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plethoro

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22. Maybe. I am behind in everything. I am

Reply to amandabeech (Reply #18)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:08 AM

Jan 2013

67 and still working over 100 hours a week because of an uneasy feeling of terror ahead. I'll take my outside calipers and message door thicknesses on the new American cars and compare them to some foreign cars. Thanks.

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Chevy Volt goes upscale in new electric Cadillac [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2013 OP

Ha! Hey, why not? Robb Jan 2013 #1

I think they are onto something, here. bluedigger Jan 2013 #2

There goes Cadillac.........nft plethoro Jan 2013 #3

I am an old fart--of the sort that Caddy targets--and I like the idea. MADem Jan 2013 #12

Me too. I used to buy them every couple of years plethoro Jan 2013 #14

I am getting around in a Pontiac that is over a quarter century old. MADem Jan 2013 #16

What's the Pontiac you speak of, btw? AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #25

Nothing so fancy. MADem Jan 2013 #26

U.S. cars went down hill in the '70s, 80s and early '90s. amandabeech Jan 2013 #18

Maybe. I am behind in everything. I am plethoro Jan 2013 #22

Perhaps what you really want is a fully armored vehicle amandabeech Jan 2013 #24

Or to Australia or New Zealand, which is what I'm hoping for. This plethoro Jan 2013 #28

It somehow reminds me of the albear Jan 2013 #4

I remember that. GM cars have come a Long Way since those dark days. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #6

Whatever moves electric forward and sells American cars. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #5

This will be cause The Wizard Jan 2013 #7

They should, the volt is too expensive most consumers, and people who buy Cadillac are most likely still_one Jan 2013 #8

If I could afford it, I would buy that car. RebelOne Jan 2013 #9

Cool! At least you got to take your driving test in style! Brigid Jan 2013 #13

I loved those Caddies w/fins--I'd love to drive around in a big yellow one! MADem Jan 2013 #17

Me, too!!!! amandabeech Jan 2013 #20

Next thing we will see is electric cars with bikini models sprawled on them... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #10

No reason why luxury cars can not be electric. /nt Ash_F Jan 2013 #11

I just might *convince* my mom to buy that... Stringfellow Hawke Jan 2013 #15

A really good autobody repairman should be able to make that CTS look like new. amandabeech Jan 2013 #21

Maybe someone from the President's automotive rescue team will buy one. amandabeech Jan 2013 #19

Sweet. I need to see that up close. Union Scribe Jan 2013 #23

The original Volt was going to be a Caddy rightsideout Jan 2013 #27

Wouldn't It Make More Sense To Put This EV Technology In More Affordable Cars.... global1 Jan 2013 #29