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Everyday Driver Car Debate

262: Edge ST, Hellcat Grandma, Trying To Care

Everyday Driver Car Debate

Everyday Driver

Leisure, Hobbies, Automotive

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Ford has now ST-ized the 2019 Edge—did that really need to happen? The guys debate, along with choices for Kade and his family in Wisconsin. They also talk about a possible all-BMW garage for Rohit in Chicago, who currently has a V10 BMW M5 and a need for a fun commuter/track car. Finally they include listener questions about design, driving pet peeves and the Recaro seats in the FiST… Thank you for listening and watching! Please rate review the podcast, and write to us at everydaydrivertv@gmail.com or www.everydaydriver.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Life might hand you budgets, schedules, family, and responsibility, but driving shouldn't be just another chore.

0:08.0

We're here to help you find a car you love.

0:10.0

Something to fit your budget and your needs, but is fun to drive and makes you look

0:14.4

back. I'm Todd. I'm Paul and this is the everyday driver car to be.

0:20.1

Did you get the memo today? There was that memo that

0:22.1

memo that circulated everywhere.

0:23.2

It was that that SUVs are all that matter anymore.

0:26.0

Oh yes, right. Cars are dead. We don't care about cars.

0:29.4

Yeah, I did get that. The only thing we're going to do is hot SUVs. I guess that's the thing now right?

0:34.7

Yeah of course I'm actually saying that because of Ford's big release today because we've already heard

0:39.6

that the Fiesta ST is not returning so when it's done, it's done. Right. The focus

0:45.6

RS is having its own personal IMS issues where people are on the internet are

0:49.5

freaking out about every focus RS and then there's the discussion about the fact that it's the the wrong

0:56.5

head gasket it's one from the eco boost on and on it goes I'm not even gonna

0:59.8

it's it's developing as we speak but who knows what happens to the focus

1:03.8

r S meanwhile we have a new ST and it's the edge ST because I look now, now, here's the thing, I look at an edge and I don't think let's

1:16.0

make that a performance car, but to Ford's credit, I also don't look at the fiesta and think let's make that a performance

1:20.8

car. Okay, fair point. So in that regard, okay, you've proven you can go weird places

1:25.4

and make a cool car, but this is the GLA AMG problem.

1:31.0

Sure, a little bit, but since you said SUVs are all the craze the rage it's all we care about it seems like that's all people buy it's all you want

1:39.3

Now from a I'm just thinking car architecture let's start with that you open the door and you can just kind of slide across and just sort of sit down

1:47.7

You don't have to sit down in you know you're right do anything like you just stop walking and you know see you lumber into the car you don't have to do anything like that you just stop walking and you know so

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