Drew Dowdell

Fantastic write-up. The Mazda is an excellent vehicle, but for the mission statement of a large crossover, the Atlas is just a better vehicle all around. I view the CX-9 the same way I view the Infiniti QX70, a sportier crossover best for singles or DINKs.

So.. TL:DR, someone in the GOP administration fudged the data to try and meet a specific agenda.

The 6.0 is in the HDs and the Work vans. It's an iron block engine The best way to describe that motor is "stout". It's numbers are all about hauling.. torque comes on low and hits max torque and a relatively low RPM. They are tough motors that will last 300k or 500k miles, well past what the rest of the vehicle is capable of. But they're thirsty and not great for anything with sporting intentions. They did make an aluminum block version of it, but that version has been out of production ever since the Caprice PPV died.

So we're going to try and put the Camaro look on everything in the Chevy stable I guess?

A laser wide-format..... getting spendy! ????? Also, I just re-read what the guy was telling you about the Epson.... all ink-jet printers have a self cleaning mechanism, not just Epson. I've never had one break on me like he described.

I have to add a second vote to Brother printers. I've had a brother inkjet for years. The ink can be purchased cheap on amazon so you're not paying HP ... or even Brother prices. The ink on my model can sometimes be a little messy when loading it if you're not careful however.

Think next-gen Encore body with a GMC face. The new Encore is suppose to be coming soon too already, though they could probably hold off since it is selling so well.

The guy in #1 is full of crap. Unless you're running it at full capacity all the time, the heat will never be an issue. Today's chips run amazingly cool for the power they have. That said. I've been happy with my HPs... But not so happy with Win10. I'll probably go Mac next time around.

The 6.0 is old and thirsty and hasn't had any of the upgrades the 5.3 and 6.2 have gotten.

I think the point that @dfelt and @A Horse With No Name are making is that the F-150 and Mustang are, until very recently, the only things holding FMC together. I would argue that the Explorer, Edge, Navigator, and Escape, and MKC are pulling their weight as well, but otherwise largely agree with the sentiment.

They needed the bailout before the crisis happened... they just did it before all the banks imploded and there was no one left to finance them. GM was actually fine, not great, but slightly profitable, just up until the banks melted down. Gotta remember the timeline 1. The banks melted down 2. Credit for healthy companies dried up, this is important for financing of operations, buying inventory, etc. Target suddenly found themselves unable to buy inventory because their primary bank was in the process of failing. This happened to lots of companies. GM ended up in the same situation as Target, but being so huge and with long days to cash (time from purchasing parts to getting the cash from a sale) it put them into a major cash crunch. 3. There was no where else for big, cash hungry businesses to turn but to the federal government. Banks and Automotive were saved, many others weren't. But before all that happened, Ford was already in trouble. Some wiz in Finance saw the same writing on the economic wall that I did and mortgaged the entire company right up to the name on the door before the crap hit the fan. It wasn't by some miracle of management or superior vehicle design. It all came down to reading the tea leaves before a major storm. If anything, because of all the debt they took on, Ford is now behind their Detroit competition in many ways. They need to address that debt in order to catch up. They got their bailout... and they are still being bailed out by those giant loans they took. This really isn't the sign of a healthy company....

The pic issue should start clearing up now.

The Catera belongs to @HoLottaBuicks, my friend Dominic. He's also my Buick dealer. He took my Encore in for service and left behind his Catera for a few days. We have a check engine light on the Encore that needs fixing before it can be inspected.

I’m 1 mile from the city line and 12 miles from the center of downtown, but there are plenty of places in the city like this.

the process is running but has still gotten stuck multiple times. I may have to keep restarting it. I'll post here when it is done.

Can’t fix from my iPad. Basically a file move process is stuck. I’ll kick it unstuck when I get home in about 90 minutes. It will probably take overnight to finish. Also, I see your files in the queue, so you should not need to reupload them, they’ll just appear.

On it

The Colorado / Canyon just doesn't seem to fit me. I feel like I'm falling forward off the seat and there isn't enough horizontal support. It's a shame because I really want to like them. Edit: I doubt any Ranger intenders will be put off by the interior. It's just going to be us auto-journo types who complain about it.

But it went down in status.

Only when driven in an optimal way... which is to say... the opposite of the way most people drive. It is possible in a Maxima, because I've done it, to bring the engine up to about 1700 rpm and hold it there and the car will accelerate to 60 mph in a normal rate of speed. No one ever drives like that. I did it just to experiment.

<-- musk to investors

CVTs are cheap, that's why they're popular with manufacturers.

dyslexia strikes again. I suppose if it was just on the cusp it could cause the rounding issue. Perhaps we are at peak gear ratios where adding more speeds over 8 isn't going to gain much in mpg.

That's a bit disingenuous. The Eldorado was a very different car starting in '67.

Yeah, the weight has to be coming from somewhere else.