We owned this very same model.

I’d want to test the traction battery due to its age, but otherwise these are pretty solid.  And I still see them running around in my area.  Probably with 200k+ miles on them since most people bought them as long-distance commuter cars.

The first sign would be the press loan paperwork, which probably said Escalade 600D. Same with the tailgate. Looks like Cadillac copied how the Germans do it with a number then slapping a “D” on the end for diesel. I suppose if you don’t drive or review diesels, then you may not know that.

As a person who has never done anything dumb...I too wonder this (sarcasm). Shit happens. Thankfully it makes for an interesting read. 

This is an easy ND. Let me count the ways:

Me too, last of the breed

“Alarmingly described in retrospect as a ‘test bed’ for later W12 and W16 engines”

A 16 year old 190k mile VW with an extremely complex and insanely rare drivetrain, an open exhaust “for sound” (for a CEL more likely), and wheels TBD, what could possibly be or go wrong?

Drunk man blames spirits...

“Mulder, there must be a rational explanation for this.”

“Man that was some out of this world stuff I took last night!”

This has 171K miles and “Previous owner told me engine had been replaced and present engine has 81,000 miles”... hell to the no!

People need to think carefully about buying a plow truck. And about how much of that plow is attached to that truck.

And when the cars were big and the guns were small. 

It all depends on your expectations. The “fun” of this car is the quiet, comfortable ride - you can drive these things for hundreds of miles at a stretch with no discomfort whatsoever. Now, if you like to weave through traffic, speed around curves, really feel the road as you drive, then this is not your car.

And the turbine wheels. Turbines are a must for Lincolns of this era.

You don’t need technology. All it will take is money. You need people/companies to take responsibility. Not very likely.

Yes, it’s a drought, but also the river moves a lot and this might be the river wandering.

You don’t need technology. All it will take is money. You need people/companies to take responsibility. Not very likely.

The shortage is a global situation. The EU is at its lowest supply since 2004, and the U.S. supply has dwindled in part due to the significant exports of diesel to the EU to assist with their shortages resulting from Russia’s war, the French refinery worker strike, and overall refinery closures due to the pandemic.…