G. David Felt

My dad was in the commercial side of the Refrigeration business. So Cold storage warehouses for the fruit farms in Eastern Washington to flash freezing units for the Alaska fishing fleet that births at Fisherman's terminal here in Seattle and canneries from Seattle to Dutch Harbor Alaska in the Aleutian Islands and processing ships all use heavy gauge steel and welding.

That is interesting, never seen a 110 mig before, cool. Glad you can run it on all local 100 power. It could be that my machine and how I grew up was due to my dad being in the commercial side of refrigeration and as such he always would buy the tools from his supplier that they bought for the shop in Seattle. As such, he had 220 / 30 amp twist locks installed in our garage and I have always had them too. What I grew up used to using.

The only reason I mention retro is how flat and vertical the whole dash is, really reminds me of the luxury cars of the 80's. Rest of it is clearly 21st century new. Nice but I like the 21st century curve of the Cadillac dash way better. Course if you or anyone else wants to buy me an A8, I promise I will happily accept it.

@lengnert If cadillac would just take this car and produce it they would win a bunch of customers for the Personal Luxury Coupe Market. If they feel El Miraj is too Muslim sounding, then use Eldorado and call it a day! I think Lincoln and Cadillac would have winner winner chicken dinner on their hands 5 stars if they built these cars.

Washington state Dishwashers are CODE. They have to have a proper hard line for the drain and hard wired to a resettable circuit breaker box under the sink. So here you have to buy the dishwasher even if you do not want to use it as code for the house building in Washington is there has to be one, hard plumbed and hard wired in. I am fine with the Hard wired 220V 30amp circuit plug in the garage as it can be used by more than just an EV charger unit. I know many folks have hobbies and if your into wood working or metal work, many large equipment machines will use that outlet. Growing up I have always had 220V 30 amp twist lock outlets in the garage. Makes it easy to plug in the Line fed welder. ?

USB Outlets, at least here in Washington, you can now get a 10 pack of the above for $100 dollars, flip the circuit breaker and replace them all where ever you want in the house. Here a Phillips screwdriver and 5-10 minutes per outlet to convert. My 1952 house has them all throughout. In 1999 when I bought it and gutted the house to the studs, I also put in plenum tubing so every room has gigabit hard wired network access. Faster than WiFi. Planned for the future. My garage has 220V 30AMP so I just have to get a Charger unit with the 220V twist lock to plug in and yes I can take it with me or you can have it hard wired. Your choice at least here in Washington State. Tesla now offers their home charger with the Twist lock plug so you can take your charger with you where ever you move. That has become one of the standards, so as long as you have the required 220V 30AMP outlet, you are EV ready.

@smk4565 That looks so 80's retro with a 21st century twist for Audi: I would rather take Cadillac over the nice mess above.

@balthazar To quote our resident EV hater Blu, you do realize that the argument is a slippery slop that can be applied to Electricity, door locks, water lines in the house, etc. At one time we all started out with only a wood roof and walls around us and then as others added windows, indoor plumbing and electricity, everyone else wanted it too. Might be 2% now but especially in areas, AKA West Coast so many more have it that a number of folks moving into the area for jobs are also looking for homes that are EV/PHEV plug-in ready. So a $500 220 charger in the Garage and a $500 dishwasher in the kitchen. Not everyone will use either one or both some might ignor both all together so then why have the dishwasher in the house? At this point I get what you are saying in an area with low use and not much support or stated requirement from the GOV, why have it. Yet in areas that have large EV / PHEV Plug-in ownership, it makes sense to have it and require it.

We think alike, I would rather drive and see the country than fly unless large bodies of water to cross. Cruising is nice but unless you have a number of islands to at least visit every other day, seeing the same Beluga whales on the ship attempting to get brown when all they do is turn lobster red is boring. I am not a shopper or gambler, so like you, skip Vegas and see the grand canyon and all the cool stuff to do there. Since the skywalk opened, I want to return to visit and see what it is like to be so far up in the air and look straight down. Should be very freaky cool with the floor of the Grand Canyon at 1,160 feet and the Skywalk is at 4,770 feet. Should make for some crazy high views looking down. I am sure my wife and mother would have a hard time walking it if at all as they are afraid of heights or what science calls Acrophobia.

Ya Need to do a road trip to Seattle. Easy 18hr drive. Go through some lovely areas like Glacier National park in Montana, Wine Country around Lake Chelan in Eastern Washington and the Greater Puget sound area. Makes the trip so easy in a full size SUV.

Investment is always good news, usually some additional jobs too. Maybe some transfers from closing plants.

@balthazar @Drew Dowdell Laws are an exact copy of California and Oregon also has the same ones on the books. I have not included all of them as hunting down the exact specific places is numerous, but all the new homes built in my neighborhood on the old elementary school yard have 220 chargers in the garage. Since it is small change in the monthly payment of a house, these $600K to $850K dollar homes are advertised as EV ready. WAC 51-50-0427 Section 427—Electric vehicle charging infrastructure. 427.1 Scope. The provisions of this section shall apply to the construction of new buildings serving Group B, Group R-1 hotel and motel only, and Group R-2 occupancies. 427.2 Required electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Where parking is provided, five percent of parking spaces shall be provided with electric vehicle charging infrastructure in compliance with Sections 427.3, 427.4 and 427.5. When the calculation of percent served results in a fractional parking space, the applicant shall round up to the next whole number. EXCEPTION: Group R and Group B occupancies served by less than 20 on-site parking spaces. 427.3 Electrical room(s). Electrical room(s) serving parking areas shall be designed to accommodate the electrical equipment and distribution required to serve a minimum of 20 percent of the total parking spaces with 208/240 V 40-amp electric vehicle charging infrastructure. 427.4 Electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure shall be installed meeting one of the following requirements: 1. A minimum number of 208/240 V 40-amp, electric vehicle charging stations required to serve the parking spaces specified in section 427.2. The electric vehicle charging stations shall be located to serve spaces designated for parking and charging electric vehicles, or 2. Additional service capacity, space for future meters, panel capacity or space for additional panels, and raceways for future installation of electric vehicle charging stations. The service capacity and raceway size shall be designed to accommodate the future installation of the number of 208/240 V 40-amp, electric vehicle charging stations specified in section 427.2. The raceway shall terminate at spaces designated for parking and charging electric vehicles in the future. Where designated electric vehicle charging locations serve exterior on-grade parking spaces that are located more than 4 feet from a building, raceways shall be extended below grade to a pull box in the vicinity of the designated future electric vehicle charging locations or stub above grade in the vicinity of the designated future electric vehicle charging locations, protected from vehicles by a curb or other device. EXCEPTION: In lieu of surface-mounted raceway between the electrical panel and the designated electric vehicle charging locations, it is permitted to provide permanent markings indicating the pathway for future raceway, and one-inch diameter capped sleeves through each wall and floor assembly that are penetrated along that route. This pathway and the locations of capped sleeves shall also be indicated on the electrical plans. Raceway shall be installed for any portion of the pathway located below slabs, below grade, or within floor, wall or roof assemblies. 427.5 Electric vehicle charging infrastructure for accessible parking spaces. When electric vehicle charging infrastructure is required, one accessible parking space shall be served by electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The electric vehicle charging infrastructure may also serve adjacent parking spaces not designated as accessible parking. [Statutory Authority: RCW 19.27.031 and 19.27.074. WSR 16-03-064, § 51-50-0427, filed 1/19/16, effective 7/1/16.] We also have the approved Washington state electric vehicle action plan that covers 2015 to 2020. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/28559EF4-CD9D-4CFA-9886-105A30FD58C4/0/WAEVActionPlan2014.pdf Page 32 & 33 cover having homes to businesses, all new constructions is EV charger ready. So circuit breaker to wiring. This was from our state wide building code updates and took effect in 2015: https://des.wa.gov/about/news-media-center/washington-state-building-code-council-updates-state-codes QUOTE: Electric vehicle charging stations: New apartment, office and hotel buildings that have parking lots will be required to put infrastructure in place that supports electric vehicle charging stations. Local PSE or Puget Sound Energy our state supplier of electricity has a web site dedicated to the EV home charging: https://www.pse.com/pages/electric-cars I say go for the suburban size SUV.

Very interesting, I am loving the names that are back on Lincoln. I honestly think Cadillac would do well to go back to names on their auto's. Leave the Alphabet soup on the ICE versions, but for the EV versions go back to names.

You should check your template your using, we had problems with the custom one and @Drew Dowdell had opened a ticket, since then, I went back to the default one and no problems like that.

Very true, Washington, Oregon and California actually require in all new home construction that EV chargers are now installed in the Garage. New Apartment and Condo units have to include charging areas. So in this case, you retro fit the older homes or use public charging stations or move to a new home/apartment/condo if you want an EV charger.

Now that reminds me of an EV! I wonder if Rivian took inspiration from it.

I really hope not as the Crossover Coupe is so over done and ugly. Tired of the loss of headroom, space, etc to a stupid design trend.

Love the SL from MB but this has always been a hatchet job and pathetic HP for a Twin Turbo V6, I would have expected over 400 HP for a TTV6 motor. I am fine with this going, yes I get it that another enthusiast auto is gone, but I suspect we will have other superior EV options coming down the road. Time to let the 2 person sports car take a breath before you get more new models.

Agree, from what I have seen the Blazer is pretty much like all other over priced low end CUVs from all vendors. My gut tells me the Blazer is NOT going to do as well as they think due to the WRONG pricing.

Wish there was an easy way for the end user to flash the Nav / radio system and reload the operating system easily. That should be standard in this day and age of technology.

Yup, I think the Trackhawk is a bit overpriced too, but then most of us have talked about the V8 powered Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk at $45K compared to this Blazer.

Yup, those are the CARB Vapor Recovery nozzles and depending on the auto, some are a pain in the ass to fuel with as they do shutoff when not properly sealed. I hate them and look forward to the EV day when pumps are gone. @Drew Dowdell What issues are you having with the Encore?

Very true, but I have to question how small we go on ICE auto's before the interior room is just not worth the price they ask for the auto.

Yea, just double checked and realized I had the 1999 octane levels, now in 2019, 87,89,91