Polestar 2, Annoying drivers & we answer YOUR questions!

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Sean, Jade and Scott sit down to tackle some big questions that YOU submitted, they vent their frustrations at annoying drivers, and the updated Polestar 2 is in the spotlight!  Welcome to our new video podcast! While we've been publishing the CarExpert podcast as an audio podcast for some time, we wanted to change things up with a video podcast! It is hosted by Sean Lander (one of our videographers), Scott Collie and Jade Credentino.  Skip Ahead: Intro: 00:00 Frustrating driver habits: 00:55 Polestar 2: 10:03 Your Questions: 22:00 Outro: 35:58  We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.  Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.  Subscribe to Car Expert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DvMhvy3H7ntEgn9n3xQcQ?sub_confirmation=1  You'll find us dropping new video content three times a week. If you'd like to ask a question about one of our videos, simply leave us a comment. If you'd like to give us any feedback on our content, feel free to email us, or alternatively, hit us up on social media.  Finally, we want this channel to grow with your support and feedback. If there's anything you don't like or would like to see us change, we'd love to hear from you!  Follow us on social media to see what we're up to and to ask any questions!  CarExpert: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarExpertAus Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarExpertAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carexpert.com.au  Paul Maric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaulMaric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaulMaric

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00:00 G'day, I'm Sean and welcome to the Car Expert podcast. We've got a massive show for you this week

00:04 We're gonna talk about some habits that drive us all mad

00:06 We're gonna be talking about the brand new Polestar 2 and we're gonna answer some of your questions

00:11 But to help us get through all of that

00:12 We've brought in the guy that can reach the top shelf when none of us can

00:15 Scott welcome to the show

00:18 Thank you for having me again

00:19 And I'm looking forward to getting some stuff off my chest when we when we start talking about driver habits

00:23 Yeah, and if we could just I need a glass it's up in the top cabinet. That'd be really helpful

00:27 Thank you cameras rolling. Not okay fair enough and to help us get through

00:30 Scott because half an hour of just Scott talking might be a little too much for anybody

00:34 We're brought in someone who's about to be the master of driving a manual car Jade credit, you know, welcome back Jade

00:40 nothing in that sentence was accurate, but

00:43 We'll see. Well when we're when you're back on the podcast again

00:46 We're gonna report back about how your manual your first manual driving experience went. Yeah, my heart's currently racing

00:55 Let's get straight into it Vic police actually did something recently that I can actually get behind and support which is it's about damn time

01:02 They've started booking people for hogging the right lane or the fast lane depending on where in the world you live now in

01:09 Victoria and most states in Australia if you're on a road that is multi-lane and above 80 kilometers an hour

01:14 You can you have to keep left and less overtaking in Victoria if you spend more than a kilometer in the fast lane on a road

01:21 above 80 kilometers an hour you can actually be fined and

01:24 Handed some demerit points, which nobody really wants. It's not a small fine either

01:29 It's a hundred and ninety odd dollars something like that, which is a pretty fair whack. That's enough to ruin your holiday. Absolutely

01:34 Yeah, so Jade, I'm curious as you recently moved from New South Wales

01:39 Is this a habit that you saw a lot in New South Wales as well as a Victorian thing?

01:43 Look, I think that because they're obviously very side-by-side

01:46 Most of the drivers will mimic the other side. So yeah, I think it's definitely on freeways

01:53 I didn't even know this rule existed to me

01:56 It's common sense, but I didn't think it was actually in writing

01:59 So just to be clear you're saying you've never sat in the right lane and hogged it before?

02:03 Look Scott, we had this conversation before I wasn't gonna publicly admit it. But yes, I am on the record. I'm guilty

02:09 Don't charge me. I think we're all guilty of it at some point. It's very easy to do if you're not concentrating

02:15 but I think the thing that is really aggravating is when you're on a busy road say you're on a

02:20 Inner city freeway where it's like four lanes wide or even on a rural highway like the Hume Highway

02:25 You come up behind someone and they just don't move. They don't overtake. They do what they call the Victorian shuffle like that

02:31 It's incredibly aggravating. It does feel like there's an element in Victoria, especially of people trying to do the police's job

02:38 There's this thing of well, I'm doing 110. So if you're going faster than me, you're speeding and you shouldn't be

02:42 There's almost indignance from the drivers who are in front and yeah on a four-lane road

02:47 It's not too bad because I know you're not meant to but if someone is determined to stay there you can go around them

02:52 But on somewhere like the Hume if there's a truck in the left lane and someone in the right lane just determined to not move

02:57 What are you meant to do?

02:58 It's one of those things that it's good that the police are cracking down on it because you know

03:02 If we all live in Victoria and it is tyrannical the speeding

03:06 It's good that they're looking at something else

03:09 But I think it brings up a bigger point and I know you and I both actually wrote op-eds about it recently

03:14 That driver distraction is probably one of the key elements of play here

03:18 Now all of these cars most cars that come out since I know that's

03:22 2002 2003 have a form of cruise control, but do you think people aren't using it Jade? What do you reckon?

03:29 This is actually funny. And if my mom listens to this, I am gonna get in very big trouble

03:34 but she bought a Hyundai Accent in 2013 and it was a base model and it doesn't have cruise control and

03:41 Every time I take her in a car with cruise control, she thinks it's the best bloody thing

03:45 So I think a lot more cars now as of I think it was 2018 or 2019

03:52 Where it started to become a standard feature and adaptive cruise control you kind of will get in the higher trim levels

03:59 I think a lot of people are still being introduced to the technology and are not confident with it

04:05 Like I know I'll get a phone call from my mom and she drives a brand new i30 for work

04:10 She'd be like Jade. I just used the cruise

04:12 Did you know it like slows down and speeds up for you and I'm like, oh no like there's people like that out there

04:18 God bless her

04:20 But I think it's definitely something that people might not use and there's a lot of people who would still

04:26 Not want to rely on that technology

04:28 I think as the new generation kind of comes through and that

04:32 Technology is what they've grown up with and what they use from the get-go then. Yeah, definitely

04:37 I think there is a thing with the stop-start

04:41 I think if the person in front of you slows down if you're not paying attention to your speed based on using the cruise control

04:47 It's very easy to fall into that right lane habit. So

04:50 Is a bit of a dangerous one?

04:53 Yeah

04:53 Back in the day when you didn't have the automatic radar on it

04:56 If you were going faster than the car in front you just come up behind them and if they're doing what they should be in

05:01 Checking their mirrors, they'd realize they're slow and get out of the way

05:03 Whereas now you might have the cruise set to 115 not that I would ever set the cruise over the speed limit

05:08 Well there's, you know, depending on the territory

05:10 Depending on the airlines, yeah there is that

05:12 But yeah, if you come up behind someone you're going faster

05:15 The car slows down and maintains a gap and either you don't notice or the car in front doesn't until you override it

05:19 So I do think that's part of it as well

05:21 And I suppose at the core of all of it's just paying attention to what's going on around you

05:24 Yeah, which is a big I think that's a big problem on Australian roads that Australians are very

05:29 We're relaxed people and it can become easy like you're sitting on a road

05:34 Especially in Victoria where a lot of the speed limits are probably lower than they should be

05:37 It's very easy to become distracted. I've been guilty of

05:40 Fiddling with the radio or looking out the window and then suddenly I realize that I'm like going slower than the speed limit or whatever

05:46 It might be

05:47 But there was a recent study Jade that I know you managed to dig up some information on about

05:52 Australians and the all Victorians and their mobile phone use in a car, which is terrifying. This is very scary numbers

05:59 so I would hope that this was done anonymously because

06:02 the Transport Accident Commission surveyed

06:07 2,403 drivers in Victoria and

06:10 52% of them still admitted to holding their mobile phone or using it behind the wheel

06:16 So this excludes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto this sounds like one of those things the police do to catch

06:21 Felons, they go you've won a cruise

06:23 And then people self-report and get fined for it

06:27 I don't anyway

06:29 I don't know a couple of the top line stats is that 45% of these drivers will admit to using an app while driving

06:36 So might be Spotify

06:38 YouTube

06:40 Yes that was actually

06:42 It could be a possibility

06:44 You just wind down the window and yell

06:46 I love how you do it

06:48 25% said that they admit to writing a text message

06:51 And 26% admitted to actually picking up the phone and having a phone call while driving

06:56 An interesting stat that I found is that 63% of these drivers are aged between 18 to 39 years

07:03 That's not a huge surprise because we are the tech generation

07:06 I agree, but I find that with new cars now

07:10 Drivers who are open to getting a brand new car or a car. Let's say circa

07:16 You know 2018 they have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto these drivers still using

07:22 That technology and still using their phones like I know I think it's worth jumping in there and saying though that based on and this is

07:29 Not the most up-to-date data was a couple of years ago

07:31 But the average car on Aussie roads is 12 or 13 years old, which is before Apple CarPlay and the younger people

07:37 Especially given new cars are so expensive

07:40 They're probably the least likely to be able to afford something with CarPlay

07:43 So I do see what you're saying there, but I think if we're talking about that demographic

07:47 They're the ones that might not have the disposable income to spend on a new car bond with CarPlay and that sort of thing

07:52 And maybe that's a part of it. So yeah, also

07:55 Please please do leave a comment and let us know if you are between the ages of 18 and 39 and your car's CarPlay

08:01 Do you use it to send messages to answer phone calls?

08:05 If you're going to admit to using a phone while driving

08:08 Please do not use your real name or do and we'll pass the information. Can we have your license number?

08:13 Registration and state Sean has a friend in the police would really like to know. Yes. Yes

08:18 I've now made friends with Vic police since I started looking people for the right lane

08:21 So yes aside from playing with a phone which I look I'm sure we've all been guilty of glancing down the phone and seeing whose messages

08:27 One point or another at a traffic light, but is there any other habits that absolutely drive you mad on the road?

08:34 You have one

08:36 It's actually on the podcast. I'm jumping ahead here, but I noticed before you said new South Wales not new South Wales

08:43 Coming from new South Wales, I think that's incorrect

08:49 I think there was also a cough in the background from that grandchecker who's just pulled up a false on Sean's plane

08:54 That's surprising Paul is sitting over there and surprisingly. He hasn't got his face on camera yet. It's a matter of time

08:59 Yes cows in New South Wales make a different

09:02 I think a lot of the listeners now probably having that conversation with themselves internally say

09:07 It's my show so

09:13 It's a brand new brand new car

09:16 Aside from your habit of saying new out high beam

09:19 It does feel to me having spent a bit of time driving in the country recently like people are pretty lazy with that

09:24 And I think auto high beams probably part of the problem modern headlights are also really bright

09:29 Which maybe means that these people aren't on high beam, but it feels like they are but you know

09:33 When you're coming over a crest and you can see there's another car coming

09:36 Dipping your headlights before that rather than waiting until they're blind that for me is a really big one at the moment

09:41 So let us know what your frustrations are on the road

09:44 Leave us a comment on YouTube or write to us at podcast at car expert dot-com

09:48 Do you and tell us what the most frustrating thing you have to deal with on the road is?

09:51 Don't do it while you're driving don't do it while you're driving

09:54 I look at your phone

09:55 Pull over and then send send the message or wait until you finish out your trip

10:00 Well, so listen to this fantastic podcast and then send us an email with that. All right, we'll move on. We'll keep it rolling

10:07 Polestar if you haven't heard of Polestar, they're an offshoot of Volvo. They used to make really cool fast versions of Volvos

10:15 But in recent years, they've decided to change it up a little bit and actually become their own sort of standalone brand

10:20 And they've recently well, they're basically just moved into making EVs and some pretty cool EVs as well

10:26 The Polestar 3 has been in Australia for a little while now

10:28 The Polestar 2 has also been here for a little while Polestar 2 is here Polestar 3 will be here next year

10:33 It's a big SUV. There's a lot and they're confusing. Well, the names don't make any sense

10:38 I'm glad you made the mistake because I was gonna make it too. The one was their first

10:41 Okay, this makes a lot of sense

10:42 Actually, the one was their first car the two was their second the three was their third

10:46 But there's no logic to the numbers and the size of the car. The three is bigger than the four

10:50 Yeah, but the four is bigger than the two

10:52 So well, let's rewind

10:55 Okay

10:56 So the Polestar 2 has been in Australia for a little while now the Polestar 3 is not that far away

11:00 But the Polestar 2 recently got a bit of a midlife update

11:04 Although Scott I think you found that it's not really just a new bumper they put on it

11:09 Yeah, so sometimes these midlife updates are really subtle

11:12 You know, we have car brands come to us and I know at one point Mitsubishi said we've moved the seat belt warning light

11:17 But Polestar has made the front-wheel drive Polestar 2 rear-wheel drive

11:22 And this is part of a broader shift within the Volvo Gearly group

11:25 The Volvo XC40 is also going rear-wheel drive which is what the yes this car is based on that, isn't it?

11:31 It is and there's bigger batteries. There's more power

11:33 It's a really significant change and it really feels like it from behind the wheel

11:37 It's a couple of specs to wrap your head around you get essentially two versions of motors

11:43 You get a single motor which is about 220 kilowatts and you get a dual motor version, which is about 310 kilowatts

11:48 The single version is obviously the one that is now become rear-wheel drive

11:52 You can also get a performance pack which makes it like a yes a 350 kilowatts from the performance pack

11:58 It used to be a power upgrade option. They've now made it standard

12:01 That is the most expensive model in the range though, and I actually don't know that's one you'd buy. Yeah, so the there

12:07 I'm they started about

12:09 $67,000 for the entry-level single motor, which is probably pretty reasonable for the car

12:15 No, you don't think I'll let you go first. I've got some thoughts on this - I don't know

12:19 I mean I test drove a Polestar when they first came to Sydney. This is like two nearly two years ago. I

12:26 Would not be paying

12:28 $68,000 for that plus on roads. I'm assuming like no way. I mean there's a lot of rebates and stuff you can get

12:35 Yeah

12:38 Recent comments. Yeah, look

12:40 I think if I was to get an EV and I had 70 grand would I be putting my investment in a Polestar?

12:47 Probably not. I find that really interesting because I mean for one you say 70 grand and that is what you actually should pay for

12:54 a Polestar because all of them have a three and a half thousand dollar option for the pilot pack and

12:58 Even though this is a brand that safety focused. It's high-tech. The car looks fantastic. You have to pay for adaptive cruise control

13:05 It's part of that pilot pack. It's three and a half grand across the whole range

13:08 I start looking for these cars in the right lane now

13:16 But I do think that of all of the sort of new electric car brands Polestar is one of the most interesting

13:22 Tesla obviously is really really common in Australia now the model 3 and the model Y are constantly among the best sellers

13:28 The Polestar is selling strongly relative to some other electric cars

13:32 But it's still a bit of an unknown thing and although there are definitely parts of it that don't feel all that expensive

13:37 I mean the interior is very sort of stripped back, but there's some cheaper materials there

13:41 I think it looks fantastic and I think of all the electric cars I've driven

13:45 It's one of the ones that gets the most questions

13:47 That's a pretty good range, right?

13:48 Like all of the long range is about 650 K's

13:51 But even the single motor is in the 500s in terms of range, isn't it? Theoretically?

13:56 Yeah, well all of the numbers that manufacturers quote are based on a test that's really hard to replicate

14:01 But yeah

14:02 Even in the real world that rear-wheel drive single motor has a really impressive range and that is one of the things that people look

14:07 For I think the other thing that Polestar does really well is it feels modern and high-tech

14:13 But it doesn't feel kind of threatening in the way that a Tesla can

14:16 I know people sit in a Tesla Model 3 and just go what is going on here?

14:19 There's no patterns and nothing else. Exactly. Whereas the Polestar you sit in it and you just put it straight and drive to move off

14:26 Which is quite modern, but the central screen feels really simple to use but still looks modern

14:31 The driver display is the same

14:32 So it does a good job blending old world and new world

14:35 And I think that's something that a lot of people are still going to be looking for

14:39 I would love to know if any of our listeners were considering purchasing a Polestar 2. Did you go ahead?

14:45 Not after your comments

14:47 I am here to be you know

14:49 Challenged I want to know did they end up buying it or did they consider a different car?

14:54 Definitely. Let us know in the comments below and if you do have a Polestar 2, what do you like about it?

14:59 Team Scott or team Jade?

15:01 It's an interesting thing and I think if

15:06 That like you said the Tesla can be quite daunting for people and especially have never been in an EV before which let's not forget

15:13 99% of the population have never been in an EV. So this is this is new for them. So if they're like

15:19 Yes

15:22 But a lot of people have spent there's been a lot of Volvo's and Australia Volvo's been here for a long time and there are

15:28 a lot of XC 60s XC 40s on the road so people that

15:32 Looking to make that shift to EV and they are used to a Volvo or a European car

15:37 It's actually not that much of a jump, right? It's not a huge leap

15:40 And I do think that Polestar although it is building an image of itself as this new sustainable brand

15:47 People are aware of the link to Volvo and I think that helps it to be honest because if you are gonna spend

15:52 $70,000 on an electric car you're already making a leap knowing that there's some connection to a brand that is you know

15:58 Renowned for safety. You've probably had one in the family at some point or someone has

16:02 It definitely makes that a bit easier

16:04 I think the other reason that people might look at the Polestar relative to some of the rivals is especially after the update it really

16:11 Drives quite nicely as well

16:13 The old one was a little bit rough riding and it also had some torque steer

16:17 so when you put your foot down

16:18 The wheel sort of tugs in your hands like an old hot hat the downside of front-wheel drive like a huge amount of instant talk

16:23 Through a front-wheel drive, right? Yeah, whereas the new one is rear drive

16:27 It rides a little bit differently Polestar says there's no changes to the hardware

16:30 But definitely feels like it because it's much more on to the fact. There's definitely

16:34 But it also

16:42 It's quicker in a straight line. It's more efficient and we drove it on some twisty roads. It's pretty good fun, too

16:49 You can really tip it into a corner and then put it into sport mode and does a little electric car drifts

16:53 So one thing I know

16:55 Scott actually if you're watching on YouTube, we'll put the vision up now

16:58 Scott found a really cool little feature inside the pulsar - infotainment, didn't you?

17:03 Yeah, so it's built on Android automotive, which is Google software and as part of an over-the-air update

17:08 They've added YouTube to it

17:09 So when you're sitting still at a charger for a little while you can watch car expert videos on the go and just never be

17:16 Without Paul and Sean so if you're sitting in your Polestar - charging it and watching this video right now

17:21 Leave a comment down below. We'd love to know that

17:23 Make sure that you are still at the charging bay when you pick up your phone. I tested this actually

17:28 I was on a driveway not on the public road

17:30 But if you are watching YouTube and you put the car in drive it immediately turns off. That's yeah

17:34 I would expect that from Volvo. Yeah, absolutely

17:37 Does it feel safe like it like you drive a lot of the big Volvo SUVs and they do feel really solid and safe

17:43 Well, yeah this I mean the Polestar is not a massive car

17:45 It's got one of the problems with it actually is that it's quite small inside

17:49 But it still weighs around two tons and it feels really rock-solid on the highway

17:54 It definitely has Volvo DNA to it

17:57 But I do also think having driven the XC40 electric which is closely related it feels a little bit sportier

18:03 But yeah rock-solid and quite enjoyable to drive

18:06 I'm definitely keen to see the larger or smaller Polestar 3 still confused larger

18:14 Because is that built on a Volvo platform?

18:18 Yeah, sort of it's a version of the EX90 platform, I believe and then the 4 is a different one again

18:24 It's a Geely, which is the Chinese brand

18:26 I would finally like to see Polestar have a fully

18:30 Manufactured Polestar product. I think it's great that they're using the brand loyalty from Volvo

18:36 I think it's a very smart marketing move and I think it would definitely attract buyers that were looking to move to electric

18:43 And still say within the Volvo kind of Geely group family

18:47 Would I buy one?

18:49 I want some more time to think about it. I'm at a no, but after Scott kind of rattling off some stuff I think I

18:58 Want to test drive the new one before I make my final decision

19:02 So for 70 grand looking at EV, where would you where would you lie at the moment? Look I think

19:07 Tesla and it's not because everybody does it I know but I think it's to me it's safe. I know it's gonna work

19:15 I know it's got 99% of the technology that I look for in a vehicle and I know what to expect from

19:22 Mechanical faults or you know things over the air updates everything like that

19:26 Everyone seems to know about Tesla. Whereas when you're looking at anything would happen at any point in who knows exactly

19:32 Everyone on Twitter will know about it everything. I think when it comes so it's called X. Yes, very specific. Sorry a lot

19:38 The new Twitter is called X. Yeah

19:43 I

19:44 Think I'm still a little bit

19:46 Apprehensive about going with a legacy brand that has just moved to EVs. I think it it's tough. Yeah. Yeah, that's fair

19:55 What about you Scott your money like 70 grand EV? Would you be in the Polestar? Would you go the Tesla?

20:00 Where do you I'm gonna caveat this with the fact that this suits me really well, but is not the most practical decision

20:07 I actually prefer driving the Polestar. It definitely it has a worse backseat and boot than the Tesla

20:12 There's limited storage up front, but I really enjoy driving it

20:15 I really enjoy the way it looks and with the switch to rear drive

20:18 I'd very happily have the long-range single motor and I think it'd suit me really nicely. Okay, cool

20:23 Well, what would you what would you guys buy? Let us know does Polestar interest you?

20:28 Would you want to stick with Tesla which by the way, let me just point out Tesla doesn't have Apple CarPlay. So

20:33 That's one thing to keep in mind Jade. You might have to

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21:59 All right, so we're gonna move on to your questions. It's time as the first time we're doing this on the podcast

22:05 It's kind of an exciting moment

22:07 Absolutely, so we'll we'll dive straight in and I think this is this is kind of an interesting one

22:12 I know there's gonna be some conjecture from you guys about this one

22:15 So Derek on Instagram asked what is a properly affordable large family car not some 90k SUV does it exist?

22:23 Okay, can I just preface this way quick on that?

22:25 Jade

22:28 With what is affordable to you and and hold on I'm gonna preface this everyone listening at home

22:34 None of us have children families. I think there's a really big

22:38 Members of the car expert team do but we specifically don't yeah, I want to know individually

22:43 What do we kind of deem affordable? I know I have my

22:47 Nannying hat on with family. So I want to obviously speak for those people

22:52 But what do you guys deem affordable a few years ago, but I used to work in sort of car dealer land

22:58 It's like sort of mid noughties the average family car will cost around sixty thousand dollars

23:04 So that's assuming mom and dad and let's say two to three kids

23:08 So I think around 60 is probably a good starting point

23:11 Yeah

23:12 Look if you're financing a car which we know a lot of Australians over about thirty thousand dollars when it comes to the car do

23:17 I would agree with that. I think that you know life is expensive at the moment and

23:22 It's also, you know, there are people out there who can only maybe spend thirty or forty grand on a family car

23:28 So there's a few options here that will cover some of those bases

23:31 But 60 is definitely in the context of a big new family car with a full feature set. I think a reasonable marker

23:38 Oh, it's a Jade with that in mind. Yeah, what would you pick?

23:41 everything over 60

23:44 Yes

23:48 I actually did some homework on this because I was really interested. I've got top four

23:53 Yep, but I'm not even gonna I'm gonna go top two the reason why

23:58 I don't know why

24:00 The reason why I chose this I based on it on

24:06 Recommended retail price and also ongoing maintenance costs. So servicing and things like that

24:12 my top pick was the Honda CRV it comes five seat seven seat and

24:16 It's for your five first services is less than a thousand bucks. Is that still the same for the?

24:23 We are waiting to hear what the new servicing schedule is going to be and all that type of stuff

24:28 it might slightly increase but just as like a

24:31 Rough ID if I was to jump to the next most affordable to service. I'm jumping up about a thousand bucks

24:38 So it's still so you're just to be clear on that each of the first five services on the CRV are less than

24:44 $200 combined for the five years. It'll cost you less than a thousand bucks. Yeah. Yeah. So that would probably be my pick

24:51 I'm that's a solid pick. I'm gonna leave it at that for now and drop the mic walk away

24:55 Scott I've got two. I've got three actually

24:59 These numbers are confusing like the Polestar. The first is the Mahindra XUV 7 double zero Wow

25:04 It's not a massive car. I wouldn't call it a fully large car, but it does have seven seats

25:10 It's Australia's most affordable seven seater and if that is what you're looking for. It comes with a pretty full feature set

25:15 It's not as refined as a CRV something like that, but it is a lot of seats for the money

25:20 You could also look at a Pajero sport Mitsubishi

25:23 If you want to go off-road you can get a base seven seat one of those for significantly less than a Ford Everest again

25:29 You're giving up some tech, but you are getting a lot of car for the money

25:31 That's actually really good pick because I once drove from Brisbane to Darwin in a Pajero sport

25:36 Half full of camera gear. Well, it was a long drive

25:40 Really good like driving those on those high speed hundred thirty kilometers an hour those outback roads. It was brilliant. So that's a really I

25:47 Like that. I'm also a little bit biased. There's a 2005 Pajero in my family and I just think it's a fantastic car

25:53 The last one is the Subaru Outback

25:59 It's not a full-size SUV

26:01 It's more of a high riding sort of wagon, but it's got a massive boot massive backseat

26:05 And if you're happy with the 2.5 litre base engine, which is kind of fine

26:08 It's not standout you can get one for just over forty thousand dollars

26:12 Sort of mid forty thousand and it's a lot of car for that money. What would be your picture?

26:16 I

26:18 I'm just gonna sound like a Ford Nuffie here

26:20 But I think like a Everest is such a good pick you can get in lower grade one that still has seven seats

26:26 It's got oodles of space got all the tech and if you if off-roading is not really you think it's good 4x2

26:31 version like a little trend or

26:34 Ambient and beyond pay beyond. Yes another word short. Yes

26:39 It's quite a trigger, yeah, I think a lower-end

26:44 Everest is probably a really solid pick. Otherwise, yeah pad sport. I think it's a that's a ripper choice

26:49 Are you guys what are we basing this on because I'd love to know in the comments and obviously guys reach out to us email us

26:55 What are the big things that people look for when they're looking at a car obviously pricing and space?

27:00 We did ask this question on Instagram, but feature wise a lot a score to mention a couple of months ago

27:07 That a lot of Australians are opting for the top spec models

27:13 Yeah, and so I'm keen to see is when we say the base model you can get for 40 grand like, you know

27:20 Yeah, I'm really interested to see what

27:25 People just completely going past it because it doesn't have the bare minimum of what people look for in a car today

27:31 That's a good point. So yeah do write to us and let us know that we'll move on to the next question

27:34 This is a kind of an interesting one. This came to us on YouTube from LG gaming

27:41 990

27:43 Thank you, Sean

27:45 Sony person tell us why MG and GWM can deliver cars quickly, but Toyota needs 12 months

27:51 Who wants to take this one?

27:54 Scott there's there's a couple of answers to this and it depends on the car and the brand

27:59 Toyota has a massive backlog. It's had factory shutdowns through covert. There's been semiconductor shortages

28:06 Already, it was hard to get a rav4 and we're now at a point where that backlog is so long

28:11 It's not a matter of just snapping your fingers because ultimately the factory can only build so many well

28:15 I think actually on Toyota they had

28:17 they still have backlog from the earthquake and the

28:21 Reactor meltdown from years ago. Like oh, yeah, we're going back a long way

28:25 But it is still a there's still something that they that's it's caused a lot of these problems before covert even hit, right?

28:30 Yeah, I mean Toyota is also it's sort of held up as this master of just-in-time manufacturing you

28:36 You know only have what you need and you make it all work really quickly based on a really tight supply chain

28:41 But it's been shown up now by the Chinese brands like MG and GWM because they do most stuff in-house

28:47 Or they have a really tight supply chain in China around where they're building the cars and that's making it easier

28:52 We've also seen some brands go further again because even once you build the car and get it to Australia

28:57 You might get held up by quarantine at the docks. We've had stink bug infestations and that sort of thing

29:02 So the likes of MG and I believe BYD and now driving cars straight onto containers and sealing them

29:08 Rather than putting them with other cars and stuff on the container so they can't get contaminated on the docks

29:14 And that's been a big problem. They're now trying to get around

29:16 So an interesting thing that I know just happened Ford have actually hired their own boaty McFord face

29:22 To ship Rangers and Everest directly to Australia New Zealand

29:26 Yeah, three years for a car carrier is a huge investment

29:29 but they're gonna go back and forward between Australia and Thailand with those Rangers and Everest and

29:34 They clearly think the demand is there for those cars long term to justify it because they were looking at 12-month waits on

29:40 Rangers for a while there, but that's obviously starting to come down or we theory should come down even more with that boat, right?

29:45 This just makes me even more excited about the Ford Toyota

29:48 Rivalry and who's gonna get an up top of the month and top of the year

29:53 So I think it's a very smart move from Ford

29:55 I think if they're being if they're able to manufacture quite a large number of vehicles

30:00 What is stopping you from getting them here?

30:04 Solution get your own boat. So they've done a good job. I think it'll be interesting to see how quickly that

30:12 Delivery or that time delay shortens and and if that is the actual solution to the problem

30:19 But yeah Ford Ranger Ford Everest

30:22 Owners are shouting from the rooftops two things on that

30:26 And I think the first is the new Ford versus Ferrari is a Hilux and a Ranger on the huge

30:29 It's just a case an hour around Bathurst

30:33 Rubbing mirrors, but the other is it shows how reliant Ford is on the Ranger and the Everest in Australia

30:40 I know the f-150 is arriving and that will help but it's now cut the escape which is in one of Australia's biggest new car segments

30:48 The Puma is not a huge seller relative to its rivals. Are we going electric soon?

30:52 So I think yeah, exactly drop even more the fact

30:56 Willing to invest in a boat to get these two models of its six or eight car lineup to Australia

31:03 Shows just how desperately it needs them to succeed and how desperately it needs to start delivering them

31:07 Well our last question because we do need to wrap up the podcast

31:11 You guys probably have some real work to do RJ on Instagram asked manual or automatic transmission now

31:17 I'm going to add a little bit to this question because I think it's a bit too open-ended if

31:23 You were to look at all the new cars on the market today and buy one

31:27 With that has both options. Would you pick the manual or the order?

31:33 First of all RJ who paid you to ask this question because it's yes, they're trying to make me learn manual

31:39 I'm gonna go manual. I'm gonna be

31:41 That I'm gonna try I want to learn it. I

31:46 Think it's fun. I don't know every time I'm in the car with the guys and there's a manual that I can't drive

31:51 They just seem to have a lot more fun. Maybe it's coincidental

31:54 That I can't drive it and they can we're gonna you're learning in a couple of weeks, aren't you?

31:59 Yes, would you like to see that leave us a comment?

32:03 That's gonna be the biggest disaster ever because we're not using one of our cars we're gonna use

32:14 Which does come in a manual which is really exciting I'm gonna go manual

32:18 I'm gonna be optimistic until I get that lesson after that lesson. I'm probably gonna switch back but let's go man

32:24 No, that's great. I think that's a that's a really cool and good way to look at it. What about you Scott?

32:28 I have of all the cars I've owned

32:31 They've all been manuals

32:32 So I'm a little bit biased on this front, but I'm actually gonna cheat slightly if I'm buying a sports car

32:37 I want it to be a Honda Civic type R with a manual

32:39 But if I'm driving something to drive to and from work day to day

32:43 I'm actually in my wise old age of

32:46 28

32:48 29 no, I'm 28 numbers are really doing my head in now

32:51 I'm gonna go automatic because modern automatics is so smooth and so smart

32:56 Unless you are driving something for the sake of it. They do a better job anyway

33:00 What about you Sean? What about you? I drive a manual. That's my

33:03 Car is a manual my car is a man

33:06 Last weekend, I think yeah

33:11 Coincidentally doesn't coincide

33:13 If I were to buy

33:17 Another car I would probably buy a manual but if I was looking at all of the cars currently on sale in dealerships today

33:24 Let's say I had enough money to buy an m2. I'd buy the order. I wouldn't buy the manual

33:30 I would buy the order because if you want the performance the you can't do what a computer can do

33:36 So, you know, it's fun. Don't get me wrong, but you're gonna spend most the time just hauling up and down

33:42 the Monash freeway or driving around or if you do go on a

33:45 Track day for instance

33:48 The order is probably gonna be a lot a much safer option a much faster option if you're looking for that overall speed

33:54 So yeah, I'd probably as much as I love a manual probably would end up opting for I want to know

33:59 Because we have seen quite a few cars drop their manual

34:04 Transmission this year and putting you guys on the spot

34:06 What car do you hope will not lose its manual transmission or has lost its manual?

34:13 And wish that you know, it would stay as it is

34:18 Miata Mazda MX5. I do hope that that keeps like those that sort of sports cars. I think like the 86 as well

34:26 Such be as a thing. They have to have a manual option

34:30 I would argue and I think as more manuals disappear from the market the the sort of uniqueness of offering three pedals is only gonna

34:37 Get stronger. We talked about the Mustang couple of weeks ago on the podcast

34:40 That car is so perfectly suited to a manual. It is because the automatic gearbox is atrocious. It's not atrocious way too many

34:47 It's great in a Silverado

34:48 It's not so great in a Mustang exactly and that car is an old-school muscle car for people who want to relive the glory days

34:54 Nothing says that like a really clunky sort of chunky six-speed manual

34:59 I also think we forget in Australia

35:01 We're very much an automatic nation as is the States but Europe manuals are very popular still

35:06 so my friends in Europe cannot believe that 90% don't quote me on the 90% but most of

35:12 Our cars are automatic. They just they're mind blown at the fact that we grow up

35:18 Not learning manual. Yeah, like it's yeah, I don't know. Yeah. So what do you guys think?

35:24 Please let us know manual automatic and if you were to go out and buy a car today

35:29 Would you pick the auto version or the manual version? Let us know

35:32 I think we'll wrap that up and leave it there for this week. Please keep sending in questions because I think this is fun

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36:15 Or if you're charging

36:17 Yes, so we've given people so many instructions

36:20 It's okay. Let's just let's just summarize really quickly if you're driving don't touch your phone, correct?

36:25 Wait, take a look. Take away. Yes

36:28 Yes, okay. So this is let's just add a few more things. Yeah, so let's not let's not so leave us a comment

36:35 Let us know what's the most annoying driver habit that you can you get?

36:39 Would you buy a Polestar 2 and would you have an automatic or manual card leave us a comment and let us know

36:45 But guys, thank you so much for joining us this week

36:48 Longest

36:50 It's it's been a lot

36:53 Really there. Thanks. John. It's been good fun. Thanks for coming Scott. Thanks for coming back again

36:56 I don't have as much homework this week. So I'm actually happy with the output you guys have contributed. Thank you

37:02 That's right. Well, maybe we'll give some Jade some more homework. So keep sending in your questions. Let us know getting longer

37:08 You

37:10 - Just cut.

37:11 - Okay, bye guys.

37:12 - We'll see you next week.

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