I’m kinda surprised this is so far down in the comments.
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I’m jealous of the lift, but I’m also curious where you get the parts for the Pao. I’ve been buying parts for a JDM car from Yokohama Motors, and I’ve had pretty good success with them, but it’s always good to have more than one source.
I finally realized what this reminds me of. I was driving across New York state once, and I stopped at a McDonald’s for coffee. There was a Cadillac XLR in the parking lot with a Pep Boys chrome “V” stuck under the nameplate. That’s exactly what Cadillac is now doing from the factory.
There are many people in my life that think I buy interesting cars primarily for the “image”—the same reason people wear expensive watches or designer clothing. To me, a T-shirt from Target performs the same function as one from Armani. But a Corvette is an interesting car. I wouldn’t care if everyone had one. I don’t…
That brings back memories. The first Corvette I ever sat in was one of these. I was still a couple years away from my driver’s licence, but I was already a Chevy guy. I had been following “The Corvette from Hell” in all the car magazines, eager to see an American car that could go toe-to-toe with exotics like the…
Well, fair point, but mine was not the only CTS-V Wagon I saw at the ‘Ring while I was there. And this was in Europe, where Cadillacs were something of a rarity to begin with. An E61 M5 Touring showed up one day as well. And yes, I’ll admit the car is almost frustrating to drive on the street, because it wants to go.…
I have seen quite a few comments here in favor of the new “V” series cars. It’s too early to tell if they are good cars or not; none of us have driven them yet. Maybe Cadillac will introduce a higher performance version later, maybe not. They’ve talked about bringing cars to market that we’ve never seen. Remember the…
The number of people who take these cars to the track is basically an anomaly.
It’s only about 40 miles longer to drop down I-74 to I-70. Avoiding heavy traffic on the long runs is worth it for the fatigue and sanity concerns.
In the last decade? Once. I remember standing on the floor of the Detroit Auto Show in 2009. They had the new 2nd generation CTS-V sedan parked next to the new CTS sport wagon. I was looking back and forth between the two, trying to figure out how hard and how expensive it would be to combine them. A while later, GM…
Well, how about placating the ones who did?
I couldn’t tell you the overall manual take rate for the V-series cars, but I have the numbers for the V-Wagon. Total production was 1767 cars, 514 of which had the manual. So, a hair over 29 percent.
That’d be about the best time for it.
Hey, I’ve made that drive quite a lot. A few times non-stop, too. (I really shouldn’t do that.) Do you take the southern route, or did you brave Chicago traffic?
I gotcha covered, at least for Europe. I did a little write-up after a trip in 2015.
I don’t think we got Fancy Kristen today. I think we got normal Kristen. I don’t think Fancy Kristen would care about a Toyota Corolla at all, let alone the cost of the seats.
Agreed. I often find someone camped in the left lane. Maybe 12 miles go by, and I’d really like to pass. They finally get over and I start to smile, until I realize they are exiting the highway directly from the left lane.
Taking a racing line on a residential road to make a right hand turn, thus making all of us having to slow down (those of us going straight) vs. you getting over to the right in the hash marks of the bike lane to make your right and not impede the flow of traffic.
If you are SECOND waiting at the light PAY ATTENTION to the car in front of you AND the light and GO when the light turns green and the car in front of you moves.