Drew Dowdell
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And now the latest rounds of CVTs are going to have artificial steps in them to fool people into thinking they are regular automatics. I wonder if someone who is efficiency minded could go get those steps removed from the program to get ultimate efficiency.
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Me! Me! I have a good home! I have a very relaxed dress code where I work. It's all the other painful bueracrazy that I'm finding I can no longer handle.
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SOmething like a trillion gallons of water dropped on the Carolinas in a couple of days.
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BMW never stopped making I6es... so Mercedes is just following them. Regal, Lacrosse, XTS, XT5, Enclave, Acadia, Impala, Traverse, Fusion, Taurus, Flex, Edge, Explorer, MKX, MKZ, Continental, S90, XC90, CLA AMG45, RLX, MDX, Maxima..... off the top of my head... all have 300+ available horsepower in a FWD chassis..
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Do you think the Grand Cherokee or Durango or Wrangler have a risk of going out of production in that amount of time? I could see a Turbo-4 being added to the first two, but not a removal of the V6 in the next three model years. Hell, they're still running the Hemi V8 there. Also remember the Pentastar is available in a 3.2 version in the Cherokee. This I could see dying and going to 2.0T only... or just getting upgraded to the 3.6 the Pacifica has. Ram still uses the Pentastar as a base engine. Also... will the Journey ever die? It's another one with the 3.6. The long and short of it is that the Pentastar is still a pretty efficient V6 today. I also think Wrangler buyers and Dakota buyers will be particularly resistant to a Turbo-4 as the only option. Keep in mind there is talk of the Pentastar getting a twin-turbo version to replace the Hemi in some applications.
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Anyone ever just want to liquidate everything and go live in a cabin in the woods away from everyone?
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The Saudis are one of the few out there that sees the writing on the wall with regard to fossil fuels. With an economy so heavily invested in oil they are working feverishly.... no... frantically... to diversify their economy. They're trying to open up to tourism by building brand new resort cities on their south eastern coast. They are now allowing women to drive. They are working on solar and electric car projects. They are getting deep into banking and foreign real estate. I may not agree with them on most things... but they know what's up and are planning ahead.
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I'm sure the narrow tires that it would have been running at the time also helped in the snow too. One of the downsides of the "performance" all-seasons we run on all cars these days is the relatively terrible snow performance.
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LOL.... without automotive fashion, all vehicles would be Camrys available in S/M/L, one Crossover, and one truck. Or... if you go back far enough.... without automotive fashion, we'd all be driving Model-Ts still. I like the looks of this though, it has potential. It looks familiar yet different. I think Hyundai should skip their version and it should go straight to Genesis.... though I'm sure Genesis will get a version as well.
