Drew Dowdell

unpinned anything that hasn't been posted in since July of this year.

A Civic with Nav and leather can get to $27k also.... Jetta SEL can go all the way to $29k.... and still have 8.5 0-60.... The Elantra an Corolla simply dont come with the options..... and is still using a 4-speed autos in both.

Cash -4- Clunkers was a terrible was a terrible, misguided idea.... however it cannot be blamed for the run up in used car prices... the vast majority of people these days are being much more careful with their money.... even at a 35% increase in pre-owned price, a used Escalade is still less expensive than a brand new one. That guy who lost his 2007 Escalade in the sinkhole a month ago replaced it with a Certified Pre-Owned Escalade rather than buying new. As more people shift from buying new to buying preowned (we're still not back to 2006 level of new car sales yet) demand goes up relative to supply. In addition to that, the average length of time an owner holds on to a new car has nearly doubled from 3 years to 6 years.* That restricts supply. These two factors are making up about 95% of any cost increase used car shoppers are seeing right now. *Source - NPR's Marketplace August 30th 2010

Good that you're still around.... in more ways than one!

What about those of us for which aluminum is new fangled stuff?

something in the glove box? How about in the door pockets if it's got 'em?

I imagine it'll be Buick green ones he's done with it.

You know what I feel about most reviews and reviewers.... Everything is compared to a freaking M3. The Nox and Terrain are no remarkable amount slower than a CR-V or 4-cylinder RAV-4. It's the V6 that usually gets called slow... but that's only in comparison to other V6 models. The non-SS Cruze was never going to be a 5 second car.... but that's OK because the Civic, Corolla, Elantra aren't either. As long as the Cruze scoots around the city and gets people up to 75 mph without getting run over by a tractor trailer, it'll sell decent. You seem to be concentrating waaaaay too much on an aspect of the Cruze that will be an afterthought to most people. You keep saying that GM doesn't have the ability to be mid-pack because of it's history.... well Hyundai didn't have a good history either and the 138hp Elantra did fine.

It's not just the 6-speed... it's the DI + 6-speed that really works. The 4-cylinders with DI have a fair amount of grunt in the low RPM band (for this, it doesn't matter where the peak is, just as long as 95%+ of peak is available at lower RPM) that 4-cylinders from a single engine generation ago couldn't dream of. You can rant about the horsepower peak of the Sonata all you want, but the fact remains that your engine will be living in the sub 3500rpm range most of it's life. And like it or not Reg, your engine is not going to be putting out 200hp at 3000rpm unless it's also putting out 350 ft/lbs of torque at the same time..... no production 4-cylinder is going to do that.... certainly not without some turbo charging help. Even the SHO engine, which can put out 350ft/lbs at 2000 RPM is only putting out a "measly" 133hp...... but I bet (I haven't driven one) that 350ft/lbs @ 2000rpm feels like it's going to rip the car out from under you. Are you beginning to see how irrelevant the HP figure is yet?

You haven't driven it, so you don't know.

Yeah, the one around the corner from me is a Delta. I got to check it out today. If I drive by in the Toronado sometime and see the owner, I'll ask if I can take some pics.

Easy way to tell... Many, if not all of the Replicas have supercharger pipes on both sides. The real ones only have them on the left side. Found out that one of these lives around the corner from me..... same color too:

Really? All of the ones I've seen had the USB connection in them, but I mainly look at CXSes

I"m guessing since even the lower level turbo isn't out yet, it probably didn't have enough power compared to the TL.

It weighs a lot.

Mine are blue

To guys that claim the converse, there is no replacement for displacement.... take that any way you like just where nitrile gloves everywhere.

Good one croc!

Well duh! You should have changed the plugs 37k miles ago according to your sig.

Some examples from that other blog: Cursive! I have three kids in elementary school wasting countless hours learning cursive. Why? I can't remember the last time I wrote anything longer than a grocery list by hand. With technological development, they'll do that even less frequently than I do. Sure, everyone needs a signature, but why not teach a signature alone? Kids in countries that are our largest competitors worldwide are learning advanced math while America's kids have to struggle to make a proper freaking Q. Moronic.

Stole this idea from a blog I read and thought it would be fun for us here. What widely accepted practice, custom or societal norm do you regard as irrational, absurd, offensive, silly, nonsensical, counterproductive, or morally wrong? Here's your chance to challenge the conventional wisdom. Anything that is already a matter of intense controversy, like abortion or the death penalty, doesn't count -- that aside, however, take liberties with the question.

Dwight, I think he meant he'd like to see the 3.6 offered in the Equinox

Already posted Government Motors No More

dirty injector or failing fuel pump?

I picked the 3.6 so it would be different from the Regal. Let the Regal have the turbo charged 4-cylinders.