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surreal1272

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  1. Who the hell needs to compete with niche vehicles like the C63 and X5 M? Seriously? Why worry about the 0.5% volume? I love how you have to continually try to compare anything Cadillac does to the most expensive examples from the German competition, when that is just a fallacy argument.
  2. True but several Ford fans here claimed that Ford would get the 10 speed years before GM, which turned out to be the opposite of true. Their silence on this has been deafening.
  3. Good lord man. The ZL1 is the competition for the more expensive GT350R, which is just north of $60K. The 1LE is the GT350's chief competitor. Oh and the GT350R and the ZL1 will smoke that Boxter and most 911s (and most Vettes for that matter), so maybe you need to rethink that bang for the buck policy of yours.
  4. Well, as long as you have an excuse for it SMK, that's okay.
  5. I don't know. That extra gear sounds more like it's a weenie wart for the transmission more than anything else.
  6. Two of them, as a matter of fact, since they were saying it at the same time not even three months ago.
  7. The 10 speed is for RWD applications while the 9 speed is for FWD.
  8. I'm pretty sure that was Drew actually. I don't think he would have just been making things up w/o some knowledge. (check the other ZL1 thread for his words). You are correct, there is no GT500 right now. Nor is there a Z28 but I don't think we should really compare two different style cars. If anything I think we can all agree the 1LE is way more GT350/R competitor than a ZL1 is. It was not Drew. It was made by a Ford fan. I'll do some digging but I am fairly certain of this.
  9. Could of swore that someone here, not so long ago, said that Ford would get their 10 speed tranny first and then GM (while GM would do the 9 spd first). Hmmmm...wonder what happened there.
  10. So did you read his entire back story and not just the part where he worked for GM fifty years ago? http://www.automobilemag.com/author/robert-cumberford/ As a matter of fact, he is just as honest about the new Camaro. http://www.automobilemag.com/news/2016-chevrolet-camaro-design-analysis/ Nah, I just read the part where he worked for GM which was all I needed to read to know 'Bong would be worshiping his words. So you're letting your bias against Bong, in this case, get in the way of the fact that this reviewer is very accredited and gives equal treatment to all makes? Absolutely. lol But in all seriousness... I'm not a fan of the guy's reviews. I read a small handful on cars that I really though were good looking and a couple I wasn't a fan of and I just don't agree with him. He seems to pick things apart in a way that doesn't make sense to me. Not my point (although I see what you are saying). This guy has a lot of clout and credibility and just because he worked at GM at one time (which is Bongs favorite car company obviously) does not take away that fact.
  11. So did you read his entire back story and not just the part where he worked for GM fifty years ago? http://www.automobilemag.com/author/robert-cumberford/ As a matter of fact, he is just as honest about the new Camaro. http://www.automobilemag.com/news/2016-chevrolet-camaro-design-analysis/ Nah, I just read the part where he worked for GM which was all I needed to read to know 'Bong would be worshiping his words. So you're letting your bias against Bong, in this case, get in the way of the fact that this reviewer is very accredited and gives equal treatment to all makes?
  12. I seriously doubt this truck will be sold here in the first place. It has "foreign market" written all over it.
  13. 3.0TT isn't the fastest CT6. 4.0TT is coming.Right and I all along said they need a Dohc V8, I'd like to see it in a CTS VSport or Escalade too. But there were several people on CT6 threads a few months back saying the TT V6 would outrun their German V8s because of lower weight, and I knew that wouldn't be the case and it isn't.The German three also all offer a 6 liter 12 cylinder. That might not be for the CT6 to worry about but they need to remember that on CT8. You just looooooove cherry picking. The RWD S550 with a twin turbo V8 is 0.1 seconds faster than an AWD CT6 3.0TT. A statistical tie.. Cadillac caught a RWD 4.7 liter Bi-Turbo Benz V8 using an AWD 3.0 liter twin-turbo V6 and did so with a 49hp and 116 lb-ft of torque deficit. yes, the weight matters. It's funny that you only see the 0.1 seconds while I see all of the extra grunt Mercedes has to use just to catch a Cadillac V6. Mercedes is throwing a lot more metal to get to 4.9 seconds than Cadillac is to get to 5.0. Astonishingly, that also means that the CT6 AWD 3.0TT is only 0.3 seconds slower to 60 than the S65 V12... The fastest S-Class is the S63 though, because it has AWD. It's best 0 - 60 is 4.6 seconds. That gives Cadillac lots of room to maneuver. If they cared about the 0.1 seconds that much, then the 3.6TT is just an email from JDN away. Then there is the 4.0TT also coming and that's not even the V-series model. S550 with or without awd has been clocked at 4.8 seconds, the coupe for some reason is 4.5 seconds, even though it doesn't weigh any less. The 9-speed cars are faster though, I think when the sedan switches transmissions it will be closer to 4.6 seconds. But if we want to cherry pick, an Audi A8L 4.0 (not an S8) can do 0-60 in 4.0 seconds and posts better fuel economy than a CT6. 29 mpg highway on the V8 Audi, 26 on the CT6, both are 18 city. But as I said, many thought the 3.0TT V6 would outrun the Germans, it doesn't. I'll listen to and agree with that the 3.0TT V6 is a nice mid-level engine choice on a Cadillac sedan or could be good on a large crossover. And I know the V8 is coming, I hope it comes soon. Doesn't matter. It still BARELY beats a TTV6 (sorry .1 seconds is a virtual tie that could swing either way with a different driver and you know that) so that really isn't anything to hang your hat on there. The TTV8 is also going to be a beast to contend with, whether you want to admit that or not.
  14. So did you read his entire back story and not just the part where he worked for GM fifty years ago? http://www.automobilemag.com/author/robert-cumberford/ As a matter of fact, he is just as honest about the new Camaro. http://www.automobilemag.com/news/2016-chevrolet-camaro-design-analysis/
  15. Yeah...most of them are in trucks... Point is in my favour... And now...watch this: I think Ive made my point. And...to boot...but I wouldnt bet all my money on what Im about to say just yet...but I think that electric vehicles in Quebec out sell V8 cars...cars is the keyword... Yes...take all the V8 cars out there...Mustangs, Camaros, Vettes, Hemi 300Cs and Chargers, Challengers, Mercedes Benz S classes and the like and I think the Tesla Model S out sells all V8s in Quebec... Your point being what exactly? All those turbochargers, all that lack of displacement... and the simple reliable 5.0 gets the same or better fuel mileage in the real world... where ppl actually use their trucks. Never mind the fact that is only accounting for ONE truck. Throw in GM and RAM and that V8 use just went back up tenfold.
  16. 3.0TT isn't the fastest CT6. 4.0TT is coming.Right and I all along said they need a Dohc V8, I'd like to see it in a CTS VSport or Escalade too. But there were several people on CT6 threads a few months back saying the TT V6 would outrun their German V8s because of lower weight, and I knew that wouldn't be the case and it isn't.The German three also all offer a 6 liter 12 cylinder. That might not be for the CT6 to worry about but they need to remember that on CT8. And you have been told ALL ALONG that the V8 was coming. Also, the TTV6 hasn't been tested against those V8s yet (side by side anyway) so you might want to hold off on your many assumptions for now, especially given early tests showing your precious S Class being a whole .1 seconds "faster". Seriously. Do you not see the problem here? Oh and a V12 is a waste when it has to carry the heft of those overpriced uber cars. Talk about wasted power.
  17. The difference is though Sauve is that there are more publications (not just Automobile Magazine) having these types of issues with the Conti than they are with the CT6. I realize you don't like what he is saying because of his pro-GM rhetoric but, like he said, he did not write the criticism being levied at the Lincoln. You are going out of your way to kill the messenger in this case, is what I am saying.
  18. I think the Conti is a good car for Lincoln but it will not be the home run some envisioned. It is far better than the MKZ it replaces but my biggest gripe with the car (the than it being FWD) is that the look does not leave a lasting impression on me like some others do. I feel that after a year or so, it will look dated on the outside and, once again, be a distant memory in the minds of a lot of buyers. I could be wrong but that is just the impression I get. I also hate the rear on that thing. Just don't like it. It kills a otherwise nice look on the rest of the car.
  19. Do i smell a "guess what I bought" thread"? coming?!? I wish. I have been out of work for a couple of months so I had to sell the Magnum to cover my mortgage. Hopefully I'll have that very thing here in a few months but for now, I am sharing my wife's HHR.
  20. Goodbye Mags. You gave me eight great years.
  21. My current one which is a throwback of sorts. The picture on the desktop was done about eight years ago. It's a combination of Photoshop, Bryce 3D, and my old Talon. I was feeling a bit nostalgic this weekend.
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