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Were we closer, I would love to be able to build an online database of that here on C&G.
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I have that second one framed and hanging up
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No, The Model 3 Isn't An Upgrade To the Model S
Drew Dowdell replied to William Maley's topic in Tesla
That last sentence is where you went off the rails. Tesla interiors still feel very kit-car and much of the switchgear is Chrysler based. The $100k Model S 100 has the same switchgear as a Chrysler 200 -
I think @balthazar would especially appreciate this. I took these at the NY Auto Show at a party thrown by Cadillac.
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One of the best commercials imho.
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No, The Model 3 Isn't An Upgrade To the Model S
Drew Dowdell replied to William Maley's topic in Tesla
We live in a world where educated people refuse to vaccinate their kids because Jenny McCarthy says she read somewhere that it might be bad for them. -
GMC News: 2018 GMC Terrain To Begin At $25,970
Drew Dowdell replied to William Maley's topic in GMC Trucks
They are tweeners. They start about $2k more than a CR-V, but have more space... or $4k less than a Pilot and have less space. -
Yes, that's what I'm describing from my 2004. The more recent automatics don't seem to hold that shift like this particular one does.
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GMC News: 2018 GMC Terrain To Begin At $25,970
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Not bad... but getting optioned up will probably push it into the mid-30s with a Denali starting around $37k for a FWD model -
The Hemi + 8-speed is probably one of the most underrated powertrain combos out there.
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Well, that's going to be a ways off I think. I'm stuck where I am for now due to job uncertainties. I still want an Avalanche or Escalade EXT though there may be business reasons to lease a truck for me......For him, probably move him to a Jeep GC or Durango once we have some stability... I just won't mention the Hemi under the hood when I pick one out.
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It's fine. I'm not sure I'd even know what I was looking at anyway.
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Is it just the floating roof? Because that goes back a lot longer. Or is it the pinching of the space between the floating roof and the fender?
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Cool to know. Like I said, the sport mode in that 5-speed was extra aggressive when pushed hard, sport mode in more recent transmissions don't have such a drastic difference in mode... Even the Cadillacs.
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Next thing you know, GMC will be putting fender vents on everything.
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Honest question: The 5-speed auto in my '04 CTS did seem to adjust to my driving pattern when it was in sport mode. If I put it in sport and drove normally, it would hold a gear a bit longer before shifting, but otherwise drove normally. If I was in sport mode and being very aggressive, it would hold a lower gear longer even after I let off the gas..... if I calmed down, then it would go back to normal sport mode.... but it always took a few minutes of driving before it did. I realize that it is not the memory that @Cmicasa the Great was talking about, but the transmission did seem to adjust to variations in driving more distinctly. I will say that I have yet to experience a transmission with that level of variation in attitude since then because just after that model, everyone went to paddle shifters and the sport-automatic modes don't seem to be as aggressive. Did I imagine it?
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That sounds like a defect.
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Jaguar was the first I thought.... With the current XJ.
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I highly doubt a $50k starting price. A work van version would be very popular with the post office I'm sure.
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Well it's spring time.... I guess people want to go out and have fun. I know I look at motorcycles more often now that it is getting warmer.
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Mazda isn't capped on the upper end by having a luxury brand above it. They seem to be trying to creep into upper territory with loads of features. They do seem to swap out some of the interior materials for better stuff as you climb the trim ladder.
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Acura News: Acura Investigating CDX Crossover For U.S.
Drew Dowdell replied to William Maley's topic in Acura
You could probably fit an Acura CDX into the bed of an Escalade EXT...... such opposites. It seems to be more difficult to make smaller cars quiet. I don't know why that seems to be.- 27 replies
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... if the price is reasonable..... but yes, it does look like an interesting entry.