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No way in hell are those apples-to-apples width comparisons. If they were, then GM has serious packaging issues to widen a vehicle by several inches but lose significant amounts of hip and shoulder room. My guess: one of those width measurements includes side mirrors, and the other does not.

As I have posted either here, or in one of the other two threads on the new SRX (mods, can we get a consolidation, please?), this is like GM creating a premium Delta compact for Cadillac with leather and nav, and then calling it DTS because they're both FWD. Clearly the Delta DTS would be considered a "downgrade" over the G-body, and rightfully so. If GM wanted to replace a large RWD crossover that seats 7 with a compact/midsize FWD crossover that seats 5, they should have given it a new name.

Ven, I am very politically aware--I follow that stuff far more closely than most people do, and know full well that "black and white" doesn't really fit in anywhere. I don't recall if I've mentioned this on here or not, but I'm an urban planner--I'm very well aware of the general attitude trends of homeowners vs. renters. But as an urban planner, I'm already far more invested than the vast majority of renters. Because it's my career to be. Also, in CA, the Propositions allow Californians to vote on individual ballot initiatives. And we do it. A lot. It's a nice sidestep to a two-party system, where I can vote D and still vote for a tax cut to eliminate something truly stupid, or my good friend--a prominent republican--can vote straight R and still vote "No" on Prop 8. We get to eat our cake, so to speak.

I'm glad you posted those measurements, as the Rear Shoulder Room and Rear Hip Room decreased by 1.4 and 1.6 inches, respectively. That's a marked decrease.

GMT-900 Escalade is Caddy's 8-seater.

1) I don't need a picture to judge a downgrade in seating. 5<7. Simple math. 2) I don't need a picture to judge a downgrade in comfort. A markedly narrower vehicle will have a deficit in hip & shoulder room. Simple physics. 4) I believe it did, but even wood trim would suffice for me here. The dash is too monochromatic for a Cadillac. Just a small strip of wood along that plane dividing the dash upper and lower on the passenger's side would do wonders for this interior. 5) I said I'd like to judge it in person, but the live photos posted make the plastics look cheap to me. Given the Equinox underpinnings, instead of CTS foundations, I'm fretting over GM half-assing a Cadillac. Prove me wrong, GM; I dare you.

Yup.

Interior downgrades: 1) Seating 2) Comfort (major drop in width) 3) Storage (loses handy dash cubby) 4) Ambiance (not enough wood) 5) Questionable plastics (live photos make the plastics look cheap. I want to judge it in person, but the outgoing model has a very nice interior, though the design could be more cohesive. Materials are very nice.) Basically, new models should offer more than outgoing models. The only "upgrade" I see to this interior is the dash design--not necessarily dash materials or "things" available on the dash. Maybe I'd be more inclined to like it if it were called something other than SRX, but this would be akin to Cadillac bringing out a really nice Delta compact and calling it DTS. It just doesn't work.

That interior is a definite downgrade. GM just does not get it.

Exterior is much more dynamic, but the interior has several issues that IMO make it a downgrade over the current model. The smaller size and drivetrain certainly do not excite me much, either.

Well, in CA property taxes are capped at 1% of the assessed value, starting at the sales price, and may rise by no more than 2% of that annually thereafter. I don't see a problem with that, and honestly taxes are not a big enough deal for me to vote for everything else the GOP stands for.

Nice rock!

See I'm the opposite: I much prefer democratic local and national, but prefer conservative state. I will vote for a progressive conservative, though. Those tend to be the Republicans accused of being "crazy liberals" by their own party, though, and rarely win.

Congrats!

Not to be argumentative, but Massachusetts should IMO hold the "most liberal" crown due to their entire congressional representation being blue, along with their governor. I wasn't trying to say WA is conservative or anything, but that like the other coastal western states, there are pockets of conservatism. Just like I laugh when someone says CA is the most liberal state--because I can't imagine what rock one must live under to have not heard of Orange County in the past 6 years.

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Look at a Congressional map, and you will see quite a few red districts. Check your facts.

Greeting the new year at the end of the countdown by vomiting over the edge of a balcony. I'm superstitious like that.

This is pretty ridiculous. I have no problem with their trying to plow snow and make roads dribeable in an environmentally-friendly way, but Seattle needs to perfect this magic bullet and then use it before just deciding to stop plowing roads. Irresponsible.

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Anything below a 3 is nearly unnoticeable, 68. A few weeks ago I was pulling an all-nighter getting a paper done when I just felt like I was cresting a hill on a little country road. 2.4 only about 2-3 miles away. No shaking, just a slight wave motion. Really, I'm much more worried about a 3+ quake occurring outside of CA because most places have not built for those kinds of things. But the Appalachians didn't just appesr randomly, and the Atlantic ocean is getting wider each year (Pacific is shrinking).

They filed Ch 11 in August, and GM is just now getting around to this? Wow.

No AUDI is RWD.

Depending on CTS coupe pricing/availability/options, I could "settle" for a G8.