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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    arg..... ok, I got that one wrong too... VW platform names are confusing! but the Passat and A4 shared a platform at one point! And THAT is my point.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    let them try to catch me as I race through the interwebs!
  3. Drew Dowdell
    My mistake. The A4 was on the PL46, a modified version of the Passat's PQ46 up until 2007.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    There are other cars out there with 4-speed standard and the AltiCamCords had them standard in the past 5 years. The Altima as recently as 2006. So.... stop with the "OMG GM IS TEH SUZXORS!!! THEY SHOULDA HAD 6_SPEEDS IN LIKE 83!!!!eliventy!!@#!!!!!"
  5. Drew Dowdell
    again, you are an exception. My CTS pulled a reliable 27-28 highway. If anything, look at the efficiency of the Lambdas. They are heavier and less aerodynamic, but they have some of the best efficiency out there for something their size..... and they're using the HF3.6 Maybe it isn't the engine... maybe it's in the gearing?
  6. Drew Dowdell
    oh.... wait...
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Speedminder? Buicks had that at least back to the mid-1950s. Dominic's 1957 Century has it.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    that wasn't the earthquake.... :AH-HA_wink:
  9. Drew Dowdell
    a difference in tastes is fine.... I responded to OCN's comment that the car would be ok if it was RWD.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I was more using you as a RWD only example. I actually find the Insignia to be more attractive than the current Aura, which in itself is more attractive than the Accord Sedan <I like the coupe> and Camry. To me, it looks like what would have happened if you took a BMW, Benz, and previous generation Passat and combined them. No, it's not an '08 CTS, but in it's market it doesn't need to be.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    I never said you did. However I do know that you'd never buy anything FWD with the possible exception of an HHR SS. In short, it could be a retro looking El Camino clone, but if it was FWD you wouldn't buy it. That was the point I was making.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    What is the USB port on the stereo for? iPods?
  13. Drew Dowdell
    as always, I'll be in Pittsburgh
  14. Drew Dowdell
    and I think the cause of that is the Northeast and Mid-west. Since people in Phoenix and Miami will obviously still buy FWD vehicles, there is the incentive for the automakers to produce just FWD vehicles to suit the Northerners since the Southerners still buy them. GM losing Camino and 68 as potential Insignia customers <though neither would likely buy a Saturn regardless> is a much smaller loss than losing a good chunk of the potential AltiCamcord market.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Invicta means unconquerable.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    it's probably just on loan....
  17. Drew Dowdell
    ugh... EVERYthing has to be RWD to be any good? The Aura, if large enough, would make a decent Aurora replacement. Remember, regardless of our thoughts on the matter, there are people out there who will never buy RWD. I will agree with you that it doesn't make sense... but that is just the way it is. My mother will only ever buy FWD cars because they are better in the snow........ ...... she lives in Miami.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I nearly re-smashed the Roadmaster when I saw one on the road for the first time.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Reading the comments on his Myspace page makes me think there might have been trouble with his GF. His status is also set to "lonely" edit: And his last log on to Myspace was today.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Edmunds is now "just some website"?
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Interesting point you have there... it seems familiar... you say that people buy BMWs despite their replacement of all those buttons with iDrive.....? it's almost as if that was precisely what I was saying.... the number of buttons does not matter and even a craptastic system like iDrive doesn't hinder sales.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Do I smell a C&G business franchise coming on?
  23. Drew Dowdell
    I've been thinking about founding a company based on this very premise. Vintage Limos show up cheap on ebay in VERY restorable condition. If you consider that the regular Towncar stretch is over $70,000, you can quickly do the math to see that purchase + restoration < Towncar stretch .... and it gives me a way to tinker on old cars for a living....
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  25. Drew Dowdell
    One word: iDrive Cadillac is routinely praised to the ease of use on their interface. Can you think of an interface technology that has been as universally panned as iDrive? If you need extra buttons to feel more premium, print this out and tape it to your dash:
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