asilverblazer

People are stupid. "...I was a farmer..." Because that guarantees you're an expert? Sounds more like he was an indoctrinated idiot too dumb to try to learn something basic like mechanical advantage.

Desirable - as in does someone WANT one, aspire to have one. Could reasonably buy any car they want and CHOOSE these instead. I didn't watch the video, why did they win?

Are ALL injectors losing ground or just #7. Sounds like a wiring problem to me.

Agree 100% the buy backs are a prop to the stock price, in showing confidence, generating demand and thus inflating the price. The problem is the over focus on the shareholders to the detriment of the customer - the customer will only take so much pressure before they switch brands - and rarely switch back. Eventually, no customers means no sales, what value to shareholders is there then? Which leads back to the EV strategy, EVERYONE KNEW the EV customers didn't exist yet, but they went ahead anyway because the shareholders wanted it (Stock price increases at each press release), the release of the Hummer proved it (again, if you go back to the ELR coupe), but GM kept doggedly moving ahead with Cadillacs all electric future, Blazer EV, Equinox EV and again the ONLY EV with any kind of momentum was an on again off again mess. Further why was the success of the Volt/Bolt compared to the failure(s) of the Hummer/ELR not considered? Premium EVs weren't the answer. Cadillac is now in one of its weakest positions in decades, resurrecting aged platforms to rush back into a market the customers never left and are now searching other brands for. These are OBVIOUS MISTAKES (plus many others outside EV) that cost BILLIONS, people should have been fired, likely many people. GMs value as a brand to me exists only in what the assets could be sold for, because they obviously can't lead the industry.

Kudos? Are any of them desirable? Class leading (in any metric)?

Those are your ONLY options at GMC, Chevrolet and Buick - well, depends on what you define as SUV or CUV. The Traverse is essentially a minivan wearing an SUV costume, lower roofline, higher floor, upright grille and flat hood. Looks like a Tahoe performs like an Impala.

Mediocre, how much did they lose on the poorly conceived EV strategy? I wonder how much the stock price is being 'inflated' by all the buy-backs? Cadillac literally looks like a brand without a rudder, no clear goals or product direction - performance or luxury? I guess performance because we can throw a small block in whatever we can and call it a day. Certainly not luxury when a Denali or High Country is reasonably cross shoppable. The Celestiq - no way - no vehicle can command quarter million prices when something wearing the same badge is on the buy here pay here lot across town. Notice the 'base' Escalade doesn't even come with the 'leather-appointed' seating surfaces. Hummer EV - fail Silverado EV - fail Sierra EV - fail Bolt/Volt EV (The most successful EV cancelled, restarted, cancelled, whatever its current status it) Hybrids - none Sedans - none Medium duty - not anymore Minivan - none Coupe - none Convertible - none CUVs - 20+/- 6.2 Recall that landed squarely on the GMs highest seller - and specifically the fattest margin higher trims of the Yukon, Escalade, et. al. The most critical product line they fumbled big time. In the Escalade segment, are those buyers forgiving GM for a bad engine and patiently waiting for the fixes and dealing with the headaches? Nope, they dump them and go straight to the other premium brands. In the ENTIRE GM portfolio how many aspirational vehicles are there? Corvette, Escalade (quickly being superseded by the obvious better value Denali)... I posted somewhere else... what if Cadillac left the luxury game and became a performance brand similar to AMG or (gasp) Ferrari? Cut all the entry-level and base models from their line up and focus on the V-series or Blackwing or whatever they call it now. Of course, those would have the pre-requisite luxury and technology as standard equipment. This opens the floor for Buick to step in/up as the luxury brand (like they are in China), no 'performance pretenses' get rid of the 'entry-level' models with equally 'entry-level' power trains and become the Maybach to Cadillacs AMG. With those two brands effectively out of the way Chevrolet, the 'entry-level' brand has the floor to itself and GMC can take over as 'professional grade'. Now each brand has a focus, no in-fighting, clear direction, and customer targets. Just need to sneakily slide Corvette into the Cadillac brand and dump the vestigial script writing.

There is a big difference in motorcycles and vehicles - nobody needs a motorcycle, they WANT one. That WANT is the most powerful force to drive price upwards. I've hated every iteration of the Equinox, a prime example of GM laziness. It excelled at absolutely nothing, barely competitive by every metric. At least the latest generation looks decent. I want to like the Buick Envista, but that pitiful engine plus FWD only is a BIG NO for me, I don't care how good it looks.

I haven't seen inventory recovery from COVID. In the few random times I 'build my own' truck or SUV, no one has the exact one I want. GM has been working to lower incentives too for a long time. A $500 incentive isn't getting me off the couch to go truck shopping.

I read they were supposedly going for a retro look...

A running 4x4 here starts at 5K on Facebook. Off topic, Facebook and Craigslist here have been poisoned with ridiculous asking prices and no low-ballers junk sellers.

Move further away. Benefit of living out - none of our cars get short cycled, plenty of warm up time. Curious how much time/temperature it takes to drive moisture/condensation out of the engine?

Wonder what happened to the "MEGA"max 8.3 rumors. I haven't had any rust issues, but the wax sure is ugly. Good to hear, considering the joint venture with International ended.

Long story short I ended up with a set of Ironman tires because of a wheel size change on our Yukon Denali - I intended for them to be temporary (no more than 12 months) until I put the tires I wanted to on it, a premium A/T. However, they've been great, quiet, no traction issues, wearing even and very cheap here. They could use a better balance job from a slight vibration at 85 or higher. But so far, I've completely abandoned my original intention to not keep them. I won't go so far as to say I'd immediately buy them again for a permanent long-term solution but if my experience continues like it has with them, I could come to that conclusion. I was also told they are made by Cooper, don't know for sure though. For your purposes on the little truck you're working with, I'd highly recommend them.