Comments by "SHROOMY" (@shroomyesc) on "TheStraightPipes" channel.

  1. Hard to believe the same company brought us the classy and elegant new 3-series and then this.
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  2. 5:15 The blue on the headlights and the porsche text are just one of the billion options Porsche offers for personalization, not just a cross turismo thing. I would get those in the frosty light blue colour but maybe not in this paint.
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  3. It's so wild that the only reason this isn't as MASSIVE of a departure for Toyota is because the absolutely insane GR Yaris came first. In isolation, this is such a wild car for Toyota to have released. It's just the GR Yaris being fully bespoke bodied (where this has a modified Corolla body) makes it that extra bit special.
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  4. From a diagonal angle the rear actually reminds me of a Kia XCeed, which in my opinion isn't a bad thing at all. Of course, you guys don't have it over there in Canada.
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  5. A lot of people in parts of Europe are really into pickups style, but the only pickups that fit on our roads are the completely utilitarian kind like Ranger or L200, so it would be really cool to see this one over here especially since Ford already sells the ranger anyway but doesn't seem like they will, which sucks. Even Jeep is bringing the gladiator over.
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  6. 0:44 They don't sell the Touraeg in North America or ?
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  7. "Car disguised as an SUV" ...are SUVs not cars?
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  8. Coming from Europe where we have loads more EV offerings in this size, this straight up sucks. They tried making a BMW i3 (recycled materials, suicide doors, oddball styling, low range) for probably no real reason besides compliance with regulation and lowering their emissions average. It costs way too much. They literally could've just done the same but keep the CX-30 practicality and just styled it like this but nope.
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  9. Oh no, it's not for improvement. It's cost saving because touch surfaces are largely about software so you don't have to develop individual buttons and molds etc, and then they can advertise it as "intuitive and innovative".
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  10. Please don't insult Kia like this.
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  11. This is 40cm (1.3 feet) longer than a GV70 they don't really compete lol. Even the GV80 is still plenty smaller than this.
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  12.  @Mike.3GS  Extremely, extremely few people who are buying brand new cars are gonna keep that car past warranty at least in years, mileage sure.
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  13. TheStraightPipes make an EV review without whining about public chargers for half the video challenge (impossible)
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  14. They've recently started exporting new Escalades and large trucks from the US here in Finland and the escalade is so big and heavy that you actually need a truck license to drive it, a car license isn't enough.
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  15. It looks like a chinese knockoff of a Renault Megane.
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  16. ​ @TheStraightPipes  Still a CX-90?
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  17. If you're spending more than 1-2 minutes in the toilet, please seek medical attention (unless you're doing it to avoid working in which case please continue)
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  18. It looks like a Lexus from the back
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  19. The rear design definitely doesn't fit on such a flat box rear end. It works on the NX, but it looks out of place being so curvy.
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  20. I don't really get the AMG-line looks on this, I feel the more rugged styling and more substantial wheels suit this much better than these spindly thin spoke AMG-line wheels and the foglamps suit it more than the fake ventery in the front too.
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  21. 3:49 Whooooo brought a Fiat Multipla to the meet? That's awesome! How the heck did they get that car to Canada? Those are already rare in Europe cause they were just cheap cars from decades ago that people used up and then scrapped but to see one in North America outside the lane motor museum is wild.
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  22. The title doesn't mention acceleration specifically, this is way faster than both on a track with Nurburgring as proof (albeit not sure the Air has gone round it?)
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  23.  @jeffdaman6969  Priced like a supercar in what markets? At least in my market the i8 is priced around the same as a (realistically specced) Cayenne or Q7, a supercar would be hundreds of thousands more.
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  24. Volkswagen already promised they're going back to physical buttons and revising infotainment after they fired the previous CEO for the infotainment issue. Thank god. The positive changes should make it to the Golf refresh.
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  25. The front looks like the old X3 but I really really don't like the rear, looks like an X6 at the back which is really not a good design. Looks saggy.
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  26. Shoulda had a hatch. Then it would've at least kinda made sense to steal some "coupe" SUV customers now it's just an impractical sedan but on stilts so there's no increased crossover appeal actually. I'd like it otherwise but if I can't put anything in the trunk besides suitcases it'd be useless
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  27. "this is how boring design is now" no you're just getting old and starting to not be able to tell the difference. All cars in the 80s looked exactly the same as each other, same as the 90s, same as the 70s, same as the 00s, you're just behind the times and can't recognize the differences.
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  28.  @louc8782  Finland, our roads are some of the largest and longest in Europe due to our miniscule population density so people already import loads of new F150s, RAMs, Silverados etc here anyway, people are fans. But a Maverick would actually fit our fuel economy standards and in any parking lot.
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  29. This works as a sports car for someone who doesn't want their car to spend most of it's time at a dealership or sitting in their garage. Someone who actually wants to drive it.
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  30. Now I don't know you of course so I don't know maybe there are work related reasons, but in general that sounds like a really unhealthy amount of non-stop driving you're talking about. I've done long road trips across the country in my gas car and I could only go for three hours at most before I need to stop for at least half an hour anyway to stretch my legs, have a cup of coffee to re-energize before I can drive again.
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  31.  @ConfirmedPatriot  Toyota gets 261hp from a 1.6 3-cylinder it is absolutely not a war on oil issue it's a lazy engineer issue.
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  32. 5:15 I actually wouldn't get adaptive cruise on this car just because it fully ruins the looks completely, the camera is plopped front and centre of the grille really visible and it cuts the chrome strips in half.
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  33. I mean I don't get the split. Plenty of car models have an optional third row and since the EU market CX-60/80 cars are actually different sizes I was expecting the 70/90 split to be the same but no?
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  34. 7:25 This is especially true on the new Lexus LBX that's based off the European market Yaris Cross. The design looks pretty close to newer Toyotas like the Prius and apparently it's not even that nice inside.
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  35. Exterior is fine, interior is cheapened from previous gen and all touch is atrocious plus the downloadable DLC always online stuff is an absolute deal killer. No idea why people buy into "innovation for the sake of innovation".
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  36. Well they've been putting lowered suspension on SUVs for a couple decades now and calling them sporty so oxymorons in cars should be expected at this point
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  37. I mean I've always said Zed when there's another letter after it and Zee when it's by itself and I'm not even Canadian. Or American. Or English. I'm Finnish. It just sounds better.
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  38. It's not as good as it could be but it's luckily nowhere near as bad as it was in the mid to late 2000's, when Mercedes interiors were assembled seemingly drunk and looked like they were made of the same plastic as BIC lighters, around the time they had those giant phone keypads on the dash.
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  39. To be completely fair it's a refresh of the Toyota Auris, although the Auris is also going to be renamed to a Corolla soon but still.
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  40. 5:14 Why do North Americans refer to SUVs and cars as separate things? Are SUVs not cars?
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  41. Even though I wouldn't be interested in a Rolls even if I had the cash I still respect that it's distinctly Rolls unlike the Bentayga which is just an obvious Q7 especially now that VAG has shoved a bunch of the luxury features of the Bentayga to the new Touraeg. Also 5:30 I mean come on though a Ford Edge or Peugeot 3008 has that
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  42.  @krane15  I honestly do not understand how that is relevant to this comment like yeah sure a couple decades ago they were the same car but we're talking about their brand new SUVs under their new parent companies
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  43.  @peterburrows1702  Besides the price of Defenders varying a lot between countries, an old Defender is probably not exactly the top performers in every day usability/tolerability compared to the Jimny. Unless you're doug demuro of course.
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  44. There is one. Just not in North America lel
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  45. It may not be as luxurious (at least in the back) as an s-class, but fair play because it is also cheaper than an s-class. If it were a direct EV S-class it'd probably be bigger and more expensive. Not saying it's cheap, but it's cheap compared to an s.
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  46. How do they get so little power out of such a big displacement
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  47. Now if only someone actually made a modern day Alfa Brera
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  48. The brabus logo looks so silly, tiny little B letter in that giant circle
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  49. I don't think the design elements of the car are a problem as much as the general shape and proportions
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  50. I live in a cold climate so I wear gloves while driving for half the year. Makes the whole interior essentially useless. It'd be slightly less offensive if the climate controls were in the touch screen straight up like they are in the Skoda Octavia that's based off this golf, but the sliders are awful and I can't imagine them lasting very long very accurately. But for me one of the biggest crimes is that now they've hopped on Tesla's bandwagon of charging people for DLC, effectively. Tesla's doing it with the ludicrous mode and VW group are doing it with stuff like the ambient lighting, the LEDs are capable of all the colours, but you have to buy the software for more colours.
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