quikag
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- Joined
- Jul 27, 2021
- Messages
- 404
- Location
- Dallas
- V-Series Cadillac(s)?
- 2023 Escalade V, 2022 CT5-V Blackwing
I've had my '22 #26 Blackwing six-speed since August of 2021 (I was lucky enough to get one of the 250 reservation cars). Anyway, I have almost 15k glorious miles over the last 4+ years.
I bought a new '24 Model S Plaid to supplement driving chores about 13 months ago (November '24). It has about 10k miles as I consider it more of a mule and I hope to keep the 5BW forever along with my C6 ZR1.
Anyway, I've been driving the 5BW for about a week now and just did a 100+ mile drive today. In short, the 5BW still has ALL the goods. I love the Plaid, I genuinely do and I've had zero issues in the 10k miles. Charge it and drive it. Okay, I got a small hole in one of the tires, but Discount Tire fixed it in 30 minutes and said I still have roughly 8-10k more miles to go which I was happy with given I drive it in Plaid mode and am not afraid to nail the happy pedal all the time to experience the instant thrust of 1,020hp to all 4 tires. It's super comfy, quiet, smooth, kids love the screen in the back (Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, etc), everything is intuitive, FSD is legit good now when I don't want to drive, and even the adaptive matrix lights work awesome. It keeps the brights on sometimes when a car is coming right at me, but I see a quadrant of darkness where the car is and everything else is lit up like a Christmas tree. Then, factor in it's a standard gray color with the sport seats, no fancy wheels or carbon brakes, sticker was right at 90k, but it had an $8,100 inventory discount. Then, I go some business tax breaks on it to make it a pretty cheap car overall comparatively speaking.
Okay, enough about the Plaid. The reason the 5BW is the keeper is the six-speed, the amazing 4th gen mag ride, the carbon ceramic brakes, the chassis, the engine sound, the LT4 torque and thrust. It's the total package. The Plaid has the speed down and handling is 'okay', but brakes are average and don't match the speed potential, so you can fly in the Plaid, but you are *comfortable* flying in the 5BW because you know the brakes are there and the suspension is there even in highly aggressive maneuvers. The 5BW can be driven 100% laterally and longitudinally in all directions with confidence. More than 80% aggressive driving in the Plaid (besides acceleration) and it starts to show some weaknesses and limitations.
The 5BW will be the classic and keeper for sure and I've loved driving it this past week. I tucked her back in my garage and put it on the tender and I look forward to taking her back out again, hopefully soon.
I bought a new '24 Model S Plaid to supplement driving chores about 13 months ago (November '24). It has about 10k miles as I consider it more of a mule and I hope to keep the 5BW forever along with my C6 ZR1.
Anyway, I've been driving the 5BW for about a week now and just did a 100+ mile drive today. In short, the 5BW still has ALL the goods. I love the Plaid, I genuinely do and I've had zero issues in the 10k miles. Charge it and drive it. Okay, I got a small hole in one of the tires, but Discount Tire fixed it in 30 minutes and said I still have roughly 8-10k more miles to go which I was happy with given I drive it in Plaid mode and am not afraid to nail the happy pedal all the time to experience the instant thrust of 1,020hp to all 4 tires. It's super comfy, quiet, smooth, kids love the screen in the back (Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, etc), everything is intuitive, FSD is legit good now when I don't want to drive, and even the adaptive matrix lights work awesome. It keeps the brights on sometimes when a car is coming right at me, but I see a quadrant of darkness where the car is and everything else is lit up like a Christmas tree. Then, factor in it's a standard gray color with the sport seats, no fancy wheels or carbon brakes, sticker was right at 90k, but it had an $8,100 inventory discount. Then, I go some business tax breaks on it to make it a pretty cheap car overall comparatively speaking.
Okay, enough about the Plaid. The reason the 5BW is the keeper is the six-speed, the amazing 4th gen mag ride, the carbon ceramic brakes, the chassis, the engine sound, the LT4 torque and thrust. It's the total package. The Plaid has the speed down and handling is 'okay', but brakes are average and don't match the speed potential, so you can fly in the Plaid, but you are *comfortable* flying in the 5BW because you know the brakes are there and the suspension is there even in highly aggressive maneuvers. The 5BW can be driven 100% laterally and longitudinally in all directions with confidence. More than 80% aggressive driving in the Plaid (besides acceleration) and it starts to show some weaknesses and limitations.
The 5BW will be the classic and keeper for sure and I've loved driving it this past week. I tucked her back in my garage and put it on the tender and I look forward to taking her back out again, hopefully soon.
