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Old 04-29-23, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I saw a couple new 7 Series on the road the last couple days. I gotta say, it’s growing on me. I saw one in Carbon Black today that was really stunning. This is spec’ed like that car was.

I like the square sedan roofline, really unusual today. Front…still a lot.

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Carbon Black is beautiful. We looked at a couple of 5 Series with it when we bought our car.
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Old 04-29-23, 07:30 AM
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saw this on Facebook
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Old 04-29-23, 07:49 AM
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Colors are very important, dark colors help...
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Old 04-29-23, 07:50 AM
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I saw that too! My dad's STS had a set of gold keys. One set of regular keys and a set of gold keys.
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Old 04-29-23, 10:17 AM
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The price of the 760 is really compelling. This is spec'ed 100% to my preference. A similar S580 would be $140,000



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Old 04-29-23, 11:15 AM
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Carbon black is a nice color. Get it Steve. Less $ and new experience too.
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Old 04-29-23, 11:25 AM
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Earliest I would do anything is the end of this year
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Old 04-29-23, 08:42 PM
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Once upon a time, 760 would have meant you had a pair of straight sixes under the hood.....
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Old 04-29-23, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill


saw this on Facebook
Nice touches.
This is why people love Cadillac, it's the small things.

Originally Posted by SW17LS
The price of the 760 is really compelling. This is spec'ed 100% to my preference. A similar S580 would be $140,000

I'm torn.
Looks cool but not sure I love it over the S-Class yet.

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Old 04-29-23, 09:33 PM
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Nice touches.
This is why people love Cadillac, it's the small things
I wouldn’t at all accuse Cadillac of being good at the small things lol

Those keys are a great analogy for Cadillac in general in the 80s, 90s and 2000s. They looked cool, but you use them for a year and all the crappy gold plating falls off and they look like straight garbage. THATS Cadillac…
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I love the first gen Cadillac Escalade. Can you believe the 1998 Escalade had auto-4WD but the new 2023 Sequoia doesn’t.
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Old 04-29-23, 09:43 PM
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It was a cool vehicle on the surface, but it was garbage so far as quality was concerned. My dads STS was the same way, it was great looking and drove well and comfortable, but poor build quality and lots of problems.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
I wouldn’t at all accuse Cadillac of being good at the small things lol

Those keys are a great analogy for Cadillac in general in the 80s, 90s and 2000s. They looked cool, but you use them for a year and all the crappy gold plating falls off and they look like straight garbage. THATS Cadillac…
Yeah that's true. lol
I've always loved Cadillac cuz they do ***Bling*** so good.

But I also know it's not always high quality

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I love the first gen Cadillac Escalade. Can you believe the 1998 Escalade had auto-4WD but the new 2023 Sequoia doesn’t.
My good friend has over 200k on his Escalade and he won't stop bragging it up, loves it.
He came from an old Lexus LS and traded it somewhere around 400k miles if I remember but he is an Escalade man now and says no turning back.

PS- he's always trying to talk me into getting an Escalade and I might do it someday.
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Caddys also have the best horns at least the older ones that had those gold keys, the honk is louuuuuuud and deep. Different than any other car. That was another thing that made them “special”.
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Old 04-29-23, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
Caddys also have the best horns at least the older ones that had those gold keys, the honk is louuuuuuud and deep. Different than any other car. That was another thing that made them “special”.
Like this?
I want one... lol

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