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Old 08-30-2007, 01:48 PM
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I was a devoted fan of the "Gambini Mobile" by Cadillac for many years I remember my first 87 Cadillac Brougham, when you stepped on the gas pedal it was like flushing a toilet and it slept 6 comfortably....

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Old 08-30-2007, 02:38 PM
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Driving an old Cadillac Brougham would be like sitting on a sofa and driving a tennis court.
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Old 08-30-2007, 02:41 PM
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Driving an old Cadillac Brougham would be like sitting on a sofa and driving a tennis court.
You make it sound like a bad thing
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Old 08-30-2007, 02:43 PM
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Driving an old Cadillac Brougham would be like sitting on a sofa and driving a tennis court.
That was my impression of the Lincoln Town Car. I saw it in Grosse Point Blank and John Cusack made the Town Car look pretty cool. My test drive was what killed that sale.
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Old 08-30-2007, 02:44 PM
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Driving an old Cadillac Brougham would be like sitting on a sofa and driving a tennis court.
It was great I used to tell people it was like driving a recliner! Nothing could beat that rear end suspension....man that car would float down the road...to bad it got so hard to dock.
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Old 08-30-2007, 02:45 PM
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Old 08-30-2007, 02:58 PM
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It was great I used to tell people it was like driving a recliner! Nothing could beat that rear end suspension....man that car would float down the road...to bad it got so hard to dock.
The suspension on them is just like a balloon floating down the river....
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Old 08-30-2007, 03:36 PM
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I like the look of the new Caddies much better. Don't know how the ride is, but I've heard the CTS-V is pretty awsome. They used Led Zepplin in their ads, so they must be pretty good, right?
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Old 08-30-2007, 04:23 PM
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I like the look of the new Caddies much better. Don't know how the ride is, but I've heard the CTS-V is pretty awsome. They used Led Zepplin in their ads, so they must be pretty good, right?
Better, so long as they don't remove the bustles in the hedgerows
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Old 08-30-2007, 05:12 PM
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I still like the '69 Continental, all stock with suicide doors...They had the look/feel of it right by having one in the Matrix; exclusive, but belonging to another breed of society having sophistication without pretense, nice... I can't stand the petty narcissism of cheap buyers who want 'in' on a sub-couture without really having a clue about anything else such as art, music, history, language, or even their own car's history, design inspiration, ANYTHING! aghhh...
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Old 08-31-2007, 01:55 AM
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Yeah, yeah, you guys are all running down my car but you ought to see all the sparks that fly our from under it. It's like coo-uhl, dude!

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