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I think it's time to say goodbye to
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Volvo EX3 at least from my hand or my
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point of
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view yes it's time to deliver it back in
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just one hour I have to deliver this
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back to Volvo car Norway because this is
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a press car that I've had for this week
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today is Sunday the 16th of June I've
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had it since Monday took a trip down
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south to visit Volvo Factory and TOA on
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Thursday and Friday but more on that you
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have probably seen it already or will
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see see it on my YouTube
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channel so it's going to be goodbye but
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it's also I think it's also going to be
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goodbye in another way because I have
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been really back and forward with the
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ex30 do I love it do I hate it do I love
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it enough to actually purchase one or is
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the hate side too much to handle for me
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that I won't be ordering
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ex30 because Volvo have a upcoming
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version of the ex30 that I'm really
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stoked about the ex30 cross country but
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do I love it enough to actually purchase
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one even if I love the exterior design
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well that was my mission for this ex30
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2.0 uh test
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drive so this is going to be my good bad
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and ugly with Volvo ex30 part two
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welcome to my YouTube channel Vol
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chrisan and welcome to goodbye for the
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ex30 I hope you will enjoy this video uh
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unscripted but I have some uh things I
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want to talk
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about because this is actually the
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second time or second period I'm testing
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Volvo ex30 I've had it before I had the
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vapor gray single motor extended range I
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had that for about two weeks and then I
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had a m yellow twin performance for one
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week back in yeah I think it was in
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March I have a long playlist on my
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YouTube channel with all with all all
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the videos from that test event and now
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I had to give it a second go hope I
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don't get hit by any SE
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goals I had to give it a second go so
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this is EX3 part two for me because I
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ended with that there was a lot of
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things to love with the ex30 but also a
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lot of things I don't like with the
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ex30 and thought okay I had to wait for
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a while and then give it a new go so in
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this round I've driven it about 1,000 km
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including a trip down to Volvo Factory
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in in gutenburg
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and yeah in this video we're going to do
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the good bad and ugly my final words on
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Volus
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ex30 obviously we're going to start with
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the good because there's so many good
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elements that is really drawing me to it
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and I have to say in this configuration
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here Crystal white twin no not twin
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Crystal white Ultra with 20 in allows I
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think it looks absolutely Wicked so
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exterior design definitely one of the
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biggest attractions for me it's a tiny
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little thing but it's a cute little
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thing and also a tough little Urban
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thing while we have a train passing us
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so exterior design have always been a
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attraction for me with vol ex30 it looks
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good for this kind of sized car I think
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they nailed it nailed the exterior
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design definitely and then we come to
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the driving
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experience that is something I
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experienced both on my uh single motor
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extended range and also the twin version
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and also when I um when I attended the
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big winter drive with Volvo cars up in
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lulio in Sweden where we where we got to
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drive on Ice Lake uh so the Driving
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Experience
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that is something I have gotten to love
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uh as I have driven it and even now I
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really enjoy myself driving the ex30 and
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also this this is a single motor
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extended range only 272 horsepowers but
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highway driving South and up up again
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here to
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Oslo so so nice even at high speeds and
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if you want to do overtake
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situation more than enough more than
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sufficient enough uh Power figures for
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this one
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yes I prefer a all-wheel drive setup but
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that is primarily because of the winter
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season not for the power figures but
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this yeah so Driving
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Experience always been or not always it
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has really been a thing that I have
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gotten to love with Vol ex30 so if you
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haven't driven one yourself highly
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recommend it it's so DN good to drive
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and then we come to the package it
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delivers being such a small car it has
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so many elements that you are hard to
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find in competitive cars such as you can
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get it with all-wheel drive that is
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something that important for me and it's
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good that Volvo didn't just offer it
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with rear wheeel drive but you can also
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get an all-wheel drive
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configuration and then we come to the
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capabilities in this package deal that
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Volus ex30 delivers you can get it with
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toe bar you can tow up to
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1,600 kilos if you have the twin version
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since this is the single motor extended
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range that is 1,400 kilos but the
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package you get are the capabilities it
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offers all-wheel drive good ground
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clearance Towing cap capability you can
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have a roof box for such a small car it
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has so much to
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offer and also the low low starting
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price so overall as a
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package yeah that is just all these
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three elements exterior design driving
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Dynamics Driving Experience and also the
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package
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deal that is so high on my list and
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those three should be enough to just
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pull a trigger and just sign my name on
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a
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contract and maybe it is for you but uh
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yeah in the next next sequence now we're
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now going to talk about the Bad and the
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Ugly and now we come to the bad things
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and that is also a reason why I think
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it's time to say goodbye to the
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ex30 because now I have driven almost
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5,000 km with the ex30 4,000 in those
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two previous press cars and almost 1,000
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km in this press car this week so I have
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5,000 km with the
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ex30 and I have also driven and own I
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driven all other Volvos and own yeah 10
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I'm on my 11th Volvo now and I don't
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think for me as a Volvo Enthusiast
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and this just doesn't cut it for
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me sad to say it because there's so many
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ATT attributes with the ex30 that I love
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but I'm not going to
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mention some of the things that are
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really annoying me the most and just
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remember that this is just my personal
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opinions if these things doesn't bother
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you on a day today basis then definitely
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this is the great
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package I have talk to so many that can
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relate to some of the elements but for
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them the good things overweigh the bad
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there's so many people buying it and
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still they are competing on like one or
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two things but there's there's more good
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elements than there's bad so they just
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accept it they just deal with it they
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just yeah just accept it like the No No
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driver display yes people would have
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wanted it but they accept it this is
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what they get because of so many other
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good things but for me
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I think the bad things over way the good
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and that's why I think it's time to say
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goodbye I have to bring my trusty
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notebook notebook again from standby so
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I don't forget anything um I made some
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notes that I have it um have it nearby
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in case my brain shuts off but the thing
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I am struggling with are the interaction
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with the screen everything works fine
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with the exterior and anything you you
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place it behind you're driving you
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enjoying yourself but then you have to
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interact with with the screen and that's
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that's where everything falls apart from
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my hand the interaction just as simple
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thing as just changing your
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lights usually you're running automatic
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lights as this seagull are approaching
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rapidly usually we are uh I'm running
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just waiting for the
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train the seagulls here nowhere are
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pretty crazy now because they have a lot
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of um newborns or what what are like I'm
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not sure what they call a baby seagull
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but they get pretty
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aggressive but eitherway just changing
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your lights usually you're running
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automatic uh on your settings but then
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when I was driving late uh driving home
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late at night I wanted to change to the
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high beam but you couldn't do it in that
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setting because it was we have some
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street lights going on so you have to go
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into the center screen and there five
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presses first uh the car and then your
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light
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and then you have to select that another
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mode on your light settings and then you
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have to confirm that thing on the
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steering
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wheel I don't understand why you have to
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confirm it you have already way press
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three three times I think you have
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decided you want to change your lights
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but just to get on your high
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beams ah it just piss small things like
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that just pissing me off it would be
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better if Volvo
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just re uh remove the gear selector
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stock or the functionality into the
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squeen such as test mod three so you can
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have to change gear on the screen and
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then move all your wiper action on your
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right stock and then you have all your
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light settings uh with your um you can
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change your light settings on your left
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stock such as other every other
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Volvo this when they put on put when
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they move the gear options on your right
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stock they had to have the left stock
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with two operations both lights and your
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wiper so it's a compromise because you
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you can't get everything there and you
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have to put something into the screen
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and also such as changing the wind
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sensitivity there not so many clicks you
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have to do but there's car icon and
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then um yeah that indication for uh
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sensitivity and then you press it but
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either way you have to in interact with
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the screen for just a small thing so
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that was um changing lights uh and then
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also um the wind
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sensitivity and that is also when you're
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driving and using adaptive cruise
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control if you want to change the the
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speed all the distance you have into the
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car in front of you because on Highway
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maybe you want this speed but on a
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country roads maybe you want another uh
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not another speed I just bummed out but
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that that se goal approaching maybe you
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want one distance on Highway where the
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speed is high so you maybe want a a
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longer distance but then maybe City
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driving country RADS you want to short
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the distance you have to again go into
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the screens just to adjust the distance
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to the car in front and also when you
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have changing conditions like rain uh
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evenings or maybe winter times so you
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want to change the directions uh from
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time to time why do you have to go into
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the screen every single time just pisses
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me
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off um and then lastly adjusting your
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mirrors again small things that we had
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on the door cards or the door panel just
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adjusting your mirrors also when you are
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backing up into a parking space at work
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I have to back up into um a fence or
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like a wall and I want to get close to
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that one without scratching the allows
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for the little curb so on my all other
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Volvos I just press the right or the
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left while I'm in reverse and the car
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will automatically tilt down the mirror
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so you can easily see the curb and see
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how close you are but no that's not good
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enough in the ex30 once again you have
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to interact with the screen I'm not sure
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how many presses it's like the car icon
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the mirrors and then select right or
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left and then adjust it on the steering
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wheel it's such a hustle why do it have
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to be such a hustle Just Adjust stupid
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mirrors pisses me off and the last thing
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I have on my list are the driver
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alert the driver alert monitoring system
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this ey tracking box you have just on
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the column for the steering
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wheel is uh I'm not sure how to um
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criticize it because I know it has to be
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there but I think it's a way too
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aggressive I think Volvo needs to do
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something with the sensitivity and the
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how it alerts you because now it's also
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quite a hustle to taking it Taking It
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Off you have to go through several steps
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and layers in the menu just to turn off
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this ey tracking because it's way too
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aggressive in my hand driving into a
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roundabout you just looking or
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intersection just looking to the size
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you while maybe your tires or your your
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wheels are rolling really really slow
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but you are driving and you're just
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looking to the side
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and stay focused on your driving what
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what the I'm what you what do you
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think I'm doing I'm focused on the
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driving and the traffic picture looking
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to the sides I think it's way too
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aggressive and a funny little thing a
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Swedish company I'm going to Overlay a
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picture of that a Swedish company has
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actually design a little plastic thing
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that you can glue on stock of this uh
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steering wheel column just to block that
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driver alert monitoring the ey tracking
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sensor and
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apparently I saw in a Facebook group
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apparently that distance Works without
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the driver alert system saying that it's
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blocked I have t tried several times to
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block that thing but then it gets you
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get that this notification that this
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thing are blocked but apparently with
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this black little plastic cover you
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don't get that alert and some may say
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that that is illegal but it's not
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illegal at all because you can turn off
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the system the only thing you're doing
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are you're just avoiding or you're just
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sparing yourself off the time to do that
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every single drive so it's not illegal
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and other people may say why is that so
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you can do something else or speaking in
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your phone no it's just that you avoid
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getting bugged when you are focused on
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your traffic picture that is all around
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the
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car so yeah that is a funny little thing
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if I would have purchased a ex30 that
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would be high on my list or top of my
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list the first extra option just get
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that plastic piece and cover it they
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also have a piece you can cover over the
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H Cardon logo because that's a little
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imitation of a head up display in the
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windshield
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and these elements here for me this is
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just the top of the cheesecake or the
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ice cake
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or the iceberg or something there's so
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many elements and they all evolve
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revolve around the Interac interaction I
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have with the
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screen for me that takes away too much
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from the good things and they annoy me
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so much in the day to day that for me I
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have to say goodbye to the 13 this isn't
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for me it is a awesome car and maybe it
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appeals to like 70% of customers in in
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this segment but I'm not one of them
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them
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uh I'm not sure if I'm going to say it
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some is something wrong with the car or
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something wrong with me uh maybe it's a
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combination I don't know this is yeah
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I'm not sure I'm I'm not I'm not sure
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how to put it but test it out yourself
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and um you see for yourself if if you
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get annoyed and if there's more good
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things than bad
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things and then we will end with the
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ugly part the ugly part of Volus
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ex30 2.0 or part
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two I'm not sure how to uh phrase myself
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here but
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um the competition are getting tougher
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and
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tougher and I think Volvo was fortunate
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to release it at this
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time because
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I think they're going to be a hard time
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for the Volvo ex30 forwards and I'm not
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talking about the smart hashtag one or
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the cqx I've already driven the smart
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hashtag one in some areas is really
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really good and
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better but in some areas it's not and
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then we have the cqx I I still haven't
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test drove that one so that lead that
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the waights to be uh seen But then
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there's a third option that newly got
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released and I think think that
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surpasses the ex30 in so many ways but
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Volvo are fortunate with their timing
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because that car aren't ready yet and
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have it on the roads already the car I'm
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talking about are Kia
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EV3 when I saw the release video my jaws
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just dropped it appears to be a really
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really awesome package for the same or
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less money than Volvo's ex30 and I think
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Volvo is going to have a hard time
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competing against against the Kia
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EV3 I don't think I want to end this
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video by saying that if you want a EX3
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then buy a Kia EV3 but it's not far from
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it in exterior design yeah that is very
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subjective what you like I I think this
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looks better uh yeah driving Dynamics
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haven't seen it haven't um I haven't
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seen it live I haven't driven it so I'm
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not sure but the specifications we have
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a much bigger battery the battery 81 KW
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hours in the Kia EV3 versus 69
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here so bigger battery means more
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range and then the best thing for me are
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interior and before we're jumping all
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the way in yes it doesn't charge as fast
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as this one this can peek at 153 and the
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Kia could peek at
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130 but bigger battery okay less
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charging speed but it all depends on how
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the charging speed is how the curb looks
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but the interior as I said significantly
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it looks much better it feels much
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better on the eye um you have this huge
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screen both driver screen and
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infotainment screen you have physical
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climate um buttons you have armrest in
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your rear seats overall it just feels
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much better it feels it has more
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character it's starting to rain now so I
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have to be quick and wrap up this video
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but the Kia
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EV3 yes it's not available while right
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now and the all-wheel drive are either
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even further away but if they can price
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it cheaper than this or with enough
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price Gap under I think that's going to
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be a tough competitor for the Volver
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ex13 and honestly in in terms of
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interior I think the Kia EV3 Nails it it
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just significantly better this is just
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minimalistic gone way too far with this
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one screen layout and all the
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sustainability Solutions with no uh
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buttons in the door for your windows
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everything I think this is just too much
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uh
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sustainability if Kia EV3 can have so
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much as they have one of the presenters
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or YouTube reviewers talked about how
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much Kia or this seagull are getting
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closer and closer talked about how much
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uh sustain how much recycle materials
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Kia have used if they can do so much
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Recycling and uh sustainability
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uh okay they are getting pretty close
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now if they can do so much but still
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having such a good looking interior and
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also for a low price why can't Volvo do
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it why and also this stupid ass key fob
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it's in a car it Everything feels just I
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think Volvo have went too far that's
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just my my opinions but remember my own
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opinions please make up your own verdict
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because there's yeah there's so much
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good but for me I think it's just not
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good enough so I have have to say
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goodbye to Volvos
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ex30 and I think this is going to be the
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last video starting volv ex30 uh unless
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they do something drastical or the cross
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country suddenly appears again but I
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hope you have enjoyed my ex30 series and
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also this video um even though it ended
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with maybe I should end it with another
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note if you want Volvo ex30 then buy a
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secondhand Volvo C Forte that is my that
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that would be my choice
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uh but yeah thank you for watching and
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I'll see you in the next one take care
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and bye-bye
