surreal1272
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Knowing this will never see the light of day in its current form, I can say “good” because the outside is a mess. The interior is nice and shows a lot of potential but the exterior is just pure garbage, especially the profile.
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Given how trends come and go, there is an outside shot of sedans making some sort of comeback when EVs become standard fair. Fickle trends can be just that, fickle. As it is people, rationally or irrationally so, are just stuck on CUVs. Like vans and station wagons past though, that could always change over the next decade.
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Good grief man. A higher rollover rating does mean it is less likely to rollover. However, that is only one indicator there. Things like weight, ground clearance, wheelbase length, and width, all factor. If a sedan read ends your Escape, it is more likely to lift it up and over, than the Flex, just because of the ground clearance difference alone. The shorter length and lighter weight of the Escape will also factor there. Once again, physics. Big difference there that you are clearly missing so whatever other excuses you want to make for not being informed here on this thread, knock yourself out. I’m done. (and yes, I changed my original post because I had a huge brain fart lol. Sue me).
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The Escape has almost two inches more ground clearance than the Flex though (7.8 vs 5.9) which is more of a rollover worry and than height alone. Gives more clearance to tip it over if a sedan noses under it from any side of the vehicle. Your Escape is also a lot shorter than my Flex, making the longer wheelbase a plus here. Again, it’s just physics. For the record, my old Magnum had 5.6” of ground clearance, hence the Flex riding much like it, save for the extra weight of the Flex. A
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I’m not worried about mine. It’s more like a glorified station wagon anyway (sits lower and has less ground clearance than most CUVs and any SUV). It more or less like my old Magnum, but a few inches taller.
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I’m just going to leave this right here since some folks can’t be bothered to cite a damn thing to support their made up numbers. Of course, they also think that wheelbase length doesn’t factor into it so there’s that lol. Source: https://m.driving-tests.org/driving-statistics/ And what have YOU provided thus far @ccap41? Not a damn thing from what I can tell so how about holding yourself to the same standards that you expect of others? No. You just said it was a negligible difference, which is also wrong.
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Just stop it. It’s called “just making up $h!” because you couldn’t be bothered to take a few minutes to research the matter directly while spending the last two hours just making excuses and making up numbers for the sheer hell of it. You know what “making up numbers out of thin air is” right. Of course you do. So instead of being a little more educated on the matter, you choose ignorance. Again, sounds perfectly logical for you.
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Actually that is exactly what it means and there is a mountain of data to support it if you cared to research the matter. And downvote the facts all you want. At least I didn’t throw in some made up numbers to support my narrative. FFS
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Well you are right here questioning the validity by throwing out made up numbers (by your own admission) so there’s that. Let's start here. https://www.hotcars.com/modern-pickups-and-suvs-you-didnt-know-were-rollover-hazards/amp/
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So basically you are going to ignore simple physics and just make up numbers @ccap41? That sounds like a perfectly logical thing to do.
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Along with a side of just basic ignorance.
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It is baffling, even today, that folks don't understand the simple physics when it comes to SUVs and CUVs and why they are more at risk to rollovers amid emergency maneuvers. I can't believe it even has to be explained on a car enthusiast site.
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So a CT6 with a Camaro nose. Um, no.
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I wish I had taken pictures of all the times I hauled just a pure ton of crap in my old Magnum for eight years. Now, to be fair, there were times where the height of certain loads were an issue and made the Magnum useless but the other 98% if the time, it could haul plenty of stuff plus seat five (although four more comfortably). At the time of purchase, back in 2008, the dealership was trying to get me into a 2005 Tahoe for not much more money but with gas being outrageous at the time ($4.49 a gallon in Prescott, AZ at the time, deja vu) and me driving 50 miles round trip to work daily, that was not going to be a good plan for me and I am glad I bought the Magnum instead. It did most of what I needed, day in and day out, without killing me at the pump and was also just a cooler looking ride, in my "not so biased" opinion lol. Wagons have taken $h! rap in this country, all the while folks are just driving tall wagons while thumbing their noses at the mere mention of the word "wagon". It's right up there with "van" for most folks these days and that has never made any sense to me. Alas, yet another car fad.
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I am very surprised but eh small bump to the AWD model. I was expecting at least a $5K jump but this is a very smart move by GM/Cadillac since AWD will be very popular in this segment. Still want to see one up close before deciding on the rear section of the car. My big concern is the potential blind spot back there. Otherwise, a solid start in the EV realm for Caddy.
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Children continuing to act like children. You should set your bar higher if you are looking for creativity here. Again, I’m not here for creative points on since random thread on the internet. I get paid for my creativity (literally) because I actually create things in real life, not for “creative” posts on the “interwebs”. The sad part is that you think you are actually being creative here when you have said the same things here that you have said before. That’s not “creative”. That’s just the same old, same old. Again, set your bar higher next time
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Says the dead horse beater. I have more creativity in my pinky than you have in your entire body but our definition of it clearly differs. What you call “creativity” I call acting like a child. My response wasn’t made for creative points. It was to reflect the asinine nature of your post (and childishness) back at you. Besides, being proud of your “creativity” on the internet is a bit like being the smartest person in “special” class. And you’re right. Nothing I can do. Poor me lol. There is also nothing you can do either. Think about it for more than a minute before posting with another “creative” response.
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@ccap41—Say whatever you feel you need to say to make excuses for your endless trolling. It’s not about me being a “hero”. I’m just tired of supposedly grown ass men posting like the thirteen year old trolls they clearly aspire to be. Do anything but accept actual responsibility for your own actions. That’s why you keep trying to deflect to me. An actual adult doesn’t have to do that but maybe I’m putting a little too much faith in your ability to actually be an adult. @ccap41 when he reads that David fits in a Bolt.
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Hyperboles and obvious figures of speech aside, you clearly know what I am talking about. Prove me wrong by, oh I don't know, letting it go and dropping this bag non-sense. He has explained himself a dozen times over the years so the only reason for you to keep harping is either A.) You are trolling or B.) You have something inside you that won't let you move on to something more productive here. And I didn't wake up angry. I haven't been here in weeks and when I do, I see the same trolling nonsense by the usual suspects about nonsensical stuff that only matters to him and maybe one other person, end of story. After all, if it REALLY didn't matter, you would not have brought it up in the first place yesterday. Funny how that works huh? In summation, move on. No anger. No nothing. Just move on.
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And that, right there, should be the only thing that matters here and should be the end of it but clearly @ccap41 has a damn hard on for you so he can continue on with his stupid little quest to “own” you while not realizing that the only thin skinned one here appears to be him over the last two years of his “does he really fit back there” hissy fits.
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Deflect, bait, troll, or whatever else you feel is so damn important to you. Fact is that only TWO people here have had “issues” with David and how he fits in a damn car. My defending him has Jack squat to do with your issues regarding it. Pathetic and childish is what it is and no amount of you deflecting changes that.
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And you’re deflecting. Just sayin’. It should be noted that I haven’t spoken to SMK about that in months and it almost always after he has to inject Mercedes into any Cadillac thread but you go on thinking you have some kind of high ground here lol. Meanwhile, you continue on your little two year long crusade over what a man fits in. Again, just sayin’.
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@ccap41—Boo freakin hoo. Cry me a damn river over it. All I see is petty trolling since this subject has been discussed a few dozen times now over the last two years. Who gives a rats ass other than you and one other person here? Seriously. You made the bait post about him fitting into a Macan so don’t act like this is something that he brought on here. Just utter horse$h!, to be honest and just beyond petty.
