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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 05/03/2020 at 15:37 • Filed to: Dots

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Literally the only C-Max ever sold in the U.S.! And of course it’s a fleet vehicle.

Kiltedpadre > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:42

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Hey now there are several at the AF base where I work!

They’re also all fleet vehicles.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:42

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Now that you mention it, they are almost all fleet vehicles. Someone near me used to have one but they moved.

I really don’t think it  helped Ford’s business case for cars over SUVs.

Svend > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:43

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The Grand C-Max is the better one. Rear sliding doors and a middle seat that folds away into the seat next to it.

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:44

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But does the owner wear Carhart t and care about organic farming ?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/03/2020 at 15:45

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I have seen precisely one (1) privately owned C-Max ever and it comprises a full quarter of C-Maxes I’ve ever seen. The rest are owned by one  company

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:45

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I sold a red one when I was a salesmen

If you can get past the looks it’s not a bad car. Just a tall Focus with a battery 

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:47

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Ummm. I guess Vermont isn’t really the US... But this state is crawling with C-Maxesesss

We are sort of our own little place... There’s a used car dealer in my county, who until recently sold nothing but Suzuki SX4s (they still specialize in them). I’ve heard that half of all Volvo station wagons sold in the US are sold in Vermont, and for the month of August 2003, Burlington Hyundai-Subaru was the highest volume Subaru dealer in the WHOLE WORLD.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > For Sweden 05/03/2020 at 15:47

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Vermont. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Svend 05/03/2020 at 15:48

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We only ever got the hybrid here, and only for six years.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 15:49

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Vermont is just South Quebec

Sovande > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:49

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I actually see three or four of these around my hood. Kind of a weird car. 

For Sweden > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 15:49

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So the driver was probably not the woman in the video.

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:51

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oui

Kiltedpadre > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:51

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In reality there’s one in my neighborhood that’s not a fleet vehicle. They also have a transit connect passenger van. 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:53

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There aren’t that many around where I live, but I know of at least 2 I see once and awhile. A b urgundy/red one and a sort-of light mint green one.

ranwhenparked > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 15:54

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I guess the fact that its a fleet vehicles explains the lack of the “No Farms, No Food” and “Dissent is Patriotic” stickers that are otherwise mandatory for Vermont registration. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Kiltedpadre 05/03/2020 at 15:57

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Fun fact: prior to 2013 all TCs were imported to the US as passenger vans, then they'd be converted to cargo variants and the passenger parts were shipped back to be reused. This was to get around the chicken tax on light trucks.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > For Sweden 05/03/2020 at 16:02

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True. Though my French, sorry Qubeqc ois, is horrible. Mrs. BoostAddict is fluent in Paris French, and they often ask her to repeat herself, and vice-versa. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 16:03

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Lesbians need cars too, I guess

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > For Sweden 05/03/2020 at 16:05

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Many of the people of color we DO have in this state are si milar to the woman in the video... But yes, thats a fair statement. 

For Sweden > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 16:05

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Maybe she should tell the Quebecois to avoir bi e n

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 16:08

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Back to the C-Max, the dealer I bought my FieSTa from said they sold 15-20 C-Max a month (in October 2013)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 16:08

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I’ve only ever seen about a half dozen SX4s. Crazy, but I guess someone has to care about them.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > For Sweden 05/03/2020 at 16:09

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That could cause violence... 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 16:11

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There are a whole lot of cars that are rarer, but I guess it is just about the least remarkable thing in existence. Just a Focus minivan with conventional doors that also happens to be majorly uncool without being hip or chic.

Also, that moment when someone really wants to know why you were taking a picture of such a completely unremarkable vehicle.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 16:12

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What do you think the f leet/private breakdown was?

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 16:14

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There are literally no large fleet buyers in this state. I know the local power company had C-Maxesssss for a while (they just got new Escapes this year) but that was like, 8 maybe 10 cars. Two people left with C-Maxeseseses while I was there buying my FieSTa. One lives down the road from us.  

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/03/2020 at 16:17

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Cheap, efficient, AWD. They're the official car of the North East Kingdom (poor and remote) of Vermont. I see two or three a day on average. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 16:19

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My power company uses  these cute ‘lil modified Colorados

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 16:23

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They are AWD? Huh. Was that like just an option or were they like Subarus?

You would be surprised just how few people actually spring for AWD in their bland crossovers in the land of almost no snow.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/03/2020 at 16:27

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Just an option, but I have only ever seen one FWD SX4 in this state. It had NY plates. And no I wouldn’t be surprised... We have AWD Subarus and Audis, and SX4s, lots of AWD baby Jeeps,   and possibly 90% of the world’s AWD Ford Fusions,  but I see quite a few FWD Nissan Muranos, Mits ubishi Outlanders, Toyota Rav4s and Honda CRVs. I still find it perplexing . Especially the Nissans and Mitsubishis... I mean why would you ever buy one of those if it weren’ t for the AWD?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 05/03/2020 at 16:35

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That’s interesting. Since AWD is basically useless unless you really want to drive too fast in the rain on your bald tires, there isn’t much of a reason at all for CUVs, especially FWD only ones. They just don’t make a lick of sense with only two powered wheels. At that point, the extra weight really pushes the limits of their traction too (from experience)

Svend > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/03/2020 at 16:52

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Ye’, it used to be called the Ford Focus C-Max here in Europe before it became a model in it’s own right. 

sony1492 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 17:00

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There are a bunch in CA, usually in an aqua marine color

Kiltedpadre > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 17:14

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I remember Ford getting a big fine for that.

Was it the Sprinter where they would build them overseas, partially  dismantle them before shipment, then reassemble them here so they could claim US assembly to get around it?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Kiltedpadre 05/03/2020 at 17:24

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Every manufacturer has come up with a way to defeat the tax at some point. Why do you think the Subaru Brat had seats in the bed?

FCA did the same thing as Ford with the Promaster City, and Mercedes would send the Sprinters as knockdown kits to be assembled in the US and have a few token domestically made parts bolted on.

Kiltedpadre > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 18:12

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Because it made it awesome?!? My uncle had a Brat when I was a little kid, and I remember jumping in the back and barreling down gravel roads near where my grandparents lived at the time.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Kiltedpadre 05/03/2020 at 18:15

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Nope. It was purely to get the Brat classified as a passenger vehicle to avoid the tax.

wafflesnfalafel > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/03/2020 at 20:17

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I’ll bet they are mostly on the coasts - we still have a fair number of them up here.   Decent looking super functional little rig, but Ford botched it by way over promising on the mileage claims...

facw > ranwhenparked 05/03/2020 at 22:17

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OK, I’ll admit to having a “Dissent is Patriotic” t-shirt (support the ACLU! they are often on the right side of things).

ranwhenparked > facw 05/03/2020 at 22:30

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Ah, but, you also need a Coexist one to go full Vermont

OPPOsaurus WRX > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 05/04/2020 at 11:00

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there is on e near me that is the same greenish color as my Focus