find, but we're determined to turn this into one.

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    Cross Shopping

    This is all great real world feedback, thanks everybody!
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    Cross Shopping

    Thats interesting - in this case the rattles were all from the dashboard - just sounded like all the plastic pieces vibrating at different frequencies over expansion joints. Coming from a short wheel base vehicle with larger tires, I'm used to expansion joint issues, but this was bad. No doubt...
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    Cross Shopping

    OK, not sure where I'm going with this - but hear me out. I've had a plan for nearly two years now, (19 months to be exact, since I placed my Scout reservation): Lease the Hyundai to try living with a BEV, and drive my Xterra until the Scout is ready. Good plan. Life has different plans, my...
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    Bench or Bucket Seating Poll

    This is an area where I lose the thread. I grew up in the 70's/80's and front bench seats were the norm. I hate them. Most uncomfortable, waste of space thing I can think of in a car. In fact one of the "cool" things when my dad brought home his 77 SSII was the front buckets! But that's just...
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    Help me decide BEV or EREV

    My interim lease list is very similar - and we may end up just leasing another Ioniq5, ours has been great. Would be kind of cool if my March of 2024 R2 reservation got me any information beyond what's on the general website, the original plan was the R2 until the Scout was ready, but no...
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    Consumer Reports - Interesting

    That's the trick - vehicles are complicated and all vehicles are going to have problems, and the more "tech forward" they are, the more issues they are likely to have. The trick is not avoiding issues, the trick is how Scout handles them when they come up. When issues do arise, you create a...
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    R2 Launch Watch

    Thats interesting to me - I put vent breakage into the not-if-but-when category, my personal list of cars with broken vent fans is probably much higher than those without - and while I like the cool factor, I'm not a fan of the added complexity. On the first generation Titans the "blend door"...
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    Center Screen

    One of the things I've been linking about the Scout is how well integrated and intentional everything seems to be - in my opinion if the screen were any bigger, vertical, etc... then the focus of the vehicle becomes the screen, something I would rather not focus on.
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    Headlight & DRL Color Temperature Changed?

    I have not seen that, thanks! Will be saving for future reference...
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    Headlight & DRL Color Temperature Changed?

    I feel this post - light temperature is incredibly subjective; some people can't tell the difference, or just don't care, between 2700 and 6000. To me it makes a huge difference!! Inside I prefer a more traditional feel, and went with all 2700k in the house, but there is variation, even within...
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    How much more would you pay for a Launch Edition Scout

    Hard to answer this far out, like others have said it comes down to a cost/benefit equation. For the Scout it likely won't be an issue for me, as I have no interest in an EREV at this time, but we'll see what the next 2-3 years brings. As a straight "jump to the front of the line" cost, the...
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    R2 Launch Watch

    I'm very curious to see how this plays out - I've had my R2 reservation since March of '24, just checked and still no configurator or other updates on the website or in my email. Since that time we've leased an Ioniq5, and while that has put me fully on the BEV bandwagon, it might also mean we...
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    Carplay unconfirmed?!

    I've always resisted the rush to apps for everything - this is a great example why. Simple homelink buttons in the mirror, buttons for the seat heaters, buttons and knobs for the hvac system - that way nobody needs a pin to ask their car to ask their phone to ask their Google Home for...
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    Try before you buy?

    Hopefully they follow the Ineos model: Grenadier reservation holders were able to make reservations for off-highway test drives, held regionally. The closest one to me was about 100 miles away, I signed up, and would have happily made the drive but work called me away. And then escalating...
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    What would you be willing to pay for a paint color?

    Very situationally specific for me - As a stand alone option, my limit is $0 unless I truly hate the "base" colors. But I have to weigh it against the cost of all the other options I'm going to want vs. my overall budget. I don't know what my overall budget is going to be in 2027/28 but if I...
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