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slowmover · 10-21-2014, 02:27 PM

The Cad is at least decent looking. I run 12k miles/month and it is about the only one where lines, etc, come together nicely that I see. VW has a sedan that also does. All the rest are nearly indistinguishable from one another.

If that Cad has ice-cold A/C, is dead quiet and has great seats for 600-mile days I'd sign myself up. Very nice mpg (compared to the 12-14 highway mpg Dad got wtih his early/mid-70's monsters) would be icing on the cake. Assuming one can genuinely afford a Cad, then range is the thing as fuel cost is irrelevant. Choosing the nice places to stop and re-fuel and/or to eat matters more. Otherwise hop a Southwest irlines commuter flight and get a rental. Not always ideal depending on client service..

80% of 27-gls at 13-mpg was somewhere a little north of 250-miles to fillup. Barely make it from Houston to Dallas. For a Texan that's what you knock out before breakfast . . but it sure limits the places for lunch if you get out west. The drastically better cars of today lose something with interior size, etc, but if you get there faster and easier . . . . .

The loss of energy independince made the cheap use of fuel for ones own plane far too expensive, if even one owned the company. A 90-mph cruise in a Cadillac was nice, but 190-mph does cover ground quite well across this state and the adjoining. (1947 aero a la 1970 spec; the step up from a luxury car was once a luxury single engine airplane). Sad to get old. Nostalgia makes what was better even more poignant.

(not his, but quite close)

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10-21-2014, 02:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
slowmover Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 2,442 2004 CTD - '04 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT Team Cummins 90 day: 19.36 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,422 Thanked 737 Times in 557 Posts	The Cad is at least decent looking. I run 12k miles/month and it is about the only one where lines, etc, come together nicely that I see. VW has a sedan that also does. All the rest are nearly indistinguishable from one another. If that Cad has ice-cold A/C, is dead quiet and has great seats for 600-mile days I'd sign myself up. Very nice mpg (compared to the 12-14 highway mpg Dad got wtih his early/mid-70's monsters) would be icing on the cake. Assuming one can genuinely afford a Cad, then range is the thing as fuel cost is irrelevant. Choosing the nice places to stop and re-fuel and/or to eat matters more. Otherwise hop a Southwest irlines commuter flight and get a rental. Not always ideal depending on client service.. 80% of 27-gls at 13-mpg was somewhere a little north of 250-miles to fillup. Barely make it from Houston to Dallas. For a Texan that's what you knock out before breakfast . . but it sure limits the places for lunch if you get out west. The drastically better cars of today lose something with interior size, etc, but if you get there faster and easier . . . . . The loss of energy independince made the cheap use of fuel for ones own plane far too expensive, if even one owned the company. A 90-mph cruise in a Cadillac was nice, but 190-mph does cover ground quite well across this state and the adjoining. (1947 aero a la 1970 spec; the step up from a luxury car was once a luxury single engine airplane). Sad to get old. Nostalgia makes what was better even more poignant. (not his, but quite close) . Last edited by slowmover; 10-21-2014 at 02:47 PM..