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Old January 18th 05, 11:13 PM
Olaf Gustafson
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:17:51 GMT, "C.H." >
wrote:

>On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:55:15 -0800, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>
>> I was out driving yesterday (on Chapman heading eastbound, just past
>> the offramp from the 55 freeway). An old geezer in a new Cadillac CTS
>> flew off the off-ramp and cut across 3 lanes of traffic, almost taking
>> off my front fender despite a warning blast from my horn.

>
>In other words, he was driving like just about any other geezer.
>
>> As I sat stuck behind Russell Weller Sr. at the stoplight, I noticed
>> that the Cadillac CTS has high, slab sides and a low, "chopped"
>> roofline, leaving relatively little glass area.

>
>> http://www.cadillac.com/images/model...toExt1_med.jpg
>>
>> The visibility from inside one of those things must be at least
>> somewhat limited if not downright poor.

>
>I sat in both the CTS-V and the 300C at the auto show. The visibility in
>both is not any worse than in the competition. That there is a bit missing
>at the top and the bottom is only really relevant if you are either trying
>to spot aircraft


Low flying aircraft, right?


> or studying the mating pattern of the common ground
>squirrel.
>
>Chris


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