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2022 EQS 580 4matic, 2022 GLS 450
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I'm dumping my 2022 EQS 580 without regrets.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
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I'm dumping my 2022 EQS 580 without regrets.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
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2023 AMG EQS
Infrastructure sucked when I bought my EQS. But I bought it thinking that the infrastructure would drastically improve. 3yrs later and Is basically the same... TERRIBLE!
I never care what other peoples thoughts or opinions are and I am not an attention seeker so that's not a problem for me.
I am also curious about what your next vehicle is or will be?
I never care what other peoples thoughts or opinions are and I am not an attention seeker so that's not a problem for me.
I am also curious about what your next vehicle is or will be?
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I'm dumping my 2022 EQS 580 without regrets.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
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I'm dumping my 2022 EQS 580 without regrets.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
The infrastucture is an issue for sure. Don't know where you live but that would not be the case for me as my only out of town destinations would be supported by DCFC if needed or not needed for a round trip given one of my destinations.
As far as the looks they were in general negatively viewed when it came out so that shouldn't be a surprise that people didn't trip over themselves complimenting you on it. I think the EQS looks good with the AMG package and in the right colors like Nautical blue.
The depreciation is only an issue when you sell it. On that score you might be better off keeping it and amortizing the depreciation over a longer period.
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Sorry to see you go. I am constantly complimented on how my EQS looks and what a bearty it is. I use mine mostly locally, so charging infrastructure is not as much of an issue for me. Access, however, is constantly improving in Texas. Who cares about depreciation....I don't "invest" in cars. I love my EQS.
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It is worth noting that the EV charging federal dollars are provided to states to build the infrastructure. Unfortunately the red states which have the biggest issues with lack of infrastructure also aren't motivated to build said infrastructure. After all most of the people who buy these products don't vote red.
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I read often about charging infrastructure problems...I don't get it. I live in Iowa where there is probably way less infrastructure than places like CA where the uptake has been high. I've been driving a full bev since 2019. I've never had a problem. There were glitches especially early on with EA, but I always able to charge and never stranded. I drive to Chicago and back. Minneapolis and back, central Missouri and back. It is just not a big deal in my life. I'm taking an 11 hour road trip in my EQB with only 220 mile of range this week--I'm not the least concerned about getting power.
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People are so self righteous lol
Why did you buy a car you don't like the looks of? I'm very critical of the EQS' looks, but thats why I didn't buy one. Also, why do you care if other people look at your car? You know what else never garners a second look? My S580. Its invisible which is just fine with me, I like how it looks and what I like is what matters to me, not what other people like 
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I read often about charging infrastructure problems...I don't get it. I live in Iowa where there is probably way less infrastructure than places like CA where the uptake has been high. I've been driving a full bev since 2019. I've never had a problem. There were glitches especially early on with EA, but I always able to charge and never stranded. I drive to Chicago and back. Minneapolis and back, central Missouri and back. It is just not a big deal in my life. I'm taking an 11 hour road trip in my EQB with only 220 mile of range this week--I'm not the least concerned about getting power.
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It is worth noting that the EV charging federal dollars are provided to states to build the infrastructure. Unfortunately the red states which have the biggest issues with lack of infrastructure also aren't motivated to build said infrastructure. After all most of the people who buy these products don't vote red.
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People are so self righteous lol
Why did you buy a car you don't like the looks of? I'm very critical of the EQS' looks, but thats why I didn't buy one. Also, why do you care if other people look at your car? You know what else never garners a second look? My S580. Its invisible which is just fine with me, I like how it looks and what I like is what matters to me, not what other people like
Why did you buy a car you don't like the looks of? I'm very critical of the EQS' looks, but thats why I didn't buy one. Also, why do you care if other people look at your car? You know what else never garners a second look? My S580. Its invisible which is just fine with me, I like how it looks and what I like is what matters to me, not what other people like
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I read often about charging infrastructure problems...I don't get it. I live in Iowa where there is probably way less infrastructure than places like CA where the uptake has been high. I've been driving a full bev since 2019. I've never had a problem. There were glitches especially early on with EA, but I always able to charge and never stranded. I drive to Chicago and back. Minneapolis and back, central Missouri and back. It is just not a big deal in my life. I'm taking an 11 hour road trip in my EQB with only 220 mile of range this week--I'm not the least concerned about getting power.
Additionally, we take a couple trips a year to near Akron, OH (about 700 miles one way) and there are plenty of EA fast chargers on the way and back.
I love my 2022 EQS 580 and never going back to gasoline again. In fact, I now have an EGO riding mower (fantastic), an EGO trimming mower for mowing in tight spaces like around the mailbox, and just bought an EGO snow blower. No gasoline at all for me. Unfortunately, my wife drives a hybrid Lexus RX and she doesn’t want to sell it yet. However, she only uses it to drive around the city and only puts on about 4,000 miles per year if that. We use my car for visiting friends and every longer trip like Iowa State football and basketball games.
The lease on my 2022 EQS expires next May and I plan to lease (one payment lease) the updated 2025 EQS 580.
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I'm dumping my 2022 EQS 580 without regrets.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
I can't leave town in it with no level 1 charging in range.
The promised infrastructure has never materialized, thanks Joe..
The car seldom garners a second look with it's oddball styling nowhere near reflecting what I paid for it!
The depreciation is a disaster.
No more early adoption again for me without leasing.
I'm going back to hybrids where the market seems to be headed.
Nice ride, poor looks, bad investment.
Y'all take care.
If he truly lives in an area where there are no DCFC in range, then a hybrid sounds reasonable. A plug hybrid would be best.
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Lots of squandering our tax money - just look at the oil industry and the highly subsidized gas prices. That is the reason gas is cheaper in the US than the rest of the world.
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Business owners like me do. For instance, we are building a new building (medical office). The city tried to DEMAND we put in one "EV Charging Spot" for every twenty parking spots. Hard NO. Not a freaking chance. Not my problem. To that, I for one prefer the EV's not be at our facility at all as they are always recording on private property BEHIND our offices (not from the road).
Oh, and we can thank Joe for the massive inflation causing us all to tighten our belts when it comes to spending. I know the folks who were going to install new gutters on one of our main offices can blame Biden directly for the fact we put that project off indefinitely.
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Business owners like me do. For instance, we are building a new building (medical office). The city tried to DEMAND we put in one "EV Charging Spot" for every twenty parking spots. Hard NO. Not a freaking chance. Not my problem. To that, I for one prefer the EV's not be at our facility at all as they are always recording on private property BEHIND our offices (not from the road).
Oh, and we can thank Joe for the massive inflation causing us all to tighten our belts when it comes to spending. I know the folks who were going to install new gutters on one of our main offices can blame Biden directly for the fact we put that project off indefinitely.
Oh, and we can thank Joe for the massive inflation causing us all to tighten our belts when it comes to spending. I know the folks who were going to install new gutters on one of our main offices can blame Biden directly for the fact we put that project off indefinitely.
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What politics? I am a business owner (and property owner). I as the owner will NOT pay to put a freaking EV charger on MY property at MY business. If the city does not like it - THEY can try to sue me (and we will simply build the new facility at another property we own that is seriously 110' from the city limits).
Fun note: this is for the EV owners in Tampa. Yes, you can purchase gasoline today (and could for most of the entire storm)...but...
https://www.tampaelectric.com/electr...argingoptions/
We appreciate your patience as we work 24/7 to recover from Milton. With the help of 6,000 utility workers, we expect to restore power to essentially all customers in the coming days. Estimated restoration by county:
- Pasco customers - Monday, 10/14
- Polk customers - Tuesday, 10/15
- Hillsborough and Pinellas customers - Thursday, 10/17
Then, when power is on there will be DAYS LONG lines at the chargers, as there always are after the storms. Good thing that something like 98% of the EV owners have them as their third car. My next door neighbor had a Rivian for about a minute or two...behind his massive diesel Dodge truck, an Escalade, an X5 and their kids Jeep....sitting next to their RV and 32' fishing boat....you know, environmentalists :-)
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Business owners like me do. For instance, we are building a new building (medical office). The city tried to DEMAND we put in one "EV Charging Spot" for every twenty parking spots. Hard NO. Not a freaking chance. Not my problem. To that, I for one prefer the EV's not be at our facility at all as they are always recording on private property BEHIND our offices (not from the road).
