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Honeymoon Phase

Fleet Files

Here’s how our other long-term vehicles

are faring in their 40,000-mile trials:

The BMW 3-series is no stranger to

our professional and personal lives,

having run nine prior long-term

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3-series worm its way back into our personal lives? —David Beard

2019 Ram 1500 Limited 4x4

Arrival: March 2019

Miles: 31,475 Observed mpg: 15

Forget the Chevy Silverado and the Ford F-150. In the

Ram’s logbook, our editors keep comparing this humble

American truck to that highfalutin German crown jewel,

the Mercedes-Benz S-class. They’re not wrong.

Equipped with air springs, all the available comforts,

and enough leather to launch a Kiss cover band, our Ram drives and coddles like a

luxury car. We have just one persistent complaint: The new-for-2019 12.0-inch

Uconnect infotainment system freezes, reboots, and stumbles often enough to be a

nuisance. The dealer confirms our truck is running the latest software, so we’re left

to believe this is normal. It shouldn’t be. —Eric Tingwall

2020 BMW M340i

Arrival: September 2019

Miles: 8051

Observed mpg: 24

2020 Kia Telluride AWD

Arrival: August 2019

Miles: 16,100 Observed mpg: 21

Recently, we heard a clanging noise in our

Telluride. After an exhaustive investiga-

tion, we determined the source of the

clatter was an empty Coke can left in the

rear footwell. We also discovered a used

facial tissue, which is bogue. Otherwise,

our Telluride has been entirely faultless

as the odometer passed 15,000 miles.

We’re searching for problems, dissatis-

factions, or even a lone niggle, but so far,

we haven’t come up with anything. We

can’t even complain about our dealership

experience because apart from its routine

7500-mile service visits ($161 and $120),

our family truckster hasn’t seen the

inside of a service bay. —Daniel Pund

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2019 Porsche 6365 milesCayenne 2019 S34,272 milesubaru Ascent

2019 Mercedes-Benz E450 wagon

40,640 miles

(^2019) 7025 milesTesla Model 3
2019 Genesis G 70
15,412 miles