Drew Dowdell
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My birthday dinner I wanted something a bit different. I've been to Tillie's restaurant years ago and had been wanting to go back. It is this little hole-in-the-wall restaurant in a run down former steel town suburb of Pittsburgh. It's a tacky and kitschy looking relic from the 60s that seems so unaware of itself. The food however, is fantastic; actual homemade pasta, sauces, and bread. I had the parminoli, a chicken parmesan with a single giant cheese ravioli on top. To top off the kitsch factor with dinner, we both had a Chianti of the "jug of wine under the sink" variety. The whole night was fantastic. The cupcakes he made and we had at home.
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I'm sure there is a market for it, but not one that manufacturers can make money on.
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Global modular platforms have been around since at least the Chrysler K Car
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Mmm we had dark chocolate cupcakes. I'm a total chocoholic for the dark stuff.
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It did it to me just now on my phone but I can't see the debugger on there. It's on my radar and I'll be investigating it.
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Well, I did say cars. Entry crossovers start 15% to 25% higher than the entry level sedans or hatches for what is a mechanically identical vehicle. Sonic base price = $15,295 / Trax base price = $21,000. Fit = $16,190 / HR-V = $19,465 Jetta $18,645 / Tiguan Limited (old model) $21,995
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I'll try to duplicate it and look at the debug logs. It was doing that to me, but it isn't anymore.
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No one wants to build entry level cars anymore.
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They have the Bolt EV for Opel that will likely run through its current product cycle, but I doubt they'd be allowed to use the platform for any other cars except maybe the Buick EV if that was far enough along in the development process already,.
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We're getting wet snow here today
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That was happening for me too. I did a different update today. Please let me know if it continues.
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So Opel may return to the US after all? I think it would probably do better than Peugot or Citroen
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There are only 2 vehicles currently on sale in the US that are built in China. The Buick Envision and the Volvo S60 Inscription (long wheelbase model).
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The Buick Enclave Avenir is built in Lansing Michigan.
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Some newer GMs have a similar but more clunky sound that happens on take off, but doesn't change with speed. I haven't figured out what it is yet. My current guess is that it might be active grille shutters closing.
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Thank you! Going forward, I'll be 39 every year.
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It's distinctive enough that I can hear any time a Chrysler product comes to a stop at the stop sign near my house... the Minivans are definitely the loudest.
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It's not capacity, it's skill. On the Model 3 line they are operating the robots manually. That runs completely counter to Musk's claim that they'll be ramping up to 10,000 a month when no one in the industry runs a single line at that speed. I forget the statistic, but I think Ford has one of the fastest producing plants out there (F-150) and that one plant can't even manage 10,000 a month.
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I thought all Chrysler vehicles made that clacking sound when coming to a stop. I know every Chrysler minivan does it and the Journey too.
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