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Such hypocrites.. Everybody here will ask for more power from a V8 that only puts out 300 ponies until that works for your personal narrative against smk. Everybody knows the combo of V8 + 300hp + 15/18mpg is dated as all hell. Those are literally pre-recession kind of numbers. It only has 64.7 cubic of space behind the driver.. A Chevy Equinox has 63.5 cubic feet of volume behind the driver's row. It better be reliable because it does literally nothing else very well or even adequate for the price they're selling for.

That's one thing that gets looked past with cars that have functional rear wings that create actual down force.. You have to be getting after it for any benefit. At regular speeds and even interstate speeds there's little to no benefit. Your real down force occurs past 100mph but then again even a minimal amount is helpful when on a track.

I don't think I've seen a 4-banger CUV with drilled and/or slotted rotors save for maybe things like a Mecan.

I'm sorry, Sweetie. Please forgive me. To quote the great surreal1272, " Don't tell me what to do." Sure do.

You have actual specific evidence that the owners were flushing transmissions, replacing shocks and struts, flushing cooling system, every 50k... like it is in those old manuals? Then not last 100k miles? I'm sorry but it is impossible to believe that.

Choosing your own categories to discredit another vehicle.. Value retention becomes discredited if it is low volume and has higher operating costs. What is the cost of ownership difference? What in the fck is "santanderconsumerusa.com" as a source? Over what span?

That would be any vehicle. It's impressive when the regular maintenance is getting skipped or pushed back tens of thousands of miles.

I'm just over here doing maths providing information. Numbers don't lie.

All of those brand new vehicles really get to show how well their value is retained 10-15 years down the road.. rEtAiNeD vAlUe

2007 GX $12,000/$46,000 = 26.1% retained value G500 $30,000/$84,000 = 35.7% retained value It doesn't have its scarcity simply to hold its value. At least until the brand new 2019's, it was still hand built. Mercedes isn't selling them at a low volume so their customers can have a slightly higher resale value. I've never heard of that before on a non-limited run vehicle.

Agree to disagree. An 8-12k mid 2000's GX hasn't held its value any better than a G Wagen.

I 100% agree. I wasn't bringing up the G Wagen though...

It might have dropped a lot in that 4-year span but they seem to hold their value pretty well. There are plenty of examples of 80-150k+ mile examples of the early-mid 2000's G500's still asking $30-40k. FWIW, 115k was the MSRP in 2015 and there aren't really options on a G Wagen. It's either a 550 or an AMG so it's roughly a 35% loss. I think the only options are exterior and interior colors. Yeah the G Wagen is actually kind of small to today's SUV standards. Personally, I think it is about perfectly sized.

Isn't the GLE, X5 and Q7 about as direct of competitors as they get?

+1 I've had it twice and I don't hate it but I don't love it. It's overpriced for how it tastes, imo.

That Navigator looks soooooo bad. With or without the hearse part, that was an ugly generation.

This seems right up Cadillac's alley, confusing consumers...

Not everything is trolling. Joking around shouldn't be considered trolling but I'm no internet king and maybe it is. ??‍♂️ It obviously has something to do with feelings. It upset you. I'm sorry I said something to upset you. I'll try and be more considerate of your feelings in the future.

The Trump/Surreal comment was funny. It was a double whammy that I thought everybody else would enjoy. I guess I should have thought about your feelings as well. "... Not going to dwell on it." *Brings it up again*

You mean to say if a comment wasn't quoting or directly at somebody then it was merely a comment? Take note of your own comment. You take things people say like they're directed at you. You just assume they're directly at you.

Okay so they dropped the base trim for 2019 along with the 2.0T(which is why it's 63k on their site now) and for 2020 they are bringing back the base trim(dropping the price some) but not the 2.0T, right? Or am I still getting that incorrect?

Yeah, but you said the price rose to $59,900 but it already is over that?

Why does their website show a different starting price? They should have dropped the 3.6 and detuned or tuned the 3.0 to any number they wanted that had more than 300tq. 350/350 seems easy enough.