
Peggy Hill was right when she said the city of Phoenix is a monument to man's arrogance. This place is insufferably hot (and that’s coming from a Florida Man), with temperatures touching 103 degrees Fahrenheit while I was there and the forecast calling for 115-degree days later that week. But there's a reason I willfully baked myself in the desert like a chocolate chip cookie: The 2023 Cadillac Escalade-V.