Rental Car Ruckus 2: Electric Boogaloo

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I THINK it's a '15. Sport mode definitely helped the steering but it was a lot like the sport mode in my car which basically just holds the revs a lot longer. I like the ability to create an individual setting, so I would probably add the steering enhancement and leave the engine mapping standard. The Jag has a nice feature called "Dynamic" mode which is a kind of in between setting from cushy mode and hardcore track mode.

A couple more thoughts since driving it over the weekend and taking it down to ATL on the highway
- I love that this thing has a gun box (or drug box for druggies) underneath the seat. I remember that being around for a while in VWs but I would definitely carry more if I had a nice convenient place to put my piece when I jump into the car.
- The seat was surprisingly comfortable for the drive, my back didn't hurt after 3.5 hours like it did in the Yukon.
- The bluetooth call quality is very very good, my wife commented on that while checking in on me on my drive. The music streaming was OK, had a few times when it would cut off for no reason
- What's the point of that triangle window in front of the mirrors? That would be a tint guy's nightmare
- Interesting that the touch screen senses when your fingers get close and change some visualizations on the screen. I still haven't figured out how to actually display the car's mileage though, since it doesn't populate on the gauge cluster by default for some reason
- It must be the ricer in me but I like the interior lighting accents and the lighted door sills. I would have added lighted door sills to my car except they are like $600. No that is not a typo. Also the back seat lights are on constantly by default at night? My wife looked up how to disable that and I did, not sure what the point of that is
- Had a super butt pucker moment on an off ramp that I thought would give me a good idea of the high speed turn in & handling of the car. Holy understeer!! Had to apply brakes mid turn for the first time in a long time. Not sure if because FWD car and I am so used to manageable RWD oversteer but that is a serious downside. How do you fix that? New sway bars to make it more neutral?
- Engine has more than enough power on the highway for passing, definitely one of the highlights of the car. I see why so many people tune these through APR or whoever, a tune would probably increase the smile factor significantly. Still having issues with the TCM programming though and I don't think it's because it is a rental. This thing hates to creep at low speeds, it like bounces off of the gears.
- Kind of an intangible but I notice it because I drive so much: this car doesn't get a lot of highway "respect". In other words, big trucks, SUVs and a lot of luxury cars seem to command a presence that causes people to move out of your way, drive more cautiously around you and generally cut you off noticeably less. This car not so much, I had more Civics and Altimas and trucks than I can count tailgate me at 75 on the highway than I have in a while. You do notice that on smaller cars in general so I'm not chalking it up to a fault of the car itself, it just is what it is.

Imo you would want to throw a couple of mods on it to make it "right" but I could see why people buy it!