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  1. It dont matter if you included Cadillac or Audi. Why? I wasnt talking solely about you. I originally targeted BMW and Mercedes. So I kept it there. I wasnt even targeting SMK either. It was general oriented. The 2 most recognized sport sedans ARE those 2 Germans. So... Yet you mentioned Audi... According to YOUR words. Listen, I dont care really what YOU prefer. I said, in general speak that it would be foolish to dismiss it. Again, not targeting anybody. General speak... And WHY do I feel this way? In a world of bland CUVs and dying sedans.. And the TLX, actually IS a legit sports sedan. But I see, you arent interested in having a normal convo. Its gotta be a confrontational one. To prove some sort of point. You and the other guy the last couple of weeks have been ruthless regarding trying to prove david wrong. And you now with this. Who the hell has time for this shyte day in and day out? I know I dont. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year CCAP. I am ecstatic for you and your lovely wife that you will becoming parents right after the new year, if I remembering what you told us correctly. Parenthood is a great thing. Ill be back after the holidays. Its just that posting here when Surreal is on a verbal rampage WHENEVER he posts and you are confrontational on such stupid things such as FWB based cars (are we back in the 1990s?) is just not really appealing to me at this point in time.
  2. GM announced that it would spend nearly 1 billion dollars for a new 6th generation small block V8. I didnt think that GM's V8s need turbos for base applications. If that is what you meant and concerning the Tahoe and Suburban. As for the hybrid thing, GM decided not to go that route when transforming their business to all EVs. In hindsight, that was a bad move. But who could have predicted that? But they should have predicted that as GM has also been known to sleep with Big Oil... So...all that anti-EV talk rhetoric from all KINDS of shytty sources in the USofA should have given them a clue as to what was going to happen 3-5 years down the line when they decided to nix hybrids... Ram...they do have a new inline 6. Stellantis does have state of the art 4 cylinders and turbos. We just dont get those here. As for Toyota, they had ancient engines and only this year with the new Tacoma things have changed for the modern. At least this is how I view things...
  3. It drives pretty good too though. So not only does the TLX look good, it drives sporty. There is no reason NOT to look at it and just BLINDLY look at a BMW or Mercedes. Without the trolling (that I did)... The TLX is a legit candidate in this realm of vehicles. One WOULD be foolish NOT to consider it and just dismiss it. In a world of bland CUVs and dying sedans never to come back, Acura has given us a sedan worth driving. And I do mean driving in an enthusiast kind of way. If we just ignore the TLX, yet another sedan...a WORTHY enthusiast sedan at that, will go away never be replaced.
  4. The TLX is a fine automobile is what Im trying to convey. That and to piss in @surreal1272's cornflakes...
  5. I wonder if @surreal1272 is going to fly by here and give you a verbal carpet bombing for suggesting such a thing. He usually does. Lately though, he has a fetish for giving @David and myself shyte for suggesting that Toyota followers ignore Toyota problems... He has even went as far as dropping sly comments on threads concerning GM's car problems from 40 phoquing years ago. Maybe he just ignores you now as he is still frothing at the mouth for me... THAT and you and him may have a thing in common right now. As in the common bond of pointing fingers at GM. LOL I know Im playing with fire for daring a name drop at him right now....he did warn me about that. Suggested that I had a bad summer because I was a grade A a&&hole... Oh well... Anyway...Im just going to tell you that not everybody wants a BMW or Mercedes. I know I dont. Besides the fact that right now, I cant afford a BMW or Mercedes, when I did, I sure as hell wouldnt want one. And...the way some Americans view electric cars and especially Elon Musk, why would ANYBODY that hates EVs or Elon would buy a Model 3? The TLX is actually a nice looking car. It has a long hood short deck design. One could NOT easily see a FWD design language on it. Im not even going to post the Mercedes. Its just that ugly. But here is a Cadillac Id say the Acura is sleeker. Despite the transverse engine thing and the whole FWD debacle. Id say, if the calender said 2003 instead of 2023 and BMW and Mercedes offered these things to us then and Acura and Cadillac had these for us, I wouldnt be sure if BMW and Mercedes would be sellin' vehicles the American market in 2023...
  6. Acura has found its way with fun driving cars again with their latest generation of TLX and Integra. And if they could replicate that with a biggish sedan named Legend, Acura could revive itself. I see Oldsmobile in Acura in plenty of ways. And with this latest push from Acura to stay relevant is ironically where Oldsmobile was in 1996 when Acura was eating Olds' lunch.
  7. As I would also, like to see a Legend sedan and coupe. I dont know if big coupes could be succesfull in today's world, as I think that market niche is truly a dead one with a couple of exemptions, a sedan done proper still has followers.
  8. The Integra name has been re-...um...integrated in Acura's line-up so hopefully Acura could start ditching alphanumerics.
  9. I dont mind the ads, @Drew Dowdell But I keep on seeing middle fingers. Hey @surreal1272
  10. David: Toyota is too funny. They build psycho cars that try to kill you. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away from Psycho Killa Toyota!!! Qu'est-ce que c'est? Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa!!! Sudden Power Loss and Battery Fires - RAV4 2013-2018 Oil Sludge – 1997-2005 Toyota Avalon, 2001-2005 Highlander Premature Frame Corrosion – 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2005-2008 Sequoia Unintended Acceleration – 2005–2012 Toyota Avalon, 2007-2021 Toyota Tundra Oldshurst442: Hey, hey, hey, hey!!! Won't you come see about it? I'll be alone, talkin' about it! You know it, baby! Ill tell you about their troubles and doubts Give you everything, inside and out!!! Don't you forget about THIS!!! Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't you forget about THAT!!! Melting Dashboard – 2003-2005 Toyota 4Runner, 2004–2010 Sienna Excessive Oil Consumption – 2007 Toyota Camry, RAV4 Faulty Brakes – 2007 Toyota Camry, 2001 Toyota Sequoia Toyota don't give a damn 'bout their reputation Living in the past, they can do whatever they want to do and that's what their gonna do They never gonna care 'bout their bad reputation Oh no, not them, oh no, not them Sticky Pedal, boys! (accelerate!!!) An' they don't give a damn 'bout their reputation The world's in trouble, 'cause there's no communication An' everyone can say what they wanna say It never gets better, anyway So why should they care about a bad reputation, anyway? Oh no, not them, oh no, not them!!! SURREAL: Shut, shut your mouth!!! 'Cause I'm not listening anyhow!!! I've had enough, enough of you!!! David: Don't get angry with me I never caused you no pain I won't be angry with you But Toyotas DONT DRIVE straight (Yeah) It hasn't been for awhile and the river's run dry They haven't made a decent car I wanna know why Why you angry with me Why you angry? Oldshurst442 to SURREAL:
  11. Rant #3 Its INCREDIBLE how much we have let corporations dictate how we live our lives. Its not only with the shytty Lysol style advertising bullshyte we have to endure in every facet of our lives just looking at anything in the urban horizon. Full billboards and on any TV or computer screen... But... We need to be reminded what BUYING season it is when we enter ANY retail store. Black Friday this and Black Friday that and XMAS is here and this is not EVEN when Halloween has even arrived. Its WORSE now and American Thanksgiving is STILL but a couple of days away. XMAS music everywhere you go, but there is NO snow on the ground. Its above freezing still in Montreal and we are in the 3rd week of November but even us Canadians now have to endure this shytty Black Friday sales... A PHOQUING holiday that is not even a holiday...its just a spending money day. And the REASON why there is no snow on the ground in Montreal and its STILL above freezing in phoquing November ALMOST December is BECAUSE now, the WHOLE planet consumes useless shyte and all the factories of the world and shipping transports are full on force pollutin' because of man's GREATEST invention: MONEY and GREED. I miss that point in time when we truly had freedom in our lives and we were NOT directed by the corporate world when it WAS the time to celebrate. With FAMILY and FRIENDS. Love and friendship. NOT with quarterly financial reports so XMAS season starts 4 months before the 25th of December and Summer season starts BEFORE the bloody groundhound even SEES his own phoquing shadow.
  12. Rant #2 Lysol kills 99.9% of bacteria in the air... Maybe I dont WANT to kill them? Human immune evolution has relied and CONTINUES to rely on that 99.9% of bacteria in the air so humans could continue to survive and evolve... And while Covid is still in the air, it aint Lysol spray that will prevent me from contracting it. And dont aerosols contain those CFCs that damage the ozone layer? So what gains to we get if we kill our ozones and let cancer inducing UV rays to harm us if we Lysol the planet away? Keep in mind that not ALL 99.9% of bacteria in the air are of the bad variety. There ARE some bacteria that are not only useful to us, but also PROTECT us from the bad ones... I HATE those Lysol commercials.
  13. Rant #1 Everytime I hear a Twisted Sister song or hear Dee Snider's (awesome) voice somewhere, Im quickly remembering how much of a douchebag Al Gore and his shytty ex-bride was and is.
  14. Not so much as "class act" for an American First Lady because all in all, American First ladies have proven to be class acts over all. Regardless of what shenanigans, real or imagined spewed by politically biased morons tell the world... Humans are flawed... nobody is perfect. He who has not sinned may cast the first stone type deal here... Anyhoo... But...what I want to say...many religious politcally biased morons have chastized witchy witch Hillary Clinton when she said she "stands by her man" when her man was caught smoking in the boys room so to speak... But those same religious political extremist morons do NOT return the favour when it comes to Mrs Donald J. Trump. Good ole Arkansas boy Slick Willie has MAJOR philanderer competition with bad boy from New York City Donnie. But the hypocrisy of that subset of the religious right repubs just baffles my mind. Again...not so much judgement on my part for the First Ladies of America, but extreme hatred for the hypocrisy of political morons in your country ESPECIALLY those that dare call themselves "Christians". I dont know what they could call themselves, but believers and followers of Jesus Christ and His "teachens" they are not! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Thoughts and prayers to EVERYone!!!
  15. I missed this... Im sorry that I did. I am happy for you both! A girl!!! PS: Im going to be expecting my cyber "Its a Girl" cigar...
  16. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a45825905/porsche-turbo-models-get-exclusive-badge/ Article states about what kind of shytty branding of a logo that Porsche Turbos will get. But Im not whining about Porsche's decision here. Im gonna bitch about rag tag mags getting it wrong. Automakers love to separate out model lines and trim levels as their own sub-brands. Take a look at the next Corvette you see, or the next Bronco. You won't see any Chevrolet bowties or Ford ovals shouting about who actually builds the iconic vehicles. Now, Porsche is gearing up to do something similar with the capital-T Turbo models in its lineup. The fiction author of this article gets it wrong about Corvette. ALL Corvettes, including the current gen C8 and the Chevrolet bowtie is INDEED showcased. And it so happens to be a tad more prevalent than other generations to boot. Hey rag tag mag CarandDriver: Leave the Corvette name and logo out of YOUR mouth!!!
  17. LOL Customer service is a buzz phrase that is 40 years old already. But corporate businesses that peddle customer service to be their #1 priority almost always have THE worst customer service practices but almost ALWAYS have the most ELABORATE customer survey surveys and almost always are at the forefront of customer survey deployment technology. Im too, am sick...SICK and tired of all the customer service buzzword buzz buzz and their shytty surveys. If they truly cared about customer service, they would PAY their staff decent wages, they would not only hire the proper amlount of staff, but would have REAL fulltime staff that are PROPERLY trained to do their tasks at hand and not ONLY would they would PAY for that training, but would CONSTANTLY keep their FULLTIME staff up to date with their knowledge of whatever knowledge their staff would need to accomplish their tasks. Not only that, they would offer their staff all kinds of benefits like healthcare and pension plans. But alas...someitime in America and in Canada, both of our countries declared war on the worker and although we ALL hate the corporate fat cat, we have allowed the corporate fat cat to rule us. I bet that XMAS jingles are playing in EVERY major US and Canadian retail stores as of last Monday...and I bet every single ONE of those retail stores preaches customer service...
  18. Robert Hall: "Im going to a Depeche Mode concert. Yeah...I am enjoying a youthful renaissance lately since I got my Mustang five point oh in order. Really feels good since today's cars are just appliances you know. Yup!!! Im feeling REAL good!!! Life is awwwwwright Ill tell ya!" Oldshurst442": "ENJOY THE SILENCE!!!" Robert Hall: "Oh! So you like Depeche Mode too?" Oldshurst442": "Nah! Nah! Im just telling YOU... to enjoy the silence. Shytty band then. Shytty band now. I mean, who else is going to that BO-ring concert anyway other than yourself. So... Enjoy thee. Sigh-lence." Robert Hall: "You'll need to be your own personal Jesus when Im through with you!" Oldshurst442: "People are people, man! Why should it be? You and I dont NEEEED to get along so awfully! Different people have different likes and neeeeeeds, man. So...I made a wittle joke about your precious band, man! Its obviuos you HATE me, man! Though Ive done NOTHING wrong. Robert Hall: "Save it for someone who cares. Someone to HEAR your prayers!"
  19. Does this qualify as mid-life crisis? Even though the Mustang is yours since 40 years ago?
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