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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Just spotted an XTS-L in downtown Pittsburgh. It looks fantastic.. the extra length gives it an imposing look.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    1. 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 2. 1967 Cadillac Eldorado 3. Cord 812 (cheating as this is an I8 rather than V8) 4. Auburn Boattail Speedster (still cheating ) 5. Newest Escalade Platinum 6. 1985 Cadillac Seville Diesel... oops, the engine blew and an Olds 350 gasser fell in its place. 7. 1985 Cadillac Eldorado Diesel.... shame these engines keep blowing up and coincidence to have Olds 350s jumping out all over the place. 8. 1977 Lincoln Mark V 9. latest CTS-V 10. 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC
  3. Drew Dowdell
    We're a 3 car family... I could totally see something like the Volt being added to our fleet someday.... if it were larger. I still need to write up the Bolt EV I drove.... great little scamp of a car.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    As of 3:40 pm today... I rolled this out of the garage and addressed the issue.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    The RAV4 crash test ratings aren't all that great either.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    There is a replacement programming do-it-yourself process out there. I will see if I can find it when I get home from work. BTW, do you realize your signature pictures are broken?
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Eh, if he is ever wrong... he can knock on the door of BMW and pull whatever they have for the 5-er or 7-er.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    3rd party supplier most likely. When you see multiple manufacturers come out with the exact same tech at the exact same time, someone like Continental, Bosch, Delphi, or ZF (9-speed FWD autos in Acura, Land Rover, Jeep, and Chrysler anyone?) is behind it.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not sure how that would be... my local Honda dealers are packed with them. It's certainly not a supply issue unless Honda somehow screwed up the product mix in option packages. The new CR-V is competent but nothing special... exactly what has kept it a best seller for so long.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Electrification done right can be better than diesel because you can have all the torque and yet still run in EV only mode part of the time producing no emissions at all. Since Volvo has gone all 4-cylinder, adding electrification can be another boost to power also.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Plenty of space in a Roller for batteries and weight has never been an issue.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Escalade Platinum or CT6 PHEV
  13. Drew Dowdell
    From what he was given to work with at the start, he went about it in the most wrong way possible. He started with 3 fairly full brands in the US, inflated that to 4, and then added 3 more to the mix. The problem is that instead of investing in the strong brands, he dumped a ton of money into nearly dead brands with no presence in the U.S.. At the time that Fiat took over Chrysler: Maserati had 2 models (4-port, and GT). Now they have 4. Alfa Romero was down to a couple economy cars, the GM Epsilon based 159, and the 8C. All of which were dead by 2011. From 2011 to 2016, the model lineup was comprised of the MiTo (Ford Fiesta competitor), Giulietta (Focus competitor), and the 4C. In the same timeframe, Chrysler brand went from 6 to 2. Dodge went from 9 to 5 with one of those 5 known to die very soon (Viper) - This is not counting the removal of Ram trucks to their own brand, if you count that, Dodge went from 13 to 5. Jeep has mostly held it's own.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    98% of FCA's problem sits in a big corner office wearing a sweater.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Do not feed the ghosts.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Guys, can we not dig up the Ghost of Christmas past even though we know he still haunts us?
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Can you list which ones you think are on the chopping block? I have my own ideas, but I wonder what yours are.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    It really boils down to whether Ford or GMC can get me the better deal on the configuration I want. GMC has the advantage here based solely on my ability to get supplier pricing. That said, I'm still pretty stuck on finding a low mileage Avalanche or Escalade EXT because I don't do many miles anymore and I could keep it a long time with just a head unit upgrade.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Well we still have he CRV, it's primarily a rental property work vehicle now.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    The only reason we leased the Buick is that we were expecting a life change at the end of the 2 years. That didn't happen, so we ended up buying it out.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Friend of mine just leased a Sierra Denali with the 6.2.... has me so jealous.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    And GM was already running everything but the A/C compressor off electric back then. The eAssist engines have electric oil pumps, electric water pumps. The belt in an eAssist car only has 3 stops. Crank, A/C, and the Alternator-Starter
  23. Drew Dowdell
    The BAS system is just a matter of scale not voltage. 10 years ago when GM was first developing it, lithium ion batteries were not even an option from a cost perspective. Don't go walking around claiming Mercedes does something first when all they did was take a decade old proven concept and update it with some newer tech.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    It's amazing.... Mercedes was the first with airbags too even though Oldsmobile came out with them 6 years prior... Now Mercedes is the first to do a mild hybrid a full 10 years after General Motors and 18 years after Honda. All of the mild hybrid systems that GM and Honda did were 36volt - 42 volt systems.... another 6 volts is immaterial. Yes, I know that a mild hybrid drops the alternator.. (not really, but I'll work with your error). We did an article on it 5 years ago. but Mercedes is first.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    I'd only go for the Ford with a 5.0 engine, no ecoboost for me. Luckily they don't have much of an upcharge for it... about half the upcharge as the 6.2 in the GM Twins. Still, the 6.2 and the 8-speed are a fantastic setup. I doubt I'd miss the 2 extra gears the Ford has for now.
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