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Question #1: Does wrapping your car protect the paint from deteriorating? Question #2 Does the wrap protect the metal from oxidizing? Question #3 Does moisture end up building up and collecting underneath the wrap between the wrap and the paint to rust the car that much faster?

I was just googling the 7 Series....in another thread I said the E38 7 Series has no personality...I was NOT kidding. Actually...every single 7 Series ever made has no personality. Including this new one. The only one that had some sort of charisma...well...it had a big 'ol Bangle butt. One that many a car manufacturer copied...so that would be the ONLY positive that BMW has had with their history of the 7 Series. Same for the Audi A8... pretty bland personality... I do prefer the Audi A8 over the 7 Series by a long shot...but Ronin might have something to do with that. The champion for me in this category would be the Mercedes S Class...for now. Cadillac is a-coming. And I cant wait. However...this new S-Class is just sublime. Fit for a king. Or a dictator.

I think McKayla is mosly unimpressed by the look of the new 7 Series rather than 0-60 times of a BASE Cadillac. She may be a gymnist.. but.I have a feeling she is not of the fast car crowd. I could be wrong. She is a gymnist and maybe an adrenaline junky....Id like to think that she is like any other human being though...viewing cars on how they look instead of how fast they drive. With that being said...this new 7 Series is rather boring...and like Casa said...it looks like Rick Moranis blew up the 3 Series...

I never owned or even played with a Tonka toy. It was all Hot Wheels and Match Box cars for me.

You know...adaptive cruise control is one step closer to autonomous driving... Sure it may be relaxing...but as car enthusiasts...it really is bad. Very very bad

And it works like a charm!!!

I dont think ANY 7 Series Bimmer could be classified as good looking. And the Bangle Butt first gen 7 Series for me, is the looker of them all, and that aint saying much. However, If I was asked which 7 Series I prefer the most, it would be thta first gen Bangle Butt 7 Series.

Shakira Those hips...man they shake sooooo nice.

I like the G Wagon too. But...had I had a bank account reflecting millionaire/billionanire status...especially billionaire status...I wouldnt buy a M-B G-Wagon so I could flaunt my money around in...I would buy a G-Wagon so I could actually do what it was meant to do...and I spend the money making it even more capable... Oh...Id also collect me one of these too and do the same thing to it... Id throw in a pick-up truck or two to the mix to complete the trilogy... Just to say...that none of these vehicles scream white collar richness to me... Redneck fun on the other hand... That is the thing though...I dont get how military grade vehicles and mud slinging Big Foot style rigs represent the 1%ers... Since the mid 1990s...society has just flipped their minds...

The eye in the sky?

You know what is REALLY freakin' hill-a-rious? (yes...hill-ah-ri ous) Is that I can make total fun of this fellow using two different cultures... His birth culture and his adoptive country's culture...and the kicker...no words from me necessary ...using someone else's artistic linguistic techniques only... Aesop's words and a Warner Brother's 30 second cartoon clip...

The man, the myth, the legend? Somehow this cartoon clip springs to mind... There is a metaphor in there...several of them...and if Im guessing right, good 'ol Wile E. is wearing the perfect suit personifying this legendary figure...and how he slams into the side of the cliff...another metaphor...

Sorry slim.. the Z06 is pretty damn nice. Puts almost everything outside of a $250,000 488 to shame. Interior is Cadillac level.. which is these days better than most anything coming from your fav Benz. I cant wait to see the day when Cadillac is back on top on par with M-B... Sexy M-B V16 Cadillac Boat Tail...just as sexy and high end Iconic So is this... However....in this decade....all M-B had was that Gullwing... Cadillac on the other hand... Oh...and this is about Corvettes... Awesome History from M-B Ditto for Corvette As much as you want to show German bravado SMK4565... The Corvette... well, Ill let the Corvette speak for itself... No matter how nice that Gullwing is...no matter how posh the new SLs are evolved from that first Gullwing... Corvettes...well...they are winners!!! I dont think Mary Barra wants anything else...I think she is PROUD what GM has to offer...I think she is PROUD what the Corvette is all about...I think she is PROUD in the company she is leading...

Because the competition hasn't beat them yet. 10-15 years ago pick up based big SUVs were all there were. Then the GL game along and beat all the other guys and even beat the Escalade in sales a couple times. Add the X7 in there, updated Q7 and slowly they may eat away at those truck based sales. Remember when the Explorer, Blazer, Envoy, 4Runner and all those 90s SUVs were body on frame? Then the Lexus RX showed the world a luxury crossover, soon all those body on framers were gone, and every brand pushed crossovers because they rode and handled better, got better gas mileage etc. The Escalade is well done, GM is the best at big body on frame SUVs. But that is a dying breed. The Tahoe/Escalade my survive as the last of the breed while Toyota, Ford, Nissan give up that market. The Escalade hits that sweetspot of huge, bling, flashy, and pop culture icon, but it is going to be hard for Lincoln to copy all that. That is why they should attack from a different angle. Dying breed? Maybe for everybody else...Cadillac is marketing their Escalade the way they should be...playing to their strengths... Big...brash...loud...American...and THAT includes being body on frame... Maybe in the future...Cadillac will have to change...but if that were to happen...that would mean that the public interest and taste for the Tahoe....the Yukon....the Suburban...and the unrelated Jeep Wrangler in this family of BOF SUVs would be changing...and I dont see that happening in the near future... And NO! The 'Gator is actually the ORIGINAL AMERICAN in your face BOF luxury SUV...technically...one could argue Bravada....but not big...not brash...not full sized... Lincoln let the 'Gator play second fiddle to the 'Slade. If Lincoln did not let the 'Gator rot on the vine....perhaps the 'Slade would be the one suffering on the old GMT 900 platform today... It aint hard for Lincoln to recapture what Cadillac has with their 'Gator...they could ride the 'Slade's coat tails...the 'Gator still has mojo left...its up to Lincoln to tap into that mojo... PS: The M-B beat the 'Slade in sales a couple of times...because M-B...German...but it really says a lot for GM and Cadillac to fight off the M-B and continue to play to Cadillac's past history for big, brash, loud and obnoxious cars...IE...playing to their strenghts...EVERYBODY loves a big and arrogant Cadillac...

I have to agree, the design of the SUVs that will come from the companies that I mentioned...including M-B...are designing their SUVs very generic like. The German SUVs succeed because of the badge they carry...because of the help of the cars they built in their history. With the exception of M-B...because M-B has some serious cred with trucks... Rolls Royce and Bentley and Lambo...have the car prestige behind them as well, but have ZERO cred with trucks... BMW succeeded...marketing...and cred with everything they built other than cars...such as airplane engines and motorcycles have been top notch,..and their cars are prom queens... Porsche built tanks during WW2... Lamborghini...well...they failed the first time around...and the cliche saying that I always hear is 3 times a charm... It doesnt hurt Hyundai to try. Its only money...after all.

Why not? Porsche, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Jaguar, BMW, Lamborghini and others...joined this niche that was once reserved SUVs based on military hardware trucks (Land Rovers and G-Wagons) and really blue collar 4x4s ('Gators and 'Slades and Bravadas)... are all in willing to play in this sandbox hoping to cash in... I dont see a reason why Hyundai cant join that club. While the Genesis is not exactly a top tier 1 luxury car...it is still a decent premium level automobile while at the same time, average joe Hyundai/KIA SUVs and CUVs are decent rides themselves...I think a luxury SUV from Hyundai based on the Genesis platform would compliment the Genesis quite nicely.

With all this talk of maybe the MKT going away...I say good....this vehicle does nothing for Lincoln image wise. Yup...Im tackling the issue on another angle. Luxury vehicles...whether loud and brash or quiet luxury as Lincoln's current direction seems to be the one FoMoCo chose for Lincoln, has to be....visually pleasing...either way...this MKT is...ugly...just to be politically correct. Nobody wants to be seen in an ugly car... Had Lincoln worked on the looks of this thing a bit better, maybe it would have fared a better fate... With that being said...in this guise...I think the MKT is stunning... Of all the current world hearses across the planet...I think the MKT is the classiest and the best visually appealing. The MKT's natural lines fit well with the classic hearse lines... Id be happy if this was my last ride in a vehicle...but if I had a choice....Cadillac would win out...this Caddy.

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Its nice to be neighbourly with the neighbours.

I am not into this segment...but I am slowly learning about it... I have always been intrigued by this one here. I like this one... So...that means Ill go with the bug eyed STi...

Nope! I don't, either. I've voiced before that I find it ironic that government(s) have cracked down on cell phone usage while driving ... yet, these infotainment systems are, in many cases, MORE distracting. But, what do I know? Cort www.oldcarsstronghearts.com 1979 & 1989 Caprice Classics | pigValve, paceMaker, cowValve "It's coming down to nothing more than apathy" __ The Fray __ 'Over My Head' Many people have voiced this about infotainment systems being more distracting than cell phones... I have a feeling the government is letting that go...because WARNING...CONSPIRACY ALERT because I think the world's leaders are secretly pushing for autonomous vehicles...so they are letting the automakers perfect the infotainment systems with all the safety nannies such as lane departure systems...and all that goes into infotainment systems because eventually...humans wont be driving...computers will be.

I usually am in agreement with you and your thoughts and opinions....not this one though. Dated? Well, one could use that term. I prefer to use classic styling. Too small for Americans? Maybe some Americans could lose some weight....not Porsche's problem if some American's are overweight... And if you are not referring to fatness but referring to that some Americans are above 6ft tall...dont forget....this a German sports car...Germans are over 6ft tall too... Technically....that classic Porsche 911 look dates back further than the 1980s...the first 911 was produced in 1963 with that "look"....but before we go anyfurther...there was a Porsche 356 in 1948 that had this now famous look...so...that would make Porsche 911 production at 52 years with basically the same look and shape and design...and maybe we could actually stretch to 66 years with the same look... 1948 Porsche 356 Its fine that you would not spend money on this car...quite frankly...I dont think Porsche gives a crap... Porsche has a very loyal following...the 911 has an even bigger loyal following...Porsche must be something right...especially with the 911... For this model to only evolve in design for 66 years...and people still flock to it...its because Porsche has perfected this design...and...66 years of refining and perfecting...and racing and perfecting...and innovating and perfecting... Sure...the look is the same...but the car itself...is as close to perfection as one could get to...in elegant design and engineering... PS: This coming from a guy that has a Screaming Chicken as a picture for a profile...an overgrown and overweight mid-sized muscle car as to how the original formula was put into place in 1964 which the car is still considered mid-sized but its closer to full sized muscle in reality...and an internet handle that clearly states where my allegiance stands...point being...I am not into small cars...especially foreign ones...and the only reason why I prefer a Vette over the 911...is because American... PSS: If this post sounds a tad aggressive...it is not meant to be aggressive...and I am sorry if it does...

Magic body control is the S-class suspension that scans the road ahead to adjust the suspension before hitting a bump. That is where the real magic is. I wonder how fast that S-Class can scan and adjust properly on Montreal roads in the spring time...Im willing to bet...not so fast...Im willing to bet...that the S-Class drops the ball on that... it's actually pretty good at it... but it is completely geared towards being soft rather than performance. Well..roads that are full of pot holes...Ithink its a more intelligent approach to go with soft rather than performance. So...I guess if the S-Class could adjust quickly and be quite good at it to smoothen the ride of pot hole infested Montreal and Detroit roads, then magic sure seems to be the correct terminology to describe M-B's system.

Magic body control is the S-class suspension that scans the road ahead to adjust the suspension before hitting a bump. That is where the real magic is. I wonder how fast that S-Class can scan and adjust properly on Montreal roads in the spring time...Im willing to bet...not so fast...Im willing to bet...that the S-Class drops the ball on that...

You know Frisky, Im not into these cars all that much...no Vettes or 911s, no pony cars other than a Trans Am...just mid-sized and full sized muscle cars for me...but this one sounds like Id want to own as well...