I got an Escalade quote at under 600 per month, 12k miles per year. My bad, 1500 down, so about the same as I was quoted on the Traverse.
Kicker? I worked at that Chevy dealer in college...

10k per year.

Agreed. Had one as a loaner when my 2.0t was in for service/recall... the exhaust note on the V6 alone is probably worth the price premium.

Its smaller, closer to the Equinox. No 3rd row. Cross shopped the Traverse, quotes I got for a lease were (no joke) within $50 of leasing an Escalade... and the Escalade had a lower down payment.

Took our new XT5 home on Friday to replace our SRX lease.

Call me ignorant, but how can FCA keep cranking out Jeeps that pass collision and safety tests but LR can’t (won’t?) do so with the Defender to sell it here?

Makes zero sense.

Joke’s on you, I don’t watch TV!

EVE has corporations, not clans.

Why should I consider purchasing this when the Buick sticker price will be half?

I don’t disagree with this premise, but the overlooked corollary is what is the correct amount of torque?

This story became an inside joke one liner, and still delivers!

Welcome to my world. Literally.

I grew up in Plymouth. Lived and worked there until recently. My family & in-laws still live there.

An ordinance back in the 90s which penalized CSX any time they blocked a road for (IIRC) 7 minutes. It happened so often CSX sued, and won, to get it thrown out or amended for a longer…

Looks more like 2/3 of a TIE Defender but more swoopy.

I had a 96 ESi, which was pretty fantastic for a commuting college student in Detroit. That is until someone spun out in front of my on I96 on the last slippery morning of that winter... My Eagle was total’d, but the other vehicle was able to flee the scene. (Lady talked to me long enough to explain she didn’t have a…

Fake exhaust tips built into the rear fascia/bumper.

Nice shout out to the team at Suncoast’s parts dept, they are serious enthusiasts and were a fun bunch to hang with at Sebring, St Pete GP or other track days they supported.

Our 2016 SRX did this 3 weeks ago while getting off the freeway. Used the heater method to limp it home (no fluids pouring out of anything).

Checked the coolant reservoir and it was a chocolate shake...

I fixed it by having roadside assistance tow it to the dealership, and they gave it back to us a week ago with a new…

So how is the Buick longroof going to stack up?

True, but I find designing & constructing buildings far more interesting than where to reinforce a piece of plastic for optimal injection molding efficiency. I appreciate the process though. Don’t even get me started on machining though... had I known what that even was in high school I probably would have attended…

This affirms my decision to go into Architecture instead of Automotive Design...

Of course I still get to deal with the government, and bean counters (“value engineering”)...