Rear AC in the roof

[Chaz26]

Im hoping in both Terra and Traveler (especially Terra since that’s what I ordered!) there could be ac vents in the roof for the rear seats. This gives way better cooling for rear passengers and especially those of us that have dogs in the rear seats. I know some will have the cabana top but maybe either have it in the roof for those without that option or if there’s a way to still have it up in the frame area above the rear doors if not.

 

[J Alynn]

I wonder if the glass roof will be like Rivians where you can make it opaque at the touch of a button.

No they won’t. That was mentioned at reveal. Just too expensive

 

[cyure]

No they won’t. That was mentioned at reveal. Just too expensive

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Time2Roll]

For anybody with kids in a car seat (especially rear facing), vents in the ceiling is a must.

Not sure how many of us made it through childhood. We rolled the windows down. "rolled" means we actually used a hand crank.

 

[J Alynn]

Not sure how many of us made it through childhood. We rolled the windows down. "rolled" means we actually used a hand crank.

I would concur. Not to come off snarky but my 20 year old daughter did just fine with regular vents. I just looked at our less than year old new Honda Pilot and it has low rear vents not roof vents so rear vents of some kind will be better than no vents. The very rear won’t seat people anyways so second row should be fine with the console mounted vents shown in the prototype. Perhaps SM will make the rear fold down seats “lockable “ and then pets could be placed and cages mounted on rear seat so the console vents are close and then the pets are close as well. Just a thought

 

[cyure]

Not sure how many of us made it through childhood. We rolled the windows down. "rolled" means we actually used a hand crank.

Or sat in the very back with no windows and no seat belts!

 

[J Alynn]

 

[J Alynn]

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For a minute I thought that was Dr. Doogie Howser MD . Kinda looks like Neil P H

 

[J Alynn]

For a minute I thought that was Dr. Doogie Howser MD . Kinda looks like Neil P H

Speaking of which-he’d be a great spokesperson for SM. More the “how I met your mother” /Harold&Kumar sarcastic version rather than innocent Doogie H MD

 

[OleScout]

Ha-yes he was great in How I met your Mother!

We're currently shopping for a replacement for the Wife, she's has three stipulations for the next vehicle, one being rear vents- ideally overhead vents with controls in the rear. Prior to 2024, Ford only had rear vents at on the floorboard of the Bronco. A lot of chatter on this within the Ford community and Ford placed rear vents in the middle console just this past year.

We complain about car prices, but look at what we request- it will be interesting to see the take rate on Slate trucks but expect many will price themselves out of the range they expected due to upgrades. As a kid, I was just happy if the door latches worked going around a roundabout and the window cup holders didn't fly out the windows. Times have changed and so have our expectations with automobiles- now we want reclining rear seats, ventilated cooled seats and remote start.

However there is something about driving an older car, to me it's zen to have no distractions with electronics and having to solely focus on the driving experience.

 

[J Alynn]

Ha-yes he was great in How I met your Mother!

We're currently shopping for a replacement for the Wife, she's has three stipulations for the next vehicle, one being rear vents- ideally overhead vents with controls in the rear. Prior to 2024, Ford only had rear vents at on the floorboard of the Bronco. A lot of chatter on this within the Ford community and Ford placed rear vents in the middle console just this past year.

We complain about car prices, but look at what we request- it will be interesting to see the take rate on Slate trucks but expect many will price themselves out of the range they expected due to upgrades. As a kid, I was just happy if the door latches worked going around a roundabout and the window cup holders didn't fly out the windows. Times have changed and so have our expectations with automobiles- now we want reclining rear seats, ventilated cooled seats and remote start.

However there is something about driving an older car, to me it's zen to have no distractions with electronics and having to solely focus on the driving experience.

If it wasn’t for safety (other careless drivers) and the fact the old cars that are cool are as much as new cars I’d fully agree with you. I’d much rather restore an old Scout but knowing it will run $65-$75 just to be average nice it’s hard to justify when I can get all the bells and whistles of a new car. Sad it’s gotten to be this way.
With that knowledge though I wish VW would bring back a modern day Karman Ghia convertible. That’s one of my fixer upper dream cars-simple yet completely vintage in feel

 

[J Alynn]

 

[cyure]

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So pretty.

 

[cyure]

If it wasn’t for safety (other careless drivers) and the fact the old cars that are cool are as much as new cars I’d fully agree with you. I’d much rather restore an old Scout but knowing it will run $65-$75 just to be average nice it’s hard to justify when I can get all the bells and whistles of a new car. Sad it’s gotten to be this way.
With that knowledge though I wish VW would bring back a modern day Karman Ghia convertible. That’s one of my fixer upper dream cars-simple yet completely vintage in feel

My son keeps asking me don’t you want an old one. It sounds like a great idea if it was my weekend vehicle, not daily driver.

 

[OleScout]

If it wasn’t for safety (other careless drivers) and the fact the old cars that are cool are as much as new cars I’d fully agree with you. I’d much rather restore an old Scout but knowing it will run $65-$75 just to be average nice it’s hard to justify when I can get all the bells and whistles of a new car. Sad it’s gotten to be this way.
With that knowledge though I wish VW would bring back a modern day Karman Ghia convertible. That’s one of my fixer upper dream cars-simple yet completely vintage in feel

Very true, cheaper to purchase a restored classic then to pay to have restored. Alone an LS swap in a Scout will cost 25-30k per estimates I received.

 

[J Alynn]

Very true, cheaper to purchase a restored classic then to pay to have restored. Alone an LS swap in a Scout will cost 25-30k per estimates I received.

Holy crap-wow-is that just the engine or are they modifying frame to fit, etc… and new wiring, etc. that’s more than just pull an engine and replace an engine-or correct me if I’m thinking incorrectly? I know most resto mods are $75-$100K easy on top of providing the starter vehicle and I know it can go way higher than that if you want top notch show car level job. Still dumb-founded-would’ve guested $15-$18k for a swap.