Drew Dowdell

Why are you selling the V12

This applies to some of you.

rather minor, though always glad to see another engine go E85.

please send him my way.

Don't kno if it was every year, but the Olds diesel was a new, much stronger block. Guy I knew coveted them to build Olds performance 350s- said you couldn't break them. The stronger block started in late 81 for the MY'82 cars. Other added goodness arrived for MY84 just in time to be canceled at the end of MY'85. The DX blocks of '85 are pretty much bullet proof (and for some reason still available) even if they aren't fast. I've always wondered what the result would be if someone out there put a relatively mild turbo and intercooler on on of the DX block diesels. It would probably change the whole character of the engine.

No, but by this point Big Oldsmobile mostly meant "puff cruiser"

For me it was the story from years ago that a highschool friend's dad told as to why he bought an AMC Alliance. Apparently he had a bad habit of (once) locking his keys in the car. So the next car he bought (the AMC) had to be one that you could not lock from the inside and could only be locked by using the key in the door from the outside. The Alliance was the only car he found that did that, so that is what he bought. The family also had an AMC Concord hatch. They finally wised up and traded both for Impalas.

This era B-body and G-body is one of the few platforms where I would insist on a coupe and would be unlikely to give a sedan a second glance.

Fuel economy has little to do with global warming. My lawnmower is far more fuel miserly than my car (well the Honda at least) but emits far more greenhouse gasses due to its lack of a catalytic converter or other emissions controls. You wouldn't drive a 1.8 diesel, but what about a 2.9 diesel? GM had one in the works right around the time this thread was originally posted that had about 135 more ft-lb of torque than the 5.3 V8 of the day. Diesels can be plenty sporty, they just have to be geared for it.

It's kinda amazing to me that even though these are big American boats, they still have an air of sportiness about them.

1977 Olds 98 Coupe 1977 Olds 88 Coupe

I need to ask Dominic if he can get any of these.

I was looking at the Jetta, so that may account for some of the different there since the Jetta is now built with added cheapness unlike the Golf. What I don't understand is why a TDI costs that much more to build. I mean GM was able to do it by taking an Olds 350, stopping up the plug holes and adding stronger head bolts Looking at the Chevrolet.co.uk and Chevrolet.de websites, it looks like going from a Cruze Saloon Gas 4-cylinder 5-speed to a Cruze Saloon Diesel 4-cylinder 6-speed is a $2,300 upgrade give or take some currency exchange fluctuations.

Completely unrealistic. DuraMax is $7200 (then you get to add the Allison cost on). Even VW charges $4700 more for the TDI. V6 TD would be every bit of a $5000 option. Incorrect on the VW. When you match all of the other options up, the TDI is about a $2,100 price premium.

The locking thing is completely programmable through the menu system.

I have a connection to a Chevy dealer if "the deal" is what is most important. It's out my way though, so you'd have to use your local dealer for service.

Dodge Caliber dressed up as Ecto 1

The air springs for the Bravada are $86 each.... not terrible. Unless he is consistently putting heavy loads in the back, it is unlikely he'd even notice something was wrong.

As long as they retain their ruggedness....

You know what though... I think people want to like Cadillac and they want Cadillac to be the most aspirational car out there. Everybody and their grandmother has a BMW. Right now, it's the product line that is holding them back. They need their 2011 version of the Eldorado Brougham. what was the price delta for cadi back then and today compared to other makes? lowest and highest. i'm guessing cadi's lowest model was much closer to chevy's lowest model compared to today....even if you take inflation into account. Good question...but remember that back then there were 3 middle brands between Chevy and Cadillac unlike today where there is only 1. The brands were also smaller. Each brand typically had a junior car and a senior car with multiple body styles and engine choices of each.

Kitteh likes to help work on cars.

You know what though... I think people want to like Cadillac and they want Cadillac to be the most aspirational car out there. Everybody and their grandmother has a BMW. Right now, it's the product line that is holding them back. They need their 2011 version of the Eldorado Brougham.

The only way to travel, is Cadillac style.

Cutest bear attack ever.