Yes, you are correct. That was a typo on my part.

 

If my memory is correct, the STS had the full-rated Northstar, while its sister SLS had a slightly detuned version.

Back on topic, I don't suppose that, with two almost-new (and quite nice, I might add) vehicles, you yourself are going to do any 24-hour Buick test-drives?

 

The latest BMW 7 Series is adding touchscreen to their nav system, and I'm pretty sure BMW is in touch with what is contemporary for modern luxury tastes.

People aren't shying away from Caddy because it's a touchscreen. The CUE is just not a good design--having buttons "appear" once your hand gets near the screen may be cool with the techie world, but is non-sensical for a driver; and they have gotten rightly bashed for it.

 

Nope, no 24 hour test drives for me!

 

buick sales were up 18% for july. maybe this was a contributor.

 

Or the $7000-$10000 incentives?

 

Last night I saw a national TV ad for the 24 hour test drive. Good ad. It showed a guy hand washing his test drive car because he likes it so much.

 

Possibly, but the other GM divisions were also up in July......without 24-hr. drives. I agree with Jill that incentives may (?) have helped......many automakers, not just GM, offer summer or late-summer incentives to clear out dealer-lot space for incoming new models.

 

IMO, that's the only way to do it, if you want it done correctly........without risking paint and trim damage from scratches.

 

LOL, you mystify me sometimes.

 

No need to be mystified. In general, that's the case. The more you wash by hand (if you do it correctly) the less you'll need Scratch-Out. Automated car washes can vary, but in general, are harder on paint than doing it by hand. That's not an opinion, but a fact.

 

The hand washing in the commercial was used just to show much how the testers liked the car. It isn't really to show that it's the best method.

 

My point is that your comment was completely off topic, and not at all related to what the comment you were replying to was meant to convey in the context of the discussion we're having. I see it all the time, and I'm never sure if you just don't get whats being said, or the intended point of why its being said. He mentioned that he liked the ad that showed the person washing his test drive car because he liked it so much, and you replied that was the only way to wash a car that wouldn't damage it. What you said was true...but it was completely off topic and out of context.

Its like me saying that I chose a red car because I liked how bright it was, and you replying that red comes from the dyes derived by mountainous apples, and that throughout WWII red cars were outlawed in Kansas. That information may be true (I just made it up...clearly) but it has nothing to do with what were talking about.

 

I just watched the commercial and I agree. It has nothing to do with what is the best method, it is showing that the guy likes and wants to keep the car.

Marketing and advertising isn't as dumbed down as tonwhat exactly the guy is doing. There are a lot of messages in there, no geezers and just young folks who are not overly hip, the couple days who are young, the test shopping comment, the sunset with tbewet driveway, the guys look at her after her comment. It is a good commercial IMO.

 

Its not an instructional video its an advertisement lol