Recent content by T.O.Blackwing

... and a $500 30 year old winter beater will have a volume dial that the front passenger can use... :)

They usually order autos, too. Then the car sits on their lot while they reduce the price every two months and they wonder why no one is buying it. Most GM dealerships probably sell something like a hundred pickup trucks and SUVs of various sizes for every Blackwing they sell, so their sales...

AI is answering the wrong question. (Also, Google AI isn't actually intelligent and it doesn't know f**k.) I said: "The fact is they generally don’t pay for themselves." Meaning if you pay $1,000 extra for a sunroof, don't expect to get it back. At best, I think what you'll get is an equivalent...

Not pulling anything out of my ass. 1. Summers in Toronto are pretty hot but still more pleasant than the sultry, oppressive heat of southern US summers, when I think you are likely to pull the blinds on a sunroof on most days to keep the scorching sun from burning your lap. And most buyers up...

I’m on my second Blackwing. The first one had a sunroof, the second one, which otherwise is more heavily optioned, does not. 1. From the inside, I always thought the two porthole sunroof looked kind of weird. It is absolutely NOT a panoramic sunroof, which might be worth having. But it’s not. 2...

Traded in, just wanted an upgrade that would mostly pay for itself because in Canada lightly used CT5 BWs appreciated for a while longer than they did in the US. (Remember those days, guys, when folks were asking for and getting more than MSRP for them? They lasted a while longer in Canada, in...

Also, kept myself on the lists with a couple of dealerships even though I had a ‘22 because I was intrigued by the ‘25 update, even passed on one of the allocations I mentioned because it was for a ‘24. But as I saw more and more photos of the front of the soon to be coming ‘25s I thought, no...

First one was pretty basic: standard seats, black. Also was able to trade it in for more than I bought it for. They hold their value a bit better up here. Maybe now more than ever, unfortunately for those who haven’t got one yet.

Wow. Such hostility. I’m trying to help Canadians buy a great American car and you attack me. WTF?

Myth busting for the sake of fellow Canucks who want get one because this is the second post here that incorrectly suggested this. Personal experience: I’m on my second Blackwing now, first owned a ‘22 which I got after waiting about six months during all that supply chain craziness, and now own...

https://www.hagerty.com/media/lists/our-two-cents-8-of-our-favorite-sedans/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_NA_EML_UN_UN_WeekendRoadTrip&hashed_email=4ddffd3a543c6d9ac26a73bb961b3b1b5760dbbbb3464c18c6a74dd40f5b76e1&dtm_em=4ddffd3a543c6d9ac26a73bb961b3b1b5760dbbbb3464c18c6a74dd...

… which most recently begat Redwing (and all sold for a few ducats more than I paid for them after owning each a couple of years or more).

It’s all very relaxed except when you’re on the track, when you need to pay 100% attention. But even that is not intimidating but fun because you are well-coached before you hit the track and while you are behind the wheel. In other words: show up, relax, enjoy!

It’s a deal so nice, I’m doing it twice… but it’s free for me both times because I’m on my 2nd Blackwing. In fact, I’m going to be there in just a few days. Speaking of which, who else here is going to be there on Friday?