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Escalade's Escalade~ if you have a screenshot of him on the front page show me because that's hilarious!


The holy grail of all things luxury, behold the Cadillac Escalade. It was Cadillac's first major entry into the SUV market. The Escalade was introduced for the 1999 model year in response to competition from the Mercedes-Benz ML-Class and Lexus LX and to Ford's 1998 release of the Lincoln Navigator. It comes in two lengths, the normal, Tahoe-length and "ESV", 20 inches longer than the usual and more of a Suburban in comparison.
Also holds the award of "J.D Power Award For Initial Quality" for the last 6 years.
Can you tell the models I'm biased towards yet?

Cadillac Escalade (ESV shown)
1999-present day




"Making the competition writhe in envy since 1999."


(Answer key: The chromed-out triple Orca represents the chrome-clad SUV often portrayed with oversized rims, though factory Escalades look like any normal dude you'd see on the street; Original Icon of Arrival is the official slogan for the normal length Escalade; "I hate Navigator" points towards the competition, though it was released sooner, nobody makes nearly as big of a deal out of the Nav as they do the giant Caddy, and that has to be some superior marketing skills right there.)

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~My real life car fleet is made of a 1996 Jeep Cherokee named Grassly that's been in my family since 2002, an ornery 2016 Ram 2500 Megacab named Jorge, and my husband's 2017 Ford Focus. He isn't so sentimental as I am, but I call him Davey!

The Real Life Dream Garage of Escalade

Obviously you know I love Cadillacs and Ram trucks with every beat of my heart. But could you guess what I'd have in my garage if I hit the lottery?
Firstly I'd want to find the ugliest beaters out there and just fix them up and love them. I'd have every underappreciated survivor and make sure they're kept up. I'd park my AMC Gremlins next to my Lamborghini Asterion and they'd all be the best o friens~ I'd get all the rusty old Rams that suffered years of farm work and plain abuse, paint them up, change their oil, and park them right in my living room because the garage wouldn't be good enough for them~ all in all, my garage would be a museum for the cars many don't think are worth saving. And I'd love them all!
My dream team of cars and trucks if money and space were not a factor would be (but definitely not limited to~)

1. At least one Escalade of every model year, plus ESVs~
Shocker, right? Since the birth of the legend in 1999, there have been 5 generations of Cadillac Escalades. And they're all uniquely amazing, even if the oldest ones are usually seen being driven by rednecks in my area because that's just my area lol.
You also had different Escalade models that we aren't blessed with anymore. The EXT, essentially a Cadillac Avalanche, was a thing in the 2000s. I want 20 of those alone, lol.

Dream ESV: a 2016 ESV in White Diamond Metallic~





2. My dream fleet of Rams.
There's technically 7 generations of Rams but the community swears that the 4th gen is actually gen 3 1/2 (we are some weird people i assure ya) so we have 6 generations. Each package of each weight looks different, and unlike cars, trucks have different cab sizes and lengths. Don't get me started on 6 door conversion trucks~
I do already have my dream truck, my white Megacab who I saw on the internet one second, messaging the seller the next, and on the road for a 7 hour road trip minutes later. My sister took me up in her Ram, so naturally we were playing Ram Games on the highway all the way home lol.

3. As many AMC Gremlins as I can gather without being greedy.
I would have 40 of these little hatchbacks, but they're just that rare and there's not that many left to go around to their other fans. I see people with 4 Gremmies, even if 2 of them are donor cars and not operational, and I say "dude."
This is one of the cases where I'd refuse to buy any restored cars and only find the abandoned and nearly totaled boys out there that people ignore because they'd rAThEr reSToRe a MusTANg. Heck, I might do this for any Gremlin I see and re-home any i don't bond with.
74s and 75s are my favorite years, with the one year redesign of 1976 being a close second. These are the cars that got me into cars, and I owe them my thanks.

4. An AMC AMX
Not sure why, but the thought of having one AMX is just more aesthetic than having multiple, plus like their smaller son the Gremlin, they're very rare. In the world of cars, you always have alternate options. You could have a Corvette, a Shelby, or even a Charger. But why have one of those (other than the Charger of course~ why wouldn't you want a Charger HMMM?) when you could have the stunning AMX?
I'd want a 1971 in Big Bad Blue with metallic black stripes. That's just my Dream AMX. I saw him years ago in a classic car sales magazine and i never looked back. I often wonder what became of him, then I smile and nod, guessing he lives in someone's house somewhere down south where snow is inexistent.