Drew Dowdell
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Everything posted by Drew Dowdell
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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don't show a pic of the interior
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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
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not this week, and still waiting on VW.
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Click the blue dot next to the post title in the list. That takes you to the most recent unread post.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Snowed here, but didn't stick to the roads
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something not good just happened to the Toronado and she left a trail of coolant coming into the driveway. Investigation pending daylight.
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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.
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Ouch.
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Can't go wrong with Toronado power.
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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.
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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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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.
