Drew Dowdell

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GM is delaying the launch of the new inline-6 diesel engine bound for the GMC Sierra 1500 and Chevrolet Silverado 1500. No longer available for ordering on the 2019s, GM has pushed the availability into the 2020 model year. According the GM, the emissions certification process on the engine is taking longer than normal. Customers who ordered a 2019 Silverado or Sierra with the diesel engine will have their orders canceled and will need to resubmit the order for a 2020 model year vehicle once they become available for order. GM has yet to open orders for 2020 truck models with the diesel engine, but a GM spokesperson said that it will be "soon". Assuming the current pricing holds, the 3.0 liter Duramax diesel will be priced $2,495 over a 5.3 liter V8 and $2,890 over the 4-cylinder 2.7-liter turbo. Meanwhile for 2020, GM is expanding the availability of adaptive cruise control and the 10-speed automatic across the lineup. At Chevy, the Silverado will now have the optional 6.2 liter V8 on five out of the eight trim levels. The 6.2 V8 will be paired with the 10-speed automatic and available on the Custom Trail Boss, RST, LT Trail Box, LTZ, and High Country. At GMC, the CarbonPro box will be available at no additional cost when paired with certain other packages on the Sierra AT4 and Sierra Denali, while the double cab Sierra Elevation Trim will now also be available in a crew cab. View full article

After much speculation, it has come to light that Apple did propose to bid on Tesla back in 2013 for $240 a share, higher than the sub-$200 a share Tesla is trading at today, according to CNBC. Analyst Craig Irwin told CNBC that there was a serious bid from Apple and says that multiple credible sources have told him so. Tesla is down more than 46% from its high in August 2018 when CEO Musk tweeted that he had funding secured to take Tesla private at $420 a share via a Saudi Soverign Wealth Fund, but that tweet turned out to be false, Tesla reversed course, and got Musk and Tesla in trouble with the SEC and further cost Musk the Chairmanship of the company. Now that Tesla stock is trading in the sub-$200 range, it becomes a substantially more attractive acquisition target, not only for Apple, but for other companies as well. The question remains what to do with Tesla's CEO Elon Musk. Apple's insistence on Musk's departure was apparently what killed the deal back in 2013. Reports are that Apple is working on its own car technology, but acquiring Tesla would substantially boost their progress. View full article

We don't have anything but Zipcar here. They have a wide variety of cars, crossovers, and even trucks (Tacoma or Frontier)

If buying new, a hyundai or kia so they get the 100k warranty. If buying used, either a cruze (low cost of admission) or a corolla (good longevity)

I saw Maven as a Zipcar or Car2Go alternative, but they never got it to critical mass. I don't see Maven as long for this world.

It's a hypothetical question. I'm going to be doing these a bit more often to spur some conversation around here.

it's an open ended question.

What's the perfect car for someone who doesn't care about cars?

They should. Tim Cook is a better CEO than Elon Musk.

Was following behind a white 1961 Mercury Meteor today while I was in the Toronado. My Toro is smelling gassy when I'm at a stop, but otherwise running fine. Will need to investigate.

Those estimates were based on the oil from 20+ years ago. I do the oil in my Toronado at 5,000 miles or 1 year (I often hit the time mark rather than the mileage mark) but I use full synthetic and I use a zinc additive required for the age of the car.

Mine, though I have it so that it rotates through a series of pictures automagically. It's a selection of Toronado, CT6, Continental, and slantback Seville.

The driver is female too.... Are there Lesbian hookers? Do they hang out at Uhaul stores?

I think Elon will take it private before he lets Tesla fail completely.

Every 2,500 is a bit excessive. Just running Synthetic and doubling your change schedule would save you time and money and you still would be changing your oil too early. 7,500 is the norm these days.

No idea either way. I don't think they got far enough for it to start to matter.

@dfelt most of that is bunk, but you do bring up an interesting point. This would be a good time to take Tesla private. It would cost far less than it would have 10 months ago.

SuperCruise. Cutlass Calais, Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass Cierra, Cutlass Salon... The market for sedans is drying up. That's why you see more older regals and lacrosses than you do new ones.

Frank Lloyd Wright hated clutter. In his opinion, if you had a garage door, you would be tempted to put stuff other than the car in the garage and then clutter up the place. If there is no door, you would be more inclined to keep the place neat since people would see it. Thus, he only ever put car ports in his designs and not garages. The theory extends into his houses which have very little amount of storage for their size. In rooms like bedrooms, he would put full built-in units for clothing so that people wouldn't use their own furniture and muck up his design.

Trivia: Do you know why there is no garage door?

Part of the problem with Benz (and more so at BMW), is they consider the E-Sedan, E-Wagon, E-Coupe, E-Convertible, E-AMG of each of those, to be different models. They're not. They are one model with different body-styles or trims. If they're going to cut body styles, I kinda expect that. but they're not cutting that many "models".. because an E300 coupe is not a distinct model. Edit: And the first thing they can cut is the stupid crossover coupes.... they sell terribly.

Tesla's stock opened under $200 at $197.75 on Tuesday, a substantial decrease from the $332.80 it was trading for in December 2018. In April, Tesla posted a $722M loss for the first quarter of 2019. Tesla has faced terrible delivery reports over the last two quarters while also trying to get the new Tesla Model Y production online and a Gigafactory in Shanghai operational. The Los Angeles Times reports that Wedbush Securities Analyst Dan Ives has cut the price target of Tesla from $275 a share to $230 a share citing an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. Another analyst cuts Telsa's forecast Chinese sales in half and sees the company being forced to take on new partners to make ends meet. Tesla recently raised $2.7 billion in a stock and bond sale, an amount that Tesla head Elon Musk says will give the company about 10 months of cash. View full article