Just Test Drove an Escalade EXT

[rawoutput]

And man what a sweet ride! I usually hate SUVs but I was impressed with this caddy. I've always liked the exterior, and the interior was pretty light on the cheap plastic, the stereo was good and i liked the little touches like the Bvlgari clock. The accelleration wasn't that great, which is what I expected, but it got up to 70 pretty quickly. The steering wheel was sweet, and it generally felt like I was taking up both lanes on some back country roads that I was on. It's either this or a Corvette Z06...

 

[DrumminBoy]

dang... life must not be too bad if you're having to choose between those two cars

 

[notfred]

If you choose the Escalade over the Z06 there's something wrong with you.

 

[imported_Mike]

isnt an EXT one of those fugly truck/suv things?

 

[Glitchny]

such a tough choice... and unless it has been fixed, there is a loophole in taxes that lets you write off half the price of any car over a certain weight... cant remember how heavy exactly but i know the escalade is heavy enough. A doctor my dad works with did this, bought an H2 and wrote off half the price as a deductable

 

[BigSmooth]

Vette vs. Escalade? Those are extreme opposites, how can you be considering both?

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
isnt an EXT one of those fugly truck/suv things?

It's the vehicle morpheous slices in half in the matrix reloaded trailer. So yeah.

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: Glitchny
such a tough choice... and unless it has been fixed, there is a loophole in taxes that lets you write off half the price of any car over a certain weight... cant remember how heavy exactly but i know the escalade is heavy enough. A doctor my dad works with did this, bought an H2 and wrote off half the price as a deductable

yeah, it was something about the weight being over xxx pounds so that the farmers could get some amount of money back on the farm vehicles (which weigh a lot)...there was an article on here a while ago talking about that

 

[jurzdevil]

Z06





please...think of all the starving children you will kill by polluting the air with an escalade!!!!

 

[prodigy]

Escalade, don't forget the 26s.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Glitchny
such a tough choice... and unless it has been fixed, there is a loophole in taxes that lets you write off half the price of any car over a certain weight... cant remember how heavy exactly but i know the escalade is heavy enough. A doctor my dad works with did this, bought an H2 and wrote off half the price as a deductable

I'll go do some checking, but that sounds pretty hard to believe.

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: prodigy
Escalade, don't forget the 26s.

They can fit 28"s.

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Glitchny
such a tough choice... and unless it has been fixed, there is a loophole in taxes that lets you write off half the price of any car over a certain weight... cant remember how heavy exactly but i know the escalade is heavy enough. A doctor my dad works with did this, bought an H2 and wrote off half the price as a deductable

I'll go do some checking, but that sounds pretty hard to believe.

It is real

 

[0roo0roo]

lexus rx 330 or murano.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Glitchny
such a tough choice... and unless it has been fixed, there is a loophole in taxes that lets you write off half the price of any car over a certain weight... cant remember how heavy exactly but i know the escalade is heavy enough. A doctor my dad works with did this, bought an H2 and wrote off half the price as a deductable

I'll go do some checking, but that sounds pretty hard to believe.

It is real

Yeah - Didn't take me long to find out that I didn't know what I was talking about.


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[stev0]

Originally posted by: Tyler
If you choose the Escalade over the Z06 there's something wrong with you.

 

[Shantanu]

Wait for the CTS-V.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: prodigy
Escalade, don't forget the 26s.

They can fit 28"s.

i doubt it. brother in law of a friend has one with 22's, and they scrape the inside of the wheelwells in tight turns.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: prodigy
Escalade, don't forget the 26s.

They can fit 28"s.

Bling?

- M4H

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Glitchny
such a tough choice... and unless it has been fixed, there is a loophole in taxes that lets you write off half the price of any car over a certain weight... cant remember how heavy exactly but i know the escalade is heavy enough. A doctor my dad works with did this, bought an H2 and wrote off half the price as a deductable

I'll go do some checking, but that sounds pretty hard to believe.

It is real

Yeah - Didn't take me long to find out that I didn't know what I was talking about.


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so it depends on either getting the big car and half the money back or going with the vette..

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Glitchny

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Glitchny
such a tough choice... and unless it has been fixed, there is a loophole in taxes that lets you write off half the price of any car over a certain weight... cant remember how heavy exactly but i know the escalade is heavy enough. A doctor my dad works with did this, bought an H2 and wrote off half the price as a deductable

I'll go do some checking, but that sounds pretty hard to believe.

It is real

Yeah - Didn't take me long to find out that I didn't know what I was talking about.


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so it depends on either getting the big car and half the money back or going with the vette..

Hardly, you would get back whatever taxes you would have paid on the amount you deducted.

You have to be self-employed to pull it off though.

Viper GTS

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: prodigy
Escalade, don't forget the 26s.

They can fit 28"s.

i doubt it. brother in law of a friend has one with 22's, and they scrape the inside of the wheelwells in tight turns.

They fit 28"s. I don't know why the 22"s rub, my friend has 24"s on his EXT and they dont rub.

 

[Spac3d]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS

Originally posted by: Glitchny

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Spac3d

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Glitchny
such a tough choice... and unless it has been fixed, there is a loophole in taxes that lets you write off half the price of any car over a certain weight... cant remember how heavy exactly but i know the escalade is heavy enough. A doctor my dad works with did this, bought an H2 and wrote off half the price as a deductable

I'll go do some checking, but that sounds pretty hard to believe.

It is real

Yeah - Didn't take me long to find out that I didn't know what I was talking about.


Text

so it depends on either getting the big car and half the money back or going with the vette..

Hardly, you would get back whatever taxes you would have paid on the amount you deducted.

You have to be self-employed to pull it off though.

Viper GTS

I wonder when this loop whole will be closed... we are looking for a new car and we have our own busines... hrmm.

 

[KEV1N]

Originally posted by: MrBond

Originally posted by: CheapArse
isnt an EXT one of those fugly truck/suv things?

It's the vehicle morpheous slices in half in the matrix reloaded trailer. So yeah.

I don't know... the EXT is a little sketchy. I mean, c'mon. Would you drive a car that slices in half so easily?

 

[rawoutput]

Yeah I realize the 06 and EXT are on different extremes, but both are badass and cost about the same, and the EXT could be used all year round with the crappy seasons we have up here in NY. The mileage sucks on the EXT (16 highway) but I guess economy isnt the main reason to buy one of these things. Now all I need is to get enough friends to fill it..