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  1. surreal1272
    If you don't mind leasing, the deals on the Volt really would save you money. Very true but I tend to keep my cars for more than a few years these days so financing one is not a big deal for me. True, but run the numbers. You usually get the full force of the tax credit built right in and GM likes leasing them. My friends ended up leasing theirs so cheap, the savings in fuel costs each month (they came from an old Pathfiner or 4Runner) completely covered the monthly leasing costs. It also only increased their electric bill about $35 a month. That's always good to know. Thanks.
  2. surreal1272
    If you don't mind leasing, the deals on the Volt really would save you money. Very true but I tend to keep my cars for more than a few years these days so financing one is not a big deal for me.
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    With my 24 mile round trip commute, five days a week, the Volt is the perfect kind of car for a guy like me. Would save me so much money in the long run.
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    Touts a truck line that doesn't have a compact or mid size entry plus the added complexity of Eco-Boost and aluminum (hence the large sum of money Ford spent setting up shop for aluminum) and criticizes the competition for having more choices? Only Wings.
  5. surreal1272
    Just make it a color matching spoiler because the black definitely look tacked on.
  6. surreal1272
    Oh it's just a pipe dream for sure because American tastes are so fickle that the word "wagon" just scares their vanity even though a CUV is nothing more than a taller and uglier wagon. One can always dream though.
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    My Magnum has given seven great years and my wife would kill me if I traded it for another car, but there is nothing that says I can't just park a Caddy wagon right next to it. About like this.
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    I'm going to be the weirdo and wish for another wagon variant of this. Yummy!
  9. surreal1272
    Agreed. I am not diesel fan but this is a real game changer in the mid size game for Chevy, a move they never would have even considered ten years ago.
  10. surreal1272
    Those 3.0s are V6s too so that is where the difference comes from. This is plenty for this truck and it will sell like hotcakes.
  11. surreal1272
    I'll take two please (and a winning lottery ticket to make that happen)!
  12. surreal1272
    4.2L I6. My brother had just moved back from Germany so the 5.3L would have been a bad idea. He collected three speeding ticket in six months in the I6. Took me a year to convince him he was no longer on the autobahn!
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    I'd like them to bring back the Trailblazer name as well. It may seem blasphemy because it will be a FWD/AWD CUV but a body on frame SUV but I think using a name with some recognition behind it will be very beneficial. That it would. I know they weren't much to look at on the inside but my brother still has his '03 and it has been rock solid.My dad had an Envoy(same thing) and the ONLY thing that went was the catalytic converter and I think he got rid of it around 120k. The only thing it didn't do very well at was fuel economy. That wasn't a very good era for SUV fuel economy. His also had the 4.2L I6. I wasn't a huge fan of the engine. It seemed to really need revs to work but that could have also been just the old tech 4spd trans. It was definitely the tranny on those. My brother's would straight up haul butt with very little gas pedal action. It is a big gas hog though.
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    I'd like them to bring back the Trailblazer name as well. It may seem blasphemy because it will be a FWD/AWD CUV but a body on frame SUV but I think using a name with some recognition behind it will be very beneficial. That it would. I know they weren't much to look at on the inside but my brother still has his '03 and it has been rock solid.
  15. surreal1272
    Although I know this will be considered blasphemy in some circles (what with SUVs like the Pathfinder becoming CUVs), it needs the Trailblazer name on it.
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    I obviously meant to say yukon, but my point stands compared to a top level. You know that same rule can be applied to the Expedition and the Navigator (which starts at $17K higher than a similarly equipped Expy) as well right? Just built a Navigator on the Lincoln site for almost $74K! Yikes!
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    zactly. Kind of a amazing that people will pay over $100K for truck axled SUV Well, Ford got away with Mustangs (namely GT500s) that pushed $60K with a live axle for years. That same Escalade has also bested the competition in many comparos so that live axle clearly isn't a big deal.
  18. surreal1272
    So you do realize the similarity in what you said about dial shifters and what people say about other folks who drive automatics instead of sticks right? Good thing I have plenty of manhood so that I'm not threatened by a little knob..... and I also don't need to make up for any lack of feeling by grabbing a big thick shift lever. Exactly. Very weak sauce being served when their are countless advantages to having a dial as opposed to a bulky shifter.
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    Do you drive a manual or automatic?
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    Seriously? Fact. All truck manufacturers have made misleading ads for years. This is nothing new here and that is what that silly article fails to acknowledge. Seriously? All truck manufacturers have made misleading ads for years. This is nothing new here and that is what that silly article fails to acknowledge. (re-posted since this is the same thing that a "guest" said).
  21. surreal1272
    The S is the only one available now and it is almost $20K more than the V at base price.
  22. surreal1272
    hmmm, so my 'yikes' sticker shock surprise was a complete mistake on my part and completely unfounded and you have now proven that, through many attempts I might add, and as far as you are concerned, you have now "closed the case." Thank you surreal, it's not the same without you policing my thoughts and expressions......but, my 'yikes' remains. It remains for the V and any other sedan that doubles or triples in price over a very competent base luxury sedan. Deal with that. Don't flatter yourself as I was not the only one who pointed out your flawed argument, unless you think everyone else is policing your thoughts as well. Can't wait until the GT comes out in 2017 so that we try your "yikes" argument on a $400K Ford.
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    @Wings--And your simple point is 100% unfounded when you compare it against the competition. I have already shown you the big difference in package price. Of course now you say that they are all overpriced yet never any mention about a certain overpriced $400K Ford whenever those conversations come up. That is a "yikes" for another day though. And you actually didn't prove Casa wrong either, unless you are taking his word that his numbers were right in the first place. Of the top ten depreciating cars of the last tens years, the TOP two are MB AMG models with the only Cadillac being the now gone STS-V. No mention of ANY generation CTS-V. http://jalopnik.com/5982789/the-most-depreciated-cars-of-the-past-ten-years And like Casa, those depreciation values for the AMG really start to tumble after the first two years, coincidentally when that maintenance free warranty runs out on the Benz. Now the case is closed.
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    Well said. The maintenance costs on just about any MB far outpaces any Cadillac, something Wings seems to conveniently ignore or forgets entirely. an 8.5% difference is nothing, especially when the Benz buyer initially paid 40% more for their car... What makes it worse is that U had SUCH A HUGE ISSUE with the price of the Cadillac, but are sitting there defending the more expensive Benz. What U seem to miss also is that in YEAR 2.. the Benz depreciation starts to accelerate even more so. Well, considering it was hypothetical anyway, just wanted to point out you were wrong. And really, I don't think expressing surprise with the word 'yikes' is having "SUCH A HUGE ISSUE" , but I will try and remember all this and just how sensitive some GM fans can be, in the future. Of course you wanted to point out that he was wrong instead of realizing the error of only going by one factor such as depreciation while ignoring the MUCH higher cost of ownership involved with owning the Benz.
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    Except that you can't drive two of them at the same time! Well back in the 90s someone made a Cadillac Eldorado with a Northstar engine in the back, they lengthened the trunk a little bit to make it fit. But the end result was 600 hp and 4 wheel drive and terrible handling. So If you bought two MKS, and like welded them together some how you could have 8 wheel drive and 700 hp. Well there you go!! Sign me up! Oh wait, there is the problem with parking that thing. Screw it! Sign me up anyway!
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