Drew Dowdell
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Drew Dowdell - CheersandGears.com After 30 years, the ever increasing subsidy for ethanol produced from corn has expired. When Congress adjourned for the year last week, they did not renew the ethanol subsidy that has cost taxpayers some $45 billion during its lifetime. Every gallon of ethanol pumped provided corn growers with a 45 cent subsidy. Most of the savings from ending the subsidy to go towards reducing the US's budget deficit. At the same time, a 54 cent per gallon tariff on ethanol imported from Brazil also expired. Brazil is twice as productive per acre of farm land by using sugar cane rather than corn. The expiration of the Brazilian ethanol tariff is unlikely to cause a rush of imported fuel as sugar prices in that country have spiked recently. Earlier this year Congress blocked EPA approval of E15 gasoline for use in all vehicles from 2001 and newer. E15 is a blend of 85% petroleum gasoline and 15% ethanol. Automakers unanimously protested the use of E15 in engines not designed for ethanol saying that the effect of the fuel on older engines could not be predicted. They did not want to be blamed for any engine failures caused by the new fuel. The ending of the subsidy clashes with a 2007 Congressional mandate that requires 15 billion gallons of bio-fuel be used in 2015 moving up to 36 billion gallons in 2022. Source: GreenCarReports, Detroit News -
They need a new name for sale in the U.S.
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My work desktop... Hohenzollern Bridge over the Rhein
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You know what would be both really nifty and really unique in the segment? A turbocharged, direct injected Atlas I-6. They were pushing close to 300 HP in N/A form. Direct injection and Turbo-charging would put them well into the Ecoboost's range. The larger displacement (over the Ford) would probably also make for better torque. Even if they had to drop it to 3.9 or so liters, it would still be worth it. The additional journal bearings that an I-6 has over a V6 should quell any concerns of "stress" that certain members here have regarding turbos.
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You should be able to. The third one in that list isn't a picture file so you can't embed it, but if you click on "More Reply Options" next to "Post" below, you should have the full editor. I like the Cordamino, but the fender vents on the rear are extra fail to me.
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No, not what I'm looking for. Go to the Forum Listing and look under Cadillac. It says "Excited by the thrills of the CTS? Interested in the upcoming ATS or XTS? Let's go! Let's live! Let's love every mile. The only way to travel, is Cadillac style." I need one of those for each of the above forums.
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Guys, I need some forum description suggestions for the following forums: Ford Lincoln Volvo Dodge Chrysler Ram Jeep Fisker Tesla Mercury They can be witty, but not derogatory.
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"The Other Guys" has been broken up and decommissioned. Euro and Asian marques are now a top level category. Most of the other posts in that forum were moved to their appropriate folders elsewhere or moved to The Lounge.
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Turbocharge the 4.3 V6.
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C&G Reviews has been changed to "Reader Reviews" "Staff Reviews" Forum created - only Editor and above can post new topics here, anyone can reply to a topic. All "Competitions" forums have dropped the C&G prefix. C&G Top Stories will be dropped entirely. The Sales rundowns will be moved to sales figure ticker, all other articles dropped.
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I agree with Hyper. I doubt they would go backwards from what they already had.
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I expect the Dart to be a pendulum swing in the complete other direction.
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I'm driving a Sonic LTZ Turbo right now and it has erased any doubts I had about the car.
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The one I want to try is a 3.9 power G6 GTP with a 6-speed manual.
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This thread is useless without video
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There is a PT-Mino running around these parts. I see it regularly.
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Money can't buy taste.
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Especially with what was likely a 3-speed?
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Wouldn't the rods have to be longer to make up for the stroke loss from the 2.0 crank? I may be picturing this wrong, but a shorter stroke crank with the same height pistons and same length crank would end up lowering compression? The space left in the cylinder when the piston is at TDC would be 7.5mm greater, no?
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Cadillac won't take the lead with the next generation of cars, but I have every expectation they will close the gap.
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And this was a bad thing because?
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*break through
