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Yeah, I'm assuming they're just getting ramped up this week. If they're only doing 12 per day and not working Fridays, that would mean about 200 per month. It seems like the first 500 are all scheduled for July and the first week of August, so the pace needs to pick up if they're going to hit...

I'm a little sad to see the first one off the line was an auto

There's been a package thief in my building, so I generally try to keep on top of shipments, or get things shipped to my office when I can. Hopefully they'll give us some sort of notice so it's not just showing up unannounced. If it does come without warning, I expect mine will show up on eBay...

Having bought a BMW in the past (and watching my dad's over the past few weeks since he resorted to an M3 after the waitlist fiasco for the 5 BW) you can track online from the date of order through the entire process, though the automated system is usually a few days behind. Also, this thing...

The fact that an inventory order jumped your custom order shows just how broken this process is. I hope Cadillac is taking notes, they've got some work to do going forward.

Refuse delivery, call concierge and get it flipped to another dealership that's willing to play ball. Then watch your original dealership go shocked-Pikachu-face when they lose the $$$. Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered.

Yeah, I straight up told my dealer that I fully expected to pay MSRP, but I was walking out if they tried to go above. They claim the additional deposit I put down with the actual order is nonrefundable, but MA law doesn't favor them on that front, so good luck to them if they want to go there...

A review of the AKG system in the Escalade. Granted, it's the upgraded 36 speaker version, but hopefully should at least give some idea of what we can expect.

Believe me, be happy that you only have one money pit hobby 😂 And yes, 3 pedals is way more important in the grand scheme of things. For what it's worth, the better my home system has gotten, the more it's seemed kind of foolish to even try to chase it in a car setting. But the HK in the BMW...

CT-5 BW go fast, CT-4 BW go quick. Force vs. finesse...

It gets tricky with the high-end systems though. The HK in the F30 3er was a mess since the whole thing was proprietary fiber optic wiring. There was an expensive aftermarket wiring harness you could buy to put in a different amp, but it was kind of a mess and your options were really limited...

Car audio is a strange topic. Cars are a notoriously tricky space to design for from an audio perspective, with odd dimensions, imperfect listening positions, and a whole bunch of varied ambient noise to account for. You also get a hodgepodge from equipment providers, with some really drilling...

I'm working with Herb Chambers in Lynnfield, MA. They told me it would be MSRP, so hopefully they'll stick to it.

MSRP. He's trading an F83 M4 though and going through the same dealership where he bought/services it, so I think their desire to get that into their cert preowned inventory may have played a role. Get their profit one way or another...

Yeah, this is ludicrous. My dad missed the first 250 on the 5s and put himself on the waitlist. He never heard anything again, not even to say "hey, go put in a preliminary order," so he never did. By the time I read about people doing that on here and told him he should go do it, he figured it...

It was probably below that. Would only happen during slow driving, usually in congested areas, which is what made it even more annoying--I didn't have the revs to sustain 4th, and would have to immediately downshift anyway. Try it when you're stuck in traffic and want to get out of 1st at like...

I mean, I haven't driven a car with it since the C6 so maybe they changed it, but my experience was that yes, it will physically lock you out of 2nd and 3rd if you shift while the dash light is on. You can dump it into neutral and basically double clutch to override it, but otherwise it's going...

I mean, it's more annoying than just a dash message... it will force you into 4th if you're not paying attention, and my experience was always that it ended up lugging like hell after it did (no idea how it's actually supposed to help with emissions/fuel economy, but I digress...), but it is...

It's a "feature" that's been with the 6 speed transmission in Corvettes since its introduction in 1989 in order to meet emissions standards. It's carried over to other cars that use related powertrains. Under certain conditions, it locks you out of 2nd and 3rd gears, and forces you from 1st into...

Yeah, that would be quite the controversy if an officially closed factory was pumping out cars weeks ahead of their scheduled production slots... Also, let's be real: if a car sitting in an open lot for four weeks is going to ruin the paint job... I mean, c'mon man... Get that guy a tinfoil hat.