NOVI, MI — A multitude of road cones from around the world have gone to plastic heaven because of me over the years, put to the sword by various vehicles under my command as part of programs designed to show the difference in control wrought by some new technology or other.
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But nothing — nothing — has ever approached the depth of the bloodbath that took place on the parking lot of the Expo Centre in this town west of Detroit, as those resilient yellow troops were scythed down by the RV behind my GMC Sierra Denali (previously the Sierra C3) pickup as I tried to steer it around a tight figure-8 course.
It was ugly, but of course it was all part of GMC's plan, since this was the opening act of the before and after show spotlighting the technology under consideration.
Back at the starting point of the figure-8, I pushed the dash-mounted button to engage the technology du jour and went around again, for closing portion of the before and after.
This time the Denali and the RV (the best-selling model