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Drew Dowdell

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  1. 19800 miles, Turbo V6 Linkity and in Pittsburgh too! Anyone know anything about these engines? I know it's the old style 3800 and the precurser to the GNX engine. What were they like in 1979?
  2. Wasn't really the point. What he was saying is that the number of cut lines leads to misalignment and as others have described, squeaks and rattles. While that may be the case, the Accord and Malibu have about the same number of cut lines each. I do, however, agree with you that the Accord does a better job of hiding them. I think the light gray Malibu interior in the picture you posted should NEVER be produced. It is such a horrid shade and screams "rental" to me. Considering the daring other interior choices, I hope few to none of those light gray ones even get sold. The near black interior I posted does a substantially better job at hiding the lines than the light gray one.
  3. I'm not ashamed that the Malibu will sometimes lose to the Accord or Camry. The fact that it's always ending up in the top 3, usually in 2nd place, is really good enough right now till the Camry fades further away. Remember, the Altima, Accord, and Nissan have all lost a review to one of the others in the past. None have them have been on top in every review. <Only the 3-series can claim that, even in comparisons test with HD pickup trucks> You can't knock the Accord on quality and drive, it's just the styling that leaves me cold. The Camry's quality has been slipping. It's mostly noticeable because of what the Camry used to be. The most noticeable aspect of all of these tests is the Malibu always seems to beat the Altima and the Altima used to be the darling for the people who didn't like CamCords. That the Malibu is playing in this league and not only not getting trashed, save for this article, but outright praised, says volumes as to how good this car is.
  4. Neon also majorly sucked because it was one of the last holdouts with a 3-speed auto, power windows available only in the front, and an engine so rough and buzzy it made your grandmother's 87 Escort feel like a BMW I6.
  5. Manuals were offered in all W-bodies except the Regal. Unfortunately for our DOHC hating friend here, all the cars that could come with manuals either had the Quad4, 3.4 DOHC, or the 3.1 and 2.8 liter pushrod V6s. The pushrod V6es, while decent engines were boat anchors in cars this heavy. They were much more suited to the lighter J-bodies and A-bodies. Where was never a 3800 powered W-body with a manual transmission.
  6. I'd say he's searching. I see no more or less cutlines in any of the three vehicles. No automatic, none, is a mind reader. I can guar-een-tteee I can confuse any automatic on the planet and get the same results. Try not driving like a lunatic next time. Now that one is disturbing. I hope Chevy is looking into it. However, it was probably just the Malibu trying to buck the lunatic driver out of the seat. Yes. That's called the engine running. Well duh! When you drive it the way you've described.....
  7. I completely mis-read the title and saw "Vette vs RS8 vs V8 Vantage vs F350" Thought, "what kinda crazy comparo is this?!" K, I need some tea... brb
  8. Well, I'm gay, so it doesn't much matter to me.... but hell man, she couldn't get you on the phone, so she just bought the car anyway. For me that would be like coming home one day and my BF saying, "I saw this Toronado for sale but couldn't get you on the phone... so I just bought it anyway." As good as the Camaro is.... it's definitely the wife who's the keeper.
  9. a 7 passenger MPV wouldn't have sold like the HHR. A small CUV is definately needed in the Chevy lineup, but I don't see that as mutually exclusive to the HHR. The HHR is just a Cobalt wagon and the expectations of it should be as such. An Epsilon based 7-passenger MPV would supplement the HHR quite nicely. B0ut lets not pretend that this is Europe, MPVs are not popular here and even a segment best MPV would only sell in limited numbers. HHR was a way for GM to get more profit out of the Delta platform. As long as the car is profitable, selling well, and helping GM's reputation, I'm all for GM selling them even if I'm not personally interested in one.
  10. Ok... subtract all the HHR fleet. It still outsells the next best seller! Wait... what?!? The Rondo and Mazda 5 are nothing more than 2007 versions of a Dodge Colt Vista And then they had the Turbo version.
  11. enough pictures of the car, what about pics of the wife?
  12. edit: Nevermind, it's definitely not him if you look at that poster's history.
  13. Chevy is the best selling brand in Pittsburgh 7 years in a row.
  14. why does VCM hurt it? Shouldn't it be all hands on deck when the throttle is mashed?
  15. Linky Though the Malibu comes in 1st in best overall value it comes in second to the Accord in final pick, but look at all the praise for the Malibu and how they trash the Camry! On the interior: On exterior style: On drive train: They need to test again when the 6-speed/4-cylinder combo comes out. No mention of it in the article but a big to Chevy for not having that at release. Overall:
  16. That must have been a quickie for them. I'd have had the whole car cleaned, compounded, and polished.
  17. I wouldn't look towards the 5 or the Rondo for styling guidance. uhm... the HHR does sell 100k a year... even in it's 3rd year.... and there is no reason a small Tracker replacement couldn't be sold along side of the HHR and ALSO sell 100k a year. They are different vehicles markets.
  18. That was me
  19. both it's snowing here now, so the CTS is in storage, but I still have both.
  20. File under "No where to go but up"
  21. I've driven the new version.... it's a piece all right. yeah, but look at the start you've got.
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