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I just saw this.... COOL THREAD! OK...from the two picks we got...Id go for the Buick GNX HANDS DOWN!!!! The GNX would almost always win in any 1980s comparo with me. But there are other cars from 1987 that Id drive just as happily. 1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham 1987 Chevrolet Caprice Classic 1987 BMW M635 CSi 1987 RED Pontiac Trans Am GTA T-Tops and those mags.... Notice....that the GNX and the Trans Am have the same mags? And the Bimmer M635CSi is similar? I love those BBS mags!!!

Sorry Thed. I cant do that sound either. Fart can exhaust notes dont do anything for me. As far as that 10 000 RPM thing goes....I noticed the RX8 came alive at around the 6000 RPM range. Yeah, that is awesome. However, that 1978 Camaro....lunged forward a good 2 feet INSTANTLY as soon as the asshat pressed on the pedal. It leaped forward like a lioness hunting for its prey, and it growled like a lion too... He then stopped pressing the pedal, and pressed on the brake but the engine was loping louder and meaner, then he mashed the pedal down and darted off like a bat outta hell... not enough juice was given to spin or squeal the rear wheels (he did slow down enough not to be a real dik and kill somebody, but enough speed was collected that drew the ire of many parents present non-the-less)but with enough force to know that the V8 under the hood is not a smog era choked Chevy Small Block...that car moves...and it moves INSTANTLY....and THAT is what gets me excited, low RPM grunt. Most of the time for me....its that very classic muscle car trait that attracts me. Low RPM grunt that permits the muscle car to leap forward NOW at the slightest touch of the accelerator peddle and that glorious loping V8 sound.

Thanx Drew. Took the words right out of my....um...keyboard.

Mr. DFELT... Ive hidden those photos from my wife and kids....no chance in Hades will Ill be posting them in here! Yeah..they are embarrassing, to say the least!

Im at work. I don't have speakers installed on the computer....yet. So...Im anxiously awaiting to hear the RX8 rev,. Ill agree. A 2nd generation F-Body Camaro is no Trans Am... Honestly, if I had seen a mid 1990s RX-7 instead of the RX-8 Id probably choose it over the Camaro myself.... Maybe not... Those T-Tops and that V8 sound...but then again, Ill have to hear the RX8 rev... CCAP...I believ that crappy stance is called Hella Flush. Sledneck from MT posted a link for me to read for that kind of mod. The article was from Quebec...anfd it stated that it is illegal in Quebec this type of mod to be driven on the street.

Ah yes Casa... It pains you...it pains you because you know deep down inside...Im right!!! One man's gaudiness is another's paradise! The Ancient Greeks had a story about such....excessive, lavish, arrogant ways of wealth...King Midas and his touch... Unfortunately for you, that kind of gaudiness is as old as man-kind... Hence Cadillac hinting that is Cleopatra being carried away... And we all know how not only Cleopatra, but ALL of Ancient Egypt's Pharoes dressed themselves and decorated all their crap with...GOLD and all kinds of silk pillows and excessive head gear and what not... The interior of the Parthenon....in Athens...GREECE...was decorated the same way. And then an Indian Prince...in that Cadillac commercial. Have you been to an Indian wedding? Yeah...that is what Cadillac is eluding to in that commercial... Luxury...and what it means... Luxury is a personal definition... To some, simplicity is what it is...to others... LAVISH, EXCESSIVE, GAUDY, ARROGANT The Cadillac Escalade....drowns in that shyte! Every Cadillac pre-1970s....DROWNED in that shyte... The ONLY Cadillac to be a run-a-away LEADER in its segment is the ONLY Cadillac to NOT hide its past and its intentions! Hence the commercial. Donald Trump. Is the quintessential successful American driving around in...a Cadillac...in 2016...in an Escalade when in the 1950s he might have had an Eldorado... But...The Donald does not own ANY Cadillac does he? He owns Maybachs! The Oil Shieks down in the Middle East... Have you seen their properties? Gaudy as hell!!! Gold wrapped Bugatti Veyrons and Aventadors with Gold Wrapped Mulsannes... And...CADILLAC ESCALADES!!! Pool Side Commercial...and that Escalade Indulgence Commercial...and Donald Trump... Is what Cadillac the brand, the Escalade and the American Dream is all about! Be embarrassed of the Donald all you want...I recall though, that you LOVED the Pool Side Commercial... Mercedes-Benz has taken over Cadillac's old turf... The Kind is Dead! Long Live the King! Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss to paraphrase it another way. Written by The Who. The Ancient Greeks had another story to tell...something about sour grapes...

OK.... This charade in making fun of the interior of that S Class has GOT to stop!!!! Other than a few misalignments, INDULGENCE is what THAT is called... Lavish, excessive, arrogant.... Cadillac of all ironies....made a commercial for it!!! Donald Trump's NYC residence bathroom interior Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance. Is/was just a gaudy for its time.. We get it Casa..America is awesome....its cars are awesomer!!!! Germany is Satan.... I share your sentiments... HOWEVER....Cadillac and the CT6 are nowhere NEAR what the last REAL Cadillac Brougham D'Elegance represented....and it wasnt the 1992 version either that I talking about.....go back FURTHER into time.... Hell the Escalade aint nowhere near the 2016 S Class Maybach, despite what that 2-3 year old commercial states... Let me repeat....LAVISH, EXCESSIVE, GAUDY, ARROGANT... These are all CADILLAC traits!!! Dont be jealous that Mercedes Benz has taken over Cadillac's old turf!

I like a W-Body... FWD and a V8... Id like to see if "engineered like no other" could actually pull it off as good as GM did...

I agree to 75% of what you said... Agree with: Sweet front profile = 25% Sweet side profile = 25% Disgusting rear bumper = 25% 75% The remaining 25%: I disagree with the taillights being disgusting....I like those. I find the headlights to be weird though....but I like those too... The front nose needs to be massaged a tiny bit to become more sexy, like a true Jaaaaaag. The rear as well, but no biggie, all luxury cars suffer from boring butt... BMW suffered from weird butt... Better to suffer from bland butt than to suffer from weird butt... The CTS coupe suffered from Nicky Minaj butt.... No wait, I like Nicky Minaj butt... The CTS coupe just suffered fro good ol obese American butt...

Except of course by my '94 Oldsmobile which also had wiper blades that dispensed washer fluid... Dont forget that Buick also had a system that squirted heated washer fluid in the late 1990s or early 2000s or sometime in the last decade....HEATED... But if I recall, the system was recalled and dismantled for whatever reason.... IF Cadillac will mothball a CT8, then a CT6 and the Escalade BETTER be getting SOMETIME SOON that kind of S Class Maybach interior.... I think that is what Suave is eluding too...

Fashion in the 1970s....just SUCKED! I had to where kiddie versions of those $h!ty styles.... Ive got pictures, plenty of them, and since my momma has past, Ive reconnected with those old family albums... OH THE HORROR, I tell you!

Easy peasy.. choice.... For the T-Tops and the V8. Rust does not bother me....rust is a close friend of mine in these here parts. Hell. Id take Bumblebee....even with Transformer logos all around with the rust included!

Before I start, I would like to thank Mr Cubical and Casa for reviving the other Would You Rather Thread with the Vette... And the others that answered it as well.... OK...so... Im at my son's baseball practice Saturday morning watching the kids pitch and catch and stuff when I hear a beautiful rumble from a distance coming from the parking lot. A black 1978 Camaro Z/28. l It was in rough condition, but still very driveable. Many little rust bubbles all around but the body seemed to be in decent shape. T-Tops and white interior. Like this except in black The V8 under the hood made glorious loping sounds...like this: The best I could find that was similar.. Nice bloody car, too bad the owner was a dooooshe bag. I noticed he was French, so I approached him and talked to him in French telling him I liked his car. The bastard just looked the other way with a "WTF do YOU want??!!!" look on his face, got back into his car and SPED off in the parking lot where more parents and their kids are parking their cars for baseball practice. ( 4 baseball fields in this area...so MANY people) Another parent kicked his car door as he got close to him and told him to slow the eff down!!! Early 20 year old asshat.... Today, in the drive-thru, another early 20 year old kid orders a couple of hotdogs and fries and pulls up to pay in something like this: Same type of body kit. The mags were gold BBS type wheels. Very nice car. I couldnt talk to him as it was lunch rush....not because that stops me, I was in the kitchen and I couldnt get myself fast enough to the pay window to shoot the $h! with him. Next time. Remember. Your choices are to be only like in the pics and like the descriptions I made. So...a nicely modified RX8 or a slightly rusted but glorious sounding 1978 Camaro Z28.

close to a fix?

CCAP... You said that the CT6 is sexy... I have big faith in you and with that, Ill take your word for it so you got me excited now... I CANT WAIT to see this car in the flesh... I also want to see the interior for myself. Yeah, at the CT6's price point, I aint expecting boutique builder levels of quality and luxury... But Im sure that the CT6 wont disappoint either. Patience is what we need. I know....I was down on Cadillac myself, but that was for the ATS... CCAP also joked about that in the Chrysler 300 going FWD thread... I guess the Camaro TRULY IS a LUXURY car as it has a V8 and the ATS...does not.... Turbo V6 for the ATS you say? I think the V8 for the Camaro is force fed with air too... Anyhoo, back to the CT6... Nope, the CT6 is NOT premier lux.... The CT6 is just the REAL beginning of a long road for Cadillac becoming premier lux. I just wished the CT6 was what the Ciel and El Miraj was selling us...

As long as a Chrysler 300 could be in Acura TLX territory, Im fine with it. It wasnt too long ago when a 300M was FWD....and a damn fine automobile at that! Honestly, I think Id rather rock the 300M from the early 2000s than the long in the tooth 300C in 2016...OK maybe...the HEMI version is excluded in this rant..but drop a Pentastar V6 in the FWD 300M and Varvatos can go screw himself with his 300 limited V6 trim jobs!!!!

This rant....especially these quotes: COULD BE USED TO DEFEND ELECTRIC VEHICLES let alone FWD versus RWD.... So funny!!!

The 'Ring is now 100% Russian though...or 99% (like I give a flying #^$% what the real percentage is) http://www.autoblog.com/2016/04/27/russian-billionaire-acquires-99-percent-nurburgring-stake/ The fun is over.... Why?

Ahhnold was awesome when he did the Conan movies! He still holds the record for largest chest!!! Former gym rat myself. I lifted weights to get a stronger body and faster legs to continue to play baseball and hockey to dominate my rivals. I since have stopped playing sports and weight training. I since have lost some of my muscle mass and cuts. However, my chest is still imposing and y legs are rock solid. My quads are no longer cut but hard. I still have my calves... I would say I still solid but with a tiny amount of m id-aged belly fat and love handles. Last year at this time Id say I was 15 lbs over my ideal weight, all around my belly and waist. This year, maybe only 5 lbs. My kids and I have already been hitting the baseball spring training for this up coming season, I help them...so I think Ill lose that crappy 5 lbs... But Ill probably gain it back when summer is over.... 5'6" tall. Weight about 170 lbs. Id like to be 165, but like I said, I still have my muscles, Im a tad less bulky than I was in my 20s, but it seems like I got wider at the shoulders as tie went on, hence why Im at the same weight I was in my 20s...with less muscle mass. Last year...I hit 185 lbs. But all at my belly area. I hated that!

Why put wear and tear on your own car? Especially when your own tires are nearing the end. Like Rougeriver suggested, putting strain on really worn tires and unkind surprises might happen, knock on wood. Use up the rest of the life of the tires in your home area....and by that time, winter will be just around the corner and invest in whatever tire you need for when winter is upon us. In the meantime, like Suave suggested, enjoy somebody else's ride...and $250 + $100 in fuel does not sound like a bad deal to me. (fuel costs are a moot point anyway...because your car or Hertz's car, fuel is needed either way. Whatever happens on your trip, food and/or beverage spillage inside the car, bug crap on the front of the car, stones chips on the windshield and hood, etc...$250 including insurance sounds like its worth it... With that being said, I usually take my own cars on a family car vacation. I dont put a lot mileage on my cars because my daily driving needs are no big thing, really. My restaurant is close to my home, so adding miles kilometers (where I come from ) to the car on long family trips is an exciting thing for us. So maybe, there is that for you too. For the memories. We look forward to making family memories with our own car by taking vacations with it... Family memories are PRICELESS!

I agree with you on this... There are certain brands that could pull off alphanumerics. There are others that need real names because real names evoke emotions... Even if the real names are fake.... The Germans do well with alphanumerics... They have a history with it. Also...numbers with letters evoke engineering stuff...and THAT is what the German brands want to be known as... "Engineered Like No Other" "The Ultimate Driving Machine" Cadillac on the other hand... America, Americans, Cadillac...is a state of being.... Numbers are cold... Numbers are the EXACT opposite of what Cadillac and America represent... Rebellion, Freedom, Anger, Joy, Opportunity, Industrious, Wealth, Arrogance Grandeur... THIS is what America and Cadillac are all about... Eldorado (Freedom and Wealth and Arrogance and Joy and Grandeur) El Miraj ( Ciel (Opportunity and Grandeur as in the sky is the limit and quite possibly Joy) Evoq (Arrogance) Seville, DeVille (Wealth) Coupe DeVille (Arrogance...the French are known for their arrogance too...and coupe is a French word and so is DeVille and Cadillac was a french dude) Fleetwood (grandeur and style-think of Fleetwood, England) These alphanumerics for Cadillac are killing me.

Well alrighty then!!!!! Like I said, Im gonna make all my threads a HOT TOPIC here on out!!!! So, instead of saying my thread bombed....Ill say it was DA BOMB!!!! Im at the work computer, I cant post pics and memes.... The little yellow guys do a great job!

Yeah, Frisky.... My "fun" thread also bombed. Thanx for posting in it anyway.... And thanx to Drew and Mr. DFELT as well for posting in it too! And CCAP and Mr. FordCosworth! Hey El K... Thinking of you always.... because of what is happening at Fort McMurray. Terrible....I feel soooo bad!

Ill make this a hot topic myself if I have to!!!

bump again, so I can get it to the hot topic section!