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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by circlew
Feb 19, 2009 (10:27 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 10:17 am)

9 similar to me. Only one Lincoln in the mix which was the best of 'em all. 1988 LSC. Would not go with a tiny Caddy at the time. My Dad bought the junkbox 1988 FWB D'Eadwood which was the wost cars in our family's history of automotive.
 
The current Yukon Denali is another load of junk. Sort of like the manufacturer these days...worthless!
 
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OW
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [circlew] by lemko
Feb 19, 2009 (10:42 am)
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Replying to: circlew (Feb 19, 2009 10:27 am)

My 1989 Cadillac is the REAL Caddy - the big RWD car!
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by circlew
Feb 19, 2009 (10:53 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 10:42 am)

Better than the shrunk-down FWD junk they made back then.
 
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OW
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by andres3
Feb 19, 2009 (11:24 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 6:36 am)

Hey Lemko, you keep touting the bulletproof abilities of your 80's model Chrysler's and GM's..... did you happen to try anything in the 90's?
 
What about this decade? Or do they just last so long that you don't need a modern era car?
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Where's Rockylee? by dhamilton
Feb 19, 2009 (12:04 pm)
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Saturn is going the way of the dodo bird, [as all GM, and Chrysler products will soon.]
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [andres3] by lemko
Feb 19, 2009 (12:19 pm)
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Replying to: andres3 (Feb 19, 2009 11:24 am)

The cars I'ved owned span the 1960s through to the present.
 
Per the 1990s and present decade, I had a red 1994 Cadillac DeVille. I also had a white 2002 Cadillac Seville STS and currently have a black 2007 Cadillac DTS Performance.
 
To be brutally honest, my 1988 Buick Park Avenue is such a dependable car I don't really need the other two.
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by andres3
Feb 19, 2009 (12:55 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 12:19 pm)

Why the quicker turnover of the more recent models in your fleet?
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [andres3] by lemko
Feb 19, 2009 (1:15 pm)
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Replying to: andres3 (Feb 19, 2009 12:55 pm)

Just wanted a new car. It seems the newer cars have more and more features that seem to make my old ones seem obsolete. I always thought my 2002 Seville STS was a loaded car, but the 2007 Cadillac DTS Performance makes it seem like a plain jane in comparison. The 1994 DeVille would be downright spartan compared to it. I just saw the 2009 Cadillac DTS at the Philly Auto Show and even it has added features mine doesn't I thought were pretty neat - lighted step plates and inlaid patterned wood trim. Fortunately, not so many I'd be thinking of trading my car early.
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [lemko] by cooterbfd
Feb 19, 2009 (2:15 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 19, 2009 1:15 pm)

Lem, notice the questions inference; only the old cars were good, not the new. If the new were so good why trade them. There is no winning with an import fanboy.
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Re: Uncle Sam & the Motor City [cooterbfd] by andres3
Feb 19, 2009 (2:27 pm)
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Feb 19, 2009 2:15 pm)

I think it was more of a suspicion than an inference.
 
I think you could infer he felt the older one's would last longer or be cheaper to keep, so rather than trade in the oldest, he traded in the newer for the newest?
 
He could also say the older one's were worth nothing, and the recent models one's weren't worth much, but he needed the equity to afford the nice new one.
 
I may be an import fan, but I'm also logical and factually based in my views. That is why CR is the bible, because it's all based on real true life facts and data. And not just 90 days into it, when the car only has 1,000 miles on it.
 
I don't even think the old domestics were any good, but maybe prior to 1970; who knows. Lemko just has a knack for picking the best models in the best years and getting the best one off the line at just the right time when the UAW workers were not drunk or fooling about that day.
 
That's the problem with the Big 3, is it's hit or miss.
 
Ford has shown improvement in CR, good for them... let's see if it lasts 7 years (long term test is 7, not 3). A 3 year test will tell the Big 3 how much they'll have to spend in warranty repairs, a 7 year test will tell me how much I'll need to spend in warranty repairs for 4 years! I prefer the latter test.

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