Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

[J-Ho-Fo-Show69]

Talked to the today and moving forward on this:

https://www.keycadillac.com/VehicleDeta ... 5775579610

Emailed them and got some additional photos and she's a real beauty.

[max225]

I’d lose my money with WR blue subiwing-V

[Desertbreh]

Those headrests are so BEEG.

[SAWCE]

Those headrests are so BEEG.

They don’t call him Melon for nothing!

[wap]

Those headrests are so BEEG.

They don’t call him Melon for nothing!

And ,

[Gberg2119]

Is the letting it go for sticker? Any ?

[Melon2.0]

Is the letting it go for sticker? Any ?

MSRP

Cadillac is a running a discount of $3,000 this month plus 4.9% APR for 72/mo financing.

[Melon2.0]

Those headrests are so BEEG.

It's the stupid fish eye lens on the camera. They're not that BEEG.

[max225]

[D Griff]

Most of America can barely check the oil, let alone diagnose German car problems and fix them themselves or at least give a good indie mechanic a heads up. Therefore they believe they can simply put gas and oil in the Honda and Toyota for the next 100K miles in addition to their car payment, that is all they have been taught to do or want to do. The rest is pure terror. In the case of the Alfa, those people are likely correct. The 330i and Audi, not so much.

The Germans have been getting more reliable especially BMW. The Alfa is likely a bit of a basket case of odd engineering and wonky parts.

And a new Camry hybrid is like $30-40k for reasons so that’s out.

As far as I know J Ho hasn't had any problems with my old 328i and it's now 10 years old with 60+K miles. The only mechanical failures I'm aware of since I acquired at 15K miles are two ABS/Brake speed sensors (replaced by me very easily for like $50 each) and a loose parking brake cable (big PITA to diagnose the weird noise and annoying to fix but like a $5 clip, also DIY and maybe self inflicted from exhaust installation).

Eric's 340 also has been trouble free. I think the days of these being shitpiles is over and I'd 100% go that route.

I've rented several A4s and they are very nice and fast.

[D Griff]

Wow, Elon made up some nonsense and stated it publicly as fact, astonishing.

[golftdibrad1]

entertaining, explains what we knew, Elon told a fib, etc etc.

But good god daym, pulling off a 13 second quarter towing like 4k lbs is

AND, the biggest delta was only about a half second in the quarter. thats fucking

[golftdibrad1]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/facto ... 2024-05-17

[MrH42]

Talked to the today and moving forward on this:

https://www.keycadillac.com/VehicleDeta ... 5775579610

Emailed them and got some additional photos and she's a real beauty.

Literally the perfect spec. I think that's exactly how I would option it, down to every single box ticked.

[Gberg2119]

Is the letting it go for sticker? Any ?

MSRP

Cadillac is a running a discount of $3,000 this month plus 4.9% APR for 72/mo financing.

at all.

[coogles]

[J-Ho-Fo-Show69]

The Germans have been getting more reliable especially BMW. The Alfa is likely a bit of a basket case of odd engineering and wonky parts.

And a new Camry hybrid is like $30-40k for reasons so that’s out.

As far as I know J Ho hasn't had any problems with my old 328i and it's now 10 years old with 60+K miles. The only mechanical failures I'm aware of since I acquired at 15K miles are two ABS/Brake speed sensors (replaced by me very easily for like $50 each) and a loose parking brake cable (big PITA to diagnose the weird noise and annoying to fix but like a $5 clip, also DIY and maybe self inflicted from exhaust installation).

Eric's 340 also has been trouble free. I think the days of these being shitpiles is over and I'd 100% go that route.

I've rented several A4s and they are very nice and fast.

I met someone this week who drives pretty much the same spec 328 as mine/dans, and he has 170k miles on that bitch. Nothing by regular maintenance. I was shocked.

And the bmw is still at like 57k miles. I don’t drive it as much as the TJ and grand.

[Johnny_P]

That’s a nice ass car Melon!

[max225]

Just got this from my buddy with the x3. Of course fake news because bmws couldn’t be more reliable

[CaleDeRoo]

It hasn't left him stranded yet

[MexicanYarisTK]

Talked to the today and moving forward on this:

https://www.keycadillac.com/VehicleDeta ... 5775579610

Emailed them and got some additional photos and she's a real beauty.

thats awesome!!

[Gberg2119]

[MrH42]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/facto ... 2024-05-17

I forgot about these. When they came out, I thought they were the perfect kit car. But they ended up being way more awkward looking in person. That matte orange is a terrible look too. I wonder how many have actually been completed?

[max225]

Someone got the new Blazer EV here... that thing looks like a vinfast... not a compliment.

[CaleDeRoo]

I've seen a few now. I don't think it looks any more or less Vietnamese or Chinese than most other EV SUVs

Very typical Chevy trying to be cool