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Looks like a Cupra. Spin-off brand of SEAT...yet another VWAG brand.
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On 3/6/2024 at 8:35 AM, surreal1272 said:
That depends on where you are. There are nothing but Charger cops here, whether it's local cops, country sheriffs, or state troopers. There are SUVs, sure, but far more Chargers used than those.
Yeah, the Charger is still the standard w/ the Ohio Highway Patrol as far as I can tell...here in suburbia it's a mix of Chargers, Explorers, Tahoes and still some Tauruses and Caprices to be seen around metro CLE.
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Yeah, Ohio still a 2 plate state until a couple years ago.
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I like the current gen Malibu...I've rented a couple since 2017. The dearth of sedans from the traditional Big 3 is a sad state...I just can't get into the CUVs that the market is flooded with.
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I need a mid 80s Fleetwood Brougham de’ Elegance to go with this.
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It is the ‘premium luxury’ trim. Only options on top of that are the ‘comfort and technology’ package with rear camera mirror, HUD, ventilated front seats, heated rear seat and the 20 inch wheels. Total on the original sticker was $66570. No Supercruise.
@David Madrid sounds fun. How is the food? With my job the only place I travel to is Plano.
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1 hour ago, trinacriabob said:
Does a 2.0 4 respectably propel a(ny) Cadillac? Just curious.
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I have never been to the Outer Banks, nor anywhere on the SC coast, either.
I'm wondering if the Outer Banks beaches are as nice as they say and if the water color leans turquoise. VA Beach has a typical dark blue ocean. I am quite taken with the FL panhandle, so that's where I usually go and temporarily function as an annexed "redneck" on the "Redneck Riviera."
I've been to Myrtle Beach a couple times, but over 30 years ago. Never been to the Outer Banks either. My sister has spent the last 3 months in Myrtle Beach w/ trips to Savannah, Beaufort SC, other places on the SC coast along with a long weekend in Miami Beach. She thought the SC coast was wetter and colder this year than last year..she probably will winter in Miami next year for at least January-Feb.
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Just now, trinacriabob said:
An attractive vehicle ... I'm thinking 3.6 DOHC V6 ... also, quite a few gears on the auto trans - like 9 or 10?
3.6 w/ 10 spd auto. I drove one with the 3.0 twin turbo, a CT5 with the 3.0 and a CT5 with a 2.0 4.
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Just now, trinacriabob said:Clearly, there's a story line here ...
Yep....treated myself to a new (to me) car today. Had been looking, did a few test drives of CT5s and CT6s, found this minty 2019 CT6 AWD w/ 44k miles at the Cadillac dealer in downtown CLE. Took a test drive, fell in love. Going to take it on my road trip to the Outer Banks and Myrtle Beach next month. Hadn't really intended on getting another black car...but couldn't find one in red in the state.
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Nice sunny Sunday. Went to the Cleveland Auto Show. Some highlights…saw thr Cybertruck. Bigger and uglier in person than in photos. I like the S650 Mustang, though still prefer the S550 styling. The Cadillac Escalade IQ is bigger in person than in photos. Love the Lyriq rear end. I love the C8 Corvette. Sat in the blue one. The red CT5 is really calling my name. There were classics on display also, took a bunch of pics of the ‘66 Toro for my sister. She wants one, she’s wanted one since it came out and she was 9. Relaxing now at Hofbrauhaus downtown. Time flies, can’t believe March 1 is coming up. (Quarterly stock grant time).
And in unrelated good news, had my annual review and got a promotion to Staff Software Engineer.
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On 2/21/2024 at 8:51 AM, David said:
True, but it is not the terrible Tesla or Mercedes jelly bean look.
I think I saw that an exec at M-B was commenting about future M-B EVs have to look like M-B cars and not look like jelly beans. I think they realize they went too far.
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On 2/19/2024 at 4:17 PM, trinacriabob said:
Instead of "what are you listening to?" it would be "what are you watching?" This showed up and I saw a Pontiac. (Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles tended to have twin symmetrical split grilles, while Chevys, Buicks, and Cadillacs tended to have a centered single one.) I had never heard of such a film nor its chase.
So, we've got a Pontiac Ventura, hopefully with a V8, chasing the largest of Pontiacs with bad guys in it. Roy Scheider is in the Ventura. The footage over the GW Bridge is well done. How this ends is surprising and highly unlikely. I might have to look at this film.
Good film...I've seen it a couple of times. One of the actors in it--the middle aged guy w/ glasses driving the Pontiac Grand Ville--was the same stunt driver that drove the black Dodge Charger in 1968's 'Bullitt'...
31 minutes ago, surreal1272 said:Looks like a Taycan Knockoff and a bad knockoff at that.
Yeah, I can see that...with McLaren-inspired headlights.
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5 minutes ago, trinacriabob said:
When I was a teenager and we went to pick out a dog from an ad I found in the L.A. Times, I look back on that and remember how the puppy's parents weren't that fazed by our handling, picking up, and walking away with her ... after paying, of course. You're essentially walking off with their offspring.
Then, when our dog had some pups, she was not too weirded out by people coming into our backyard, accompanied by us, and checking out, buying, and leaving with her pups.
I was wondering if this is sort of normal. Dogs are so damn smart that I wonder how they process these "transactions."
Very interesting..I wonder also...last spring when we adopted two sibling puppies (and later a third) from a local breeder, we went to their house which was clean and spotless, the dogs beautiful....met the parent dogs and they were great, beautiful well-behaved Yorkies. The 3 pups are almost a year old now, need a grooming..got their long winter coats..here they are in my office last week under my desk along w/ senior Aussie terrier Raine.
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It's too bad the US is so fixated on trucks, SUVs and CUVs..there are many wagons sold elsewhere that would be nice here...or wagon versions of US market sedans. I loved the looks of the CTS wagon 15 years ago, a modern CT5 wagon would be sweet...
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We have had a very unusual, out-of-season sunny and mild first weekend for February here in Cleveland. Got my 5.0 out for a drive yesterday on some winding, twisty hilly roads in the woods nearby. I think it's first time I've driven it in February since 2002 in Colorado. Put in Pink Floyd 'The Division Bell' CD and then Depeche Mode 'Violator' CD and felt 25 again...;) Went to the beach this morning, Lake Erie so blue...40 and sunny. Washed my Jeep, looking good for 10 years old and 78k miles.
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It has very awkward proportions...what an absurdly large windshield.. Reminds me of the stretched roof from the 50s Chevy pickup Big Bird was in in the Muppet Movie..
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And because they have changed styling so slowly (the current generation looks much the same as the Classic), they still look modern IMO..
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A local dealer has one, white also with like 38k miles for $69k. I looked at a 2020 CT6 Platinum w/ the 3.6 for $55k w/ 35k miles. Also looked at a 2019 CT6 Sport (I think that was the trim level?--didn't have the chrome window trim).., I didn't realize how low the production numbers for 2019 and 2020 CT6 in all specs were, like 7500 in 2019 and 3600 in 2020...