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Replying to: lykourinou (Jan 10, 2008 2:39 pm) Funny, what wets your whistle is what I have a tough time stomaching. Those 22" chrome wheels scream "pimp" and "drug dealer" to me. And I live in a good part of town!  Seriously, I've had an Escalade as a rental a few times and, IMO, they need to take the driving dynamics up about 3 notches before they can get away with 22" wheels that don't look embarassing. Hell, I wouldn't put those things on the new Porsche Cayenne GTS which, with a 6 speed manual, 415 hp engine and a world class sport suspension, can probably give the CTS-V a run for its money around Nurburgring. "Chrome Couture" - makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up even thinking about it. But that's the nice thing about America - a choice for everybody.
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Replying to: habitat1 (Jan 11, 2008 10:39 am) I didn't say that I liked the rims, what I said was that GM stressed the rims more than anything else about the vehicle. Normally some brochures show pictures of the vehicle and then get into technicals. And just because you have rims on your car does not make you a pimp or a drug dealer. I'm not bragging, but where I live you have to have alot of money to live here. Mostly doctors, lawyers people like that live here. In my block there is a young black guy whose name I never knew I just used to see him every now and again. Sometimes I would see him a few times a year and when I did see him he was driving a Ferrari, Porsche or some kind of exotic. He's in his early 30's and we were wondering what he did for a living. I was talking to my next door neighbor one day and low and behold this young black male who comes and goes to his house a few months a year comes driving down the street in a QX56 with huge rims on it. He blew the horn and waved, at my neighbor because he didn't know me. My neighbor told me that he was a brilliant guy. it turns out he is some kind of neuro-surgeon and flies back and forth around the country to perform special procedures. I never thought that, because I have never seen him in scrubs going to work or anything like that. I had to learn not to judge people by what they drive or how they dress. I wish the world would do the same..but oh well. Back to cars.......
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Replying to: habitat1 (Jan 11, 2008 10:39 am) wow, thats pretty judgemental. I find it ironic that people who pride themselves on being authorities of good taste in automotive design dont have a problem with big rims unless they come on a domestic SUV like Escalde. MB is putting 21s on the GL550. You can get 20" rims as factory equipment from numerous European brands. The escalade (and other pimpmobile SUVs) seem to get all the flack when it comes to large wheels. The same rappers and athletes who love the Escalade also like fine european vehicles so I'm not sure why the Caddy is the only one that is disparaged based on its popularity amongst a certain groupd of people.
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I just traded a 2000 Deville base model for a 2007 DTS Lux 1. My wife was consistently getting 21 to 22 mpg driving primarily to work. With the DTS, 7171 miles on the clock, she has to baby it to get 19 mpg. Does anyone know what changes were made to the engine or drive train that would cause this degradation in economy? I don't know if she is just being green or cheap but she doesn't like it.
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Replying to: fjrpilot (Jan 11, 2008 12:40 pm)
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Replying to: tntmyth (Jan 03, 2008 9:13 pm) I agree completely Americans are starting to build better vehicles, The only 2 American cars that I would ever purchase would be the new Escalade or Corvetee.I personally love the new Escalade and CTS. I hate the problems that some Caddy owners have had on the new 07 lade. Vibrating mirrors, bad tranny, that sort of thing. But like all cars you give them a model year or two to work out the kinks and get it right. I can't stress enough how much I love the new lade, I love the look of the new CTS as well, but already GM has a recall on the new CTS with the rear end leaking, locking up and potentially causing accidents. But I'll stand behind them, if they continue to put out vehicles that people will want to buy Here is the link on the recall link title The recall involves 275,936 vehicles in the United States, including the 2005-2007 Cadillac CTS and STS sedans, 2005-2007 Cadillac SRX crossovers, and 2006-2007 Pontiac Solstice and the 2007 Saturn Sky convertibles. About 38,000 additional vehicles are under recall in Mexico, Canada, the Middle East and Asia, GM said.
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