G. David Felt
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Speculation, but I think they better have best in class the following 3 engines at least. Turbo 4 banger DI V6 Duramax Diesel 2.9L All should have at least a 6 speed tranny if not an 8 speed.
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The caddy is lovely along with all the rest.
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I will put the Trailblazer SS AWD in this bucket that finding low mileage in good shape one will be hard to find. While I keep mine in mint condition, I do enjoy driving it and while it is a 2008, it has only 42K miles on it, but with the wife driving it daily now, I expect it to rack up the miles. Fun auto's should be driven. IMHO.
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So here is a wrecked Ute for sale with the Chevy Bow Tie on it. Amazing that on the back of the Truck, they have the Cadillac V logo
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Bad News: Another woman comes forward claiming your the father of her tripplets.
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Let me quote myself to add another bit of complaining... No manuals to be seen anywhere... The V Sport should definitely have one available. But can the R&D cost be justified for such a small market and the fact that manuals cannot seem to survive high performance engines. In this case I am talking the traditional manual, I can see a manualmatic style being V capable, but unless I am missing something even at drag races now the manual is a thing of the past and cannot keep up with the power of a modern engine.
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Agreed, this is what will piss off potential customers faster than not. Crippleware is a black Eye on any product sold.
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This from a guy who's manliness is so fragile, it can be shattered by a tiny Eco badge on the trunk of a Cruze. You guys crack me up! H'mmmmm I was totally stumped by the Twink comment and had to bing it. You really think the jelly bean style of code 130RS is more a man car compared to the sharper edge Tru? Remember the basic law of the automotive world, FWD=weak, RWD=manly. What do I get for AWD?????
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No matter what, some of these bad boys will end up in a Barn Find 20 years from now.
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I have a pair of those old Toe Nail Clippers, they work great and mine need to be cleaned up as they are not as shinny as yours are. Cool stuff.
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Happy B-Day Ocn, you deserve a great day.
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Guess I am not reading between the lines as I did not see anyone cringe??????
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No Benefit? Really, you must be sleeping Ocnblu, while I know you do not care for anything hybrid, GM has a great powertrain that in realworld AWD mode has been returning 21/22 mpg on a Heavy SUV. This is way better than what I am reading of people who drive the turbo V6 engined trucks. I think Loki has a great Idea of replacing the 6.0 in the Hybrid with this 5.3. The trucks/suv's with a base Hybrid power-train would have been a big game changer and marketing move that would have really gotten notice. So many of us have talked about how GM needs to take bigger risks and really make game changer moves that can allow them to grow market share and lead the auto industry rather than just be another also ran. These trucks need to be just that, if not a hybrid power train, then a V6 Duramax Diesel would have been the right move.
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This will be interesting to watch as I expect this company to be gone by summer, but the technology in one form or another will live on. The EPA requirements and the new tussle between China and the US over China Tech purchases will make this a hard sell I think now. I am also not sure that any American company would want to buy this up any longer compared to building their own solution in house. I am finding little of value now in this company.
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Sounds like the software programming challange has just been thrown down on who can crack their code first to free up the extra range.
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H'mmmmm I was totally stumped by the Twink comment and had to bing it. You really think the jelly bean style of code 130RS is more a man car compared to the sharper edge Tru? Do not get me wrong they are both great cars that I think has a place in the auto world, but considering how people seem to see things, woman see things more flowing and curved and soft like the 130RS body and men tend to like more scifi sharp edged etc. I know it is a broad stroke brushed analogy, but it is one I see more often than not of who is driving what regardless of FWD or RWD, just going on style alone. Uh ... okayyyy then. Consider my jimmies rustled. Imma just leave this right'chere. Granted, the Tru140S is a little better executed than the Eclipse, but a rubber duck is still a rubber duck (especially when it's yellow). I see the Eclipse more in line with the 130RS due to the curves of the body style than the sharp edge tru. Agree to disagree with what you see here.
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But the gas mileage is not great for real world driving of the V6. I think the towing capability is just fine as an entry level power train. Cost would drop greatly once they started to reproduce the Hybrid power train in larger quantity and I think they could beef it up to allow it to handle the torque needed to pull large trailers. Just look at the Diesel Electric trains. Diesel Generators driving electric motors pulling millions of pounds of weight. I still think GM could have really hit a solid home run by taking the Hybrid as the default power train in their trucks and SUV's.
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The Tru actually has a bit of Lambo in the nose with the headlights and I can see this one as being more of a Man 2dr. The R I can see being more popular with woman.
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I am really interested in if I am the only person that believes GM could make a major impact by making their Hybrid system the standard default power train for Trucks and SUV's. I really think based on the numbers Ford has put out, that GM should use this as the base powertrain rather than wasting money on a V6 that really is not going to have much of a change in MPG but have what I think will be a shorter life span.
