G. David Felt
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This makes sense to simplify the product line and standardize the style look on the new design language. I have to say they are still giving allot of value for the money.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/harley-davidson-to-close-us-factory-as-sales-slide-2018-01-30 Yup not a pretty read but clearly you can tell they are cleaning up and simplifying operations here in the US and expanding overseas to support a more global diverse manufacturing system to offset the whole tradeware / Tariffs BS. Totally Makes SMART BUSINESS SENSE! Harley needs to get the EV Bike "Live Wire" up for sale if they want to get younger new riders. Heck this old rider would buy a Live Wire bike, the only thing Harley would have that interests me. The rest of the product line is just old garbage to me.
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We'll more and more evidence that we are heading towards a bear market. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-next-bear-market-in-stocks-will-spark-a-retirement-crisis-2018-06-27 Social Security has started to tap trust funds that will run out by 2034. Medicare has increased using trust funds that are expected to be depleted by 2026. End result is both programs are expected to be insolvent and the gov continues to increase spending on defense over taking care of the country. 10,000 baby boomers retire every day making this an even bigger uglier mess. We are in the 10th year by some of a bull market that has quadrupled since March 2009 with an average 17.5% return, outpacing the prior 89 years of a 10% average growth by S&P 500. A correction is over due. 401K's have been pushed to their highest level ever, but over half of retires will not be able to afford basic expenses in retirement. Pension funds by feds, state, county and cities not to mention private companies will see major hits as they are greatly underfunded and a bear market could force many of them to become bankrupt liabilities that will destroy people counting on their pensions. Corporate tax cuts and go for broke spending of the current administration and political groups in DC has guaranteed Trillions in budget deficits for the next 10-20 years at a time that interest rates are rising. Federal Reserve added $3 trillion to it's balance sheet to deal with the last depression / recession has no room to address the next one. This means rate cutting will not happen and central banks will not be able to buy up bonds. Many have prepared for this, but more often than not many more have not. Paying down debt and saving is a must for everyone.
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Went to a local auto shop that is well known for quality work as my daughters AC system has to be replaced and recharged. They had some beautiful American Iron there being worked on. Buick Beauty Fords
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You clearly have not talked to the bulk or type of people that are buying JGC. They DO NOT CARE about 0-60 times, they care about if it gets them from point A to B and safely with their tech toys. My son is a perfect example, when he was shopping to replace his Jeep Patriot that he loved but was starting to have issues at 81,000 miles he test drove a JGC with a V8 and loved it, but the cost and gas mileage for commuting to work and doing his kind of active lifestyle did not justify him spending the money when the V6 was fast enough to get on the freeway and merge, roomy for him and his girlfriend and did everything he wanted it to do. The 0 - 60 Time crowd is less than 1% of the population and even smaller among auto enthusiast like here on C&G. As @Cubical-aka-Moltar points out, JGC has the Trackhawk and Trailhawk to deal with those crowds and it does it well. XT4 related and I do admit to being partly to blame for going off into the weeds with full size SUVs, the XT4 will NOT compete against the Compass, Terrain, Equinox or many other CUV's out there. What would be interesting is to see a chart if anyone has the time to dig up a comparison of the XT4 to the X3, GLA, Q3, etc. Yet so many websites say the competition is the Acura RDX, Infiniti QX50, Audi Q5, BMW X3, Mercedes-benz GLC, so a hunting I went and found on the website "The Car Connection the following comparison: Weird, the saved picture is much bigger than what is shown above. Here is the website link: https://www.thecarconnection.com/compare/cadillac_xt4_2019_choices
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My 1994 GMC Suburban SLE all cleaned up and ready for the summer.
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Potus 45 does not care, he only cares about becoming a dictator of America and increasing his own wealth at everyone else's expense. We all know that Trade Wars never make things better. This is part of the upcoming recession brought to you by the 1% club that does not care. What I worry about is that this is going to bring about a new global caste system. There seems to be more and more that want a global socialist system and more and more of the elite power pack that wants a caste system. Sadly Democracy and freedom is the loser here. When a daughter of a president earns 82 million estimated in a year that she is also supposedly working for the american people, clearly conflicts of interest no longer seem to be an impeachable offense. Our system has become corrupt all the way to the top and this brings about what we now see here in a trade war that will cost many jobs beyond the auto industry. Trickle up reaction is what will happen, as jobs are lost, companies close and we could enter our 3rd great depression since the 2nd great depression of 2007 to 2012. Added note: One of the worlds largest Tech companies is going to consolidate their excessive overlapping storage portfolio to clean house on the best of small, medium, large and Enterprise storage. I estimate they will lay off about 30-40 thousand tech workers as they retire old block storage. These people are going to be out by the end of the year searching for jobs at a time that this Tradewar is killing jobs.
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LOL I can imagine you having to climb up and in. I just lift my wife into them all the time, but then she loves sitting up higher. For me even in my lifted suburban I still just slide in, but then I do have side steps for everyone else getting into the suburban. Love the ground clearance and my wife is the one that always tells people they drive like a car as she find them very easy to drive and nothing like what people tend to think of being that old 3 point truck lock to lock turn around in a parking lot. I think @Drew Dowdell Nailed it with his statement: "Their ease of driving far exceeds common expectations. "
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Pass, cool car, but pass, many other options that are better out there I think.
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Saw these all the time going to college in Kobe Japan, but mostly I just see the same Skylines running around Seattle. Not much else.
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Sweet, not enough comics with hot looking ladies! Very cool, thanks for posting
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Have they done all the stated maintenance on their H2? Hate to say it but I have had enough experience with the H2 that you do need to follow the service schedule otherwise it can leave you stranded. I also agree with you a newer Tahoe / Suburban would be better even a CPO version. Good to see the GL450 video, yup that can do the same as the Escalade. Now just need to produce it in an ESV version and they will have a competitor to it. Yes I know the GL450 will compete with the standard Escalade, but they do not have an ESV competitor yet.
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True not much demand for not a true EV auto. The A3 eTron is like a VOLT but much worse battery pack range and gas mileage. I will be honest that they should have just waited to make a better product. Pure EV mode is only 30 miles and with the gas generator you get 580 miles total of range. It is also a 4 door hatchback which Americans are really not a fan of. As such the low sales numbers. The CUV eTron being a pure EV auto should be different.
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Here is Toyota's info on the Century product line from the begining: http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/vehicle_lineage/car/id60010388/index.html Here is the actual Japanese Toyota website for the car and I have to say that I would easily put this up against the S-class from Mercedes-benz. https://toyota.jp/century/?padid=ag341_tjptop_topmv_century_car The craftsmanship is amazing and I bet it would outlast at a much lower cost of ownership than compared to the S-class. Love it in this wine color 7 different interior color combos that are standard without going custom. Even quality cloth is available.
