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- March 2, 2019
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- City, State
- Maryland
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2009 Cadillac CTS
Hello everyone!
I've owned GMs for the majority of my car owning days. I've had a pretty wide range of cars - '93 Chevy Lumina APV, 6cyl Dodge Intrepid, '00 Corvette, 4cyl Pontiac G6, 4cyl Chevy Malibu, '07 Corvette, '97 6cyl Mustang, '16 Buick Verano Turbo, and now '09 Caddy CTS.
My wife and I will be starting our family in the very near future, so I'm looking to get into an SUV, but I'd still like to have some fun. I was looking at the GMC Acadia (my father had the Saturn Outlook and now GMC Acadia), so I'm very familiar with driving them.
I'd like something a bit sporty though, so when I saw the 2020 Explorer ST I was intrigued! A 3-row with 400hp and AWD and an interior that looks modern? For under $60k? Sounds great!
I do have a few questions:
1. Will they have the ambient lighting options Fords have recently where you can change the interior ambient lighting colors?
2. I heard that Ford's EcoBoost engines can use regular gas ... can this one? Not that it makes a difference from a financial standpoint, but it just seemed interesting since most high performance vehicles I'm used to using premium.
3. Has anyone used adaptive cruise control in heavy stop-and-go highway traffic? I commute 30 miles (about 60 minutes +/- 10) one-way every day and it's very stop-and-go on the DC beltway. I'm curious if adaptive cruise control might help my ankle. That's the one thing that's unfortunate is that my ankles hurt because you either leave space, get cut off and end up breaking hard anyways, or you try to roughly keep pace and then it's constant stop-and-go anyways. Anyone else have experience with this?
Thanks for having me here!
I've owned GMs for the majority of my car owning days. I've had a pretty wide range of cars - '93 Chevy Lumina APV, 6cyl Dodge Intrepid, '00 Corvette, 4cyl Pontiac G6, 4cyl Chevy Malibu, '07 Corvette, '97 6cyl Mustang, '16 Buick Verano Turbo, and now '09 Caddy CTS.
My wife and I will be starting our family in the very near future, so I'm looking to get into an SUV, but I'd still like to have some fun. I was looking at the GMC Acadia (my father had the Saturn Outlook and now GMC Acadia), so I'm very familiar with driving them.
I'd like something a bit sporty though, so when I saw the 2020 Explorer ST I was intrigued! A 3-row with 400hp and AWD and an interior that looks modern? For under $60k? Sounds great!
I do have a few questions:
1. Will they have the ambient lighting options Fords have recently where you can change the interior ambient lighting colors?
2. I heard that Ford's EcoBoost engines can use regular gas ... can this one? Not that it makes a difference from a financial standpoint, but it just seemed interesting since most high performance vehicles I'm used to using premium.
3. Has anyone used adaptive cruise control in heavy stop-and-go highway traffic? I commute 30 miles (about 60 minutes +/- 10) one-way every day and it's very stop-and-go on the DC beltway. I'm curious if adaptive cruise control might help my ankle. That's the one thing that's unfortunate is that my ankles hurt because you either leave space, get cut off and end up breaking hard anyways, or you try to roughly keep pace and then it's constant stop-and-go anyways. Anyone else have experience with this?
Thanks for having me here!