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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Yes they did. The GM W-Body coupes that came out in 1987/88 were some of the most aerodynamic you could buy at the time.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Partial throttle is where turbos usually fall down verse larger displacement/greater cylinder count engines of similar peak power.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    His point is that you can't do twin scroll on a V6. So the "no noticeable lag" on the V6 doesn't apply.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    No... please don't. We've all heard it all before.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Who? What?
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Good, solid, basic truck. No nonsense. It's also a plus that they ride really well for a truck and have a comfortable if sparse interior. I can see the appeal. It's an older truck with older pricing. They just never raised prices when the new trucks came on the market. Means they can keep moving them. I'm sure they're still profitable at that price point since the tooling is long ago paid for.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    I think cars as a subscription will be further off than EVs or Autonomous driving are. There will be a need to own a car for a long while still. Our lack of spending on infrastructure demands it.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    I was specifically excluding electric turbos, but twin scrolls are still slower than cylinder activation, even if it is hard to notice.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    oh to fly to Miami and rent one of these for a bit while everyone else is cold in the north.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I still question the viability of these services in all but the most expensive of options. $1800 a month better be getting me a top end CT6 or an Escalade. I can't see paying that and getting an XT4.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    That's the opposite mentality needed with EVs.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Any situation where the speed of the traffic in front of you may be variable and below the speed you are traveling at. When I have a car with ACC, I just set the speed to 5 or 10 over the limit and let the predominant traffic speed govern my progress. yes... that's the problem. Adaptive Cruise, Active Cruise, Distronic, Intelligent Cruise Control, Sense*.... all the same thing. *Sense is the name of a bigger group of options at Honda also, but the Adaptive is called Honda Sense.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    I really want adaptive cruise control in my next car. It is nearly impossible to search for on the used car aggregators like AutoTrader.com because there is such inconsistent use in the term.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    In that case, all of the US manufacturers (and Japanese, and German) are equally guilty.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    In AZ and So Cal, I'd want reflective metallic silver. Edit: Something like this....
  16. Drew Dowdell
    A product of necessity. In order to do business in China, US manufacturers have to partner with a local company.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Neither, computers are necessary pieces of junk made worse by junk operating systems.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    According to research issued by AAA, 40 percent of Americans expect driver assist systems with names like ProPilot, Co-Pilot 360, or Autopilot to give the vehicle the ability to drive itself. In a quote to Automotive News, Director of Automotive Engineering and Industry Relations at AAA says "Somewhere in there, you'd think a pilot is involved, but indeed no, human driving is still required." AAA examined 34 vehicle brands to identify the number of driver-assistance names used and found 40 different terms used to describe automated emergency braking, 20 terms for adaptive cruise control, and 19 different lane-keeping assist names. At CES this year, a coalition of automakers, safety advocates, and others launched Partner for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE). This organization is dedicated to the promotion of these technologies while simplifying the language used to describe them. View full article
  19. Drew Dowdell
    More information about "Consumers Confused by Driver-Assist Technology Names"
    According to research issued by AAA, 40 percent of Americans expect driver assist systems with names like ProPilot, Co-Pilot 360, or Autopilot to give the vehicle the ability to drive itself. In a quote to Automotive News, Director of Automotive Engineering and Industry Relations at AAA says "Somewhere in there, you'd think a pilot is involved, but indeed no, human driving is still required." AAA examined 34 vehicle brands to identify the number of driver-assistance names used and found 40 different terms used to describe automated emergency braking, 20 terms for adaptive cruise control, and 19 different lane-keeping assist names. At CES this year, a coalition of automakers, safety advocates, and others launched Partner for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE). This organization is dedicated to the promotion of these technologies while simplifying the language used to describe them.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Time to switch it to 4L and find some fun!
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Nissan Rogue, Rogue Sport, and Kicks.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    How much snow are you forecast for @William Maley ?
  23. Drew Dowdell
    it looks lonely
  24. Drew Dowdell
    I see a lot of Tiguan in the front and Audi or MKC in the back.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Their main partner in China is Ford. I'm assuming we'll get an updated version of the T600.
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