These have aged well

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 11/01/2019 at 08:55 • Filed to: None

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Well , except for the body color window deflectors. Who the fudge does that?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/01/2019 at 09:02

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I know a kid with a STS4 that the bought a police auction. It was crashed so he built a custom front  bumper, straightened the hood out, painted the front all flat black. It’s also on side steel wheels with eversized A/T tires. It’s a low budget Madmad Cadillac and it’s his daily driver. 

Textured Soy Protein > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/01/2019 at 09:07

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Speaking of window visors, Honda genuine window visors now include little chrome strips that continue the line of the chrome trim along the top of the windows.Because if you have window visors that cover the chrome trim you need the window visors to have their own chrome trim, apparently. 

Ash78, voting early and often > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/01/2019 at 09:07

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My brain hasn’t registered that these are old yet. Not sure if that’s good or bad.

I have never in my life seen someone go to the trouble of painting their Smoker Shades. That’s...dedication?

Nibby > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/01/2019 at 09:08

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our funeral pyre awaits the corpse of care

benn454 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/01/2019 at 09:08

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As have the last gen Eldorados. If only they weren't wrong wheel drive and had an LS instead of the Northstar. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Ash78, voting early and often 11/01/2019 at 09:19

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The early Art & Science cars are just different enough from the rest of the market stylistically that it’s hard to date them. I always think they’re about five years newer than  they are.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Textured Soy Protein 11/01/2019 at 09:19

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Ewwww

Ash78, voting early and often > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/01/2019 at 09:22

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Yep, agreed. Though I really hated the original CTS for several years. The car just didn’t seem to wear the angles well, but the bigger cars did it ok. Even the CTS-derived SRX handled it better, and it was still a bit of a design mess.

i86hotdogs > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/01/2019 at 09:25

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Weird, they looked outdated when they debuted, but  look up to date now. Is that a design success?

Thisismydisplayname > Ash78, voting early and often 11/01/2019 at 10:59

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I was right there with you about the CTS when it first came out...  then they introduced the CTS-V and it was all good.  A wider tire, and a bit of ground effects really set off that new design.  

Ash78, voting early and often > Thisismydisplayname 11/01/2019 at 11:17

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Absolutely. I think it was just the mass of base 3.6 models with big slab sides and ~16" wheels that ruined it most of all. I’m not a fan of oversized wheels, but when you have a large vertical expanse of metal above it, it’s almost required.