The Car Bruen Bought

The expert declarations and articles for America's First Freedom did not exactly pay for it, but did give me confidence that i could live larger than my natural parsimonious ways 

I traded the Jaguar in on a Cadillac CT5 Premium Luxury.  I would have preferred the CT5-V,  but the time to order one or try to find a 2024 AWD on a dealer lot was not worth it.  The V6 CT5 is not much slower to 60 and corners at least as well as the Jaguar. The top speed of the CT5-V is 168.  Not a speed that I would ever need or use.  I suspect top end on what I bought is about 150.  I have still not seen the floorboards on the gas pedal and it may take a six-car pass on a two lane highway to be needed.

It has the Technology Package which includes not only the SuperCruise autonomous driving system which I do not trust software that much.  Also the rear view "mirror" is both a mirror and a display for a rear 110 degree camera, which is much wider angle than any actual mirror.   

It has the UltraView sunroof so both front and rear passengers can enjoy a sunny day.  It is AWD, which even with all-season run-flat tires is very nice.  The passenger seat has massage features.   I thought it was lumbar only, but no, my experiments show it massages other parts as well.

I am not thrilled with the color,  a sort of g blue black that Cadillac calls Deep Space Metallic.  I am not thrilled but the exterior is the only part you cannot see while driving.  The interior is a black leather that in summer will be made tolerable by using the remote start feature to get the air conditioning going.

I grew up in a family whose first new car was a 1964 Chevy Malibu station wagon which I sold about 1977.  Poverty bucks!  It is best avoided .