Drew Dowdell

incorrect and incorrect. 1. LT-1... in the Roadmaster and Fleetwood, one the the smoothest, quietest engines you could buy. 2. If you hadn't noticed, GM is consolidating engine lines. They are throwing their money at the HF family because of tools like you who whine about DOHC incessantly.

So Cadillac's is right in line.

bad run through Babblefish I'm sure.

There ya go... export market for Idaho.

Really? I guess I didn't get that point. I always thought the point of buying a car like this was to show everyone how big your pe...... uh... cucumber is.

it'll probably sell well though because it's alone in it's segment.

What a wonder is a gun! What a versatile invention! First of all, when you've a gun- *click* Everybody pays attention. And all you have to do Is squeeze your little finger. Ease your little finger back- You can change the world. Whatever else is true, You trust your little finger. Just a single little finger Can change the world.

and notice how well they've managed to copy Honda.

Or, we could... ya know... invest in new, clean, renewable technology.

Well isn't that Special.

hey, I'm all for smart metering and smart thermostat control. Smart metering isn't available in my area. I've been looking into home automation for a while now as a way to control utility costs. Left the house and left a light on? Log on to your house's webpage and turn it off. I have the web on my phone. Not going home right after work? Change the web thermostat so that the place heats up later. Timers can't do that. I already have the desire <as do many others> to control my utility usage. What I don't want is the utilities controlling my usage.

it's missing the bowtie for one....

"Willkommen nach Deutschland" Those three words will never sound so sweet.

Ok... sort of like Mod Points over at Slashdot. from what I can see the IPBoard software doesn't support it... but that's with a 2 minute skim through. If you know of another site using RepPoints that runs this same IPBoard software, let me know.

would help if we knew what you were talking about....

Yay! Sonacamcord6 for everyone! GM should remember and take care of the people who love the company the most. GM needs to think and to innovate. The fact that GM has FlexFuel, a few different flavors of hybrids, direct injection, diesel, etc and then throws up it's hands and says "f@#k it! We'll never get to 35mpg" even though the due date is 12 years away is FAIL of epic proportions. A Zeta based Impala with the 2.9 liter diesel getting 35mpg highway and marketed right would do extremely well. It's all off the shelf parts. Why can't FlexFuel and 2-mode be combined in one vehicle? When are we getting an engine like the one in the Biopower concept? Why can't the new 4.3 diesel be used in cars? Capacity?? Stop building the damn 3800 and start building the engines we want! I know you hear a lot of armchair CEOing around here, but none of us are suggesting GM use technology that it doesn't already have. Why do these things seem so obvious to us, but so far fetched to GM?

What'd I do?

Bluetech does 23/32... keep that in mind.

The dealer will be more than happy to charge you $12,000 for 4 years maintenance and 12 years rust protection if you're that worried about it and must have a car that is priced the same as the BMW. Do you ever realize the idiocy of what you're saying... or are we just wasting bandwidth here?

A new, unrelated, Chevy FTW. So I'm driving down a 3 lane commercial highway when I hear this loud burble-burble. Up comes this tool in a previous gen Golf with about 400lbs of body mods and a fart can exhausts. From the *sound* of it, it was a standard 4-cylinder, I heard no turbo and.. well it sounded like a 4banger. He's being an idiot making all sorts of "look at me" noises with is fart can. I'm in the Avalanche at the light in the left lane, Golf Tool is in the center lane, and up pulls Gramps* in the right lane in a black current generation Impala SS. Golf tool is sitting there reving his engine but I don't know who he was aiming for because I'm in a truck and why would you pick a fight with some old guy. I'm sure you can see where this is going. Light changes to green and Golf-tool has surprisingly good reaction time and takes off out in front. Gramps wakes up and realizes what's going on and decides to throw the hammer down. Golf tool gets pwned. I'm following behind in the truck, not even trying, watching the whole scene and laughing. The 3 of us make it to the next light. Golf tool is irritated now and decides to try it again. Only this time Gramps is completely awake from his nap. Light changes green and they're both off.... The Impala SS is barking it's tires but he still pwns Golf tool again. Golf tool runs off down the commercial highway while Gramps and I take the on ramp to the interstate. I get up next to Gramps and give him a thumbs up... which he returns with a smile. *Basically, Lutz with darker hair.

not a compliment.

1. Available at your Cadillac dealer 2. A quick google search for "surround sound CD" and the first hit I come up with for a place that sells them is on page 3. I guarantee none of your current CDs have surround. - Red Herring 3. I hate these things, I wouldn't even want a manual one. 4. Red Herring - wear driving gloves... it's far classier. 5. I suppose ok on this one, Lincoln had it in the LS. I would be a minor upgrade that Cadillac could charge tools like you extra for. 6. You know, Cadillac used to offer heads up displays... before BMW or Mercedes ever did. They got blasted in the press for them... I'm not surprised they're a bit shy about including them even though they're cool now that BMW and Benz are doing them. I guess Cadillac should go back to column shift also. 7. eh 8. I suppose this is the reason I hate upper end BMW drivers yaking on the phone and drifting in and out of their lanes. shut up and drive. The visibility out of the CTS is already excellent and the mirrors are large. use your eyes. 9. My CTS came with a first aid kit... I dunno if it was dealer supplied or what, but I have it. The tool kit is what the blue OnStar button is for. 10. The seats fit me right the first time. Like Ron Popeil, I set it and forget it. 11. no thanks, pre-paid maintenance plans are notoriously a rip off. I'll take the $5k off the purchase price thanks. Cool that you fell for it though. 12. How many people are actually going to take their BMW in for rust repair after 11 years....? I mean come on. It's probably the 3rd owner by then and the warranty is invalid anyway. 13. fine, I'll give you this one... it really could use a telescoping wheel. 14. complete red-herring 15. Has it. 16. yeah, they could put a 380hp V8 in... or they could put a better performing, 400hp, V8 from the previous generation CTS-V and tune it more for luxury over sport. 17. already have a 2.9 liter diesel being built, just not yet certified for the US. 18. I will put up the GM 5-speed or 6-speed up against any of the 7 or 8 speeds from the competition in terms of reliability or smoothness. 19. So... wait... even though none of the competition offers both diesel and hybrid.... Cadillac has to offer both... just to stay even? How many times were you dropped on your head as a child?

because they share the same idiotic notions you do that price dictates class rather than size, performance, and features.

Oh no... I was off by 1 in each category if you include cars that aren't even in production.... I was only counting cars but fine. Escalade Hybrid. Isn't it telling that even to an enthusiast the GS400h is so forgettable? Cadillac is already producing a CTS diesel. It is just not yet certified for sale in the US.