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It made it! I did it! Never did I think this vehicle, delivered to me new some 15.75 years ago in a suburb of Portland, OR, would move out of the PacNw, or even California. Well, it did. On trips out of town, I usually rent a car, whether from a neighborhood location or from whatever airport I use. I wanted the car to "see" (LOL) the Atlantic Seaboard, and here it is, at Virginia Beach VA, doing just that (see photo - at Rudee Inlet, with Oceanfront district to the left and Croatan Beach to the right). The plan was to continue up along the coast and take it for the quick tour of NYC where it would quickly circle its 5 boroughs: I-278 across Staten Island, the Verrazano Bridge, aorund Brooklyn and Queens on the Belt Parkway (stop at beach at Far Rockaway near JFK airport), up through Queens on the Van Wyck Expwy or parallel route, the Whitestone or Throg's Neck Bridge into the Bronx, I-95 across the Bronx (stop in little Italy) and the skinny part of Manhattan (stop at the Cloisters for a view over the Hudson and the GW Bridge), and then, finally, cross the GW Bridge before heading into New Jersey. That circle tour is no more than 25 to 30 miles ... and 5 boroughs ... such a deal. Sadly, I did not continue north to NYC for some unforeseen developments. (The car has been running like a champ.) Oh well, as a consolation, never did I think I'd drive the car to Toronto 3x, including a visit to and photos of it at the GM plant in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, where it came off the line. Doing goofy and quirky things can make life interesting.

What I wanted to say. Short and sweet. Im glad you said it rather than me. I would have added another paragragh or two.

The little nip-tuck looks great here. It wasn't bad looking before. I think the current one looks good but this is a nice little update.

Congrats to you! I like seeing GM cars make those journeys and making a statement at the same time. It is a better experience when it is in your own car. Glad to see the car is running well. The great American road belongs to Buick.

They could have done an Acadia and an Acadia XL like they do with the Yukon. (I'd like to see someone use the 'Big' and 'Bigger' naming).

I get the appeal of CUVs compared to sedans, though. I prefer sedans and SUVs, but a CUV is low to the ground like a sedan, higher H-point so they are easy to get in and out of, more headroom, more cargo room than a sedan without the stigma of a minivan or heft of an SUV.. for example, comparing my sister's Equinox to a simiarly priced Malibu, it's more practical for her use case...easy to get in and out of, easy to drive around town, room to pack up 3 months worth of stuff when snowbirding in the winter. I don't want a CUV, but I understand why the general public like them--they are very practical vehicles.

Here's a year and a bit later reply to your Pride 2022 post. 2023 was the first year I flew a Pride flag from the house. It went up on June 1, 2023, and is still up. Few weeks ago, I discovered that the back window of the GMC Motor Home is practically the perfect size for a 5' x 3' flag.

I am sure they make more than $50 per Corolla, but I was just using that as an example. Heck they might even lose money on the Century at $179k, but I assume they wouldn't sell it if they lost money on it. I get that people in Japan, or the Japanese government want a Japanese car, and that is why this exists. My point is no one outside of Japan wants a $179,000 Toyota SUV.