balthazar
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Went & visited my grandfather today. He'll be 100 next month. Lives alone, still mowing his own lawn. He's 2 hours away, I wish he lived closer but he refuses to leave his house he's been in since 1948. Still undecided if I want to get to that position in life or not.
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'They' tell me I'm not allowed to complain if I have too much work. They never define "too much" tho.
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Real Measure of Success: Cadillac ATPs Up 15% for June 2015
balthazar replied to Cmicasa the Great's topic in Cadillac
Cadillac doesn't have "super low volume". Jag barely moves 80K units/yr globally. -
It would take, at BEST, 20 years for Big Gov't to determine which better pays for road deterioration, what with the subcommittees and algorithms required to "process" the data. OR…….. . . . . . . . . . . they take roughly 5 minutes to tally which fattens their coffers more. I still strongly believe this is about one singular thing (which was verbalized at the onset); maintaining revenue stream. I for one would've thought, you know; to maintain the illusion- that they would've chosen 'to better maintain the infrastructure'. It is all about the roads, right? - - - - - 95% of my annual mileage is work related. Tho I do not have commercial plates, I would not appreciate getting dinged for 'not using alternative transportation' when that's not possible in my line of work. I doubt it would come up, I'm only occasionally in small cities, nothing major, but who knows what this will ultimately turn into?
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Real Measure of Success: Cadillac ATPs Up 15% for June 2015
balthazar replied to Cmicasa the Great's topic in Cadillac
So, to nutshell it; Cadillac's transaction prices have surpassed Audi AND BMW. Not bad… but in some ways not surprising as those brands (and MB also) have been busy pushing downmarket / going mainstream in recent years. -
The piece I read said the owner died, I think it was in 2013, and the family is still running it with cars for sale. Prices may be another matter tho, one forum post I saw said they were high. Until a margin is reached, the cars are theirs to do with as they see fit. Can't save all of them.
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Then allow me to get more specific for you : 819 Batten Farm Rd, Selma, N.C.. Happy hunting!
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You go WOT & top boost on a Duramax and it will put out a cloud. It's not black, but it's definitely there; enough to envelope an s-class & a CLA, in my experience.
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No, but with the internet, everything is possible. Selma N.C.
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^ I don't think so, I just keep hammering at my list until I sit down for the day. Not saying I don't feel guilty when I do sit, tho.
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Need days to be 30 hours long; someone get on that immediately.
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Nissan News: Nissan Kills Off Pathfinder/QX60 Hybrids
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Nissan
Very likely the truth lies somewhere between the two above points. Marketing well may have been awful, but those actively looking for hybrids have a myriad of methods to find what's offered; lack of marketing doesn't mean they are 'super double secret' vehicles. The other bookend to this is the common one for hybrids; is the meager (in this case) MPG gain worth 3 grand? Some will say 'yes', others will obviously say 'no'. -
6-series is in a different price tier than the e-class, but they're absolutely both mid-size coupes.
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You've read this here before, you chose to ignore it because it doesn't fit your agenda. Earlier today alone I corrected you that the A6 starts cheaper than the CTS. Cadillac as a brand earns a higher brand ATP than BMW. Cadillac CAN get "german money" and does. Above post spouts yet another ignorant statement. People don't buy an Escalade to transport 7 people, they buy it because it's an Escalade; an icon. Having a smaller SUV won't take away from it's sales but add to them.
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No; A6 starts at 44800, CTS starts @ 45345. Audi is undercutting the entire segment, not Cadillac. Coupe was fully 27% of prior gen sales, so of course it's logical it would boost numbers. I would love to see another CTS coupe as rakish as the first one.
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For the first time since I got my DuraMax in '06, diesel is CHEAPER per gallon than gas.
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Going to go on record here on the above. The Buick Encore is tremendously tiny. And it's here. There is NO NEED for an Encore-sized Cadillac CUV. I have zero issue with one between the XT5 and the Escalade, but below the XT5; no.
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Clearly the i3 and i8 are colossal money losers.
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Regardless of which segment is 'growing fastest', it is not Cadillac's mission to follow every trend. Mercedes & BMW are mainstream brands, Cadillac has no such pressure to follow. BMW & MB HAVE to try to be 'everything to everyone' (actually; they don't in any way except to feed greed, but that's another discussion), Cadillac is luckily part of a bigger corporate unit that individually covers all segments in total. If that self-restricted marketing plan reduces revenue, so be it. It's not about 'then vs. now', it's about defining your mission and sticking to it. A 'sub-ATS' will be, without question, a net negative. I just hope Cadillac planners see it clearly.
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I really did think this was by far the most refined & upscale stylistically of the three, and actually it's still pretty nice looking : That said, I hated Cadillac being in this segment. Maybe that's why I still believe a "sub-ATS" is still wrong for Cadillac.
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Maybe Cadillac owners have lots of money and don't care.
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http://www.ft.com/fastft/353721/worker-killed-volkswagen-robot-accident Anyone have any other info on the 'side-by-side' robots the article mentions?
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Percentages are all well & good, but the MB in that example still costs it's owner MORE MONEY. IIRC, I saw an example recently where an SLS cost the owner $83,000 after just 3 years. I'm not so sure he's touting his depreciation percentage number with that crushing cost penalty.
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I don't understand why it's camo'd up- it clearly will be 90% of the last car / the CLA. MB needs to advance their design, not sit on their hands.
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Mercedez Benz News Mercedes-Benz Could Be Reviving the R-Class
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Mercedes-Benz
Daimler/Mercedes's problem is they don't know what they want to be. They market themselves as a top tier luxury brand, yet they're producing all these non-lux mainstream vehicles, trying to grab more dollars at the expense of cheapening their image. At this point, there are plenty of beat, dented up, filthy sprinters running around with the 3-point 'star' on them, and it's clear at this point they skimped mightily on the rust prevention, because so many I see are bleeding rust in the middle of painted surfaces. A brand with an image in flux.
