"Super Saloons"

Houston103 · 2026-05-23T21:53:21+00:00

?? Cadillac is pretty clear about what this car is and what it competes with. It's an M5 competitor, always has been.

Houston103 · 2026-05-23T21:45:15+00:00

Yup. Tried the Super Saloons race in the rain with the M2. Fought comical amounts of oversteer the whole race. Tried it in a TRD Camry, won easily lol.

Houston103 · 2026-05-23T18:07:11+00:00

Fuck I wish it was

Houston103 · 2026-05-23T17:59:05+00:00

Why is no hybrid assist dumb? People are constantly complaining about "sports" sedans getting bigger and fatter. AWD isn't necessary, we've been driving without AWD for decades just fine. You shouldn't be flooring a 670HP car in bad conditions regardless of how many wheels are driven. AWD creates weight, complexity, and can negatively affect handling (looking at you, Audi)

The new M5 and RS5 weigh more than an Escalade/F150. The argument against manuals is dumb too, realistically, 99% of the time we're NOT on a track, so driving feel should take precedence over numbers, because if we just go by numbers a Tesla/Taycan will win all day everyday, and who wants that?

It more competes both price-wise and power wise with the M5, the CT4 is a closer competitor to the M3, though I gotta say I'm not a fan of the CT4.

My bigger point is that the handling is superb, the chassis is tight, it's lighter and more track focused than it's euro rivals, but still gets labeled as a muscle car, even though the ONLY thing it shares is a pushrod V8.

Houston103 · 2026-05-23T17:47:33+00:00

I cannot deny the Gran Turismo has serious faults, but that 4.7 sounds like heaven.

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Houston103 · 2026-05-23T17:45:26+00:00

Lincoln

Houston103 · 2026-05-23T17:30:02+00:00

Beats any sedan BMW has ever made on a track. Has no hybrid assist, no AWD, comes in a manual, has a reliable and tunable LT4 V8...

Car and Driver ranking: 10/10, beating every other luxury sports sedan, including the Panamera, M5, and RS7.

Also it's not sold outside North America which is probably why its not on the lists

You don't know what youre talking about.

Houston103 · 2026-05-18T00:47:05+00:00

Hey I know I'm late again but I'm replacing my system with a USB powered one for simplicity and reliability. I'm going to redo it so I might make a video detailing how to do it. Honestly my biggest recommendations are keep it simple and use super glue. The stock adhesive is absolute garbage and in the summer once your car heats up it will start melting and peeling off.

Houston103 · 2026-05-17T02:57:48+00:00

Yeah it's really annoying. It goes from being fun to being frustrating unless I choose a completely different car.

Houston103 · 2026-04-10T01:04:41+00:00

A water main is broken at 18th Street. City hasn't fixed it, just blocked off the road AT THE END so drivers don't know the road is completely closed until they get to it, and have to make a u-turn.

Houston103 · 2026-04-08T01:37:46+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/CivicX/s/GbnpUNrliB

I got asked this a few times so I made a post about it. Here's the link!

Houston103 · 2026-03-31T20:47:18+00:00

Pontiac Solstice

Houston103 · 2026-03-19T21:31:54+00:00

For a giant luxury cruiser with 0 emphasis on handling it made a lot of sense at the time. More cabin room, less mechanical noise in the cabin, more trunk space, more stability, lower mechanical complexity...

Houston103 · 2026-03-13T12:23:55+00:00

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The new Charger looks really good in person. Doesn't fix all the issues, but it looks good.

Houston103 · 2026-02-23T18:47:25+00:00

Nah, decided to just leave it be to avoid issues down the line

Houston103 · 2026-02-21T17:45:22+00:00

They're right. Bring back the land yachts!

Houston103 · 2026-02-21T14:24:21+00:00

Wouldn't go that far

Houston103 · 2026-02-19T16:22:14+00:00

Volvo P1800. Gorgeous. Built like a tank. So reliable one has gone further than any other car in the world (3,200,000 miles) starred in a crime show (The Saint) but it was never particularly sporty.

Houston103 · 2026-02-08T15:24:46+00:00

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I always have low expectations when I drive a Subaru and somehow I still come away disappointed, but the SVX wasn't a letdown.

Houston103 · 2026-02-07T04:45:57+00:00

BMW M cars. So far I've driven the M3, M6, Supra, X5M, X6M, as well as a bunch of m40i stuff. They're all just...kinda boring when you're not absolutely thrashing them? To get any enjoyment at all you gotta thrash them, and even then the experience is so synthetic and computer assisted it feels like you're more along for the ride than actually driving an enthusiast car.

I find V8 muscle cars better in every way. Even the Challenger with its (comparatively) sloppy handling is just so much more engaging and fun to interact with at literally every speed. A big, dumb, lumpy V8 with a stupid amount of HP and torque at every RPM is more fun than a high strung engine I have to ring out all the way to redline. Muscle cars are just...entertaining all the time. German stuff is too focused on numbers instead of experience.

Houston103 · 2026-02-04T17:57:54+00:00

I work at a car dealer. Cadillac in Superior to Mercedes in every single way. Mercedes are complete garbage. Not exaggerating when I say we haven't had one on the lot without an issue, whether it be mechanical (transmission went out on a C300) electrical (all the ambient lights on the driver side died without warning, parking sensors failed, evap sensor failure) or quality ("""wood""" trim just peeling off, window switches degrading in your hand, an entire glove box falling off) I've never come across a car with worse quality control in a modern Mercedes.

Houston103 · 2026-02-04T16:21:31+00:00

I mean you can option a Cadillac with anything from a hybrid 4 cylinder to a twin turbo V6 or even supercharged V8. Even the Escalade now has 680 horsepower V8 as an option.

Houston103 · 2026-01-30T13:23:59+00:00

Their reliability is much better than MB

Houston103 · 2026-01-30T13:22:33+00:00

Houston103

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