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I know Drew loves molasses-slow Oldsmobiles ( ) but man could this be a killer 'run for the money' machine! Police-package akin to the Toronado GT powertrain, 390 HP 455 car. One-hand-behind-back simple to build this to 500+ HP. Go cruise and take people's money all day (even that mercedes they show beating a top fuel dragster in a straight line). https://www.ebay.com/itm/123066417340?ul_noapp=true

I wonder when Cadillac will have an EV version of its newest lineup. Given that the Volt and Bolt are already at the local Chevy dealer, where are the Cadillac EVs?

Mercedes doesn't have to be in everyone's budget either, but here we are with $32k shrunken 96 Taurus look-alikes wearing stars with a further down-market vehicle coming. Chase the fake Gucci bag crowd. People who buy the CLA don't care about the back seat? Then why is the back seat of the ATS (which can be bought as a real coupe btw) such a titanic issue to you German humpers? You: "Cadillacs are too big!!!" Me: "Here's the ATS." You: "Cadillacs are too small!!" The ATS is everything you claim to want in an ideal car. RWD, excellent power, turbo4, v6, turbo v6 options, AWD, great handling....the Benz counterpart has only a fraction of your wish list plus has a terrible and cramped interior.... But somehow you prefer the Benz. Your fanboi hypocrisy is showing. Even if one could get over all the negatives of a vehicle like the GLA, there is still one more big one that you can't justify your way out of. The mechanically identical vehicle, the Infiniti QX30, is $4000 cheaper than the GLA and substantially better looking exterior to boot.

Just in case it drifts up against the building down the street. Protection.

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Well...maybe not a hot hatch based on an econo-box car... BUT...a hot hatch CUV should DEFINITELY be in the cards... The XT4-V should be a given. It should roll out next year. (A year after the regular XT4 rolls out) Propulsion: Anything that makes the XT4 go like stink. With the super duper magnetic suspension set-ups and active sway bars and xtra large pizza sized brembo brakes that go along with that.... XT5-V should also be a given. If Ford will do a Ford Edge Sport, then you could bet the farm that Lincoln will follow suit. And the Germans are already there. So...the ΧΤ5-V should be in the showrooms...like YESRTERDAY. Too soon? OK...by September 2018 then! The electrics are coming... It seems to me all those GM electric cars GM promised would mostly be Cadillac badged.

Why would anyone buy an Accord when they can buy a CR-V or a Pilot instead these days? Then again, GM wants us to buy more Chevy CUVs for one reason: the search for more money.

Q: How many Californians does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: One to do it and nine to SHARE in the experience.

Ya, Irish Sea and North Sea...most of my ancestors are from Yorkshire, the Scottish Highlands, and Ireland. Though there are some from Alsace and Vaud as well.

I always need a gyro. Regarding copious amounts of alcohol, I'm thinking this could be to the left side or right side, per the map, of the Irish Sea. Or it could be near the North Sea. If it's on the right side of the Irish Sea, per the map, most of the jokes I hear are about bad teeth. Joke ... Q: You go to an airplane manufacturer's delivery area. How do you know which aircraft was built for the Italians? A: It has hair under its wings.

Best Pothole of 2018 Award goes to Pittsburgh! This happened about a mile from my house. I used that highway all the time.

I think I need a gyro, pita and hummus, grape leaves, baklava. As far as jokes, most of the ethnic jokes about my ethnicity seem to involve consumption of copious quantities of alcohol.

Love that color!

• Was in another $1.4M home today- no street-view pic; it's buried behind trees. Got a few weeks of work coming up in there. I'd like to slow down tho : M,-T, Th-F would be nice. Other than the house addition I did a few years ago, I've never had this much work stacked in my Inbox before. Finding it stressful. - - - - -

Why would Cadillac sell at lesser volumes? I could argue if they had done more rear drive products their sales would be higher. SRX sales didn’t increase because they switched it to fwd, they went up because they cut the price $10,000. Cut the CTS down to $34,995 and the ATS to $28,995 and they would start to sell too. The XT5 sells because it is $12,000 less than an X5 or GLE and because Cadillac has no other crossover in the showroom when most luxury brands have 3 or 4. Waaaay back in 2002 Cadillac said we need to scrap the front wheel drive and the platform sharing with large Buicks and build globally competitive product with ride and handling luxury buyers expect. They seem to have forgotten the mission, and they never really executed it right in the first place. And this is the big challenge Cadillac has, is execution. We can talk about will Escala be a crossover coupe, Panamera competitor, 7 seat SUV, etc. But can they actually get the mechanics, interior, styling, and build quality all spot on? Or will there he corners cut?

I work from other people's homes. Was in this one today, just went onto the market, $1.6M :

So strange, yet cool at the same time....

Still and in the foreseeable future they'll be a hard sell. "Compliance" does not equal "sales".