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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    One of the original reasons I pushed C&G from just being a forum and into a review site was after I read two articles on C&D. One where they knocked a Buick Lucerne for its slalom capabilities compared to a BMW..... and another where the Aveo's 0-60 time was being criticized... and at the time it was the least expensive car on the market. We review cars specifically to avoid dumb comparisons like those.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Black label is mostly some nicer trim pieces, more interesting color combinations, and a wheel package. It's like a Designo trim at MB.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    You mean you think a $100k car is competitive with a $30k ATS? And somehow you are knocking Cadillac for that? Compared to other $50 - $70k vehicles, I think the Continental is very strong. I don't want to be like @smk4565 who tries to compare every freaking vehicle to a $150lk S56 SMG Designo Edition and expect vehicles 1/3 of the price to match it.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Ah okay. I thought you were looking for as close to a Jetta TDI replacement as possible.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    He's like 20 minutes from the house where I grew up. I know the drive well.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Off topic, I know... but posting for @balthazar. At the party was the Cyclone... and these two:
  7. Drew Dowdell
    I'll be test driving a Cruze Diesel Manual on May 18th.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Were we closer, I would love to be able to build an online database of that here on C&G.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I have that second one framed and hanging up
  10. Drew Dowdell
    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
  11. Drew Dowdell
    I think @balthazar would especially appreciate this. I took these at the NY Auto Show at a party thrown by Cadillac.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    One of the best commercials imho.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    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.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    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.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    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.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Not bad... but getting optioned up will probably push it into the mid-30s with a Denali starting around $37k for a FWD model
  17. Drew Dowdell
    The Hemi + 8-speed is probably one of the most underrated powertrain combos out there.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    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.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    It's fine. I'm not sure I'd even know what I was looking at anyway.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    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?
  21. Drew Dowdell
    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.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Next thing you know, GMC will be putting fender vents on everything.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    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?
  24. Drew Dowdell
    ... and nearly dead.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Torque comes at a lower rpm too
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