All the responses you’re going to get are anecdotal. You can only get a good idea by reading reviews of local dealers and checking them out yourself when you do test drives. I’ve had amazing luck with a specific dealer but it’s moot if you never go to that particular one.
I can tell you from experience salespeople and managers in general don’t know a lot about the cars; gas, EV, domestic, imported, whatever. Not to sound like devil’s advocate, but you’re not going to retain much info about the cars you sell if 1) software, features, prices, etc. change frequently, especially when it’s Tesla or Rivian and things change seemingly daily, 2) the amount of cars offered on the lot plus what’s in the used lot, 3) the salesperson just isn’t into what he/she/they do for a living.
But absolutely there’s a lot of Dunning-Kruger effect going on too, but that’s in every industry.
I can’t wait to own something that heats up the interior instantly and makes no engine noise.
Another good example would be when video games went from 30 frames per second to 60. You try out something running at 60 and think “OK, but 30 is still fine”. Then you go back to 30 and it looks like you’re playing a slideshow.
As the owner of a 2016 Honda HR-V, I think the 2019-22 models are horrid. Those chrome-looking grilles look dirty even when clean.
Mazda. All their products feel and look like a product of passion, regardless if it’s a convertible or a three row crossover. They may not make the best marketing decisions, but they got heart.
The Ariya salesperson sounds like quite a character. But I believe it; distracting you on a test drive is a classic sales tactic to get you less focused on the car, and therefore less prone to finding faults with it.
Congrats on getting the Ioniq 5!
Crossover basically refers to the gray area between car and SUV. At least the government doesn’t make you register them as trucks like PT Cruisers in 2001.
2016 Honda HR-V. $2500 a month after taxes.
I just take what would have been a car payment and put it in a savings account for days I need it.
No. The synthetic sounds a lot of hybrids and evs have are actually louder than many idling engines, so if anything they would seem less likely to be involved in accidents… at least in low speed situations.
No. We don’t penalize gas vehicle owners if they fill their tank over 80%. It’s still charging. Once it stops, however…
The whole “clean coal” and “clean natural gas” propaganda reeks similarly to how companies spun cigarettes in the 20th century.
When I was 18 I was looking at cars and I drove a 99 Cmary that day. Person at the Toyota dealer said the same thing.
It’s a common sales tactic to relate to you and get you to be buddy-buddy with them like a sucker.