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UPDATE : • Got the water pumps back. He pressure tested them multiple times to 10 PSI- no cracks. New stainless steel shafts, ceramic bearings (?), new impellers. Repeat testimonials say this guy's rebuilds lower engine temps by 30 degrees, so that's good. Reinstalled the pumps with new gaskets, have super slight water beads… but if this truck doesn't leak SOMETHING, I did something wrong. • Radiator back in & refilled cooling system to the brim. • All defective zerks replaced and truck is fully lubed. • Need to gas it, and the brake bleeding is still waiting. Have Sunday July 3rd penciled in for the restart, lining up witnesses, videographers and possibly an off-duty fireman.

Average Joes hold retirement, pension and investment portfolios thru mutual funds. The mutual fund companies don't own the stocks outright, but primarily for clients. Camry is a Japanese car from a Japanese corpor-glomerate, screwed together in America in about an hour.

Where the assembly plant is is immaterial to where the corporation is headquartered. No one calls the South Carolina mercedes' 'American cars'; they're a 'German' vehicle. Same with China-assembled Cadillacs; they're an 'American' vehicle. You support Cadillac, you are supporting an American Brand.

Hybrids don't sell, the take rate in a CT6 would be in the single digits and it doesn't add any cache' to the series. It's not a priority.

"I'd like to see" implies a future scenario. 4.2TT is in the works; it's on the way. Personally, I'd like to see the 2.0T dropped from the CT6; there should be some sort of engine hierarchy as you move up. As opposed to audi, which offers a VW 2.0L in the A3, A4, A5, A6. In addition to the 4.2TT V8 in the CT6, I would like to see the pros & cons of ALSO offering the 6.2SC V8 there also.

It is in initial quality surveys.

You forgot the CT6 4.2TT V8

Except the part where it exceeds so many of it's competitors. And give the engine a chance to see expanded usage - it only debuted a few months ago.

Unfortunately, the GLC has bottom-of-segment quality, and the maintenance & repair costs will eat up any resale advantage. It's really not a good competitor here.

No; you said and a Cadillac V6 makes 400 lb-ft. If you are going to make blanket proclamations, expect to get called out. Here's a proclamation of my own :: "If mercedes wants to convince people it's 'the best', their V6 should make at least 425 lb-ft of torque."

Cadillac's OTHER V6 makes 404 HP & 400 TRQ.

Obviously, Olds' inspiration for the '59 production wheel, the '56 Golden Rocket wheel ~

Famous 1959 Olds wheel, highly sought after for hot rods/customs ~ Hard to find a good shot of this one, but it has an interesting bit going on. Besides the deep dish, the spokes don't join the column at the center, but at the apex of the column's base circle. Creates a bit of a 'soaring bird' look to my eye. I also note/like the 'hooded' center emblem vs. the ubiquitous round one. 1958 Olds ~ I wish the below center section was softly illuminated at night, but alas, it was not. 1959 Pontiac ~

1942 DeSoto accessory wheel, with cigarette case/dispenser in center ~ 1959 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer ~ 1964 Pontiac GTO optional 4-spoke ~ 1954 Cadillac Eldorado (and the reason Sammy Davis Jr lost his left eye) ~ 1960 Dodge Polara ~

Define "fast"...

So I happend to read this article on Yahoo ~ https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/surprising-new-report-shows-womens-body-190629308.html …because any article that leads with a bikini shot has a good shot at being read by me. I mean, you could get me to read about astrophysics, properly illustrated. - - - - - So on one hand it's : "Yay us!! We're embracing chubbsters curvy women!! Sports Illustrated had a morbidly obese curvy model on it's cover!! Up with flubber fluffy!! On the other hand, the entire fitness & medical communities are telling us of the health risks overweight & obese are courting, trim up, slim down, eat right, etc etc. Then this article, bi-polar-ly, states that 'skipping a meal is an alarming health risk'. HOW DO THEY THINK SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OBESE?? GO AHEAD people, skip lunch a few times! The only thing you are "risking" is loosing a few pounds. - - - - - There are 3 components to a body type; 1. intake, 2. metabolism, 3. burning. If you ain't metabolizing fat away and you aren't burning it away, YOU NEED TO EAT LESS (better).

One online calculator (which requires no more info input than the BMI one; for men it's: height, weight, waist circumference), states 6-13% is 'athlete', 14-17% is 'fitness' and 18-25% is 'acceptable'. 'Obese' is over 25%. That site said I was 23% Another which uses 'pinch points' in addition to weight said I was 11%. Sigh.

i8 is a failure, changing it over to a full electric can only torpedo sales even further.

1955 Thunderbird ~ 1955 Lincoln Futura, WHERE IS THIS IN PRODUCTION ALREADY? 1935 Cadillac V-16 ~

Some might say a steering wheel is the #1 interface a driver has with a vehicle. Those 'some' would be, of course, correct. Used to just steering and honk, now more & more controls are moving to it. Sure; airbags and crash standards are forcing ever-increasing homogenization in steering wheel design, but there's got to be room for something FRESH. There was a HELLA lot more creativity in the past, maybe a look back would do designers good. Some interesting wheels :: 1966 Toronado Deluxe with tilt/telescopic ~ 1961 Imperial ~ 1956 DeSoto with optional self-winding hub clock ~ 1956 Lincoln ~ 1958 Lincoln ~ - - - - - I'm, umm, a bit biased towards this era, mid '50s thru mid '60s, it was by far the most expressive & unrestrained. That aside, there's tons of inspiration available. Here's hoping to see something remotely wild/interesting again soon... Feel free to post up some wheels you like.

Where's the production CS??? - - - - - And : "people who buy in this tier don't take their sedans to the drag strip, therefore 1/4-mile times are completely irrelevant."

Sometimes I'll eat a can of chick peas for lunch. However, I don't like hummus at all. Good luck. BMI is terrifically misleading. People under guess my weight by 25-35 lbs regularly. I'm 'densely packed'. I could never get to a "normal" weight.

You kids are doing 'random thoughts' ALL wrong.

Could it be considered a product failure that Adobe Flash Player requires SO many GD updates, seemingly every few months??

Tho yes, there was some 'venders' of components, including engines, the vast majority of bits were proprietary. Adjusted to today's dollars is even a difficult metric, because of a myriad of reasons, but in general, starting a new automotive venture circa 1905 was not as expensive as today. Well… today it's outright nearly impossible… but the machines at the dawn were basically motorized carriages, so the bulk of the construction followed familiar methodologies.