{"id":2144,"date":"2002-03-03T13:52:49","date_gmt":"2002-03-03T18:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2002-03-03T13:52:49","modified_gmt":"2002-03-03T18:52:49","slug":"maybe_they_shou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/03\/03\/maybe_they_shou.html","title":{"rendered":"Maybe they should call it the Cadillac X-S"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know you’re in trouble when the Car & Driver <\/i>review <\/a>of your flagship vehicle model reads more like a stand-up routine than the normal lyrical car-enthusiast twaddle.<\/p>\n

Cadillac says 20 percent of EXT buyers will be women with a $125,000 household income. This is lucky. It means they’ll already own their own ladders. We predict that the EXT will be snapped up by buyers whose lifelong credo is “Hey, watch this!”
\nOnly in America could something like the Cadillac EXT be built. This makes you wonder why it’s built in Silao, Mexico.
\nThere are lots of things on which you could spend $49,990. This is one of them. <\/p>\n

(Via Rooba<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know you’re in trouble when the Car & Driver review of your flagship vehicle model reads more like a stand-up routine than the normal lyrical car-enthusiast twaddle. 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