ICE cooling is supposedly something that is state of the art and has never been done, from what Scott has mentioned in podcasts and on Jay Leno's. And for the tire carrier, Scout Motors engineering team is following the saying of "If there's a will, there's a way"
I didn’t even know that was a thing. I’m still team tire carrier all the way.
If you are fine with that, sure, but I personally feel it's a huge loss of interior cargo volume. If that was the only place Scout put it, it would be a major no buy for me.
The smell of rubber, you don’t smell that in cars anymore.
Yah.... That too. Like buying cheap Chinese rubber floor mats....
There was a poll early on with where to put spare and virtually nobody voted for inside
The only one of the two new Scouts that have a logical "other" location is Terra bed mount.There was a poll early on with where to put spare and virtually nobody voted for inside
I don't believe that your assertion "but under won't be possible w/ EREV's ICE." has been established. This will need to be verified. I believe the community assumed there would be an under vehicle carrier on both EV and EREV. Although, the 35" wheel and tire combination would not fit under the vehicle. The community search did not find anything to refute this assumption.
If I remember from what has been discussed here, all versions bev/erev can have a 33” tire under the vehicle. Until it’s the 35” tires then tire Carrier is needed.
I’m tire carrier with 35s all the way. I have been flirting with putting 35s on my Wrangler for years and haven’t. I want 35s gosh darn it!
Knowing there is a frunk I don’t worry about the tire swing because it won’t be that often anyway as I see the frunk being used 85% of the time I’m dragging things along.I’ve been thinking about this whole tire carrier debate. I get it. It’s big and you have to swing it out to open it, etc, etc. This is how I think about it. As a woman, I love high heels. The higher the better. Yes they are painful, but they make the outfit. That tire carrier may not be the most practical thing around but I love the way it looks so I’m okay with the pain. And I can totally see myself using the frunk all the time Team tire carrier!!
YES! Exactly! The frunk looks really big. I’m assuming my regular grocery/Sam’s runs will go in the frunk. The back will be larger items. Coming from an ICE vehicle I’m not used to that extra storage in the frunk. Am I right in my assumption that it’s as big as it looks in the videos?Knowing there is a frunk I don’t worry about the tire swing because it won’t be that often anyway as I see the frunk being used 85% of the time I’m dragging things along.
Being in the building industry I had a female builder/designer tell me 20 years ago that the problem with male builders is they always forget the jewelry (stylish lights, cabinet pulls). She said “ you know to put the black dress on but you forget the pearls-and the pearls make the outfit”. Have never forgotten the analogy
There was a good amount of space and the lower bin storage could still hold gear essentials. I’m guessing you could fit a Sam’s run unless your buying big screen TV’s or furniture
Oh I forgot there was a lower bin. I need to watch the video again. As long as I can get cases of drinks, a pack of paper towels and various other weekly stuff it should be more than sufficient. I’m not buying tvs or furniture on the regular.There was a good amount of space and the lower bin storage could still hold gear essentials. I’m guessing you could fit a Sam’s run unless your buying big screen TV’s or furniture
I missed the never been done part. I wonder if they are going for a fully integrated system with a heat pump to cool and heat the interior, batteries, electric motors, and ICE. With flexible heat exchangers they could move heat from one component to another. Like out of the electric motors or ICE to the interior, or to the battery for charge preconditioning.
