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  1. ocnblu
    Meh, foregone conclusion. Not worth the fight. I believe loud pipes save lives. But... Darwin Awards are a real thing, alas.
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    Amazing level of pride in that building. Optimism. Promise.
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    "knifes" LOL
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    Leasing is OK for my mom, she ends up with about 1/3 of the mileage limit at the end, but I am almost at the 36k mile mark and my Jeep isn't 2 years old until the end of April... I could never lease.
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    WOW, that little sucker should run like a scalded cat!
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    One of our painters just leased a 2019 Terrain SLT AWD 2.0T, he got it CHEAP. Black over black, panoramic roof, etc. etc.
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    It's like they're building the need for giant rebates into the MSRP... structurally. How can this be good for resale value?
  9. ocnblu
    GM's "corporate engine" strategy sucks.
  10. ocnblu
    Was braving the quickly dropping temps and high winds to look at an LT Cloth AWD Blazer today. Black over black, $39k with an option package that has things I would like to have (auto kick liftgate, roof rails, auto start) coupled with a bunch of other stuff that I definitely don't want (blind spot detection, etc.). The safety nannies are a reality as standard equipment on just about every competitive make except GM (with a price competitive with Blazer's base MSRP) but to get a few useful items, one has to pay a gazillion dollars to get the full-boat package with a GM vehicle. Not good!
  11. ocnblu
    ??? Moving more production out of the USA is a retreat. Chopping large swaths out of their model portfolio with nothing coming in the low price range behind them is a retreat. Mismanagement over many years... cut & run instead of fight... definition of a "retreat".
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    Well, to me it is a good looking, chunky little useful conveyance. Love the diesel with stick. Europeans still love stick shifts. If you want something more whimsical, choose its sister vehicle, the Citroen Berlingo... Plus, ya gotta know how to switch hands, otherwise certain things get very boring! ?
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    Much more sensational in its day than the "unnamed EV concept" Cadillac of now. Sad to see such a tremendous loss of relevance in what was once the absolute pinnacle of aspirational automotive greatness.
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    Regardless of the superior ICE to inferior EV argument, GM is still (and has been) in retreat mode. They are retreating from their home soil. Plenty of people with long memories are not pleased by this fact.
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    LOL it's entirely different. Why would you laugh (reaction to olds' post reiterating a known fact about repeated, even days later, fire flare-ups with EVs) at that post? Really.
  16. ocnblu
    LOVE the green color on the Kia Telluride.
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    2020 Lincoln Aviator!
  18. ocnblu
    Repeated flare-ups = scary prospect
  19. ocnblu
    My longest road trip took place in August/September 1992, when I drove from my grandparents' farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland out to Denver and Fort Collins and up into Wyoming before turning around and traveling home on the southern route. Just me and my beloved Jack Russell terrier, Meggie, in my green 1992 VW Golf GL 2-door.
  20. ocnblu
    Dfelt, you can't sit in the front and back at the same time. Get yourself a wood trim kit for the dash, problem solved!
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    yup
  23. ocnblu
    TOO LATE
  24. ocnblu
    No (Cmicasa the) greatness in this paragraph. You have to own shares, that is the only sane explanation for falling in line so easily behind Barra & Co's mission to destroy whatever made GM great in the past, before the years leading up to bankruptcy. Oh well, when they go under, I will remember them fondly for their PROUD history, before this 10-year apology tour/retreat from their home soil. Other companies will make up the slack.
  25. ocnblu
    Lame, lame lame. Absolutely the worst. FAR too much sameness with electrics. NO differentiation under the skin. It is what's UNDER the skin that gives a vehicle real, memorable character. There is nothing memorable about the boring hum of an electric motor, whirring autonomously into oblivion.
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