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  1. ccap41
    Very good point, indeed, Drew. We just did the same thing with getting rid of the Beretta and replaced it with an Ion. I think it's roughly a 3-4mpg swing if not more because the Beretta wasn't running top top.
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    It's a very good looking car from the front. There is just something about that rear overhang that drives me nuts. I feel like it is 3 miles long. The one in their review looks real sharp dressed in all black.
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    I have to believe once the trucks are pushing 30mpg highway things will really start to swing upward. With how many Ford, GM, and Ram trucks that are sold every year they have to be the ones holding down the mpg as a whole. But I do see where somebody who would normally buy a 35mpg compact or mid size now driving something more like 30mpg small cuv.
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    ccap41 replied to a topic in Lincoln

    Do you like it more or less than the concept?
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    Personally, at this level I don't think you can say we're excluding unibody from body on frame because they are about the closest competitors to each other between luxury and size..and the navigator..but let's be honest..it's a step behind. I will say comparing an AMG model is apples to oranges but the GLS450/550 or whatever are very much competition. Price may not really agree but they have nearly identical goals..right?
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    Smokes? How so? What kind of competition are we talking about? Are you talking about their super charged v6 or super charged v8? As for striaght line acceleration... The v6 will run a [email protected] through the 1/4 v8: [email protected] Escalade ran a [email protected]
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    ccap41 replied to a topic in Lincoln

    Thank you for posting this. I couldn't because I'm at work and it's just a pain. But that front wheel well curve to the hood is what bothers me the most. The concept it is more flattened out and the camo pic it looks like it is a lot taller before bending over to the hood. The concept seems to lean towards the hood right away where the camo car it seems to go upward a decent amount before bending towards the hood.. I know I kind of repeated myself but I'm just not sure if I worded it very clear..
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    Soccer
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    You could find one on a dealer lot for under 55k. I just went to autotrader and there are a plethora of GLC's in the 40-50k range to choose from(new). Most are in the 44-50k range though. The closest Mercedes has is the GLS. I definitely will not say it "doesn't measure up" as the goals of both vehicles are different. The GLS will have a more car-like drive(compared to a BOF vehicle), it offeres 4 or so engines to choose from, it's a little smaller(good or bad depends on the purchaser's needs).
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    Well they do have the GLC which starts at $38xxx. I could see that as a hybrid coming in under 55k but it wouldn't be some performance model making 550hp. And a GLA...but that's bearly SUV. Just a lifted car, really.
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    If you actually believe that MB plans on building a 550HP electric crossover for $55K, then that perfectly illustrates your problem with expectations of the competition, not to mention that is not even close to the price that it will go for. Seriously. Completely agree. There is no way MB would produce an SUV with a 550hp electric drive-train and it would only cost 55k. That's basically starting price of a GLE.
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    ccap41 replied to a topic in Lincoln

    To me, it does look like the trailing edge was moved marginally forward though.. It could also be that I WANT it to have moved forward so I'm looking at it with a skewed perspective. But I really don't see it moved back like you're suggesting. But looking at the body work behing the wheel and before the door suggests you are correct because it looks nearly identical 4-5 inches or so but with smaller wheels. This actually makes me think the whole car shrunk down some.
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    ccap41 replied to a topic in Lincoln

    I had to look at them side by side but there is definitely something about the front end that doesn't look as impressive. I think some of it is wheel well/wheel size. The concept had larger wheels in what looked like larger wheel wells too. Even if you threw on larger wheels in this prototype they would fill the wheel well but still wouldn't be as large as the concept. The more I look at them the less I see the front overhang grow and I see more rear overhang grow but I think it looks worse than it is because of the wheels/wheel well size is different.
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    Continental Uncovered

    ccap41 replied to a topic in Lincoln

    I think I figured out the one thing missing from this car..something that make it look a little too bland or something. The doors/side are very flat. There are no body creases that show flow or anything(the s-class is kind of what I'm basing this off of). Without anything on the doors they just look too large and bland. Other than that, I dig the looks.
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    Why are people so hesitant to pass on simple 2 lane highways? They'd rather just ride you bumper than pass. I've never understood this and it grinds my gears. This morning I had somebody close enough I couldn't see their license plate in my rear view mirror when there were multiple times they could have easily passed. Wouldn't even have been close or anything.
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    It's a lose-lose. If they used the LT1 you'd be all over them borrowing a Chevy engine. But they don't use a v8 and you ask for them to use a Chevy motor.
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    Shiiiiiiiiit.. I know I'd be embarrassed if I had a German luxury vehicle that a measly Nissan Titan made more power than my own vehicle..
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    What are they rated at?
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    Your car has less power and twist than a lowly NISSAN TITAN?!?!
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    What does the G-Wagen have anything to do with the Escalade ? 4 wheels, V8, 4WD...that's about it. Nowhere near the size of a GMT900.
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    How do I check? Are they at the links?
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    Well, how can I apply this to me?!?! Be a recent college grad senior citizen in the military in rural Indiana with a competitor lease and same brand vehicle newer than 2009. I'm so close on all of those. Still in college, Old for a college student, I always carry two guns on me lol, I once lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, ..I just don't own a Chevy Cruze.. Haha
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    THE DEALERSHIP EXPERIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahaha
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    At the time of that incident (4 years ago), this guy was 40...he had a small stroke and got shingles from the experience. I ran into him about a month ago (I'm on a gig w/ a different client in the same office tower), he's still with the same company, got a 'battlefield promotion' from that incident and no longer does death march projects. He's lost a lot of weight, after his second in-cube heart attack in a two-year period. When I worked a major bank, in a 6 month period 3 guys in my department of 25 people had heart attacks...1 fatal (was 32), and two recovered and got 'battlefield promotions'. I quit shortly after that, got tired of 65-76 hr weeks and driving nearly 60 miles a day round trip. Corporate life can really take it's toll. I'm taking daily 500mg of a prescription anti-depressant so I can sleep... Holy $h!, man. I've never been that stressed nor worked those hours in my corporate life.. It's still young though.
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    Well, how can I apply this to me?!?!
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