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  1. oldshurst442
    From what I gather...there wont be any "re-badged" Chevy stigma... (I cant believe Im still reading trolly responses like that in 2018...)
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    Brand image? Cant get away with the "re-badged" Chevy stigma? Where is that stigma present in those 4 photographs? You are barking up the wrong tree in all 4 of those segments...albeit the GMC, Buick and Cadillac are in the same market niche fighting for the same market dollars...but nothing says that they cannot co-exist. In fact...they MUST co-exist to ensure their respective brands get sales... What you may want to say, is that Cadillac needs RWD sporty oriented CUVs and SUVs with V Series badging to ensure enthusiasts are well represented for the brand... CUVs and SUVs to go up against these machines from BMW and Mercedes Because either you are trolling with this statement... because a CTS was NEVER an Impala based car....EVER... never looked like the CTS could even BE an Impala. So...either these guys you bumped into are trolls...much like yourself, or just cant stand Cadillac and/or GM and NOTHING that Cadillac and/or GM will do will EVER change that. Because quite honestly, NOBODY is THAT moronic and clueless to confuse a CTS of any generation with that of an Impala of any generation. Maybe if we went and compared a 1980s Caprice with a 1980s Fleetwood...but I doubt your entourage were old enough to remember those cars...
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    The Infiniti Q60 has got to be the most prettiest car in its class. Its got lines that only Italian car designers could only achieve. And that is definitely a good thing.
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    I dont need or want a 6000 lbs SUV. I do however want a 6000 lbs sedan or coupe. I dont need that either. But I want one. But Ill take a small convertible if anybody offered me one. *SIGH* Cadillac does NOT offer a car like this Benz though, so my choices are limited if I wanted to spend a good chunk of my money on a small convertible and I wanted a luxury oriented convertible. Sure there is the Camaro convertible, but I want to buy something from a luxury brand.... Yup...Benz it is! So yeah...I too call bullshyte MR. DFELT on the C Class convertible lacking passion! PS: It dont matter if the dash "looks" cheap... The 3 pointed Star up front is what counts...THAT is THE point!
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    Or at the very least, some CUVs and SUVs that have sporty intentions... BMW and Mercedes offers those too...even though I dont like ANY CUV or SUV short of a Wrangler, I do recognize trends in the market place...
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    More power is the only thing I like in your list there. LED lights? Cool, I guess. Neat feature. Like chrome trim was back in the day. But it aint something that makes or breaks a deal for me. Bigger screens? The only bigger screen I want is bigger windows so I could see where the phoque Im driving...because I actually...um...drive. I like to look out the damned window when I.....um....drive. Im not into TV screens on my console. I prefer buttons. No...I dont talk to my car to turn on the heat. I talk to my wife to turn HER heat on if you know what I mean... So...the more power part is the only thing I like. The only thing I get excited for. That and when I get my wife excited...SHE still turns me on!
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    At 84 at the youngest, and assuming they are still alive and in health without them NOT being able to drive or medical bills stealing their life savings away...if an 84 year old was to buy a Lincoln today, Im assuming he/she would be sliding into one of these Lincolns... MKC and MKX. And if Im not mistaken, these are selling well. Now, are 84 year olds buying these? Yes...as a hater of SUVs, there is one thing I do understand, is that CUVs are easier to get in and out of compared to their sedan counterparts these days...so...I agree with you 100% Drew about the Continental! The Continental had to show people WHY they should buy it over other cars in this segment. All that was said by everybody stating their reasons why the Conti failed are ALL VALID reasons and in my opinion...ALL REASONS GIVEN IN THIS THREAD ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THAT FAILURE one way or other!
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    True. But... The Continental then was not a huge hit amongst the young-uns. The Lincoln LS, however, was. So...Drew is right about that. OK...that statement was a tad over the top admittedly, doesnt change the fact that what he said is not true, and what he said is:
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    I would say exactly that about the new CT-6. But knowing me. It be about 1000 words long. So I will spare you folk the unnecessary wastage of words and space. So...what Blu said!
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    I will be sad to see it go too. No...I DO NOT understand the reasons... Why the Fusion prolly makes no money... Well...my wife's Fusion, built in June of 2013, so it missed the 1 or 2 recalls the Fusion had from the get-go, has had, I dont KNOW how many my wife's recalls has had. Honestly I dont remember how many. I could easily count them using my TWO hands for sure though. Plus there is one more I just got a week or so ago plus another one that I know is on the way... That is too many recalls....recalls cost $$$. A lot of $$$. Maybe if Ford was more careful in engineering it and launching it properly, it stick around much longer. Ford could have done many an interseting things with the Fusion. The Fusion Sport is but one tiny example... Seeing that the Fusion also shares a platform with the Edge and Lincoln products...many many interesting things...and they probably be winners at the sales department... Its a shame.
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    PRECISELY! THAT is why I like them! And the performance of course. They are good looking cars. They have to performance to back up the bravado talks of their owners. They could EASILY be tuned for MORE performance. They have a history that is EQUALLY interesting as our very own muscle cars! Dfelt called them pony cars... I see them as a tad more than pony cars. I see them as their version of the American Muscle car. The Skyline did begin from family car intentions. And grew to be its own model... Plus if Im not mistaken....the early Skylines were cheap speed. EXACTLY like how the muscle cars began!
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    I never knew you had such a collection! NICE!
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    I have 3 models that I like. The very 1st one that I saw in a Car and Driver mag and they tested a Corvette C4 that was legally transformed to be driven in Japan and the R33. Then a few years went by I learned about the successor to the R33....the R34. I preferred the R33 but I was into the R34 as well. Then the internet happened in my household and I researched its history when I fell in love with the 3rd gen Skyline. The generation just before the one you like.
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    True. But those and so-called Godzilla aint exactly what "real" Skylines are all about. Godzilla tries to pass off as such, and the Teriyaki and Sushi rice burner boy fan club likes to think so But nope! Godzilla is an artificial, Playstation/Nintendo/X Box like muscle car. Those Infiniti cars are GORGEOUS, but they got no bite. Metrosexual like if we are gonna go the Skyline replacement route for them. A tad better than what the late 70s and 3rd gen Camaros were in relative to what originated. But on the same level...ie. Shadow of their former selves!
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    Yes. In disbelief. One wonders on how one could be soooo...odd???!!! Hey Mr. Blu Venkman...(Peter's long lost cousin)
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    I wanted to say this.... But I did not know how to say it...without the post being a 2 book/part novel. You kept it nice and short and To. The. Point. Bra...vo!
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    Lost in translation is what I think was the problem with this car. It dont really matter on what platform FoMoCo decided to do this car on .... What done this car in is that the car, did not keep the showcar quality dazzling details. There are a plenty. The stance. Longer wheelbase. I think the Edge is on the same platform, right? And I think the Edge might have a longer wheelbase, right? So what gives? The pristine and tight tolerances and the luxury car details. Concept down below. Look at the hood. THAT hood and front area SCREAMS luxury. Tight tolerance. The hood closure is sealed shut and is one with the whole top front end. The bottom chrome trim. The back wheel arches have a certain presence with that bulge. Muscular. Just impeccable luxurious details. What we got. And front end hood and area that is the same as in a Ford Fusion. No cleaned up chrome trim on the bottom. (That chrome trim was a helluva nice touch in my opinion.) No bulge at the rear wheel wells. The actual production car just seems like a very ordinary ride. The production car we got should have been the MKZ... Which low and behold...is what the MKZ actually is...(at least in the Continental and on the Fusion the hood area is more smoother...) Had the Continental we got be exactly like the concept, Lincoln would have had a hit on their hands...instead, it was just a more expensive MKZ (for nothing) which in turn is a more expensive Ford Fusion... Not good! (For the Continental and the Continental name plate...)
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    Yeah...I know! I was being sarcastic with the Lexus bullet proof comment. I also know the Mustang IS bullet proof!!! But my Fusion unfortunately does have these recalls. In reality though, my wife and I are NOT upset with these recalls. Just tired of them...
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    The two posts above made by me are NOT to be taken seriously. Its just me being me. The opinions in those posts DO have truth to them and the posts DO reflect how I feel....its just that the post content is taken to the extreme. For drama and comedic effect. Please move along. There is really nothing to see or read here.
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    Not Lexus bullet proof... And if its anything like its Fusion brother...Id be worried about the many recalls... Yes yes....my wife's Fusion has yet another recall. Something about the 1.6 liter ecoboost engine needed to be sensorized so that Id know low coolant was to happen, it would advise me so iI would do something about it so the gaskets could stay leak proof so they wont leak and start a FIRE!!! Or something like that! Yes yes...the 1.6 liter ecoboost is still prone to fires apparently... The last recall on the car regarding that was for Ford technicians to test out the engine to see if there may be a problem for the gaskets to fail or something or other. They re-enforced what they had to re-enforce and that was that. Plus...I read that 2013-2015 Fusions steering may come undone and cause accidents. I dont have a recall on it by Ford of Canada, but I know one is coming...soon... http://www.autonet.ca/fr/2018/03/14/ford-rappelle-138-million-de-voitures-pour-un-probleme-de-volant Its in French...google translate is there for ya'll...
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    I see little love for this car in this thread and I see a lot of...well...not so nice things said about it. This is what makes makes us humans unique in that we all like different things... Well...to the people who dont particularly like the looks of this car... Ya'll wrong and crazy for not liking it. The car is sleek. Yes it has weird lines to it. The car is sleek non-the-less. And to my eyes at least...gorgeous as phoque! About those lines. At least the LC500 does not look like the same ol, same ol garbage like other luxury coupes. Driving those other lux coupes gets you lost in the shuffle. I understand that sometimes buyers in this realm want to fly low... These are weenies in my opinion. Hypocrites even. Dont want to flash the cash yet drive $150 000-$300 000 lux coupes... If these people wouldnt want to flash the cash they be driving mud riddled F-150s. So...please spare me the excuses. I understand the lines maybe too funky for you, which is fine. Point taken. But that tells me is you might be one boring ass individual. Life of the party you are NOT! Balthy does bring up a good point in that the fit and finish may not be on par and with what Lexus is asking for a price tag for one. THAT is the ONLY criticism I accept! On to the next criticism...If the V8 under the hood does not do it for you...because you deem it anemic. 2 words for you: LS swap! The price the LC500 costs, Im sure one that wants one could pony up 20 000 or so for a Chevy LS crate motor that is turn key! Not worth the money? Aside from the fit and finish argument. this is in a realm of where "who gives a shyte" what it costs! This is in a realm where the phoquing car is unique. And in MY world, toeing the line and conforming to the norm is NOT what I do! I applaud different. I applaud unique. I applaud sexiness and flaunting that sexiness. So...there is my more than 2 cents on the matter! I freaking LOVE this car! I saw it at the Montreal Auto Show last January and its even better looking up close and personal. And yes. many people were gawking at it. Of all ages and races and colour. And sexes...
  22. oldshurst442
    My feelings exactly. I see my partner's Model S everyday. I have Fallen out of love with it. I do love the motors and the battery tech the Model S P100D has. I want to know more about what the new roadster motors and batteries could do, but as far as the Model S' looks go, I feel like "long in the tooth" is too nice of a statement. Its dated styling is what it is really!
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    I havent seen one Continental yet in La Belle Province....and I live here! Probably the only one sold in Quebec you saw...Id buy lottery tickets if I were you! And yes...I am happy that you get to visit our Province from time to time. Mont Tremblant is such a great place. You dont even have to ski. Just take in the sights and sounds of the place. (bars and restaurants and quite expensive boutiques...)
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    A-10 Warthog. I liked this airplane in the 1980s. I never saw clips of what it could do back then. I just used my imagination when I read the descriptions of its purpose and roles in warfare. I knew what a Gatling gun is/was...I knew what it could do. I read tales about it for when it cut down soldiers during the American Civil War with ease so I kinda had an idea what destruction the A-10 would be doing 120 years later (through a1980s POV) with a much improved and steriod induced Gatling would do.... I always that she was a beautiful bird.... But, F-16s and F-4 Phantoms and MiG-29s and F-15s and MiG 25s and Dassault Mirage 2000s were what my dreams were made of back then non-the less... I just saw this clip Just to say...that the A-10 just shot up my favorite modern airplanes list to make it to the top 10...possibly top 5...
  25. oldshurst442
    Thanx! Or so you assume? You being coy? Im willing to bet you used to go wild in da clubs with the untz untz untz beats back in da day! I worked on my musical repertoire early on and as the years went by, I just grew my preference....up until the 2000s. That is when I just decided stop there. Classical music as in Chopin and Bach and stuff. 1950s rock. Rock-a-billy and blues and a tad of jazz. 1960s pop and soul and surf and psychedelic and mostly everything that came out in the 60s I like. 1970s rock. Disco. Some punk. a lot of funky 70s music I like. 1980s synth and rock and pop and punk and alternative and all kinds of weird shyte from the 1980s I like. Rap and hip hop old skool 80s I dig very much! 1990s eurodance and rock. Some grunge....SOME grunge. Not all grunge. I guess the 1990s pop was OK for me to listen too back then. Early 1990s hip hop and rap I liked then. Not the stuff that came out from the mid 1990s to today. And that is it. I decided to stop there. I look for new music today, but its mostly the sounds that resemble what I mentioned above that I look for in today's music. But define Nah! I dont think so. I appreciate your insights! You and Frisky are the reasons why I might continue to still post here from time to time.
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