Drew Dowdell

There is tech out there called load planning that addresses this issue. Airlines, railroads, and rental car agencies use it. It's designed specifically so Book doesn't have to have 200 of each vehicle. Eventually the system gets smart enough to know which vehicles are needed when and where and at what margin of error to keep up with the unexpected. And 200 people signing up is pulling in $3.6 million a year, GM still owns the cars, and can sell them as certified preowned at a premium when they're done. Seems like sound math to me.

Yes! There are religious extremist in nearly every religion. ISIS is to Islam what the KKK or Westboro Baptist or the Army of God are to Christianity and the JDL is to Judaism. There are 1.6 billion muslims in the world. The vast majority of them are peaceful. And a Star Wars fan just shot up Fort Lauderdale Airport today. Don't condemn an entire religion based on the actions of a few.

Favorite - Cadillac - Escalade ESV Platinum and CT6 Platinum 3.0TT Least favorite - Toyota - Land Cruiser and 86.

Most of those people killed were also Muslim!

We've made far too many "oops" with our drone strikes to continue the current policy. We've hit weddings, funerals, hospitals, schools, shopping markets, and just basically blown everyone up. Israel has bulldozed over 60,000 homes. And yes, bulldozing the home of the family of someone convicted of a crime is terrorism. We're not bulldozing Dylann Roof's family's house just because he shot up a congregation.

And how many drone strikes did we launch today? How many Muslim homes were bulldozed by Israeli tank-dozers today? I'm not defending muslim terrorists, but make sure you're not throwing stones in your glass house. Just because the terrorism we cause is built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc instead of Some Dude in a Basement doesn't make us any less guilty.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/us/politics/hate-crimes-american-muslims-rise.html?_r=0 The trend has alarmed hate crime scholars and law-enforcement officials, who have documented hundreds of attacks — including arsons at mosques, assaults, shootings and threats of violence — since the beginning of 2015. The latest major episode of anti-Muslim violence came last weekend, when an arsonist on a motorcycle started a fire that engulfed the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, Fla. “I hate ISLAM!” a former Marine named Ted Hakey Jr. wrote to a friend on Facebook after last November’s terrorist attacks in Paris. Hours later, in a drunken rampage, he fired a high-powered rifle four times into the mosque next door to his Connecticut home. In Minneapolis, a man shouting obscenities about Islam shot two Muslim men in traditional religious garb in June, the authorities said. Last month, an imam in Queens and his assistant were shot and killed execution-style on the sidewalk. The police here in Washington released a videotape in May of a woman who reportedly poured liquid on a Muslim woman after berating Islam and declaring that she was going to vote for Mr. Trump so that he could “send you all back where you came from.” So yeah... I would assume you wouldn't want to be lumped in with these people.... don't go around "telling the truth" about 1.6 billion people, who if they wanted you dead, you'd be dead already.

Oh, aren't they? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Defense_League#Terrorism On December 12, 2001, JDL leader Irv Rubin and JDL member Earl Krugel were charged with planning a series of bomb attacks against the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles In 2002, in France, attackers from Betar and Ligue de Défense Juive (LDJ) violently assaulted Jewish demonstrators from Peace Now, journalists, police officers (one of whom was stabbed), and Arab bystanders.[78] At least two of the suspects in the 2010 murder of a French Muslim Saïd Bourarach appeared to have ties to the French chapter of the JDL.[79] In 2011, Israeli daily Haaretz reported members of the "French branch of Jewish terror group coming to Israel 'to defend settlements'." In 2013, a French Arab man was critically injured in a "revenge attack" by LDJ, sparking calls for further attacks against the Jews and a condemnation of the militant group by the French Jewry umbrella group CRIF;[81] as of 2013, there have been least 115 violent incidents were attributed to LDJ "soldiers" since the group's registration in France in 2001, including many vigilante reprisals to antisemitic attacks In June 2014, two LDJ supporters were sentenced to prison in France for targeting the car of Jonathan Moadab, the Jewish co-founder of the blog "Cercle des Volontaires (Circle of Volunteers)", with a home-made bomb in September 2012.[83] In October 2015, around 100 people brandishing JDL flags, and Israeli flags and letting off flares attacked the Agence France Presse building in Paris. Around 12 of them, armed with batons, assaulted David Perrotin, a leading French journalist. All were linked to the Jewish Defense League (JDL). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Sikh_temple_shooting On August 5, 2012, a massacre took place at the gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where 40-year-old Wade Michael Page fatally shot six people and wounded four others.[3][4] Page committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after he was shot in the stomach by a responding police officer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_God_(United_States) Army of God (AOG) is a Christian terrorist organization that has engaged in the use of anti-abortion violence in the United States to fight against abortion. In addition to numerous property crimes, the group has committed acts of kidnapping, attempted murder, and murder.

I have my doubts about anyone who claims to be speaking "the truth" about/against any religion... and those same people would protest if their own religion was judged by the actions of a tiny minority.

" The $1,500 monthly fee covers insurance, registration, and maintenance of the vehicle. " You can't lease an Escalade Platinum for $1500 a month including insurance, $850 a month gets you the mid-range model. . And any S-Class with a $1500 a month lease that includes insurance is going to be a mid-range model at best. Also... you can get a new Escalade Platinum every week and still pay just the $1500 a month or switch to a CTS-V next week, or a CT6 Platinum Plug-In Hybrid for a long trip the week after. Can't do that in an S-Class lease for 39 months. More than likely, it will be sold to a subsidiary of GM, operated by them, but branded by Cadillac. It couldn't be sold new. It's like GM's car sharing service Maven.... it is its own company, but owned by GM and GM sells Maven the cars.

hmm.. I thought it was already gone.

I like the XTS looks. I like the air suspension. I like the V6 Turbo (not a fan of the base V6, not enough torque for such a heavy car with AWD). I like the space.

I dunno... but the current Vette platform is fantastic and would make an excellent basis for a new XLR with a proper Cadillac level interior in it.

I guess I'm the only one who likes the Continental, XTS, and CT6 in no particular order.

There is a suspension tuning difference between the Verano base and Verano Turbo. So just because you've driven a 2.4 doesn't mean you know the tuning of the 2.0t. Again I'm not saying it's GTI levels, but it's a lot better than people give the Verano credit for because they're just assuming base and turbo are the same suspension....They're not.

It was just another option. The Verano has more power and a slightly more premium feel due to the quiet of the interior. I'd put the GTI ahead on the material quality in some spots, but not all. The Verano isn't as sporty as the GTI, but still fairly sporty and has a comfort level the GTI won't match. Getting CPO Verano with the warranty pushed out to 100k miles isn't a bad deal either. Neither are bad choices.... It just comes down to preference.

3 different self driving Uber's in the same day.

What the heck is wrong with the Corvette platform? It's the king of the game for the price and a great baseline to start a Cadillac from.

Check your facebook messages....

Like the title says, What car did you come home from the hospital in when you were born? Myself: A brown Volkswagen Type III Wagon. I may be in the running for most obscure car for this list.

I would rather not get into the personal nature of some of this stuff in here.... but the pattern is there and it is that drastic... as I said, often the horrible happens on the same day as the great. Just yesterday is an excellent example for me.

The nice thing about the Verano is that they depreciate so fast you could get a really nice used Turbo model for cheap. Example kinda near you. You'd have it 50% paid off just from your settlement. And the turbos are far far better drivers than anyone ever gave them credit for. You want great power with a touch of Euro handling for cheap... there's your car.

Ah, I thought you were kinda in the region of the Camry / Subaru plant.

Yeah, but aren't you in the middle of Toyota land?