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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Umm Camino. In these pictures, the bolts on the Cam gear are not in the same position, yet the timing tooth on the crank gear is.....
  2. Drew Dowdell
    it's all about the badge. Typical BMW and Mercedes Benz drivers are just as clueless about their cars as a typical Camry buyer, they just have more money to spend and want to be able to say "I drive a Mercedes". The latest C-Class interior has nothing on the CTS in either build quality or materials and certainly not in styling.... but people still buy it because it's got the 3-pointed star.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Toro can hit 100mph, since my worn out 307 in the '86 Estate did... barely, took forever, but did. Had to use GPS to determine the speed, as the speedo stops at 85. You would have a 4-speed in that. I only have a 3 speed.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    "Long time ago- no one remembers that." Mid 90s is when they switched to pedestrian V6s, IIRC. That's like 6 car leases ago dude! They aren't going to remember that.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    I'd like to see Cadillac do an XTS-V, even if just as a concept, and then go beat something like a 335ix around the 'Ring just to say Cadillac can beat BMW even in a 4,000lb, FWD, Land-land barge.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    did you use a paypal email different than your C&G registered email address? I have one payment in there who didn't put their username in so I don't know if it is your or not.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    BMW has even gone so far as to remove the oil dipstick haven't they? Now the only dipstick in a BMW is behind the wheel.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    don't show a pic of the interior
  9. Drew Dowdell
    My anecdotal observation has been, at least locally, they go straight to Hyundai. Of course it probably has something to do with the fact that not one, but two of our largest Pontiac dealers became Hyundai stores. Neighbor across the street: Torrent -> Santa Fe Sunfire -> Elantra Still have a Vibe Friends with G6es -> Sonata One neighbor next door went Vibe -> Rogue
  10. Drew Dowdell
    not this week, and still waiting on VW.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Click the blue dot next to the post title in the list. That takes you to the most recent unread post.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not going to be able to get these out today. The Toronado blew a heater hose last night and I have no transportation during the Post Office's business hours.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    I got a note that the InvisionPower people will be in to look at our software issue today or tomorrow. There might be some flaky website operation during that time.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    GM is already able to produce a 4-cylinder turbo that has a better power curve than a naturally aspirated FWD Northstar. If they can tame some of the NHV demons down a bit, they should be in good shape. Cubi... sometimes you make me
  15. Drew Dowdell
    that's the other site that MudMonster writes for I think.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    I've never noticed Malibu hoods being crooked. I'm going to have to start looking now. I do remember Lutz discussing how difficult that particular stamping was.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    I don't think BMW and Mercedes are that concerned about offering 4-cylinders here. All they have to do is click "Send" and get the engines certified for sale in the U.S. It's not like they have to go out and develop an all new engine.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Snowed here, but didn't stick to the roads
  19. Drew Dowdell
    something not good just happened to the Toronado and she left a trail of coolant coming into the driveway. Investigation pending daylight.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Probably that whole 'economy' thing. CURSE YOU ECONOMY!! It's been going on for a few years now, so you can't claim that it snuck up on you.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Ouch.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    The e-class is already outselling the 5-series I believe. it's more "Exclusive" because it has lower sales
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Can't go wrong with Toronado power.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    The last STS before it went RWD was on the Aurora platform. The last Bonneville was also on the Aurora platform, it even got Cadillac's Northstar. But the Aurora platform is probably the greatest platform of all time, in the world. In it's day, it was the best of all of the front drive platforms thus worthy of Cadillac, but the world has since moved on.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Couldn't find anything about that in the Book of Knowledge, but another strange piece of trivia--the Camry was originally badged in Japan as the Celica Camry---though it was a rebadged 4dr Carina ('80-82). I was wrong. I was thinking of these... which I always felt looked like Celicas
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