Questions, Coffee & Cars #99 // Rental car shenanigans!
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- This is a Motormouth couple car video answering your questions from Instagram, like: What's happening with the Ford Edge? Fun -to-drive non-luxury SUV? Lexus NX450h+ or Toyota RAV4 Prime? Good tires for winter? Correct time to change car? Cars we have driven in the UK? Lexus NX350h or Jaguar F Pace? Time to buy a manual car?
Andrea Instagram / motormouth_andrea
Zack Instagram / motormouth_auto
0:00 Intro
0:31 What's happening with the Ford Edge?
1:57 Fun -to-drive non-luxury SUV?
4:02 Lexus NX450h+ or Toyota RAV4 Prime?
6:14 Good tires for winter?
9:31 Correct time to change car?
11:43 Cars we have driven in the UK?
18:11 Lexus NX350h or Jaguar F Pace?
21:21 Time to buy a manual car? - Авто та транспорт
If I was a sales manager getting a bottle of wine every month, I'd be in no hurry to have that stop.
I love your shows and I love Andrea’s excellent fashion sense.
She should start a clothing line and have a You Tube channel
called Questions, Coffee, and Scarves.
More like "Questions, Coffee, and Couture."
European family vacation stories always fun. We luck out in Norway for 2 weeks rented a manual shift VW golf. We drove the coast to the north. After that trip I bought a VW.
Same, renting in Switzerland. Wish they sold the Polo in N America.
Love y’all’s show but to be honest I started watching because of Andrea
With any Toyota or Lexus good luck getting what you want. They build the models they want, and the options that come with it. If you want a specific build with only certain options, expect to wait a LONG time or never get it.
We ordered a RAV4 hybrid and it arrived in the estimated 6 months, without any additional dealer mark up. A friend ordered a Tacoma and it arrived around the estimated delivery date, without a dealer mark up. Might be different in your area ?
Get an x3 phev. It’s only 49k, which is cheaper than the base rav4 prime (55k) and no wait time
@foxlake6750 I was looking at a venza last year and there was a markup and I had to get on a wait list. I could barely choose a color and I could only pick my preferred colors and either a limited or xle. Anything else I wanted, trailer, door guards, etc.. I could not pick.
It was just as bad for a lexus. When I couldn't get a venza I looked at getting a rx350h and it was just as bad. I have to hope it had the options I wanted at the trim level and color I wanted.
In the past I bought a bmw x3 and they made that to order and I had to wait like 2 to 3 months. I was hoping lexus would be the same but nope.
I ended up getting a fully decked out Subaru Outback touring xt with the options and color I wanted, made to order within 2 months.
@sugarhog1938 I had an x3 2010 and loved it but the last 5 years if ownership were killer. The amount of fixes and maintenance, I basically bought another car the last few years to keep the car running.
@@Beyondesp damn. I think the newer BMWs are more reliable. I drive a 2022 m5 comp matte black and a 2024 cayenne s hybrid pebble grey. I haven’t have much troubles with the m5 other than the sunroof malfunction
I'm from Ontario watching this on the Frecciarossa on my way to visit family in Amalfi. Can totally relate with you!
Andrea! Go for the Portugal/Spain road trip. A year back, we rented a car in Porto and drove it all the way down the coast to Estoi, passing through Lisbon and some other cities in Portugal. We then crossed over to Spain and did Cadiz, Seville, Cordoba and Badajoz before driving back up to Porto to fly back. You won't regret it!
I'm in Ottawa, Ontario. I have Nokian tires on my Outback in the spring, summer and fall. But for snowy winters, you gotta get a good pair of winter tires!! My favourite are the Michelin X-Ice
My cars have 250k, 150k and 100k miles and all are really running fine. I rather pay 1000 to fix something vs 800/month on a payment.
Thats exactly where i am, its like have a car payment or pay a few grand every year to fix the car.
That's my mindset now. I've leased for the past 6 years or so. I'm going to buy out my current lease and keep it for as long as possible.
My two oldest (Volvo wagon and Dakota pickup) have 520K, couldn’t agree more . . .
how do you guys handle rust issues due to salt..?
@@amitgupta-rv1sh if you have a warm day after it snows, you HAVE to spray down your car with fresh water. Cause once that ice and snow starts meltinh, that is when it becomes a problem. Bare minimum you need an undercarriage wash. Preferably a touchless one due to salt scratching paint.. my 2006 has no signs of rust on the frame.
tip for knocking mirrors off in a rental, just go to a local body shop and ask if they can get the parts in and fix it. It'll be far cheaper than being overcharged by the rental company. Even if you had pay extra for delaying a day or 2 from returning, its worth it
Love your videos. There are only a handful of reviewers that I feel are unbiased and guys give honest reviews. Zach let's work on not interrupting Andrea. I truly value her input and would like her to get her points out fully without getting cut off.
Toyota has quite a few manuals… Supra, GR86, GR Corolla, Tacoma. It’s nice to see!
@20:02 when discussing the FPace, I think the video editor inserted some Porsche footage
Never been to UK but in Europe (PT), I have driven a Ford Puma STLINE (hybrid), Renault Capture, Peugot 2008, Citroen C4, Renault Megane Grand Tourer and a Ford Fiesta.
All but one where manual and diesel powered, and all were great cars that for some reason we don't have in North America.
We rented a Volvo XC-60 in Edinburgh back in 2013. It wouldn’t seem that big here in the states, but we had some tight squeezes in a couple of cities in the UK. Luckily, we didn’t damage the vehicle, but I can see why small cars are the norm over there.
Great show Andrea! I never laughed so much about your Italy trip regarding renting a car. 😂 Good one! ☕️☕️
Another all weather tire option...Michelin Crossclimate 2. Excellent all weather tire. Seem to wear well too. I love 'em!
We have a Ford Edge and love it. Right size, hasn't had any major issues. My wife would definitely get another one.
All weather tires, good for metro van, just avoid the hills.
Rest of the country should get winter tires… if you have winter, snow, freezing weather and you know … hills. 😅
When you guys have chance I would recommend to Land in Frankfurt . Enjoy highways without speed limits in Germany down to Monaco and than drive through the mountains to Madrid and Finish in Lisbon. Great road trip and get stick shift those mountain roads with manual ..... perfection.
One hundred comin up!
I have all weather tires with the ❄️ symbol. They have been great.
I have General Altimax 365AW on my Kia Sportage SX Turbo AWD and they are awesome tires. The ride is more comfortable with no added noise and they grip better on the forest service roads we drive here in Georgia. Don't have to worry about snow so I can't comment on that aspect but they are three-peak certified.
"Fun-to-drive" and "SUV" are mutually exclusive terms IMO
I live in Wisconsin and bought the Michelin Cross Climate 2 last winter. I love them. Definitely great in the snow and good in the rain also. They are definitely quieter than the OEM tires that came on my 2023 Toyota Venza.
21 year old Camry XLE here.......195,000 MILES (314,000 kilometers). Starting to look for a new car now though.
Have a 2014 Toyota Avalon, 85,000 km, still looks and drives like new. Hate the idea of selling it next year, but as we're moving to Thailand, its gotta go.
+1 for the All Weather Tire suggestion. I bought a set for my Venza when I bought it since I didn't want the hassle and expense of an extra set of wheels, tires and sensors. Bought some Michelin Cross Climate 2 tires which seemed be have the best winter rating of several that are tested. Many more have been released in the last few years too. My suggestion is to check various reviews and stick to a name brand (Michelin, Toyo, Goodyear, Bridgestone, etc). Don't go with off brand or obscure brands as they often suffer poorly in various aspects (good winter, poor summer/wet performance for example). A great resource on YT is "Tyre Reviews" out of the UK. They do a great job and have really informative videos. Please note, "all-season" tires in Europe are what we call "all weather" tires. Our "all season" tires are basically just "summer tires" over there (which is really what they are here too).
I run Goodyear Assurance Weatherready on an 11 RAV4, I think they are better then many winter tires I have had.
Drove our 2001 Tahoe (bought new) today and it’s still reliable. When a repair cost approaches half the value of a car, that’s when I go shopping for a replacement.
I love your work keep going 🤩
The Subaru WRX still has manual transmission too. Beautiful looking car.
7:05 - I got the MICHELIN CROSSCLIMATE2 all-weather tires in January last year. They're great, especially accelerating from full stop in wet, snow or ice. I am very impressed. I see you guys use Toyo. I used those 4 years ago. They're ok, but Michelin is markedly better, and it looks like consumers know it because they were sold out everywhere when I went looking for them for a friend of mine last Christmas.
Thanks guys, for answering my question about NX And Rav4.
So funny, we did put my name in the list for both of them! And the wine suggestion is awesome! haha!
Would definitely recommend an NX at similar prices. The base NX PHEV is not the same as the base NX gas/hybrid, it has the larger 14in screen, heater/ventilated seats, and some other features from the higher trim NX. The pricing in Canada is an amazing deal. Convert the pricing from the US and it is almost 80,000 CAD
Great show
Winter tires! Cheaper than an accident!
Try driving in Kabul or Baghdad 😉
Love hearing your guys stories about your trips! Last time I was at Amalfi I just took the bus to get around
Rented a Toyota SUV in Calgary, car had fender damage (only SUV we had prepaid that was available) which they wrote up providing us a copy so we wouldn't be charged. Two weeks after being home we get a bill from the rental for 'fender damage'....good job we had that written record. After replying to the company providing a copy of the written record the repair charges were dropped. Lesson learned ... make sure you get a written record before driving off and don't take their word for it.
What's the name of rental company? world needs to know these bastards.
One Hundred, Here We Come! WaHoooo!
I recently took delivery of a RAV4 Prime XSE with Tech package. Wait time was just under one year in BC (without wine visits 😂). This model has everything I need, and more. The only things missing that should be available in this category are TPMS and blind spot indicators in the HUD.
I discovered that all Subaru models imported to Canada were NOT equipped with TPMS because Transport Canada does not consider this feature a neccessary Safety-related component. Unbelievable that Toyota Canada has followed suit just to save a few dollars.
@@OhNoMrBill-yg3dy that is a big disappointment about Toyota. I had a 2018 Honda Insight & a TPMS was standard on it...... shame shame Toyota!!! I have a 2024 Rav4 Prime that I recently purchased & it's so disappointing not to have TPMS in it.
Sorry, you folks actually want TPMS on your car? I would LOVE to have the choice to not be forced to take that money sucking feature. You should feel lucky.
@@ytj22 now I feel so lucky!!! NOT
7 years? 100,000 Km? We keep our cars for 20+ years! That made me laugh, thanks folks 🙂
29 years ago we rented a small Citrogen Jolly ( I think) in Rome on our honeymoon. After the first ten miles we were getting bitten alive from fleas in the car. We drove it back and got a clean car.
7:40 we have all weather tires as well. Best thing ever- saves me 8 hours an year ( tire swap) and keeps me safe.
Almost there!!!!!!
My 2008 Volvo v70 is at 270,000km and still going strong.
You don’t need any features driving in Italy, just the gas pedal and the brake because Italians either accelerate or stop when they drive. 😂
I usually agree with most of what you say, but I was on the waitlist for Rav4P for a long time (we opted for a camry hybrid after - this was a couple yrs ago now) and compared the Rav4P & the Lexus, I could be wrong but I think there is more options in the Rav4P than the base Lexus especially if you go with the tech package. Throw in the better fuel econ and longer battery range and it is a no brainer unless you really need that refined luxury feel and interior (this is in canada btw).
I have a 2015 Nissan Murano, with just over 120,500km. It's been good!
Love Nanny pushing the pram in the background, at 1:39. Is it a BMW or a Mercedes?
I've had a lot of old cars and my experience is if you want to set a hard cap on how long you should keep one you drive all the time then it's probably 14 years. After that, it can get hard to find parts and then it doesn't matter how well maintained it is, it's just not practical as a daily driver.
Exceptions can prove the rule? My ‘98 Volvo bought new and ‘95 Dakota bought in ‘97 are still worth having. Neither engine has been apart, the Dakota valve covers have never been off! Timely synthetic oil changes are a plus.
Yup hit mirrors on the amalf coast 😮💩 just a scratch😎🚗💨💨💨💨🍻
Three years of all weather tires. No problems with snow. Major $$ savings with Toyo all weathers. No extra sets, no cost to change.
With appropriate maintenance and easy driving, most cars will last a lot longer than people realize. My '98 Subaru Outback has just turned over 346,008 kms... about 215,000 miles. It had the timing belt and a valve job/head gasket at 280,000kms and other than tires, alternator, battery, tie rod ends and an exhaust system, it's still running, seemingly perfectly. I know a lot of people get bored with their cars, and become reluctant to spend money to do the needed servicing. So they move on into an endless merry go round of debt servicing.
What a nightmare trip into Italy!! lol!
Confusing auto start/ stop for turbo lag
Can't imagine driving any car, let alone the Renegade up the Amalfi Coast. Those roads are beyond narrow! I was in Pisa in Oct.!
You should call this show the motormouth story hour..lol 😂
If someone wants a fun manual the Subaru WRX does the trick.
I'm still driving my 2010 Saab. Normal maintenence is all it took.
i have a rav4 awd with all weather tires and the tires are great
Barrie to Toronto, 2 to 3 times a week. I turn the lease in at 4 years with about 140k km and get another lease. But I do maintain them while I have them.
Nice Porsche badge on that Jaguar F-Pace at the 20.03 mark ;)
I still have a 20 year old Honda Element and still trucking along! The *average* age of vehicles now is over 10 years in Canada, 12 in the US. Vehicles just last longer now.
A new Tiquan is slated for 2025 or ‘26 with multiple engine choices. Just hope reliability rates higher than the current 34 with Consumer Reports.
Going to Italy and Greece in August and reserved a Skoda Octavia estate in Italy. Hope it's not too big. Definitely go to Greece guys. Was there last year and it's very nice. Not a fan of Santorini though...too touristy
I just bought ES 350, 2024 Alexis this is my third one that I have. I have bought this in April I have 1500 km on the car are usually turn them in I have probably kilometres 25,000 km I really enjoy a Lexus. We will buy another one soon. Looking forward to the 2027 2028 Alexis ES.
Did you show Andrea driving a Porsche while saying the F Pace is great?
We've been on a wait list for an NX450h since Spring, 2022 and doubt that we'll ever get one. The salesman has occasionally called offering us an NX gas or non-plugin hybrid but always at a silly high price over MSRP and never equipped like we want. I don't consider the Toyota RAV4 Prime to be a suitable substitute due to it missing safety and convenience features that can be had on the NX450h. The main important feature missing from the RAV4 Prime is headlight beam leveling which can be had on the NX450h. I'm done buying vehicles that have their headlights lighting the tree tops and blinding oncoming drivers when they're carrying a full passenger and luggage load. Even our 12 year old Toyota Prius that the NX450h would have replaced has automatically leveling LED headlights.
We’re finally updating our car to VW Tiguan Highline R trim. Beautiful car and with current 0.99% finance offer it bargain 😊
I have winter tires (Bridgestone Blizzak) on a second set of wheels for my 2015 Nissan Pathfinder. They have much better traction for stopping and control on ice from freezing rain. Washington State requires winter tires and AWD for driving on Interstate 90 through the Cascades to get to Seattle when snowing. Do All Weather tires qualify?
The Micheline Cross Climate 2 all weather tires have the mountain/snowflake symbol on their sidewalls but I don't think they should. I used them on a FWD Toyota Sienna except in winter when I used Bridgestone Blizzak WS90. I tried driving on the Cross Climate 2 during a late season snow storm (after I had done the switchover) and found that they performed substantially poorer than the Blizzaks which were just plain wonderful. Plus, the Cross Climate 2 had poor directional stability on dry roads requiring constant steering corrections that were not necessary when on regular all season tires or the Blizzaks. I'm guessing that was because the Cross Climate 2 had an extraordinarily narrow tread - almost an inch narrower than the Blizzaks which were already narrower than most all-season tires. And the Cross Climate 2 tread wore quickly - only a little better than the Blizzaks and far worse than typical all-season tires. Maybe the Cross Climate 2 would have worked better on other vehicle types. My Toyota Sienna Limited was a heavy thing weighing around 4,700 pounds. I doubt that I'll ever buy all weather tires again. Currently have all-season tires and winter tires on their own wheels for the vehicles we now have.
Michelin CrossClimate is te best all season tires with snow symbol
Consumer Reports #1 pick!
That would be good to put on t-shirts. We all start wearing them and posting pictures.
Nokian all-weather tires were on the Accord I bought second hand in 2010. Maybe other mfgers are catching up to the idea. I was sold on the Nokians after having to replace them but went with something else and then noticing how much poorer they were to grip in winter.
The Edge we have was bought in 2016 and even then I saw rumours it was to be discontinued. It reminds me of the Dodge Caravans, forever cancelled and forever kept in production cause they don't see a sales replacement in a timely fashion perhaps. Can't decide if they are nudging people with a threat of removing an option they liked or if it's some kind of office politics. Somehow I think there's marketing involved.
If you get a good deal on a car just buy it. Make sure they've done the regular servicing and then you can drive it into the ground. If you do 1k dollars a yr of servicing and parts and not making 14k dollars in payments it's worth it.
I rented a BMW 2 series tourer and drove it around Italy. It was great. But Italy has some of the tightest roads in Europe.
Re the F pace. Can you say depreciation. like a rock.
I miss the function of the Honda Element, any word if Honda is considering bringing it back?
In Australia the top line Tiguan comes with a 235 kilowatt engine ( the European Tiguan) the version you have in Canada is sold here as the Tiguan Allspace and the top model gets a 162 kilowatt engine
That's because the Mexicans haven't figured out how to install a 235 kilowatt hour engine yet!!!
Hey Zach. Let me know when you're in Oklahoma so I can stay off the road.
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Thet still make the Nautilus at the Oakville plant which I believe is not going away.
Toyota also offers a manual in their truck line. 4Runner, Taco, Tundra.
Only Taco
What do you think of the Mitsubishi Mirage?
13:57 Haha, loved that dark joke, Zack! It's a rare thing these days, cuz of these pink ponies around 😅🥴
Don't the new Tacomas have a standard transmission option?
Yes it does.
No way I'd give up my monthly supply of free wine. You'd be at the back of the line.
C’mon Andrea, wear a hat for episode 100!!! 😊😊😊
Yokohama Geolandar AT-15 is winter rated as well as off road/ All terrain
I thought so, but I wasn't sure.
I live in NS and have run those in the past on SUV’s and they work ok? Still recommend an actual snow/winter/ice tire for our climate here (no studs!!) … Toyo GSI 6 or Yokohama Iceguard work quite well?
@thomobrien1854 Okay thanks for this!
I owned a 2023 Integra manual for a year, it is over priced for what you get. Get an Si unless you have the money for a Type-S if premium performance from Honda is what you want.
What do you think about the Nissan Titan?
20:08: there goes Andrea again, revealing her motorcycle experience.
Zack drinks tea...
F Pace will not be made in the very near future, right? Jag is going electric?
You talk about Jaguar leaving their cars too long on the vine. The F pace is now the only Jaguar in production. Everything else has gone or is about to go.
The best tyre on the planet is Michelin Crossclimate 2
Ford Edges must not sell in Canada because every other SUV in the states is an Edge. Especially in the NYC/NJ metro area. The one to own is the 3.5L V6.
The problem with the F Pace is that it is a F Pace.
they dont care in italy?.. i got charged a hundred bucks+ for a scuffed wheel, fiat 500, by Hertz (venice), after the return.. no complaints, my fault.. but yeah they absolutely care. Just depends when and where as usual
Ford Escape is being discontinued as well
From Miami, FL with Happy 99 Episode.
I have a 2011 sonata with 211k miles and a 2017 Santa Fe with 202k miles.
how many engines?
@@henryhonda8408 The Sonata was burning oil, so Hyundai put an engine in at 143k. All original on the Santa Fe (V6). Never had an issue with that car.
How much coffee does it take to make 100 ;)?
My vehicle has 60,000km and it's not yet 3 years old.
When Tesla wil lower price?