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THAT would be the answer to everything, right? Different people value different things... Now, if you noticed, I did not quote you on the horsepower/torque numbers. Nor do I wanna us to go on a defending rant of why X model is worth more and is valued more than Y model because of whatever reasons... I could cry fowl and shout 'til the cows come home why BMW is NOT worth their price of admission at ANY level they sell CUVs and cars at, but there are takers. I could call those BMW leasers/owners fools and laugh at them just as we have done here with the Blazer. But in reality, if ANY car manufacturer sets a price for a certain car, and it sells in the market place in high enough numbers for a profit, then its a sales success no matter what we say about it. Like I said, I could turn blue in the face with anger about BMWs, but BMWs sell in quite the high numbers....at a profit... We'll see what the market place has in store for the Blazer. Especially vis-a-vis its competitors. Personally, I do prefer the Edge ST, any Edge, over any CUV, but I really dont care how many it has got over the Blazer. Personally, If I valued speed over anything else, I wouldnt even be looking at a CUV, and I know, you even showed me how the Edge ST is a GREAT performer, but in MY eyes, I dont value CUVs in that light...I STILL would prefer a car, coupe, for speed over a CUV...even though the Edge ST may wipe the floor over some cars that I deem to be performance cars... In other words...different people value different things. I dont find a problem with the Blazer being that high in price. I havent sat in one either to see if the fit and finish is on par with its competitors, but assuming that fit and finish, options are on par, hey, if Chevy can peddle a Blazer at 50 000 dollars, more power to them. Ive seen quite a few Edge's in my neighborhood. None of the ST kind. Gasoline prices are high where Im at. Bolts and Model 3s are everywhere though... (at approximate same price points...) Different people value different things...

I do not know what to tell you on that. Pontiac is no longer around, the excitement brand. Mind you, Chevy was always full of excitement after 1955. The Tri-box Chevys, the Corvettes, Corvairs, the SS vehicles from Impala to Malibus (Chevelles) to Camaros. Chevy also had a touch of lux as well. The 1957 Bel Air. The Impalas of the 1960s. The Caprice name plate after that. The Monte Carlo. The Kingswood station wagons. A touch of lux on the Chevrolet side of things, but you have to admit, those cars had class. Therefore, Chevrolet could EASILY today and has done so countless of times throughout is history, be Pontiac, Oldsmobile AND Chevrolet all at the same time. People gravitate towards Chevrolet. Chevrolet would be missing a big opportunity to NOT try to get as many sales as Chevy can at whatever price level. If it could go slightly up market to where Oldsmobile was and still sell affordable stuff, why not?

Yeah... But The Acura RDX is a competitor too. The RDX starts at 38 000. It is slightly smaller than the Blazer, but..still has a 2.0T... Which one is the Blazer and which one is the RDX? The Murano seems to have been a pioneer for this segment 15 or so years ago.

True. It seems though, that Chevy is focused on Acura as well, on the Blazer. Not a negative mind you. A very good thing. Where it becomes bothersome is that Buick is not focused on anybody in particular and is getting lost in the shuffle by its other corporate siblings which leaves Buick to be in no man's land. Cadillac's focus is ever changing with all those changes on top. Johan is gone, the new guy is in and yet again, the ship is sailing in a slightly different course....again. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Yeah! GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave. It seems like the Cadillac XT5 and soon to be XT6 is the Pontiac Lemans, 4 door Bonneville and Grand Prix while the GMC Acadia would be the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme or something like that... The only cure for that would be to cut Buick loose. GMC, as long as GMC is quite different in philosophy than Chevy and Cadillac, which they are, then it be fine. But it seems like Buick is lost in space somewhere. Chevy is encroaching its territory from below while Cadillac is encroaching its territory from above.

How I see the price situation with the Blazer vis-a-vis the Cadillac XT5 Cadillac is trying to go downmarket to sell higher volumes. The ATS...the base price of an ATS is lower than the highest trim Malibu...has the same 2.0T engine...OK, one is FWD and the other is RWD. Does that really make that much of a difference when most folk either dont care or dont even know what the difference is? Chevrolet, more like GM, is trying to fill a void in the mid level of price for the lower end brands, ie Chevrolet, when Pontiac and Oldsmobile are no longer in existence. This Blazer could have been a G-Body equivalent back in the day. I see the Blazer as it being a G-Body equivalent. Back in the day there was a Malibu, and Monte Carlo and the Monte Carlo came in "luxury" LS trim or "muscle car" SS trim. The Malibu was a coupe or 4 door family haluer that had a V8 option making it a "muscle car" on the cheap. Then there was Pontiac with their Lemans coupe and 4 door Bonneville and the Grand Prix. At a higher price than the Chevys. Then there was Oldsmobile and the Cutlass and Buick with their Regal... Cadillac did not even play in this market. Well...The XT5 is what the Cutlass and Regal was and the Blazer is what the Monte Carlo SS and the Grand Prix were. And this is why there is an overlap in price with a Chevy and Cadillac. Ive complained about this before, but not on Chevy. But on Cadillac. For me, its fine that Chevy is aiming high in that price range. For me, I do not want Cadillac to be aiming that low. I have a problem for Cadillac playing in the 40 000-55 000 dollar price range. I want Cadillac ONLY to be at the 60 000 dollar price range and up.

Maybe that dealership relocated to Washington due to lack of interest by Montrealers for Opel vehicles...

Yuck! The last Mercedes of that size I liked was the 190 way back when. And even then... One thing that I was surprised to see in Greece last summer, that Bimmers were nowhere to be seen. But the C Class was everywhere. It was shocking to me as in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s the BMW 3 Series in Greece was a staple. I guess your feeling for getting your partner into one may not be such a bad idea...if Greeks like it (not this Greek though) then you cant go wrong... But you sure you want to trust a nation that has a hard time with their money for the last...100 years...yet drive Mercedes Benz C Classes? ? Their judgement may not be the best you know... Something to think about...

Im laughing. But for you at the time must not have been that funny! Im also laughing at the effect our resident M-B fanboy has had on us. +1 on the Skylines! I dont think Ill ever own a German car. Ever. Ill drool over some cars that have come out of Germany, but Ill never buy one.

The story actually made me tear up. Family owned business. Knowing their customers. GM reps telling them to get rid of the gas pumps but the guy knew that was a stupid idea as he knew how to get people to come in his dealership. He knew his customers. He would order vehicles with specific clients in mind with specific options knewing well when the time has come for his loyal cutomer base to change vehicles back in the day... Small town mentality. Small town friendliness and hospitality. Sure it was a business....to make money, but doing business with your friendly neighbors is what we have lost in our selfish ways nowadays. They support your business, you sell them stuff at fair and reasonable prices. Which in turn makes you buy from your other friendly neighbor Hood stores around you.... THAT is what made me tear up! Thax Balthy. Great story indeed.

This car is too cute for my tastes. Or so I thought. But there are soooooo many cute details embedded in this car that Im ashamed to admit that I like. I like that charm the Mini Cooper has. Take here these taillights for instance. And there are other similarly cute details too. You cant help BUT like a car this cute. It is embarrassing when you pride yourself a very macho muscle car lover though. This next one needs no words explaining why. Im mean, just look at it!!! And finally. I hate SUVs. Cant STAND THEM. I HATE BMWs. Im VERY local with my friends and on any automotive forum website on how much I hate SUVs and how I LOATHE BMW and how I LOATHE BMW for insulting our intelligence with this SAV bullshyte. With that being said... So you could see how me admitting to this becomes embarrassing. Ok...downright hypocritical. Hey...it is what it is!

Yet Ferrari...went from a 6.3 liter V12 to a...gulp...6.5 liter V12 in their 812 Superfast, that they will continue to build. Coincidentally, Chevy's, Dodge's and Ford's largest displacement V8s in their 700 plus horsepower behemoths are smaller than Ferrrari's 6.5 liter V12.. Hey...arent F1 engines 6 cylinder affairs nowadays? So what does F1 races have to do with 1%er V12 engines anyhow? Alls I know is that Ferrari is doing juuuuust fine with V12s and their supercars! sometimes downsizing doesnt always work while keeping the status quo works miracles...if past history taught us a lesson...

Not a real Ferrari in the movie...but you get the idea... Not a real Ferrari, but you get the idea Not a V12...but a flat 12...but you get the idea 12 cylinders + Ferrari = the best ?

I guess Ferrari is better than Mercedes. Suck on that!

That Hellephant 426 That and the SD455 from Trans Am Depot/Worldwide Just about my two favorite crate motors today!!!

Well... You either swear by Consumer's Report or you dont... If, in 2005 you found that Consumer's Report was crap because it crapped on your favorite brand, then in 2019, you cant just magically start respecting Consumer's Report's reports just because THIS time around you like what you hear from them... And then start calling out people on it on how you are a wizard for hatin' on the brand Consumer's Report dissed on... I...LOATHE Consumer's Report even for dishwashers... Tesla cars arent even close to being built without faults. Like far far from... But they are built to a world wide standard that is more than satisfactory... Fiat...there is NO surprise that Fiat cars were always built lower than the industry average. Its common knowledge. Nobody needs Consumer's Reports findings to acknowledge that fact. Ford...on the Fusion has had plenty of quality recalls... I dont see you, Blu, waving the Conser Report report on the Fusion and laughing... You dont see me dissing on Ford nor do you see me complimenting Consumer's Report just because it suits my dumb ass biased agenda... I never got flaky and sentimental when GM was and probably still gets dissed by Consumer's Report, nor do I cheer for Consumer's Report when they sometimes downgrade a Toyota product... THIS is why, once again, your genitalia and your ownership of a Chrysler/Fiat product gets shat on by some... Tesla cars have got something that GM/FoMoCo/Chrysler cars has lost a long time ago. But...truth be told, GM/FoMoCo/and Mopar trucks have never lost, and Corvette, Mustang and Challenger will NEVER lose... But it is fun to seeing the pissing matches between you and the others regarding this Jeepiat/Tesla feud... Thanx for the long lasting memories!

The only one Id go outta my way for, if I was a millionaire/billionaire playboy, would be the GNX. Not the regular Grand National, but the GNX. My favorite G-Body though would be the Olds. Then would be the Grand Prix. Then would be the Regal. But not just any Regal, the T-Type and the GN/GNX. Unlike the Cutlass and the GP, those I like in any trim. Then in 4rth place its the Monte Carlo. The SS is cool, but Id rather the LS over the SS. I like the SS, but I prefer the LS. Say what you will about the G-Bodies. They make for really cool beaters...

I forgot about the Corinthian Leather... That commercial too has been etched in my memories! I just forgot about it... ha! ha! ha! get it???!!!

Thanx!

I got several. Typical 80s groove! And the "Like a Rock" Chevy truck commercials. Only because I always loved the song. I loved the 1st and 2nd "Like a Rock"commercials too, in the beginning, but then I got fed up of the those commercials and eventually got fed up of the song because of the commercials. I was slightly older with these ones And I know that the topic is when we were young, but I love this recent commercials that have had a mark on me as well. I wont do all the Led Zeppelin Caddy commercials, Ill just do one, my favorite of all of them. But I do love all of them. And then there is the Dodge Brothers commercials. I love those too! Ill probably will never forget these.

Yeah... Part of the house when installed. Dishwashers are considered fixtures because they are hard to install, requiring plumbing codes to be respected so once installed, they become part of the house like the other plumbing fixtures in a house such as toilets and bathtubs. Not that dishwashers are mandatory to be installed in a house in Quebec, but once installed, become a fixture in the house. Whether you want to use it or not.. So that would be the connection to the discussion. I believe in Washington, if I understood correcty, as @dfelt was explaining, dishwashers are mandatory... Daughter is going to be 13 in Sept. and my son is going to be 12 in June. So...Wildwood and Cape May are close to each other... And Wildwood was my personal choice to begin with. Ocean City in Maryland was a suggestion made by my best friend...? Me thinks Im gonna be visiting your State Mr. Balthy... PS: Ill be coming with a Tahoe and a Hitch. Ill have your 2000 dollars in cash ready for you, I expect the Buick to be ready for me... Ill sign the proper legal forms that the Buick is not to be driven...

See @Cmicasa the Great post. That post may explain a lot too. GM knows that about Corvettes. ..but another angle to compliment Casa's is that GM upped production because the C8 will be coming soon and so the Bowling Green plant will close to re-tool for the C8...so GM is to produce as many Corvettes as GM thinks will sell from now up until Bowling Green closes down for the re-tooling... Like there are sooooo many possibilities for this reason...why are you so concerned about it? GM doesnt seemed alarmed... Like I said...GM knows about this cycle...Corvette is in its 8th generation after all...I think GM has Corvette production down to a science...why would you think otherwise?

I cant upvote anymore!!! @balthazar I wanted to upvote your hobbies too. Tomorrow! I used to ski plenty. No time now. I used to play hockey. Outside. And indoor floor hockey. No time now. I used to weight train. Never to be bulky, or to be cut. But to have stamina and strength and speed for my baseball and hockey games. 3 times a week in my 20s. I never took my kids skiing just yet, but I will. Soon. We used to skate often in the winter, but the last 4 years, nada. Too cold. One winter was too warm... Yes..ive become a wimp regarding freezing weather, but really, too cold. I now coach my daughter's city league softball team every summer. It will be my 3rd year this year. I coached my boy's baseball team two years. Not last year as I was too busy with the restaurant and the Greece trip stole my time for me to commit to his team. But this year I will try to assist his team while Ill coach my daughter's team. I do practice with them on the field. Get them into shape. Helps me get into shape too. I also coordinate my kid's respective team's practices. I stopped collecting die cast scale 1/18 cars. I have 73. Or is it 70? 71? Somewhere there. I used to have 100. 103? I dont drink alcohol anymore, but I to love to BBQ in the summer and invite certain friends and neighbors over for some beer or wine or any kind of alcoholic spirits while we enjoy the summer night breeze and smells of the BBQ. They drink, I dont. Sometimes my partner would have the BBQ party...he has a smoker...I dont. Sometimes my brother-n-law has a BBQ party. So yeah, that is a hobby too. Eat. and then eat some more.