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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    The naming convention is even more screwed now.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Thanks N.A.D.A. for preventing manufacturers from running their own stores.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Given the sample size, the variety of years and models, I'm not sure how much of a story this is.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Well thank you. IP board 4.2 just went into Beta 1 and it builds on the improvements of 4.1 substantially. I can't wait to introduce a new feature called Clubs to the board.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    where are you getting that diesels require more maintenance? they typically run longer service intervals than gas vehicles, so while the oil change might be a little more expensive, you do it half as often. Coolant and other fluids would be the same interval, and there are no plugs to change (not that anyone does that anymore anyway)
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Because now it looks a lot more like the CT6. They're going to keep building the car till 2020 and possibly longer for China.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not a fan of capacitive touch controls in any car brand. You can't operate them with gloves on.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    On the highway, diesels nearly always beat their EPA estimates by a good margin.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    And yet... Mazda and Chevy are coming out with diesel vehicles. BMW is still building theirs... and if the rush on 2015 VW diesels is any indication, VW may not want to step out of the game there either if they can get their cars right. There is a buying contingent out there that likes diesel cars. I am still very much in favor of electrification, but the hybrids are still too far on the eco side of things for my taste. If you're going to go to all the trouble of electrifying the powertrain, at least add the benefit of the large amounts of torque that electric motors provide. The Volt is the one that sort of gets it right, but even then it's technically not a hybrid. I'm interested in trying a CT6 PEV
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I spotted a CT6 Platinum today in bright white... Beautiful car
  11. Drew Dowdell
    I want to say another manufacturer got hit with something similar about a year ago... airbags that didn't go off in certain situations and it was programming related. I know from researching the GM ignition switch recall that the NHTSA already knows there is a certain percentage of crashes where the airbags do not deploy... and even in the GM scandal, the percent of crashes where the airbags didn't deploy due to switch failure was well below the national average. It makes it really hard to detect a defect in coding or the series-of-unfortunate-events-on-an-ignition-switch that ends up causing a fatality. You're talking a sample size of a percent of a percent of crashes at best, and then you only start to see the defect when large numbers of vehicles are cranked out.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Too much like my old kitchen floor
  13. Drew Dowdell
    I actually like it. I hope the V-Sport continues, though I doubt it will.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Well I stopped by @balthazar's place on my way from DC to Edison NJ for him to take a look. I popped the hood, he shook his head and said, "The problem is that you have too many vacuum hoses". Kidding aside. I continued on my trip another 12 miles after I left Balth's, parked the car at the hotel, made a quick run to Target (5 miles round trip), and this morning I barely got it started when I was leaving for work. I tried to find an open place the sold AC Delco batteries, but their website must be pretty out of date as the first one I got to looks like it had been closed for years. I gave up on AC Delco and went to PepBoys. I am now the owner of a Bosch AGM battery. $143 out the door. Thanks for the advice everyone.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    AGM? Update. I just started it 4 times in a row after going through and snugging up every connection I could find. I removed the wired from the alternator, resnugged them. Let's see what happens.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    One thing I forgot to add... about a month ago, I took the battery to Autozone for them to test it. They said it was fine and just very very low. They recharged it and handed it back to me. However, I feel a little suspicious... if it was as low as they said, they "recharged it" very quickly. It was done in 30 minutes. Alternator was done in November
  17. Drew Dowdell
    So, recently I have been needing to jump the Toronado if I let it sit more than a few days. Last night, in anticipation of a road trip this morning, I put the battery on the charger for about 4 hours. This morning, it fired right up, no trouble. I head out on my road trip, 250 miles total. I had my headlights on for most of the trip due to rain. During the trip I made at least 3 stops where the engine was shut off. Each time, on restart, she fired up like she just rolled off the line at Linden NJ. I arrived at my destination around 1 pm. At 4:30pm, I run out for a quick errand, no more than 5 miles each way No problems starting at either of my stops. I pull into the driveway here to unload the car, intending to move it out of the driveway after the car was unloaded. When I went to move it, the starter tried to crank, but died and the lights died. My digital clock reset back to 12am. I was able to jump it fairly quickly (albert drove down in the Encore also). I made sure the posts were tights... they weren't finger loose, but I was able to snug Neg up a little bit with a wrench. I moved it to it's parking spot and shut it off... disgusted, I didn't bother to try and restart it. I don't know the exact age of the battery, but it's over 5 years. I replaced the battery not long after I bought the car in July of 2011. Thoughts? Should I be battery shopping or should I look at something else?
  18. Drew Dowdell
    It's a tall hatchback... it's barely even a crossover.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    I argue against the idea that this is an RX fighter. The RX is a full size-class above the Stelvio. X3 fighter, maybe.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    The 6-series interior is way too tight for a car that large. I get that it's supposed to be a grand tourer and not a 7-series sedan, but it's just too small inside. The CLS is much better feeling in comparison.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Glad to have you here. Also glad to have you here. The format will be updated a bit in the coming months. If you need any help, you can PM me directly.
  22. Drew Dowdell

    Pictures!

    Drew Dowdell replied to Enzora's topic in The Lounge

    It was the long hair that made me know it was you
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Just about the most irrelevant model on sale today.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    UK - Off-Roader - Land Rover Range Rover Germany - Lux - S600 Maybach Italy - Weekend/Fun - Fiat 124 Abarth Japan - Do I have to? US - Family - Escalade ESV Sweden - Daily - Volvo XC90
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Maybe Maserati could buy it.
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