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I do...that is why you are behavin' like a child again... Like the last time... So...is YOUR garage Tesla Certified? Probably NOT!!! 1. You never told us what you is fixin' 2. A suspension part? 3. the electical motors? 4. A front fender? It dont matter even if its a simple front bumper clip replacement...or a trunk latch... Like I said...Cooter is OBSOLETE when it comes to the Model S...sure...one could work on a simple front fender and do the job themselves...a garage is not even needed...but why even go down that road? One decided to buy a high tech machine...one could go to a Tesla Service Center... Hell...even a Chevrolet Volt owner takes his car to Mr. Goodwrench...

You are NOT the buying customer to have witnessed Tesla customer service... And the reason why is answered via my question below... Question. The people that own that Tesla that brought it for YOU to fix it, why didnt they just bring it to a Tesla Service Center? I really dont care for the answer... This aint the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, heck 1990s anymore... Cooter does not have the right tools to work on high tech stuff... Like he did when he worked on the General Lee... You know...one does not work on a Model S like one worked on 1960s muscle... grab a hammer and start pounding... So...maybe Tesla does not care about those owners as its clear that the owners dont care for their own car... Or Tesla does not do business with garages that are not certified... Is YOUR garage Tesla certified? Besides... There does exist Tesla Service centers... I dont wanna hear how Tesla Service Centers are expensive....the Model S is a 100 000 DOLLAR car! Besides...Tesla also gives you a loaner Model S... Does YOUR garage give your customers a loaner? I bet if the people have insurance only... You wont find any sympathy from me with those people...so YOU could spin it any way you like...

In pictures...I aint feeling this front end... But when seeing one in person...live and in the flesh.... WOW!!!

That is what I thought...It would be cool to have a Ford branded USB key...but...I could live with out it.

Drew...would you be so kind and offer me the Ford USB press kit? Thanks. On second thought...forget it. Thank anyway.

The awkward moment when I realized that Skyfall and Taken 2 have a similar action sequence (one movie is using motorcycles and the other is using old fashioned humans running) using the same exact location... Its an even more awkward moment when I still refuse to call this location by its current name...

Das ist gut , ja? I think it is. Good on Chevy for this mixing and matching.

What a hot mess this is! 2 cool cats from Montreal! The musicians...not the cars... The cars...just plain SUCK!!!

I guess they could keep it as a Genesis brand. Maybe re-work it so it could become more luxury coupe than 'pony car' as its stands now.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/11/03/vw-emissions-irregularities-gas-mileage-fuel-economy/75101432/ Even a gasoline engine is been said to have cheat status...an engine that is not available in the U.S...the 1.4 liter 4 cylinder... OMG... And Porsche just announced that it voluntarily will cease to sell the diesel Cayenne. Over at Audi...its business as usual...for now.

Me too. And finally...with Genesis as its own brand...they will. I read that even the Equus sedan from KIA will become a Genesis model. Of course some tweaking may have to be made to polish them up...buy hey...what manufacture has 100% completely flawless vehicles? The dealership network would be shared with Hyundai dealerships.... That is OK...Unike Lexus, Acura and Infinti who started their dealership network independently from their lesser counterparts from the get go...hey...it works for Buick...

Yeah, I see your point Drew and Ccap. I too, dont think a 318 is a different model from a 335 and a 4 Series different model from the 3 Series. What I was talking about though, is a 6 Series Grand Coupe 4 door different from the 5 Series the platform is based on and a M-B CLS different from the E Class that it is based on. CCAP, Yes, it is the blue GT350R that Ford introduced last year at NAIAS. And yes, I realize that Ford is not making that colour available, however, If I was in the market for one, not only would I NOT mind spending that much coin on a GT350....the regular GT 350, because the 'R' version might be a tad too extreme for my needs, but Id spend money scrapping the white and blue stripe paint job that Id be ordering it in, and Id pay to have it PAINTED that shade of blue from an outside firm... PS: I was part of the problem as to why that thread was locked. My message to another poster, while not insulting or anything, was not a friendly response. I made it clear to that poster that I dont really care for him all that much.

I think part of the issue is referring to all of those vehicles as "models" They aren't models... they are trims and body styles. The Germans are by far the worst in this with BMW being the most absurd. It was an article I had intended to write last year but work took precedence. I went back and looked at my notes. If you go buy what BMW considers a unique model, they have 98 (!!!) models in their lineup (as of December 2014)... but that's because they consider the 28 variants of the 3/4 series to all be unique models. .... as a matter of fact, maybe I should finish that article. You are correct. I labeled them incorrectly. While the Germans are the worst I fear that everybody is growing that route with cars like the ST/GT/RS(don't get me wrong, I LOVE the idea of more performance cars in a lineup) but they cost money and eventually people won't be buying at the rate we are right now. I was just curious if I was the only one who had thought of this as a growing concern that could possibly put us back where we were in 08-09 if we slow down our rate of purchase. I think the Germans feel like they need to fill out every niche possible so as to when there is another slow down in sales, they would have covered most of their bases with every single type of model and trim so it would be easier to let go of the niches that dont sell and it wont matter because they are represented in another niche...

Yes. It is quite the looker. With all being said about where Cadillac is at and where Cadillac is heading. I cant wait for Cadillac to get their bespoke engines and their stand-alone dealerships...or at the very least, break off from the rest of GM's sales departments to offer their own real luxury experience. Some of that what SMK is talking about is 'perception'....Allantes and XLR's aside. The CT6, the CTS and the ATS are vehicles that are on par, or better, than ze Germans. They will finally SURPASS ze Germans when the aforementioned bespoke engines and "bespoke" sales experience hits the market place.

Its like looking at Medusa. Dont look at its face, you will turn to stone and die!

keep on being sarcastic, BLU. Your sarcasm is a breath of fresh air.

The CT6 is not a stop gap. It may not be a stop gap, but Johan did say the CT6 is NOT the halo car that Cadillac needs it to be either, something the previous brass said that the CT6 WAS the halo car that the world was waiting for... Bankruptcy had a play in that and Johan being brought in to really make Cadillac top tier aside...the way SMK describes the situation over at Cadillac is eerily accurate. The thing is, none of that is new. We knew that the CT6 was not going to be the top Caddy before any of us here even saw it. Johan said as much before it was revealed. Why is any of this news to anyone here? It ant news to me...and Im sure it aint news to SMK either. Drew, you got to admit, from the Allante, to the Cadillac that zigs, to the Bulgari interior XLR, to the STS-V that entered rockin'-n-a-rollin' while its German rivals "quivered' to the CT6...not much progress has been made in SURPASSING the Germans. Progress has been made in gaining a tad more respectability with the Germans and with the public, but Cadillac is still chasing the Germans...and I think THAT is what SMK is sayin' And I also think he is sayin' that Cadillac will NEVER catch up as they seem to ALWAYS be a couple of steps back. Although I disagree with him there, we both really cant fault him with that opinion he holds. Because so far, his opinion holds truth to it!

Greenest car company? Toyota? With all those Toyota SUVs and CUVs and Lexus SUVs? Add all those up and Toyota has MORE gas guzzling SUVs in their line-up than GM had when they peddled HUMMER! I ALWAYS wanted to post this emoticon, but I never knew when and how to post it... Low and behold, THIS is the PERFECT time and thread!

LOVE. THIS. POST.

The CT6 is not a stop gap. It may not be a stop gap, but Johan did say the CT6 is NOT the halo car that Cadillac needs it to be either, something the previous brass said that the CT6 WAS the halo car that the world was waiting for... Bankruptcy had a play in that and Johan being brought in to really make Cadillac top tier aside...the way SMK describes the situation over at Cadillac is eerily accurate.

I read the article yesterday, and already I forgot the brands the article mentions that time forgot...

Why bother learning it? There is no need to fill up your memory with that stuff... Use the internet as an extension of your brain and your memory. That is what Google is there for.

Cadillac goes their own way, they aren't in lock step with the Germans... Im not too sure about that statement. 1. Cadillac has admitted that they want to target and mimic BMW and take the fight to the Germans. 2. Alphanumeric names. As much as I love Cadillac, and as much as SMK loves to stick it to Cadillac and praise his beloved Mercedes Benz...he does have a point here...