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I agree about the suspension ccap. Should have been two games just because the refs screwed up ejecting him in the Carolina game. The plethora of excuses he and the Giants have given for his actions have just shown that they have zero respect for what could have happened here. Completely classless by the entire organization.
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The Germans don't have a problem selling them, enough so to keep on making them anyway. There is no reason why GM can't give a shot.
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About the Beckam Jr stuff? If you weren't watching the game you won't have the real "feel" for what was going on. It was a mess and embarrassing. I kid you not, he was involved in stuff nearly every play he was on the field in the 3rd quarter. Honestly kind of surprised his coaches and teammates allowed him to stay on the field. The commentators were surprised he wasn't ejected. Agreed. I watched the game from start to finish and in thirty plus years of watching football, I have never seen any player commit so many personal fouls, on top of a deliberate helmet targeting hit and NOT get ejected. Piss poor officiating by not sitting that punk down for the rest of the game. That helmet to helmet hit could have ended a career. I didn't even realize how poor of a call(or lack thereof a call) that was until replays and there is really only one angle that shows how deliberate and heinous it was. Also, seeing highlights does'nt do it justice to how bad and out of control he was. Like you and I watching it all the way through we understand how out of control he was and coaches, teammates, and refs all just let it happen over and over and over. Chippiness is one thing, it gets annoying to watch but it just is inevitable when you have 22 alpha males all in one place with the same/opposing goals, I at least understand that crap even though I hate it. This was on a whole 'nother level. Good news though, he's likely to be suspended at least one game for his antics. He deserves the final two regular season games but I doubt that will happen. I think it also sealed Coughlin's fate with the Giants. He is done. He was not even aware that Beckham had three personal foul penalties. Utterly clueless and it showed by him not sitting Beckham's ass down for a series or two. It's been a long time since I have been disgusted with a game in which my team still won. Just horrible on so many fronts.
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About the Beckam Jr stuff? If you weren't watching the game you won't have the real "feel" for what was going on. It was a mess and embarrassing. I kid you not, he was involved in stuff nearly every play he was on the field in the 3rd quarter. Honestly kind of surprised his coaches and teammates allowed him to stay on the field. The commentators were surprised he wasn't ejected. Agreed. I watched the game from start to finish and in thirty plus years of watching football, I have never seen any player commit so many personal fouls, on top of a deliberate helmet targeting hit and NOT get ejected. Piss poor officiating by not sitting that punk down for the rest of the game. That helmet to helmet hit could have ended a career.
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Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
That only helps you down the road if they do that, given your constant criticism of them not using V8s in some of their models. -
O'Dell Beckham Jr. is a punk a** that should have been ejected for his dangerous actions today.
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they're not going to design a Euro market car with MPH gauges.... in English. Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed that. Would be a little strange to test a Euro model E-Class on California highway 38 near Big Bear. Not really, all of the manufacturers test all over the world for all market cars. I've spotted the Hyundai Genesis testing in Pittsburgh before it was released. GM will regularly take cars to Norway for cold weather testing and VW brings cars to Death Valley for hot weather testing. Euro market Benz's use a symbol for the parking brake... but because Americans are too dumb (in general) to understand the dashboard symbols.. or to even go look it up in the manual if they don't know what it means.... Mercedes spells it out for them on the American cars. Oh I understand how the testing goes, but the info on the Nav plus the fact that the gauges are clearly in MPH made it a little but funnier for me.
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they're not going to design a Euro market car with MPH gauges.... in English. Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed that. Would be a little strange to test a Euro model E-Class on California highway 38 near Big Bear.
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It does not matter whether it's a Euro market car or not (I would be pissed to see that mess if I lived in Europe) and regardless it looks like a cheap base model car and not in a good way. You posting pics of the most expensive model to prove your points is very misleading and telling half truths, especially when it really just doesn't look all that great in any trim.
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Except for the fact that A.) you are talking about a 2017 model that is not out yet with no definitive price and B.) you will not get that interior or anything close to it for $50K. This is cluster and dash for the base model E Class. The lesson here is that it is real easy to tout your favorite brand having a "low" starting price when you display the model that is farthest from that actual price point. And for the record, that dash and gauge cluster set up is horrible, no matter which term you look at. It's an 88 Oldsmobile dash with a giant LCD screen in place of the 80's gauges. Sorry but I am not impressed by the supposed luxury leader here.
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Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
You do realize that if CAFE is going to affect the Domestics like that, it will do the same to MB right? Focusing on V12s is just silly based o that one fact alone. -
Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
Maybe it should be pointed out that these V12s will account for such a small percentage of overall sales of those models, that it barely merits a mention. The bulk will be the smaller V8s and V6s that everyone else is using. -
Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
It is slower for sure, but the GL450 stops quicker, handles better, gets better gas mileage, has higher top speed, and the Escalade tows more. I meant overall the numbers are similar. The two vehicles are in the same ball park in terms of size, price, overall performance and sales. The GLS550 with the 455 hp and 516 lb-ft and 9 speed transmission is there, I think that is a better comparison to go V8 to V8. But if I do that, it is unfair because the Mercedes costs more. But that isn't my problem that Cadillac can't get Mercedes prices. The diesel GL is getting a slight power bump to 255 hp, 455, lb-ft, that should help. Again (since you continue to dodge it), the GL450 is $20K more at base price. Since you want to cherry pick how far back you want to go. "X" denotes top sales for that year. MB GL ----------------- 2006--18,776 2007--26,396 2008--23,328 2009--15,012 2010--19,943 2011--25,139 2012--26,042-X 2013--29,912-X 2014--26,597 Cadillac Escalade (including all THREE variants, not just two) 2006--62,206-X 2007--60,991-X 2008--39,710-X 2009--25,884-X 2010--26,874-X 2011--25,503-X 2012--22,632 2013--22,514 2014--30,522-X More often than not, the Escalade leads and for $20K less on average (even more so when you want to add in the EL63) Again, color me unimpressed with a vehicle that requires you to fork over $20K more to have nominally better performance. Could't help but notice you dodged my statement about MB ditching the V6 much in the way you want Cadillac to ditch the 4 cylinder on the CT6. -
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Not a fan either and overall the spy shot does not make the interior of the Conti look very "upscale" but I don't put too much stock into spy shots honestly. Not digging the top of the center stack though or the blockish look around the gauges.
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And coming soon, shiny wood trim. Seems to be targeting the same folks as the LaCrosse (although the LaCrosse interior looks "sleeker" and more upscale in that pic). http://www.motortrend.com/news/2017-lincoln-continental-interior-spied-with-shiny-wood-trim/
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Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
That GL63 starts at $121K so why are you comparing it to an Escalade at that price point, when the Slade starts at $50K CHEAPER? To even get into a V8 GL, you need $20K more than you would for a V8 Escalade. MB should really have a V8 GL that starts at a similar price point as the Slade and forgo the V6 altogether since it is only $6K cheaper than the Slade. Funny how the logic you use on Cadillac can easily be applied to Mercedes. The only difference is that you will have no fewer than five excuses why that is okay for MB but not for Cadillac. -
Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
Capable is one thing. Competing is quite another and on the sales front, that is where the Escalade succeeds despite the luxury CUV craze. -
That SS continues to impress and make itself worthy of the higher sticker price. The facts do not lie at this point.
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"I'm liking it. " Top post on the second page, brah. lol Yes and it is also post #3 on the first page: "I'm liking this design!" Under the definition of the word "redundancy" it says "see redundant" (credit to the late great Robin Williams there). LOL!
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I'll reserve final judgement until it actually gets a full reveal but it has been tamed down a bit from the concept. Kind of indifferent to it right now.
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Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
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. Exactly. His description would put it closer to $155K. -
Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
Why do you continue to ignore the fact that the CT6 has a TTV6 as well as a V8 on the way? Why do you always fixate on one little minor detail that means nothing to anyone but you? Also, seeing as how the CT6 JUST came out, it is short sighted to say that no one wants it. Newsflash, no one wanted the Fleetwood anymore in case you were a little rusty on the history of that nameplate. 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. -
Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
The Escalade is what people want or did you miss the part about it being the best selling full size luxury SUV. My point to you was that Mercedes has no problem putting that "throwback" SUV on the same lot as their newly designed luxo cars, so Cadillac should not have to worry about it on that level either, and at least theirs actually sells. Clearly the customers have no problem with the Slade based on that little fact alone. -
Cadillac News: Cadillac Faces A Conundrum With the Escalade
surreal1272 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
Here's the bigger question. Who care's other than yourself? As it has been pointed out, Cadillac can soldier on with the Escalade as it is much the same way that Mercedes handles the G wagon, except in this case, the Escalade would still be a top seller.