surreal1272

No base model mid size car starts at 200 HP. Which is why the Malibu should have. It would be #1. It's going to be 300 lbs. lighter. That's a much bigger deal than some extra HP.

No base model mid size car starts at 200 HP.

This discussion would go a lot further if people would just stop passing off their feelings as fact. Wait until the car comes out and is test driven. Then state your feelings. This is one thing I hate about upcoming cars. They bring out all these feelings and speculations that really mean diddly squat, in the grand scheme of things.

From the side, all I see is a shorter version of this...

You have to consider that it is also much lighter than the outgoing model (by 200lbs. if I'm not mistaken) so I don't think the power "loss" will be a big deal at all. As far as sales, they will mostly certainly pick up. How much, is anyone's guess.

Actually, you read that wrong. Instead, you were one of the two who voted to NOT show past history with voting habits. See kids! Reading comprehension can be fun AND educational!

migration... yeah...its almost that sad time of the year around here where the birds fly south... But...Football and Hockey season is almost here...and THAT alone is worth the leaves changing colour, the ghosts and goblins asking for candy and the birds leaving for a warmer climate. Don't forget half of your fellow Canadians migrating to my neck of the woods (Phoenix, AZ) over the next month or so. Makes the "wonderful" traffic here that much more fun. From what part of Canada? Because Quebecois go to Florida starting from November. True. We get mostly the Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan snowbirds but I have seen some Quebec tags up and down the I-10 here. Haven't done Barrett Jackson yet. It is pricey as hell and up until a few weeks ago, I never had weekends off to go to it anyway. May try for it next year though if I can convince my bossman to hook me up on a few tickets. If I go, I going to need a bib to hold back the constant drooling that will take place.

That's been my point for a while but honestly, after some time to think on it, I would say just leave it as it is. Revealing names will just start a s*** storm which would ruin an otherwise great site.

migration... yeah...its almost that sad time of the year around here where the birds fly south... But...Football and Hockey season is almost here...and THAT alone is worth the leaves changing colour, the ghosts and goblins asking for candy and the birds leaving for a warmer climate. Don't forget half of your fellow Canadians migrating to my neck of the woods (Phoenix, AZ) over the next month or so. Makes the "wonderful" traffic here that much more fun.

Insert keyword "available", end of discussion. Oh and Cadillac is planning on a V series Escalade, so there goes another asinine assumption of yours out the window.

Of course a car enthusiast publication would say that. That does not change the fact that MB will have more FWD vehicles down the pipeline and that your average buyer doesn't care about the FWD vs. RWD, unless you live in snow country of course. Guess which one sells more there? Hint, it's not RWD cars.

The banking plays a HUGE part in pulling those Gs.

Its still a Mercedes with FWD, making your post just pure trolling. Think it will be the last FWD Mercedes? Not likely in this day and age. Mark my words.

Which puts it in good company with the MB CUVs out there, which are also front wheel drive.

Show me one "redneck" driving near $100K Z06. Don't worry. I'll wait. Olds is right. That was a back handed compliment with no merit. Silly comparison as the Vette is still offered at barely $50K new and Chevrolet still has plenty of $30K Camaros. It's called "choices" and it's a good thing.

Honestly, this just shows me that the CTS is on the right track. When writers are left to quibble about purely the subjective stuff, then Cadillac must be doing something right.

No PR fluff? Well crap Bong! That is just useless!

Funny, during the "Got a Hemi" ads, I don't seem to recall molar fanboys constantly posting Mopar and Hemi PR articles to show their allegiance and constantly shove down other posters throats, whether they wanted to see it or not. That is a CLEAR difference between fretting about some ads and fretting about someone's non-stop PR push. Clear difference.

So yeah...You're just a basher who has double standard. Thread after thread, and ones that have no relation to Ford, you somehow try to deflect and bash Ford, while remain mum on FCA that your whining over Ford for. I've never seen someone so desperate to bash and be negative. You really didn't read a thing he said did you?

Whatever you have to tell yourself. You have made more assumptions about me the past few weeks that I can shake a stick at so I am just merely returning the favor. Tell me again how I only go after certain Ford fans again, while ignoring the fact that I have also gone after Casa (GM), Tonavi (Toyota), XFists (Toyota), Apex_Alex (Toyota and general lunatic) in the past. I have been on those threads for years so when you only try to reference the recent past (like you have), you just make yourself look foolish. That is the 100% truth because that is what you have done. Hypocritcal posts.. "returning the favor" is the same thing as admiting to being hypocritical. I don't recall saying you only go after one Ford fan. I recall saying you love to argue, start arguments, continue arguments, argue just to argue.. all of the above.. Oh I'm sorry that I only look at what I've been around for.. How foolish of me to not dig into the archives to check our posting history against other people. Oh how foolish of me.. My apologies..Sincere Sincere apologies. Oh god father who's the most right about everyone please forgive me.. You pointed out me going after Wings, Bill, and Stang, all of them Ford fans. Just stop already with the condescending bull$h! ccap. You know full well what I am talking about when you go around and try to make assumptions about me. Is it just in your nature to NOT accept responsibility for what you have done? The point is that you don't know $h! about me so stop trying to assume what you know about me. Seriously, I am done discussing this with you or Wings. Now, we can all either agree to disagree and try to act like actual adults around here, or you can continue on with this BS. The choice is yours but I am effectively done explaining a damn thing to you. This quote from you on the previous page is why I call you on things. " Harassing PMs are your "MO" and will not be tolerated in the future. And please stop acting like you have some honor around here with that "So post it. That was my original intention, but I chose not to degrade threads." non sense. You didn't post it here because you knew it would get you in trouble, not because of what you "chose". That is the biggest joke of all and I'll tell you why. Who in their right mind would send a condescending PM to someone who has clearly expressed no interest in hearing from you whatsoever? Only a narcissist like yourself apparently." The underlined pieces are 100% exactly what you've done to me. Couldn't have been described any better. You've sent me 6 aggressive/harassing/threatening/however one would like to describe them, PMs. Whatever you have to tell yourself. Again, I'm done explaining the difference in the very context of those PMs you are choosing to ignore. Don't worry ccap. You can go on acting like you don't know what I'm talking about and try to turn this on me but it ain't happening because you are not worth it and I have more important things to worry about than you. Sorry for all the commotion Drew. Moving along...

Whatever you have to tell yourself. You have made more assumptions about me the past few weeks that I can shake a stick at so I am just merely returning the favor. Tell me again how I only go after certain Ford fans again, while ignoring the fact that I have also gone after Casa (GM), Tonavi (Toyota), XFists (Toyota), Apex_Alex (Toyota and general lunatic) in the past. I have been on those threads for years so when you only try to reference the recent past (like you have), you just make yourself look foolish. That is the 100% truth because that is what you have done. Hypocritcal posts.. "returning the favor" is the same thing as admiting to being hypocritical. I don't recall saying you only go after one Ford fan. I recall saying you love to argue, start arguments, continue arguments, argue just to argue.. all of the above.. Oh I'm sorry that I only look at what I've been around for.. How foolish of me to not dig into the archives to check our posting history against other people. Oh how foolish of me.. My apologies..Sincere Sincere apologies. Oh god father who's the most right about everyone please forgive me.. You pointed out me going after Wings, Bill, and Stang, all of them Ford fans. Just stop already with the condescending bull$h! ccap. You know full well what I am talking about when you go around and try to make assumptions about me. Is it just in your nature to NOT accept responsibility for what you have done? The point is that you don't know $h! about me so stop trying to assume what you know about me. Seriously, I am done discussing this with you or Wings. Now, we can all either agree to disagree and try to act like actual adults around here, or you can continue on with this BS. The choice is yours but I am effectively done explaining a damn thing to you.

Wishing you and your family all the best, Parkinson's, dementia, and Alzheimer seems to be hitting the baby boomers hard. Never fun on anyone and I agree these are not to be wished on anyone even enemies. Education is the great equalizer that allows us to all have our say and still live on this planet together peacefully. No doubt. The worst part has been the dementia side of this. With Parkinsons, every patient is different. Most people see Michael J. Fox and think that is what Parkinsons is and its not. My dad doesn't get the shakes like Fox but he has many other symptoms. That is what makes Parkinsons treatment very difficult to assess. It is different with each patient. He is only 71 and it has killed me to see him struggle like this and it has taken a serious toll on my family. It is even worse when they are 2200 miles away (they are in NC while I'm Arizona). Again, I would not wish this on my worst enemy. Thanks again for the well wishes Dfelt.

Anyway, yesterday was a stressful one. Was feeling very ill on my stomach and then I get a call from my family back east regarding my dad. He has been battling Parkinsons for a few years now (very late diagnosis) and was complaining of chest pains (a side effect of some his meds apparently) and that put me in a bad space. Fortunately, everything turned out okay and his heart and blood pressure checked out okay. This has been a hard fight for a man that has worked his tail off for half a century, only to retire and two years later, get saddled with this horrible disease. It is no joke and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. It has prompted me to get checked out more often, since there are genetic links. Sorry to unload the baggage but that is my no so random thought today.

Antifan (your forum name in other sites, because you loathe anyone having a preference) , You did in fact focus on me in a few threads, completely off topic, because of my simple bias for a brand. Others even commented on you doing just that, and I recall up-voting at least 2 individuals for their remarks to you suggesting where your focus was, so please don't deny it. We all have eyes. So as the mods suggest, focus on the topic.....not the OP. Look, you are the one that keeps bringing up the one single PM I sent that apparently was so horrific, you reported it to the mods. And the minute you asked me if I wanted you to post it, I had to call you out on it, and now you back pedal. Why? Because you know I am right. And regarding that PM, the theme was a simple award nomination, to you, done in a humorous manner (albeit a slight to you) suggesting your efforts for great thread contributions are appreciated. I believe their was a slight recognition for when your grammar skills go south, when you are angry. That's about it. And I did it in PM, to avoid this drudgery, which of course found it's way back into threads in the first place. So again, post it, prove me wrong. Because at the end of the day, the worst thing I did here, was send you a PM joke that rubbed you wrong, and you can't stop whining about it. You are so utterly clueless and have played the victim car so many times Wings, you don't know your up from your down. That PM is merely the latest in the number of trolling acts you have pulled with me and many others at many different sites. It got you banned from a few of them yet you continue to exhibit the same behavior while wondering why you are being "picked on". You keep living that delusional life where you never do anything wrong and accept no responsibility for your behaviors but everyone else knows better. That is what bothers you the most and you know it. And for the last time, people who wish the other one would "just die" on one site, do not send "joke" PMs. You sent that to be a harassing asshole and you know it. Only in your narcissistic mind, would you think you were "joking" with someone who doesn't give two fistfuls of cat crap what you think. Not sure why you can't seem to get that through your thick skull.