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Hoping for a simple option - will pay extra!

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bsh said:
Right now my daily driver is a 2017 Toyota Tundra SR5. I expect to be looking for my next vehicle about the time the scout comes out, and I love the styling, history, and the fact that it's an EV. That said, I drive a number of newer vehicles - either family's or work-rentals, and there are a number of modern features I could... do without. My wife just replaced her 2019 Subaru Outback, which I called "grandma Subaru" because it never stopped clucking and shrieking at me. My SR5 is perfect except for the gas engine.

I'd pay extra for a Scout Terra Package with:
  • standard (non-adaptive) cruise control
  • No shrieking alarms when I back close to an object. (It's a truck and I'm loading or unloading or need the room - I get close to things)
  • "warmer/colder" climate control instead of setting it to a temperature that it never reaches
  • smaller display screen
  • Never tell me there are other cars on the road or where the lanes are
You can call it the "weird old guy" package and charge $3500 for it.

Any "defeaturing" you'd pay extra for?
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Luckily I can make all that happen for you for the low, low price of $3299. I’ll adjust your settings and create a frame for your screen (you even pick the color), lol.
 
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R1TVT said:
Agreed. Even simple things like an overhead 360 view (using the cameras) when parking to help you quickly get centered into a space, or see how close you are to a bumper when parallel parking are taken for granted. The other thing to keep in mind is that our kids will grow up with all this tech. Sure, they learn to drive with mirrors and not being overly dependent on tech, but they take drivers tests in their own vehicles and they get used to the tech to help them. You will not see OEM's scrapping tech that helps protect their vehicles (and the vehicles of others). Let alone other people that you may encounter on the sidewalk, crossing the road or cycling. HOW the tech is implemented is an important consideration. I do hear lots of people complaining about poorly implemented tech under certain brands. I don't think that will be a concern with Scout.
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So true…the HOW is such a key component to all of it.
 
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OH1984 said:
Brings up a good point I just thought of. When my wife’s Kia sorento backs up it makes a loud beep like a box truck. Tesla makes a whirr noise which is fine. Hopefully the scout does not beep when backing up since it’s a large ev?
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I dunno, I might want a ships klaxon for backing out of a parking spot at the grocery store.
 
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