I often hate myself for owning an SUV, but it was most practical vehicle for the rural area I'm in that was available at the time for a reasonable price.
Biggest annoyances with the Outlander 1) 12v system dies even when you have enough energy on board to power a house for a day. 2) It's a cargo ship with no cargo room. The front seats don't go all the way down, so I can't fit anything in this environmental disaster that I couldn't fit in a Ford Fiesta Hatchback. The back seats have things like cup holders and weird design features blocking the ability to use it to move stuff. 3) Why did they reinvent how you shift into gear? I need to explain to people who use my car how to put it into drive and park. 4) No spare tire! Now, I drive around with a spare floating around in the back that I purchased since not having a spare is a disaster waiting to happen in a rural area.
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Yeah, I will drive this into the ground and never buy an SUV again.
Agree with you on the cargo space. My previous car is an Outback and has just as much usable space as this car, which is a larger vehicle. The main reason I got this car is I wanted a plug-in hybrid and it was the one that met my requirements and was available.
A station wagon is a great form factor for me. Plenty of room inside the vehicle and lower to the ground so it's easy to put stuff on the roof rack. Unfortunate that no one is really making them.
I ultimately just gave up and put in a car charger as I can't charge without activating carplay and just use bluetooth which works much better and use the much smaller phone screen for navigation
I don't get why the touchscreens on new cars are worse than those of iphones from >10 years ago
It really makes me wonder how they test these things, because with the amount of issues I ran into within the first couple of days of owning the vehicle leads me to believe they don't actually have a quality process in place for the software and UI.