Drew Dowdell
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Cadillac News: 2026 Cadillac LYRIQ-V, Fastest Cadillac Ever
Drew Dowdell replied to G. David Felt's topic in Cadillac
At least the iX M60 has the same range as the Lyriq-V, though the Lyriq-V has higher speed charging. Lyriqs charge at 190kW, but the iX M60 charges at 150kW, so you'll be waiting longer. I have to say, after looking into the Lyriq to get these stats, it is growing on me quite a bit. At least the V is. -
Cadillac News: 2026 Cadillac LYRIQ-V, Fastest Cadillac Ever
Drew Dowdell replied to G. David Felt's topic in Cadillac
I wonder if the same criticism will be lobbed at the BMW iX M60 of equal weight and 0-60 performance, but with less room and a $32,000 upcharge. -
I can tell that's a fake because they made a sedan a CX. CX is only for crossovers. They should have gotten a Mazda 6 badge and turned the 6 upside down. A large sedan with a Mazda 9 badge would be more believable.
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You don't even need to go in anymore. Those digital jukeboxes can now take selections from your phone. You can be on a plane over the Atlantic and do it.
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Happy Birthday @oldshurst442
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While I'm as angry over the current state of things as anyone, I'm going to gently steer the conversation away from politics given the no-politics rule we've had in place for years. If you've got something political to talk about, it must be related to the car industry somehow.
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Yeah, his wasn't rental spec, but whatever the top trim was. So, it had nice leather wrapped stuff and the seats were surprisingly good. The only reason he got rid of it was because it had 120k miles and some of the rubber bits in the HVAC system degraded and melted together so he only could use defrost mode and it was going to be $1,000 to fix. He still regrets not just fixing it. He's in a Wrangler now dealing with a rough idle and death wobble.
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The second gen was fine. A friend of mine had one until recently and it was a surprisingly nice vehicle for its age, and it rode very comfortably. The first gen was garbage, you're right about that.
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Food, any raw materials that primarily come from outside the country (lumber and paper will be the biggest of these) Basically, if we were short on it during covid, we'll probably be short on it again.
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That's what gonna happen, but unfortunately, @G. David Felt gets it wrong about the cause. The economy heading to the toilet is what's going to cause low gas prices. Yeah, we'll get low gas prices, but we'll probably also have shortages on other stuff more than we already do.
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Only the hatchbacks, and that production moved to the US a couple years ago.
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I'm sure it was Taveras's idea. His chair wasn't even cold yet when they brought it back.
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A reflection and prediction of her namesake. The site might be wonky for the next couple hours. I have to copy all 100+ gigs over to the development site to set up the test for the next version of the software. It is a MAJOR revision and not every feature will carry over. We're easily 4-6 months away from any transition. I'm just setting up the test environment now.
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HR-V and Prolgue are made in Mexico. Civic, CR-V, Accord, Passport, Pilot, Ridgeline, Odyssey, and all Acuras except the ADX are made in the US.
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US Civic are made in Greensburg, Indiana. US CR-Vs are made in Greensburg Indiana, East Liberty Ohio, and Marysville Ohio (Fuel cell model only). US RAV-4s are made in Georgetown, Kentucky. Those are very Mexican-sounding town names.
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That's exactly what they were doing. You'll notice on the big Wagoneers, there is no mention of the name Jeep. Up until recently, Wagoneer had its own website. These days, Wagoneer.com just redirects to Jeep.com.
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It's shorter height and narrower. I'm not sure it has any direct size correlation to an existing product. They could have called it a Liberty.
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I've driven the Wagoneers back to back with the Tahoe and now pre-refresh Escalade and there is no comparison in handling. Don't get me wrong, the Wagoneers ride great, but so do the GMs. But in terms of handling, the Wagoneers are an old Buick Roadmaster wagon with bad shocks and the GMs are a new Chevy SS sedan. The high-range Ford Expeditions and the Navigator probably are the best middle road for my taste, especially the Lincoln. They have the soft Roadmaster ride without being unstable like the Jeeps. They have the new Wagoneer S which we sat in and really liked, and the new Recon. I think those are the spiritual successors to the Cherokee until the new one arrives, though the Wagoneer S is $$$$
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Well, Brampton is also in Canada, which makes building it there problematic with tweeter dee and tweeter dumb in office.
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No reason... no reason at all that I play this often.
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He wants to start a war with Canada not realizing that most of us south of the border would fight on the Canadian side.
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Stellantis has paused all work at its Brampton Assembly Plant while it decides the fate of the next generation Jeep Compass. Production of pilot models of the next generation Compass was originally to begin on January 20th, however, the company decided last autumn to move the pilot production start date into May of 2025. Originally scheduled to go into full production in February of 2026 as a fully electric vehicle with a gasoline version offered later. The sudden resignation of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares in December of 2024 has Stellantis reevaluating product roadmaps across all of its brands. Stellantis has not said how long the pause in activity would be nor if there would be any temporary layoffs. They did state that their investment plans to retool the plant have not changed. Prior to shutting down for retooling, the Brampton plant was the home to the Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, and Dodge Charger. The retooled facility is planned to support vehicles on Stellantis' STLA Medium platform that can support electric, hybrids, and gasoline vehicles. The Compass was set to go into production for the European market in 2025 with production in Melfi, Italy, later expanding to North America and global markets the following year. A source inside the company said, “I believe they’re reevaluating whether a battery-electric Jeep Compass makes sense for the North American market”. Related: 2025 Jeep Wagoneer S and Dodge Charger Will Share EV Platform View full article
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Stellantis has paused all work at its Brampton Assembly Plant while it decides the fate of the next generation Jeep Compass. Production of pilot models of the next generation Compass was originally to begin on January 20th, however, the company decided last autumn to move the pilot production start date into May of 2025. Originally scheduled to go into full production in February of 2026 as a fully electric vehicle with a gasoline version offered later. The sudden resignation of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares in December of 2024 has Stellantis reevaluating product roadmaps across all of its brands. Stellantis has not said how long the pause in activity would be nor if there would be any temporary layoffs. They did state that their investment plans to retool the plant have not changed. Prior to shutting down for retooling, the Brampton plant was the home to the Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, and Dodge Charger. The retooled facility is planned to support vehicles on Stellantis' STLA Medium platform that can support electric, hybrids, and gasoline vehicles. The Compass was set to go into production for the European market in 2025 with production in Melfi, Italy, later expanding to North America and global markets the following year. A source inside the company said, “I believe they’re reevaluating whether a battery-electric Jeep Compass makes sense for the North American market”. Related: 2025 Jeep Wagoneer S and Dodge Charger Will Share EV Platform -
No trips to red states for us, especially Texas. Canadians are $500m in tourism to Texas and are showing remarkable solidarity with redirecting their travel plans. We'll visit Toronto or Delaware instead.
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Two policy updates for you to read: Generative AI Policy User Generated Content Policy
