surreal1272

Or you could just act like a little baby about it, judging by your snarky reply. Must be nice to always be the victim.

He is blocked but, like you, I’ll look to see what asinine thing he has said and chime in accordingly. Tired of it being like everyone else is the problem and that we should just ignore him. How about he just act like an actual rational thinking adult? I’m guessing thats just asking too much though lol. Never, not once, said that you made it up. Not once. I was referring to Drew’s example and as such, that did not mean that yours wasn’t. The problem with your example though is that your think it’s indicative of a problem as a whole instead of the singular one off example it is. Learn to discern from the two before assuming intent.

Why bother giving rational REAL WORLD examples to someone who just willingly ignores them? Substitute any of those parts for the word “battery”, and it becomes an entirely different argument for him. No. Your “arguments” are always bottom bunk, where they belong.

And you did a marvelous job of deflecting and missing the point entirely (like the battery reference), at the same time. And, unlike you, I keep my cars for longer than a year or two. This is my third car since 2008 so whatever “argument” you are trying to make, in your attempt to deflect, is just bunk. Pure bunk. And the laughter exists here because of your rather sad attempt to portray yourself as some kind of victim on this site.

Not really (regarding the first paragraph). GM spent decades diluting the brand right up until their bailout and were doing a fine job of it yet again, the last few years with weak turbo offerings and inflated pricing for packages no one wanted to pay for. One failure after another yet you seem to think those were the “glory days”? That is living life with a certain set of blinders on, if you ask me. The “passion” died decades ago (with a few exceptions), long before the current EV plans. Love how you had to get instantly defensive with your “same crew” remark though. Fact is that GM could offer the model/brand variety you supposedly crave and miss and you would still dump on the fact that they are EVs. Honestly, just seems like you are trying to have your cake and eat it too.

What I find funny are the complaints about battery replacement and costs yet more and more ICE cars are using turbos that last about as long as your average battery and can cost thousands to replace. It was the main reason I decided against a used Eco-Boost Flex when I bought the one I have now. Loved the power but dreaded the potential costs of replacing a pair of turbos if they were to go out.

And you continue to prove my points (on your assumption that you're right, that you're not the actual "glass half empty" type, and your choice of tech). Congrats. It's a nice addition to being accused of being trans-phobic (with good reason). There's an old saying that applies here. If there are 49 people in the room with you, having a discussion, and 48 of them say that you're wrong, guess what? You're wrong. Yet you go through cars like they are underwear on a 15 year old boy.

You do realize that those are necessarily mutual right? It can be all of it. Your posts are, at times, irrational and are also (at times) obtuse (which itself can mean “open to interpretation”). Sometimes they are both. It’s really not that “cerebral” when you think about it.

That’s merely a reflection of the “Do as I say, not as I do” policy he seems to follow.

For the record, I had two posts deleted in the last two days yet I’m not on here claiming some kind of pseudo censorship. I know my posts went too far both times and I’m fine with that. Interesting that you’re the only one here complaining. Cars were turned into rolling appliances decades ago so your “cell phone” reference is actually how the new generation of future buyer will see it, thus leading to sales for that market (price willing of course) and that market is getting larger every year, whether you want to admit it or not. Your dinosaur mentality regarding EVs, or really anything different from your “norm” apparently, is outdated and becoming less and less relevant with every passing day. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the tech in your home and current ride and think about where they were both at thirty years ago. It’s been changing and will continue to change and so will cars.

Yeah, its a good thing Benz never has to cancel cars buy the dozens. Oh wait. They’re doing that now. See Balths above response about all the cancelled Benz models.

And you don’t even have to leave your house to pump $100 worth of gas in it either. (And just skipping the fact that you will never get to 625 miles of range on your truck unless it is always empty and you drive slow as dirt.) Oh wait. How many gallons do you need to achieve said range btw?

So now you’re just touting them and promoting them for family members but “buy American” for you? Is that what we are getting here? Guess we will just sidestep all the other contradictions, like you, yourself, buying Mexican made cars owned by the Italians and then ranting about gutless and lifeless EVs while promoting those little four pots mentioned above but god forbid someone put an American flag sticker on their Tundra (another past complaint of yours). That’s just a step too far for the all American beta male right? Let me say this one more time. The Cybertruck is design garbage, utility garbage, and will be relegated to also ran status the moment any of the D3 makes goes all in on an EV pick up.

I'll gladly take the wagon and the trailer behind it!

Anti-EV trolls

Because you’re so cerebral right? Not because you’re still on a thread about an EV, where you always offer such an objective comment in regards to them lol. So over the last few months, that wasn’t you touting Hyundais, Kias, and little three banger cars like the Escape while mocking the performance of much faster EVs? My mistake. Must have been some other pitiful hypocrite.

Not exactly a fan myself but it's far better, in loaded trim, than the XT6. I just used it as an example of how much I dislike the XT6.

I'd take a loaded Telluride over the XT6. Thats how far down the list the XT6 would be for me, to the point that it's not even a consideration.

Same. The XT6 is absolute garbage and while I'm not a huge fan of the Aviator on the outside, it shames the XT6 on the inside and on powertrain options.

Says the fan of Korean four bangers but hey, don’t let that little bit of hypocrisy get in the way here.

Which really hasn’t changed as far as their models go. Has always been nothing more than a stretched out S-Class that could never compete with Rolls Royce or Bentley.

It most certainly is dulling the brand when said brand is supposed to compete with the likes Rolls Royce. and the Bentley is irrelevant as it is not essentially a stretched out A6, unlike the Mercedes-Maybach S 560 4MATIC Sedan. The same logic you use to criticize vehicles like the Escalade (calling it a dressed up Tahoe) applies to Maybach when it uses a dressed up S-Class, end of discussion. Again, you simply refuse to apply the same standard to Benz that you apply top literally EVERYONE else! That, in and of itself, kills any criticism you have to make towards GM and what they decide to do with the Vette name. And the Hummer example does not apply here since it does not exist by itself anymore. It would be a more convincing argument if Hummer did still exist by itself and GMC decided to that.

Way to miss the point entirely. I guess, by your “logic”, thats it okay for Benz to do that because it’s done at a different dealership. Think about what you said for just a second. Sounds like they just trying to hide the fact that their $300K Maybach is just a stretched out $92K S-Class. And yes, you are bashing a domestic car, like you always do.

It should be noted that EV range loss isn’t due to the cold itself.

They'll fit in nicely with all the used Mercedes, that were dumped after their 50K warranty expired, sitting on the same lots. At that point, I'll gladly take the Genesis over the Benz.