G. David Felt

Awesome video, great to see it working right.

Due to this happening on one of my past auto's, I no longer try and be nice about exchanging insurance info and then go from there. I now always call the police and get a report so proof of who is at fault is there to protect my rights.

@oldshurst442 @riviera74 Chevrolet has shown and proven that a EV Camaro Coupe can still inspire and hold it's own at the Race track. Add a SS Inspired CUV like my Trailblazer SS as an EV to the family I believe could truly be different and yet inspiring to those that do not care about cars. This would keep many customers happy with an AWD SS Camaro CUV EV.

Shake it!

Lead Paint

@riviera74 Totally agree with you that this would fit in the rivalry. I actually believe Chevrolet could add Camaro CUV to the name and do well.

Killer Wale

Tan Door Pull in the right of the pic.

Water Buffalo

? The tan seatbelts with the faded maroon seats, buckling plastic dash and fake plastic wood with the Maroon when new, now brown carpet and the falling apart drivers door panel along with all the pine sented trees that would tell me it has a water leak mildew problem. Plus who the hell would put a blue dash with blue plastic piller pieces with a maroon seat and carpet. ? Plus is that an oldsmobile steering wheel I see?

Be interesting to see which power trains if any get AWD.

Lioness

Chinese knock off of the Mercedes version? Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz BIG TIME! ?

Yet additional perspective is that some auto lines, specifically Cadillac is well known for their Vertical Tailights and Headlights and the Chevrolet headlights on the 2021 Escalade is just TERRIBLE and says Cheap to me. They should have stayed with the vertical headlights complementing the Vertical Tail Lights.

I am not, Body side molding such as what was on my 1994 Suburban which I removed are for lazy people who have no respect for other's auto's IMHO. Respect others auto's and expect the same for yours. Even with that said, I can say that my SS has gotten a few door dings and I have spent the money to have the door ding specialists remove them to keep her perfect. Part of auto ownership and the nice clean look it gives the auto when you look down the side. Over all I am glad the ugly rubber ribs down the middle of the side are gone. They did not help the look or flow of an auto. Like @oldshurst442 said, if ya got a new auto or your a bit OCD like me, then you park out far away from the lazy people who do not respect others auto's and ding them.

Yes you can get a less powerful FWD ICE version.

Seems a Tornado hit the Borgwarner manufacture plant and as such it is expected that when production resumes at Ford, Toyota and Ram plants, the trucks are going to have delays due to getting parts, specifically the transfer cases built by Borgwarner. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32239493/borgwarner-plant-damaged-tornado/ To Quote: A tornado that hit a BorgWarner factory in Seneca, South Carolina, on April 13 could have repercussions for future truck production by Ford, Ram, and Toyota. The plant makes the transfer cases for four-wheel-drive versions of the F-150 and Super Duty, Ram pickup, and Toyota Tundra, as well as Ford SUVs and utility vehicles. The automakers aren't producing the vehicles now, with the earliest resumption of work at the factories set for early May. GM seems to be hitting it big for their Buick MPV van in China. Seems an Avenir version for the chauffeur segment as well as a new disability model. https://media.gm.com/media/cn/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/cn/en/2020/Apr/0423_Buick-GL8-MPV-Portfolio.html

WOW, Mercedes-Benz a company building and bringing you over priced hard plastic interior under the AMG name at a $74,000 price for what is a cheap ass CLA auto. CLA-45 should be a hard pass for anyone when you can get a superior Cadillac V for less. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/reviews/2020-mercedes-benz-amg-cla-45-4matic-coupe-review/ ? Pebble Beach this year is Canceled due to the curent Pandemic. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2020-pebble-beach-concours-canceled-coronavirus/

As mentioned in another thread about how Toyota should just make the Hybrid their top of the line auto. Seems that with the Geneva auto show being shutdown due to the current pandemic, we are only now seeing this happen as the Toyota Yaris CUV Crossover is now their top of the line version in that model and you get Hybrid power with AWD if you want. https://www.motor1.com/news/414278/2021-toyota-yaris-cross-revealed/ https://motorsport.tv/4e1e2a22-e22c-4e00-9074-a6747408a9f7

A story that @balthazar will like I think. The life of owning a 55 year old Ford Dump Truck. https://www.thedrive.com/news/33102/ive-already-been-humbled-by-my-55-year-old-ford-dump-truck Pretty cool, as they got plenty of use out of it and will now have to deal with a small fix, but should be back on the road soon I think.

Police Chase is a Police chase even when the Idiot drives a SmartFourTwo. https://www.thedrive.com/news/33121/you-can-run-from-the-cops-in-a-smart-car-if-you-just-believe-in-yourself Additional news video feeds in the story at the link above. What a moron. Is Hyundai the New Value reliability leader that will replace Toyota? Some seem to think so and with the popularity of the Kia Telluride and Hyundai Palisade, it would seem that the Kia/Hyundai products are replacing what Toyota had built it reputation on back in the 80's and 90's and now have lost with the know issues Toyota has on Truck Frames, to eletrical issues and other quality problems. After all they replaced GM as the worlds largest auto company and seem to have inherited the loss of quality with it. https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/33092/2020-kia-telluride-review-making-you-rethink-toyota-ownership-for-good https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/32815/2020-hyundai-palisade-review-the-new-value-benchmark

Seems with the current Coronavirus pandemic, GM has decided to shutdown the Maven division. No more ride sharing / auto sharing now. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127900_gm-uses-social-distancing-to-shut-down-maven-car-sharing-unit Shell has joined BP in announcing that as a global company they will plan to be carbon neutral by 2050 as Shell moves to offer more Rapid charging and other carbon neutral services over oil. Oil will still be a large part of Shell much like BP has stated but will shift the focus to other products that need oil over Auto's. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127847_energy-giant-shell-joins-bp-in-aim-to-be-net-zero-emissions-by-2050 Daimler has joined Volvo in moving to produce Hydrogen Fuel Cell Semi Class 8 trucks first over EV Semi's. The market for long haul semi's trucks will continue to remain strong and shows the need to deliver the longer range that Hydrogen Fuel Cell Semi's can offer over current battery technology Semi trucks. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127897_daimler-and-volvo-trucks-will-jointly-make-hydrogen-fuel-cells-for-commercial-vehicles

While not unexpected that the price would go higher by as much as $7,700 over the current 2020 model. I am surprised to see that AWD is an option on the Platinum model now rather than standard. So expect to pay $3,000 more if you want AWD on an Escalade. ? As I have stated in other Cadillac threads, Cadillac should be the best of AWD Luxury auto's and leave the damn 2WD be it FWD or RWD to Buick, GMC and Chevrolet. https://www.carsdirect.com/automotive-news/2021-cadillac-escalade-prices-increasing-substantially To quote the write up on the price increases, it seems Escalade is going to be the most expensive Luxury SUV considerably over the Lincoln, Mercedes or BMW. QUOTE: At over $107,000, the range-topping Escalade will be considerably pricier than the 2020 Lincoln Navigator L Black Label ($101,630). On paper, it'll also be more expensive than both the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS 580 ($99,795) and 2020 BMW X7 M50i ($100,595) before factoring in the cost of options. Love what I see in the Interior of the 2021 Escalade. The Exterior to me is a Failure. Not impressed with the front end which is too much of a knock off of the Chevrolet line. Should have kept the vertical headlights on the front.

Happy Post Earth Day. Have to say that the benefits of the pandemic with making more people work from home has been awesome. Cleaner air, less noise, more life/work balance. I truly do not see any reason for things to go back to the old way of doing work for many. Less congested cities too. Course a surplus in office space could happen. I have to agree with the bullet points made about diversity, time and people that working remotely allows. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/04/22/earth-day-working-from-home-commuting-coronavirus/ This story has a picture of crossing the Evergreen Floating Bridge and how clear it is and the Olympic mountains showing. Amazing as it is usually packed and now so open.

For the most part, I DO NOT miss most 80's auto's. Such a sad part of auto history.