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look at the peuguot thread too........ its all the same!

LMAO......maybe a bit. i just had my ECU reflashed. I can honestly say the 500 gets around quite spritely now. Its cured the engine and throttle and tranny problems. Major difference in engine and transmission behavior. It actually absolutley flies on on ramps now too, since we'll have to call it a draw until we can drag. It would not be a stretch to say I have shortened my 0-60 by a half of a second.

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55,000 miles in 26 months, no problems.....well ok, one problem. Replaced a wheel bearing under warranty. That's it. otherwise, its probably been the best car we owned. We just put gas in it and drive it A LOT. It still has original tires and brakes. the tires may go to 65,000 miles. the interior flexibility is tremendous. its roomy and comfortable and quiet. The ride is very good. it gets good mpg for an SUV. it was inexpensive to buy. the interior is nicer than many vehicles today. The 3.4 v6 is gutsy in town, and they've got plenty of sound deadener in the thing, so its pretty quiet. The turning radius is tighter than many sedans. It feels solid like most north american GM products. Shame its not the best looking because it excels in everything we've asked it to so far. My wife loves it and will likely never want to get rid of it.

TTAC this should be interesting. i HATE the TTAC website. let's see what they have to say about my car. fair article overall. probably because it wasn't a Farago spouting off.

got me. i did drive the new 4.0 pacifica....its got grunt....but hey, its new for 07. the old pacificas are kind of pokey

the high performance version could be the commodore 64, and i bet it could play some kick ass games. i.e. i don't think the name would be a big hit

I suppose we'll be seeing F1 Kias soon now too.

its a compact SUV...you get the panache of an SUV, cargo/utility but better handling and gas mileage than the true old style SUV's. You get to sit high, have a big rear cargo area to take sh1t home from Pier One and Crate and Barrel or Abercrombie, and 'Jenny' feels so safe driving one! again, for many folks, sedans are dead. some folks will only buy SUV's now and this is the smallest kind of luxury SUV you can get....even if it does weigh as much as a CTSv but it gets worse mileage with half the hp.

you mean all the ones without Hemis, right? Cause if its a DCX car and ain't got a hemi, it probably will be pretty gutless under the hood.

that's on par with my own best 'pro mitsubishi' rants. bravo.

Har would be so proud

ford ought to put Megan Mulally in something racy on some ads and watch those stocks rise. Leave Alan in the board room.

she's lucky to have such a good person watching out for her.

even tho I'm the brunt.......I don't quite get it. dodgefan, here's to a safe trip. -edit- OH, i get it. now. nah, I leave the good ones...don't want to scar them.

oh dear. I am tingling!

just sayin'........ i just don't get how a CTSv gets better mpg. the RDX had two mag tests with under 14 mpg.

the best car test i ever had was an 04 (i think) CTS with the 3.2 and manual. I loved that car. the same day I drove a 325i non sport pkg and i didn't like as much as the CTS.

good sir, that'd be worth an entire topic on its own

so i am re-reading a recent road and track last night. THEIR RDX test, it only got 13.2 mpg. in same issue was a CTSv long term test....that got 15.6 mpg i think. same weight.......2wice as much usable power. 2wice as many cylinders. and Honda is so great at mpg?

i bet that 500's suspension made a loud nasty thunk when it hit it. like it got damaged. LOL

this ties in to exactly what I was saying on another thread today. Cadillac can only go so high in terms of their actual prices compared to the Mercedes etc. equivalents. 10k discounts are typical on DTS and STS this time of year. that's why caddy still has to try for some sales volume instead of being low volume with high prices.

its still hard to sell 50,000 dollar cadillacs without 10,000 off msrp discounts, so i just don't feel cadillac can bank on getting the same transaction prices as Mercedes, etc. anytime soon. I'm just being realistic. Even if caddy's efforts were equal in every way to the big dogs there still be a perception gap that would take ten years to make up. Therefore, in order to exist they need to sell at some higher volume and a bit cheaper. gradually over time they can get their prices up, after all the import humping type a 'i hate America except for what I can skim out of the corporate profits for myself' baby boomers die.

i've heard people say, do not expect to get more than 2-3 years out of a laptop. sad but true i think.