surreal1272

Am I the only one a bit let down by the Detroit Auto Show? In fact, I'm more than a bit let down. Might as well have been called the Detroit CUV Show. I know it's the trend right now but all of these CUVs just bore me and as a result, the Detroit show bored me.

This is very good news. More choices for everyone that doesn't want a dime a dozen CUV.

Same here. I think it's a common thing with Phoenix drivers especially. It just makes them lazy and I am not a fan of them at all. And this^^

It is the same principle and system though and I again think that you would not even be making these kind of statements if this were about Mercedes. Besides, you are assuming figures that Cadillac itself has not presented but I am sure they have considered all the possibilities since this is something you don't just start without proper planning. Cadillac has plenty of inventory to work with so there should be no problems implementing this program and making their customers happy. All around, it's a great move by them.

Again, refer to my statement whereas I said that this country isn't even a democracy. We are a representative republic so the argument was pure fallacy from the get go. Shall I show you Christianity's own history of folks that criticized the church? It's a rather extensive list. Again, feel free to ask the Native American population about what happened to their ancestors when they didn't choose the Christian god. Democratic my ass. BTW, regarding your statement about the author and his opinion, at least they go into actual details about their stance whereas you have provided nothing but Trump like hyperbole. You also failed to see the point of my example in the first place. He asked for proof of democracies and I provided it. Now, he also said show one with the freedoms we enjoy and that is the fallacy part of his statement and yours. LGBT don't enjoy the same freedoms here and have been killed for being who they are, in this country. Women are still not equal on many levels as men (wage gap is a prime example) and the religious right is still trying to tell everyone else what to do with their bodies and whom they do it with in their own bedroom. That is not freedom. That is not equality. That is not democracy. You simply cannot tell me otherwise given the actual facts. Democracy in this country is a front.

Why this had to be explained to him, I haven't the foggiest. Rental companies have been doing this for decades so it should be no problem for Cadillac.

Given the hostility towards Muslims, immigrants in general, and LGBT here, how are we much different? Btw, we are not a democracy so that's a bit of a fallacy argument. Oh oh and here's your list of democratic countries that have Muslim majorities. https://www.quora.com/Which-Muslim-majority-countries-are-the-most-democratic bear in mind, I'm not trying to make distinctions where certain freedoms are concerned because, again, this country doesn't have a whole lot of room to talk about freedoms and equal treatment.

Was white supremacist Dylan Roof included in that equation? Furthermore some of the homegrown attacks here, that ISIS is taking credit for, really can't be attributed to those idiots. Take the Orlando shooter for example. He can pledge to ISIS on the internet until the cows come home but that doesn't make him anymore of an ISIS fighter. It's like Johnny Redneck going out and killing five black people and claiming his allegiance to the KKK before killing himself, even though he never attended one meeting. My point is that you have to look through the distortion field as it relates to these home grown terrorist types. Some of them are just going to commit these acts no matter who they pledge their allegiance to. All they are looking for is opportunity and their 15 minutes, which our sorry media happily gives them.

Sure there is no colonial like action going on but just one look at the many GOP sponsored bills being thrown around from one state to the next right now (that has nothing to with jobs, economy, or anything for the sort) shows that religious influence is still very much a huge factor in governing for a lot of folks and it is a problem and it was all set up over the last 200+ years in this country by a dominant and controlling religion. I simply will never ignore that simple fact when I hear folks talking about how bad Muslims are. Btw, I am no way advocating what the radicals are doing but there is a clear separation between them and most Muslims when they are indiscriminately killing other Muslims.

I see what you're saying but it does have a bearing on the present and that's my point. It's a perpetual cycle of one religion trying to dominate all others and it all has to stop because even if we stop radical Islam today, there is another radical religion waiting in the wings. History has proven that and we can't ignore it just because it is more convenient to speak of only what's happening right now.

That "like" was for the first paragraph. The rest of it still sidesteps history. Example? Christianity only seems peaceful now because they used the previous 2000 years or so to violently spread their beliefs and force it upon others. Sound familiar?

This coming from the same person who claimed that George Sorors owned voting machines in thirteen states (he didn't and this was proven btw) to help Clinton win the election. Excuse me if I don't take your statements at face value here.

So they interviewed every Muslim? No. Then that is a fallacy statement CP and you know it. It's like me pointing out that a recent poll showed that 38% of Christian's believe that LGBT folks do not deserve equal protections and there are still plenty of those folks who had little to no reaction to the Orlando nightclub shooting last year. Yes, they were "mad" because the shooter was with ISIS (he really wasn't but that is a story for another time) but they weren't exactly hanging out in Orlando in droves to support those LGBT folks who lost loved ones there. The point that the complacency you are claiming about a portion of Muslims out there can easily be applied to Christian's here and elsewhere around the world. Islam is only part of the problem here. Organized religion, in general, is the bigger problem.

A small sample of what made Christianity the dominant religion of the world. http://www.truthbeknown.com/victims.htm Go ahead and ignore this if you hate the truth. The sand is to your left for you to place your head in. Exactly but the naysayers tend to not see that kind of news on Fox and the Drudge Report. How many white Christians were apologizing for Dylan Roof?

So what? The fact is that religion in general creates fanatics on all sides. To deny this and trying to single out just one is wearing blinders to history and the world. Hell, this country was created due to the same fanatical behavior. Just ask the Native American population (or what's left of them after the "be a Christian or die" campaign of the 1800s). Within minutes of the Ft. Lauderdale shooting, there were idiots on Facebook and Fox News immediately spouting off about ISIS, Islam, and terrorism. Upon hearing the name of the shooter, it turned to illegal immigration. Now that it turns out that he was military, crickets have taken over and those same folks are making just as many excuses for his behaviors as you are claiming the "liberal media" is making for those four thugs in Chicago (which, btw, they should never spend another free day in society so don't get my motives here twisted). Point being there are murderers and fanatics on all sides and if you spend all of your days focusing on one (Islam in this case), then you miss the Esteban Sanitago and Dylan Roofs of the world. A thousand times, THIS^^^. Such a lack of historical understanding of basic history by some here because they are hung up on the flavor of the day (Islam and ISIS). Newsflash. If you want to be pissed of about ISIS, then you need to pissed off at our government because we helped create the mess that we now can't clean up.

Good grief. You just do not get it and I'm sure there will be a completely different statement from you when Mercedes starts doing this.

Semantics aside, the ATS is still essentially five years old and most definitely needs an update at this point. Sorry Casa but it has not been six years but again, it matters not in the long run. Five years in this market is too long without a proper update IMO.

And again you are failing to make the distinctions between booking a Cadillac and leasing a Mercedes. Apples to oranges. And of course the car wont be sold as new if it has miles on it. It's just silly to even bring that up SMK.

So you are proving that your initial assessment was off by a mile by providing an example of why this program is different (and far more convenient) than a traditional lease? What exactly is your point here? Again, you can't just trade in that Escalade (penalty free) for say a loaded CT6 the next month under the lease you are referring to. What do you not understand here? Exactly but everything Cadillac has to be compared to Mercedes, even when they are not remotely comparable. I thought you knew Balth!

Really? All registration and insurance costs are covered (unlike a lease) and this is obviously for the white collar traveler that has to spend extended time at one location. Oh, and you can give it back at anytime or swap it for another ride, unlike your lease.

I use plastic cups in case I get butter fingers.

Yet it seems to be easier for certain folks to judge you for looking at life a certain way. Very sad for them.

No it is not and it is very much a realist perspective if you've actually been paying attention to the world around you. It actually gives one a better understanding and appreciation for how the world really works. It is also a simple understanding of karma. What is a mental issue is biased ideologies without rationale (i.e. organized religion). What is also mental (to a much lesser extent mind you) is blind loyalty to material objects, i.e. one brand fandom, be it cars, computers, gaming systems, you name it. That is a serious social/mental issue that exposes ones own shortcomings in life. Btw, pick the mic back up. You had no reason to drop it unless you're clumsy.

The 3 hatch has always been my favorite Mazda but like Stew said, they are just a little too pricey.

It's also called being a realist and there is nothing wrong with that whatsoever.