I leased a 2022 Acura MDx Advance last August 2021. I truly really like the car (I try not to use the term LOVE , leaving that for Family and friends). I leased it with a possible intent to buy it at a buyout price of about $36K in August 2024 ( 3 year lease via Acura Financial). My wife has a 2016 Honda CRV with about 40K miles on the clock. My lease included 10K miles per year - I won't be close to that. With the Handwriting on the Wall - whether you like it or not, EVs are Coming. My thought process of the possible Buyout was that who knows where the market for a low MPG vehicle like the MDX will be in 2024 and beyond. The tremendous increase (100%) in gasoline is adding "fuel to the Fire" of that decision.
As much as i like the MDX for many reasons (Comfort, ride and handling, Looks, etc.), at 70 YO, i don't actually need a 3 row SUV (i often wonder what the stat is for the number of 3 row SUV owners that use that 3rd Row to haul people). We use the CRV to bring grandkids for necessary neraby activities.
So, i pose this questtion: Is an EV in Your Future? For various good and bad reasons, I for one hestitate to Rush In (the song says it best: Only Fools Rush In). I continue to do my Homework on them. But i do HATE that "they" are ramming it down our Collective Throats. The benefits are many: No gas $$$; limited repairs (wheels / Tires/ brakes); Powerful HP and Torque; all new fancy Gadgety interior Toys; and no poluting the environment. The bad things: limited power Charging stations; Battery breakdown expenses; local power outages from storms that will prevent your house charging; and the recent warnings I 've read about form Electro - Magnetic Engineers about the amount of EM waves that are emitted ( akin to riding on a Huge Microwave oven everytime you drive it. And the warning to NEVER sit in the car while it is plugged in and Charging !!). And compound that "They" don't dislose how much Fossil Fuel needs to be expended to produce the extra Electricity to power these EVs. Rolling Brownouts were recently warned that will be experienced this year!! IMHO, I would have preffered a greater gravitation to high grade Hybrids ( Hyundai, Honda [new CRV] , and a number of others ). i drove a 2021 CRV Hybrid several months ago as we were teasing about upgrading our 2016 CRV. i was impressed with the increased HP, Torque, increased response, and of course the increased MPGs top 37 Highway / 28-29 City. It would have been a No Brainer to go for that CRV for a $1500 increment in price. We elected to keep our CRV , put new tires on and go with that for now. If Acura still had a Sport Hybrid for the 2022 MDX - I would have done that in a NanoSecond. They dropped in 2020 model year. That MDx had more HP, More Torque and Better MPGs.
That's my Two Cents.......oh wait, now that's worth one Cent.
As much as i like the MDX for many reasons (Comfort, ride and handling, Looks, etc.), at 70 YO, i don't actually need a 3 row SUV (i often wonder what the stat is for the number of 3 row SUV owners that use that 3rd Row to haul people). We use the CRV to bring grandkids for necessary neraby activities.
So, i pose this questtion: Is an EV in Your Future? For various good and bad reasons, I for one hestitate to Rush In (the song says it best: Only Fools Rush In). I continue to do my Homework on them. But i do HATE that "they" are ramming it down our Collective Throats. The benefits are many: No gas $$$; limited repairs (wheels / Tires/ brakes); Powerful HP and Torque; all new fancy Gadgety interior Toys; and no poluting the environment. The bad things: limited power Charging stations; Battery breakdown expenses; local power outages from storms that will prevent your house charging; and the recent warnings I 've read about form Electro - Magnetic Engineers about the amount of EM waves that are emitted ( akin to riding on a Huge Microwave oven everytime you drive it. And the warning to NEVER sit in the car while it is plugged in and Charging !!). And compound that "They" don't dislose how much Fossil Fuel needs to be expended to produce the extra Electricity to power these EVs. Rolling Brownouts were recently warned that will be experienced this year!! IMHO, I would have preffered a greater gravitation to high grade Hybrids ( Hyundai, Honda [new CRV] , and a number of others ). i drove a 2021 CRV Hybrid several months ago as we were teasing about upgrading our 2016 CRV. i was impressed with the increased HP, Torque, increased response, and of course the increased MPGs top 37 Highway / 28-29 City. It would have been a No Brainer to go for that CRV for a $1500 increment in price. We elected to keep our CRV , put new tires on and go with that for now. If Acura still had a Sport Hybrid for the 2022 MDX - I would have done that in a NanoSecond. They dropped in 2020 model year. That MDx had more HP, More Torque and Better MPGs.
That's my Two Cents.......oh wait, now that's worth one Cent.