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For years now we've been told excitedly that cars are becoming just like computers and smartphones ... and here we are! DRM locked out of our own cars. :LOL:

100% BMW fans have been lamenting for ages about how they abandoned controls that curve in to face the driver since the e90 Cadillac just need to pinch 'ultimate driving machine' tagline now because it's clear who's really focused on that these days :)

Ah - this thread is back! Last time, 3 of us met up at Pre-Stage (Pre-Stage) in Marin and did a drive through the North Bay's backroads. Next one is on November 16. Message me if you are thinking of going!

LOL - there's already a thread with "Did your engine blow up yet", I think that's the one you're looking for. :D

Hey at least it gets them out of the way of doing the real work :LOL:

I don't mean to be taking this thread in a whole new direction, but we should be comparing 11 failures reported here with the active number of 5BW owners on this board, not the total number of LT4 produced. I fully admit it probably "looks" worse than it is when reading through these forums -...

It's really hard relying on forums to get a true picture of things, only GM knows the true failure rate, but 11 people here have self-reported some kind of catastrophic engine failure with an unresolved root cause (i.e. the dealer looked at it and it's not a money-shift). I started a log here...

IMO unless you really like the new front-end and the digital dash it's a pretty expensive way to get an extended warranty and a paint job :) I think otherwise the car is going to be identical...? Extended warranty I'm curious about though. You mentioned you would never do it... With the higher...

Yep, plenty of discussions about this on the other blown motor threads. It's almost certainly a design or part manufacturing defect and not likely to be all down to some rogue incompetent engine builder. You can bet that's the first thing GM would have checked in common with all the blown...

If I hear of something outside of the forum I'll add it, but so far C&D's is the only other one I've heard of. I wouldn't take this as anything close to comprehensive, but part of the reason for creating this thread was that I saw lots of 'blown motor' threads with tons of posts, so I'd assumed...

I started a list of the reported blown motors on this forum. It's far from scientific because not all people who have had this issue are on the forum, and not all on the forum who have had an issue will post about it, but I'm hopeful it will shed some light on the failure modes if nothing else...

It's funny isn't it - in a world where Tesla never existed, the Blackwing would be in the running for the absolute top dog sedan, next to the M5 CS. The performance argument is over - on most road course the Lucid Sapphire, Taycan Turbo GT and Tesla Plaid will smash a Blackwing (unless it's an...

I remember back around 2014 he was known for knocking about in a manual Golf GTI, so I'm guessing he values driving stick and being 'somewhat' under the radar in his daily. I would not be surprised if it's in a plain color without the CF. Debadge the "Blackwing" (or don't put it on) and like...

Mixed feelings on this one! Mark Zuckerberg’s choice of supercharged daily driver earned him instant respect and adoration from gearheads https://flip.it/8paoin

It feels like a fairly typical depreciation curve is happening now and things are returning to normal. There's a steep drop-off happening, which will eventually slow to a mild decline, then 10 years from now, when the cars are long discontinued and your only new car choice is a Geely...

Oh no, I get it ... so far it just looks like a brick.

🫣 I recently bought a Defender 90. It does look quite square and brick-y to be fair.

In all seriousness, there's probably little to no profit in it for them because they'd have to properly inspect and recondition the car as well as hope someone buys it for that price. Carvana gets away with breaking even or losing money on their sales because they've convinced investors that...

Caddy dealer is working by fuddy duddy "car dealership rules" (making profit and minimizing risk) whereas Carvana is actually a Tech Startup which means the rules are different: it is important for Carvana to lose money hand over fist on every car it sells, and sell a lot of them. That is what...

Bumping the thread - 3 signed up so far!