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On a much better note, I am out of my arm sling officially. Have another follow up visit in two weeks and then start two to three months of physical therapy. That I am not looking forward to that because I still can’t raise my arm above shoulder height without severe pain but I’m sure they are to “make it” get there lol.

People are free to waste as much of their OWN money as they want. But when you waste OTHER’S money, that’s theft in my book.

Lord thank you I don’t need flashbacks to the 90s internet boards..... ?

American Supercar ~

This '66 GS is in Hemmings, billed as being meticulously correctly restored to factory spec. Asking price is $110K ~

Well when we trust government to spend our money, waste comes under much more scrutiny. At least, it should.

Those are crazy assed prices... I get it... its California...

I don't worry about 0 to 60 or raw horsepower that much. As long as the power is smooth, instant, and "sufficient", the rest of the experience matters more.

Not true!

So my son is reading C&G over my shoulder and asked me what the green numbers meant// Me: It means that that posted stuff that people like Kid: Then why is yours so low? I guess no one likes you.... Gee thanks kid....

If there is one good thing about living in the convection oven known as the Arizona desert is that the pool temp is at a perfect 84 degrees. Makes the therapy that much more enjoyable.

What I am surprised by is the retention of the 3.6 (LGX) engine. I would have guessed that Caddy will phase out the 3.6 (LGX) engine in favor of their newly minted and neutered 3.0TT across the board. They BOTH make exactly 335 hp although the neutered 3.0TT makes 400 lb-ft (quite a bit more than the 285 lb-ft managed by the 3.6 Naturally aspirated engine. I can kinda understand with the XT5 and XT6 given GM's lack of a 400 lb-ft transverse automatic transmission. Unless they want to buy Ford's 8-speed 8F57 they are kinda stuck with these sub-300 lb-ft engines. But, this is not an issue with the longitudinal CT6 and will be consistent with the CT5 and CT4 lines -- with the CT6 base engine being the CT5 premium engine.

You mean to say if a comment wasn't quoting or directly at somebody then it was merely a comment? Take note of your own comment. You take things people say like they're directed at you. You just assume they're directly at you.

I didn't post this story because it's not gonna happen.

Starships were meant to fly! That is no longer true ever since scientists have discovered bacteria that burp hydrogen.

The changes are for 2020. They dropped the base model for the rest of 2019. The lowest trim you can get now is Premium Luxury.

Why does their website show a different starting price? They should have dropped the 3.6 and detuned or tuned the 3.0 to any number they wanted that had more than 300tq. 350/350 seems easy enough.

Now this is Luxury worthy of being a Standard of the World!

I don't mind the engine so much. I'd rather a 301hp V8 that is buuuuuuter smooth than a turbo V6 that I have to wait for the lag before I get my power

Mercedes is staying in the taxi cab market for a long while. It's that volume that keeps the lights on and the only way Mercedes can survive. Cadillac doesn't need to build for the taxi market.... Chevy can do that. (though local taxis seem to have gone Nissan/Hyundai)

Well at $59,900, the 2020 CT6 comes with a V6 base and rakes the E-class over the coals in space and comfort. There is no 2020 XTS.

Not beating on the E-Class for taxi duty... that makes it durable. But a certain someone likes to point out how many e-classes are sold each year in comparison to a certain domestic luxury brand that doesn't build vehicles for taxi duty, and if they did, would get raked over the coals for it. It's merely pointing out the double standard of that certain someone.

Chew stain? Chewing tobacco.

Yeah... Cash is dirt... You stick to that logic....Ill stick to working hard in my restaurant, Im making good coin. Honest day's work for an honest day's pay. Ill keep my depreciating currency tucked into my mattress. You could invest it in NASDAQ or wherever you want... And when the Bernie Madoffs and the Jordan Belfort's of the world crash your party...selling you the worthless printed paper that is NOT currency promising you champagne dreams and caviar wishes, Ill be OK with the little cash Ive got in hand, buying me bread to eat...shyte...because I dont need a home of 8 figures...Ill be MORE than OK buying myself tomato seeds to grow my tomatoes, along with that bread and Ill survive... Even with a depreciating asset like cash...because I undersatnd what you wanna say...Ill have enough money to eat bread, tomatoes and olive oil. Its enough to survive... Its not like eating a cup of noodles everyday...but hey...Im Greek, olive oil is our thing... PS: Those crooks...they keep a stash of cash hidden...THAT should tip you off...

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Nice. 1999 was a long time ago though... I almost took a job in Bellevue in in late-2000s, but wifey couldn't find anything that paid as well as she was making so we stayed in CA. In CA, today, $1.5M is a middle income neighborhood. If you want to live where the doctors and VPs live it's about $3~5M. To rent an apartment will cost you about $3K a month. If you make about $300K a year (combined) you'll be OK. $300K is about $180K after tax or about $15K a month. Your mortgage will be about $8K so you'll have $7K left over to get a pair of cars, pay for insurance, eat out, pay for child care and the like. Anything less and you are the working poor.

Moot point as the CT6 will not be sold to be used as taxis. This is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. The E Class as a taxi is neither a good thing nor a bad thing. Its just a thing. But...you seem to take pleasure for saying its a rugged vehicle this E Class, yet you get your panties in a twist when somebody says that the E Class is like a Chevy Caprice... In THIS case..YOU yourself compare it to Ford Crown Vic... Dont tell me, that Mercedes Benz sells a "ton" more "luxury" vehicles than Cadillac then... Because YOU cant have it both ways... An E Class taxi is NOT a luxury car....Its a Ford Crown Vic. A North American 60 000 dollar E Class is like a Lincoln Town Car... The difference is that in Europe...Mercedes (E Class) is sold like a Ford, a Mercury and a Lincoln all into one model as where in North America, the E Class is like a Mercury and Lincoln. In North America...FoMoCo had 3 brands....Ford, Mercury and Lincoln. 3 models on 1 platform doing what the E Class does... Ford Crown Vic Mercury Grand Marquis Lincoln Town Car Your arguments always mish mash the reality of things... Mercedes does sell a lot of cars. Its just that all those cars are not ALL luxury... In the 1980s...the S Class equivalent was ALSO sold like a Chevrolet and Ford in Europe... Yeah...we could do GM in this too. Chevrolet Bel Air/Impala/Caprice Pontiac Parisienne Oldsmobile Delta 88/98 Buick Le Sabre Cadillac Fleetwood Mercedes bunches up all those sales...because in fact, its one model for the whole world, but we think that because in North America, an E Class AMG is for sale....we think that ALL E Class sold all over the world are of the AMG version... But GM and Ford dont bunch up all their platform mates sales...because different models....logical... But when we say that Ford or Chevy sold 200 000 Crown Vic or Caprices, we NEVER think to add another 50/60/70 thousand to that tally for their respective platform mates. And THIS is where MY argument comes into play...where I mention that an E Class outside of North America is like a Chevy Caprice in Europe and the proud Mercedes/BMW/Audi lover bets his panties in a twist... So...I repeat... What is your point? That an E Class is rugged? It sure is. But in North America, the luxury version...the one with all the electronics....not so much... Was a Caprice of the 1980s rugged? You bet your ass it was!!! Same for the Fleetwood... The Fleetwood was deemed to old fogey by some folk that resembled YOUR type of mindset...that American cars suck... Hence why you are on pushing the E Class is rugged argument in THIS thread. I dont doubt it one bit. But the E Class that is sold as luxury, has its problems.... A taxi in Greece, not so many problems...maybe... But the E Class in North America is not sold as a taxi now is it? Prolly have less problems if it was sold only as a taxi...maybe... But what is it? Is the E Class a luxury car or is it a taxi? Is it both? Ill let you decide that on your own...but please, in the near future...please refrain from having double standards...

I only buy Forclosed homes, as I gut them, make them to what I want and live in it pocketing the value by doing most work myself. I have only ever lived in 1 new home due to a promotion and move to Texas, cheaper to buy new than rent short term. Auto's, I can go either way, CPO if the car is in amazing shape, clean still has that new car smell and very low miles. Since I hold onto my auto's, AKA still have my first major auto purchase, from 1993, a 1994 GMC SLE Suburban, I also like new as the original owner. Course I have also bought CPO such as my 2008 Trailblazer SS. Out of production when I was shopping for an AWD fun SUV for the wife and as a 3yr old CPO with only 24K miles on it and still smelling new, it was a steal during the gas price craziness in 2010. Most people wanted small fuel efficient and I could care less about price of gas. Got a steal of a deal.

GM should make it VERY SIMPLE. For each model there should be three trim levels and ZERO options. Basic Loaded Loaded with performance engine That's it. If you don't like the equipment or configuration, the sales guy shows you to a booth where you can CUSTOMIZE a car to be built to order and delivered in 2 weeks for a $1000 customization fee. Because odd ball configurations are rare and not stocked at dealerships. It is not too hard to have a build queue you can fulfill in 2 weeks.

This should have been the positioning from day one. But something tells me that it is too little, too late, in the life cycle of the CT6.

This seems right up Cadillac's alley, confusing consumers...

I think you put a wrong picture @balthazar. Here is the correct picture

that's correct.

Maybe they are going the Mercedes route (G Wagon) and waiting ten more years before they finally update it properly. It worked for them. It could work for Lexus.

Only the LC500 gives that grill a proper look IMO. The rest of them should be taken out back and beaten with a shovel.

Well, an E Class rakes the XTS over the coals anyway... The respective work-duty vehicles for those brands.

I said they are rare now, I didn't say they don't exist. Many more mid-size Skoda, Renault, Peugeot and other European cars are now taxis than E-class. Besides, I don't know why are you guys are looking down on the fact that E-class was used as a taxi. Taxis get beaten like cr@p, and the fact E-class was prefered by taxi drivers for many years just seems like a compliment than anything else. Same as Crown Vics were used for many years by taxis and cops and are known for the durability.

Hmm, the numbers after the model letter used to mean something. Now they seem to be completely random ...

There's also that Nissan Frontier level interior.....

I know how government projects are done and there are a lot of waste, but to be fair, expanding boundaries of new technology, and making one plane working for all three branches is not an easy task, and expensive at that.

Don't change the wording and intent of someone's post like that ocn.

Narrator: This is false.

It is about time we have someone in there that actually sees this and has the gumption to do something. We've been the world's piggy bank for WAY too long.

Hell yes. I love ribs...and sweet corn. I will bring desert.

More red at Benz than at FCA.

Sorry it's a little late guys, had a busy day at work.